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Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.

Meta Platforms and other large online platforms should offer users the option to use their services for free without targeted advertising, the EU privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, responding to the company's paid ad-free service that has triggered criticism.

Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.

OpenAI faces further scrutiny from Italy’s data protection watchdog over concerns that the firm’s new artificial intelligence video creation system would process people’s personal data. It’s the second time OpenAI has come to the attention of the Italian regulator, which is already investigating possible data violations by the tech company...

Beeper Mini has been involved in a long-running saga of promising to facilitate iMessage to Android users, getting blocked by Apple, and finding repeated workarounds to make the service work. The messaging platform seems to be running out of options now, as the Beeper Mini app has reportedly been removed from Google Play Store.

Google is developing a feature that will inspect app activity to check for phishing and deceptive behaviour, according to a report, The phishing app detection service is said to run locally on Android phones, but will reportedly send some detection-related details that the company will use to inform other users who are also facing a similar threat.

Beeper Mini was released last week to allow Android users to access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. Three days after its launch Apple blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Now Beeper said that its services have now resumed, although it comes with some considerable changes.

Beeper Mini was recently released as an Android application that helped users access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. But soon after its launch, the app faced an outage. Apple confirmed that it blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Beeper, however, claims that the service is safe and is working towards getting t...

Popular dating app Tinder has launched a new feature called 'Matchmaker', which allows family and friends to access the online dating service and recommend profiles for a user.

The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...

More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to testify on July 13 before the House Judiciary Committee led by Republicans who have sharply criticized her leadership of the antitrust enforcement agency, the committee and commission confirmed on Friday.

Realme 11 Pro 5G and Realme 11 Pro+ 5G are receiving a new software update that disables the controversial Enhanced Intelligent Services feature that was claimed to collect private user data to improve user experience. The update has also revised the Enhanced Intelligent Services description to explain that app usage statistics and location informa...

Realme is facing a probe into its data collection practices in India, after users discovered a setting on the company's smartphone that describes the collection of vast amounts of data including personal information such as calendar events, SMS, call logs, and location.

Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.

Meta Platforms and other large online platforms should offer users the option to use their services for free without targeted advertising, the EU privacy watchdog said on Wednesday, responding to the company's paid ad-free service that has triggered criticism.

Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.

OpenAI faces further scrutiny from Italy’s data protection watchdog over concerns that the firm’s new artificial intelligence video creation system would process people’s personal data. It’s the second time OpenAI has come to the attention of the Italian regulator, which is already investigating possible data violations by the tech company...

Beeper Mini has been involved in a long-running saga of promising to facilitate iMessage to Android users, getting blocked by Apple, and finding repeated workarounds to make the service work. The messaging platform seems to be running out of options now, as the Beeper Mini app has reportedly been removed from Google Play Store.

Google is developing a feature that will inspect app activity to check for phishing and deceptive behaviour, according to a report, The phishing app detection service is said to run locally on Android phones, but will reportedly send some detection-related details that the company will use to inform other users who are also facing a similar threat.

Beeper Mini was released last week to allow Android users to access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. Three days after its launch Apple blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Now Beeper said that its services have now resumed, although it comes with some considerable changes.

Beeper Mini was recently released as an Android application that helped users access Apple's iMessage service for a small monthly fee. But soon after its launch, the app faced an outage. Apple confirmed that it blocked the service citing privacy and security concerns. Beeper, however, claims that the service is safe and is working towards getting t...

Popular dating app Tinder has launched a new feature called 'Matchmaker', which allows family and friends to access the online dating service and recommend profiles for a user.

The UK has admitted there could be technical challenges in the country's upcoming Online Safety Bill which plans to allow regulator Ofcom to compel tech firms to scan their services for illegal content. WhatsApp and Signal had warned of the threat to privacy and encryption of user data posed by the UK's Online Safety Bill, even threatening to pull ...

More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is set to testify on July 13 before the House Judiciary Committee led by Republicans who have sharply criticized her leadership of the antitrust enforcement agency, the committee and commission confirmed on Friday.

Realme 11 Pro 5G and Realme 11 Pro+ 5G are receiving a new software update that disables the controversial Enhanced Intelligent Services feature that was claimed to collect private user data to improve user experience. The update has also revised the Enhanced Intelligent Services description to explain that app usage statistics and location informa...

Realme is facing a probe into its data collection practices in India, after users discovered a setting on the company's smartphone that describes the collection of vast amounts of data including personal information such as calendar events, SMS, call logs, and location.