On Tuesday, U.K.-based Iranian activist Nariman Gharib tweeted redacted screenshots of a phishing link sent to him via a WhatsApp message. He warned others not to click on suspicious links. The activist, who follows the digital side of the Iranian…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday that his country will slash its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles to just 6.1%. This decision paves the way for companies like Geely, BYD, and Xiaomi to establish a second foothold…
Elon Musk’s X is experiencing its second large-scale outage this week. The site and app, formerly known as Twitter, are either not loading at all or glitching briefly before displaying error messages. The tracking site Down Detector shows nearly 80,000…
Italy has launched two investigations into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard. The country’s competition regulator, Autorita Garante della Concorrenza E Del Mercato (AGCM), alleges the company has engaged in misleading and aggressive sales practices for its popular smartphone games Diablo Immortal and…
The social network Bluesky is updating its app to allow anyone to share when they are live-streaming on Twitch. It is also adding specialized hashtags, known as cashtags, for discussing publicly traded stocks. These new features could potentially help Bluesky…
YouTube is updating its advertiser-friendly content guidelines to allow more videos on controversial issues to earn full ad revenue. This applies to content that is dramatized or discussed in a non-graphic manner. The controversial topics include self-harm, abortion, suicide, and…
Rebecca Yu spent seven days building a dining app to solve a common problem: the decision fatigue from group chats unable to choose where to eat. Using determination and AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT, she created the web app…
Anthropic has appointed Irina Ghose, a former Microsoft India managing director, to lead its India business. The U.S. AI startup is preparing to open an office in Bengaluru. This move underscores how India is becoming a key battleground for AI…
OpenAI and Microsoft attempted to avoid a courtroom confrontation with Elon Musk, but a federal judge rejected their efforts. As reported earlier by Bloomberg, the judge denied their requests to dismiss the case and scheduled a jury trial for late…
Newsrooms have been experimenting with AI for several years now, but for the most part, those efforts have remained just experiments. A relatively unknown startup, Symbolic.ai, wants to change that. It just signed a major deal with News Corp, the…
