The landmark ruling against Meta and Google – and what follows
Tech companies can be held liable for the design of their products if they cause harm. For the first time, a court has ordered Met…
Russia moves to cut off foreign websites
The internet in Russia is being reshaped into a government-controlled network. The country thus joins the ranks of authoritarian s…
Why age verification databases pose greater risks than governments realise
Age verification databases carry serious risks, from far-reaching state surveillance to the exposure of citizens’ personal data to…
The Linux community clashes with new state rules
Politicians with little understanding of technology are putting free software at risk and unsettling open-source communities with …
UK government tracks millions of phones to identify electric-car drivers
Britain’s Department for Transport secretly monitored smartphone movements with the help of network operators to identify potentia…
Mexico turns the smartphone into a glass telephone booth
Identifying and locating anyone who makes a phone call has long been the dream of every totalitarian system. Mexico is now moving …
TikTok tightens age verification controls. It will focus on children younger than 13 years of age
The operator of short video apps will begin rolling out a new algorithm in Europe in the coming weeks to verify the age of users. …
Europeans are concerned about data security. Amazon launches cloud service in Germany
The first AWS Europe center is being built in the German state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin.
The end of neutral technology and the lost soul of Silicon Valley
Alex Karp's book The Republic of Technology is a rousing read. After all, the West needs engineers to defend civilisation, not jus…
Another Cloudflare outage hit sites around the world on Friday
The outage also hit well-known services including monitoring portal Downdetector, the LinkedIn network, crypto exchange Coinbase a…
EU Council backs away from mandatory scanning of private messages, scanning will be voluntary
In addition, the legislation provides for the establishment of a European Centre for Combating Child Sexual Abuse to assist Member…
Meta faces lawsuit, allegedly hid the harmfulness of Facebook and Instagram
Meta denies the accusations and says the research was methodologically flawed.
EU halts chat control. No agreement on mandatory monitoring of private chats
The regulation requiring private messages to be checked for evidence of child abuse appears to be a thing of the past—at least in …
What impact do smartphones have on economic growth?
The greatest risks affect children, as the older generation developed their work and cognitive habits before smartphones became wi…