The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the US Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not clear if any
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Google, a unit of Alphabet, has agreed to pay $8 million (roughly Rs. 65 million) to settle claims it used deceptive advertisements to promote the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Friday. The search and advertising giant, which also makes Android smartphone software and owns YouTube, has been scrutinized for antitrust
In this article GOOG GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images On Wednesday, Google previewed what could be one of the largest changes to the search engine in its
Microsoft on Friday will defend its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) planned acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, in a private antitrust lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by video gamers who claim the deal will harm industry competition and should be stopped. At the hearing, US District Judge Jacqueline Corley
US lawmakers will ask regulators to investigate whether the make-up of a panel overseeing animal testing at Elon Musk‘s brain-chip startup Neuralink contributed to botched and rushed experiments. US House Representatives Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff, both Democrats, have signed a draft letter to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting a probe into
Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into US technology giant Apple Inc for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market. The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing “a more restrictive privacy policy” than it applies to itself, from April 2021. Furthermore, external app
In this article CMCSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Linda Yaccarino, chairman of advertising and partnerships at NBC Universal Media LLC, speaks during a panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images NBCUniversal global advertising
WhatsApp has responded to the Indian Government’s call to send notice to the Meta‘s messaging platform regarding an increase in international scam calls. Promising to safeguard user’s privacy and security, WhatsApp says it provides options like ‘Block’ and ‘Report’ for users to avoid any unwanted calls or messages. It also ensured to have ramped up
Apple is rumoured to adopt microLED panels for its entire product lineup soon. The Cupertino-based tech giant will reportedly begin the transition from organic light-emitting diode to micro light-emitting diode display technology late next year or early 2025 with the launch of the 2nd generation Apple Watch Ultra. MicroLED display offers multiple advantages over OLED
India’s competition watchdog has begun an inquiry into Google after some companies alleged the service fee the US firm charges for in-app payments breaches an earlier antitrust directive, a regulatory order seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the watchdog to investigate Google’s new User Choice Billing (UCB)
Social networking firm LinkedIn announced Tuesday that it will close down its last service available in China, citing “fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate”. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn was one of the few US technology companies to successfully operate a social media site in China, where the internet is heavily regulated and censored. The company had
Ahead of the annual Summer Game Fest event, creator Geoff Keighley has announced the full list of partners expected to showcase their titles. The list includes 43 publishers and developers, including heavy hitters like PlayStation, which still hasn’t confirmed any exact dates or events for its summer months. The publisher, alongside Xbox, previously pulled out
NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become Twitter’s chief executive officer, the Wall Street Journal reported, following owner Elon Musk’s announcement that he had found a new leader for the social network and will shift into the role of chief technologist. In a tweet on Thursday, Musk said the company’s new CEO will
An image of new Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen surrounded by Twitter logos in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 08 November, 2022. STR | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk said Thursday that Twitter is getting a new CEO and that he will move to a product and technical role. Musk said
May 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons for Elementor that could be potentially exploited to achieve elevated privileges on affected sites. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-32243, has been addressed by the plugin maintainers in version 5.7.2 that was shipped on May 11,
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 launch is still months away, but countless rumours and leaks seem to be spoiling Samsung’s Unpacked event. Most recently, alleged case renders of the Galaxy Z Fold 5 have leaked on the Web. The transparent protective cases indicate a similar design language to that of Galaxy Z Fold 4. The
A Russian court fined Alphabet‘s Google RUB 3 million (nearly Rs. 31 lakh) on Thursday for failing to delete YouTube videos it said promoted “LGBT propaganda” and “false information” about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. Over the last year Moscow has levied dozens of fines against Western tech companies as part
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that he has found a new chief executive for the social media platform without naming his replacement. “Excited to announce that I’ve a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!,” Musk said in a tweet. Musk said he will transition to being “exec chair
Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade — an effort boosted by the personal support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the year after the country opened the way for private launches in 2020, the number
A new study claimed Wearable devices such as smartwatches could be used to detect a higher risk of developing heart failure and irregular heart rhythms in later life. The peer-reviewed study, published in The European Heart Journal — Digital Health, looked at data from 83,000 people who had undergone a 15-second electrocardiogram (ECG) comparable to