Instagram owner Meta has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog for letting teenagers set up accounts that publicly displayed their phone numbers and email addresses. The Data Protection Commission confirmed the penalty after a two-year investigation into potential breaches of the European Union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR). Instagram had allowed users […]
Apple has disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. On Wednesday the company said it was “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited”. Apple released two security reports about the issue on Wednesday, although they didn’t […]
Allegations that Google overcharged millions of British app users and broke competition law are set to go to a full trial in a near-£1 billion claim. The suit is being brought by a consumer affairs campaigner on behalf of 19.5 million UK users of Google’s Play Store, with a judge giving the green light only […]
Streaming giant Spotify has snapped up daily music game Heardle as the firm builds out its interactive offerings to keep music lovers listening. The news comes just weeks after the company launched a “karaoke mode”, which provides users with the lyrics to their favourite songs. Heardle, which is a Wordle spin-off, will remain a standalone website, and […]
Twitter sued Elon Musk last night for violating his $44 billion deal to purchase the social network and asked a Delaware court to force the world’s richest man to complete the takeover. The social media group alleged that Musk had caused “irreparable harm” by breaching their deal, which it has vowed to enforce. He moved […]
The product development life cycle is going through a sea of change. Gone are the days when OEMs would be able to launch just a couple of products in a year and still attain growth. India is now the world’s fourth-largest automotive market and the customers today want the best of all worlds but at […]
Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement. Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor said on the micro-blogging platform that the board planned to pursue legal […]
Electric mobility may have been catching up in the two- and three-wheeler space in India. But electric bicycles can also play a big role in making green mobility accessible and make customers switch over to clean vehicles easily. But one of the challenges for the industry has been the current generation of lithium-ion batteries used […]
Cyber security experts have urged UK organisations to prepare for an extended period of heightened threat in relation to the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they published new guidance aimed at supporting staff resilience. The guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – is the latest in a series of interventions […]
The world is experiencing interesting times with connected devices redefining how human beings interact with the ecosystem. In this context, innovation in the automotive industry is particularly noteworthy, with connected vehicles becoming equipped for varying degrees of autonomous driving. Their popularity will only continue to grow in the near future with an expected market size of […]