Instagram back up after global outage affecting thousands of users
By Urvi Dugar and Jyoti Narayan (Reuters) – Meta Platform Inc’s Instagram was back up for most users, the company said on Sunday, after a technical issue that disrupted services…
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to US
By Foo Yun Chee and Padraic Halpin (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook’s EU users…
Data of 237,000 US government employees breached
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT),…
Brazil court lifts Telegram suspension for not complying with order on neo-Nazi groups
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s second instance appeals court lifted on Saturday the suspension of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, imposed earlier this week for its noncompliance…
Britain sounds alarm on spyware, mercenary hacking market
By James Pearson and Raphael Satter BELFAST/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British officials are sounding the alarm over the widespread abuse of surveillance software and hackers-for-hire, saying that thousands of people were…
Netflix down for more than 11,000 US users
By Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Netflix Inc. is down for more than 11,000 users in the United States on late Sunday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downdetector…
Snap hires Google ad executive to help improve ad performance
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Snap Inc, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, said on Wednesday it has hired a former Google executive to help the tech company improve the…
US begins study of possible rules to regulate AI like ChatGPT
By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions…
Britain opts for ‘adaptable’ AI rules, with no single regulator
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain plans to split responsibility for governing artificial intelligence (AI) between its regulators for human rights, health and safety, and competition, rather than creating…
At least 50 US govt employees hit with spyware, prompting new rules
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least 50 U.S. government staffers stationed in 10 countries were targeted with commercial hacking tools, commonly known as spyware, a senior administration official…