‘Daily time limits, filter controls, and account privacy’: TikTok agrees to ‘platform-level changes’ for teens, settles lawsuit with Alabama for $100 million days before trialTikTok has agreed to pay Alabama $100 million following claims about its harmful impact on youth mental health. The settlement involves imp...
26 Sep, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisisAn Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young user...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
‘Why should their Christmas be more important?’ Employee challenges workplace leave policyA UK employee’s Christmas leave request has sparked discussion over how employers should allocate popular holiday dates when several worker...
24 Sep, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
America’s Got Talent Season 21 winner to be announced today: Check AGT finale time, top 10 finalists, prize money and where to watchAGT 2026 finale: The second day of grand finale of America's Got Talent Season 21 will be held on September 23. Ten finalists will perform ...
23 Sep, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Chinese beauty product exporters are sitting pretty despite US trade disputeChinese-made wigs, hair extensions and artificial nails are seeing strong demand in the US, highlighting China's manufacturing strength eve...
23 Sep, 2026, 09.13 AM IST
Why Social Security gives some families $255 after death while eligible survivors can receive monthly benefits - a rule unchanged since 1954A viral TikTok about a family receiving just $255 after paying more than $1 million into Social Security has sparked debate over what happe...
22 Sep, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
AnyMind Group launches AnyCreator Stream in India to help creators monetise live audiencesAnyMind Group has launched AnyCreator Stream in India, a web-based platform enabling live-streaming creators to monitor audience performanc...
22 Sep, 2026, 02.59 PM IST
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location dataGoogle received a 403 million euro fine for privacy rule breaches. The European Union's watchdog found Google mishandled user location data...
22 Sep, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
Australian PM seeks big tech backing for internet safety, AI rulesAustralian leader Anthony Albanese said Sunday he was seeking big tech backing for his country's child online safety laws and greater AI re...
21 Sep, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Banned beauty products are still one click away in India and around the worldBanned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are still available for purchase online. These illegal items are found on Amazon, Temu, a...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
TikTok founder Zhang Yiming overtakes Gautam Adani as Asia’s richestByteDance founder Zhang Yiming now leads Asia's wealthiest individuals. His fortune has surpassed Gautam Adani's due to the booming artific...
16 Sep, 2026, 01.07 PM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate RessaThe Filipino and American journalist, who jointly won the 2021 award in part for her work documenting the power of large tech companies, se...
16 Sep, 2026, 12.27 AM IST
Limit AI now or humanity will lose its agency, says Nobel laureate Maria RessaNobel laureate Maria Ressa expresses urgent concerns about the risks that artificial intelligence poses to human agency, emphasizing the ne...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
What is the ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend? Inside the creepy AI-fuelled phenomenon now triggering US school warnings, police action and arrestsA new trend on social media featuring the Cat in the Hat character has triggered serious police investigations. Initially surfacing in the ...
14 Sep, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety featureAccording to the ruling, Texas said TikTok told users it would remove content that violated its Community Guidelines, but internally class...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
Portuguese group D3 sues Meta, TikTok and YouTube over addictive designA spokesperson for Alphabet's Google, owner of YouTube, said providing people with "a safer, healthier experience has always been core to o...
11 Sep, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
EU's von der Leyen to proposal on children protection from social media September 16Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, is set to unveil an initiative focused on safeguarding children from the ha...
10 Sep, 2026, 09.43 PM IST