July 13, 2023 A group of seven lawmakers have called for an investigation into tax preparation firms that shared sensitive taxpayer data with Meta and Google. They wrote a letter to the heads of prominent agencies, including the more...
July 13, 2023 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering enacting a "Negative Option Rule" to make it easier for individuals to cancel subscriptions. This regulation would require firms to properly and prominently display crucial subscription facts such more...
July 13, 2023 Privacy advocates are preparing to address laws that could affect children's online safety and encrypted services in United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. In the U.K., the Online Safety Bill is under more...
July 13, 2023 Accounting firm KPMG and technology giant Microsoft have announced a $2 billion investment in artificial intelligence (AI). The partnership will focus on developing AI tools that can help KPMG's businesses automate tasks, improve decision-making, and more...
July 13, 2023 Some users of OpenAI's GPT-4 model are unsatisfied with its recent performance, claiming that it has degraded, becoming "lazier" and "dumber," in contrast to the thrill it formerly provided. The users complained about GPT-4 exhibiting more...
July 12, 2023 The European Commission has adopted an agreement with the United States to reopen transatlantic data flows between the two trading blocs. The agreement, known as the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), is the third attempt more...
July 12, 2023 Twitter has been blocking links to Threads in search results, making it more difficult for users to find conversations on the rival platform. The move comes as Twitter faces growing competition from Threads, which has more...
July 12, 2023 Fedora 40 may introduce limited telemetry, which would collect anonymous data about how users are using the operating system. The telemetry would be collected by the Red Hat Display Systems Team and would not include more...
July 12, 2023 Threads, Meta's new social media app, is adding an alternative home feed of posts in chronological order. This came after users complained that they were not seeing posts from accounts they followed in the order more...
July 12, 2023 The Massachusetts State Legislature is considering a Location Shield Act, which would prevent the sale of cellular location data in the state. The proposed law would also require companies to get explicit consent before collecting more...
July 11, 2023 Gen Z, also known as Zoomers, the generation born between 1997 and 2012, is showing a remarkable interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI). This generation has been experimenting with AI to improve their writing, understand more...
July 11, 2023 Oracle has condemned IBM's decision to stop publicly releasing RHEL source code, accusing the company of trying to stifle competition in the Linux market. In a blog post, Oracle said that IBM's decision was "a more...
