A US mortgage broker has agreed to pay$120,000 to end a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging the company had breached federal financial privacy rules. The company had posted personal details about consumers in response to neg...
Google has agreed to pay$7.5 million in a settlement to end a consumer class action over past data breach caused by Google+ software bugs. According to Bloomberg, the plaintiffs had alleged that in 2019 two data leaks had caused t...
The government of Gabonshut down the Internet and broadcasting services after an attempted military coup against the President. Later on the same day, government officials stated that everything was back to normal, despite continu...
The UK Department for Transport concluded its public consultation concerning thefuture of drones in the UK. The consultation proposed policies for drone use and enforcement and touched upon the following topics: the minimum age re...
The UK government'sDigital Inclusion Fund provides an award of
Governments shut down the Internet more than 50 times during 2016 for a variety of reasons, from affecting elections and limiting opposition communications, to what was justified as stopping students from cheating on the...
Around 30 civil society groups from around the world sent an open letter to Mark Zuckerber on Facebook's 'net neutrality advocacy in India'. Signatories complain about the fact that, in its attempt to attract support for its...
ICANN has launched the Domain Name Systems Entrepreneurship Center (DNS-EC) to build capacity in Africa and the Middle East, coming together to develop the local expertise in the domain name sector to help facilitate the...
From mundane tools like lawnmowers to fantastical concept cars that get to know their drivers, just about every innovation showcased at CES 2023 was infused with AI. While some products took the form of "robots," others invisibly ...
SOPA Images/Getty Images I tried to ignore the noise. more Technically Incorrect How I learned the hard way about Southwest Airlines' awful technology I bought Apple's M2 MacBook Air and now I'm weeping I just spe...
And inside, all is quiet and everyone's happy. (A screenshot from a Delta video.) Chris Matyszczyk/screenshot What do customers really want? When it comes to airlines, this simple question has enjoyed ever-changing a...
The government of India will start issuing biometric passports, following a successful pilot in which 20,000 official and diplomatic passports were processed. The passports contain biometric chips and comply with ...