India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushbackIndia's government has dropped a proposal to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. This decision follows opposition from smartphone m...
17 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Can Anthropic Mythos AI detect hidden financial cyber threats before attacks, and how Wall Street banks test next-gen cybersecurity defense systems todayAnthropic Mythos AI is now reshaping Wall Street cybersecurity at an unprecedented scale. Banks are testing this advanced AI to detect hidd...
11 Apr, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Italy regulator fines Apple $115 million for alleged App Store privacy violationsItaly's competition authority has fined Apple 98.6 million euros for abusing its dominant position in the mobile app market. The regulator ...
22 Dec, 2025, 02.04 PM IST
OpenAI pact has privacy guardrails: AppleDespite privacy worries surrounding the Apple-OpenAI partnership, Apple guaranteed privacy safeguards for users, even those accessing the f...
19 Jun, 2024, 03.41 PM IST
In monitoring sex abuse of children, Apple is caught between safety and privacyA child advocacy group, Heat Initiative, has raised $2 million for a new national advertising campaign calling on Apple to detect, report a...
03 Sep, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Italy probes Apple over app market dominanceAt issue is Apple's App Tracking Transparency policy that compels third-party developers to secure an opt-in from iPhone users to track the...
12 May, 2023, 01.08 AM IST
Apple faces critics over its privacy policiesTwo developers going by the name 'Mysk' claimed last month that Apple was tracking users' every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabl...
06 Dec, 2022, 03.42 PM IST
Apple’s chief privacy officer set to leave company for law firmJane Horvath, who first joined Apple in 2011, is taking a job at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, said the people, who asked not to be identifi...
31 Aug, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Google tracks highest private data among Big Tech firms: reportAccording to the report, out of the five major digital firms, Google harvests the most data on its users by tracking 39 types of private da...
22 Aug, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
Google Play to hide app permissions, makes developers responsible for data collectionDevelopers have time till July 20 to fill out a data privacy form for their apps, and they "alone" must make "complete and accurate declara...
18 Jul, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Google says to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devicesTech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain, regulators threaten tougher rules, bu...
16 Feb, 2022, 07.57 PM IST
Apple launches Android app to detect AirTags and boost privacyApple Inc has launched an Android app to help users scan nearby AirTags or other similar item trackers that might be traveling with them wi...
14 Dec, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Apple's software boss warns against draft EU policy on App StoreApple contends that such a move would make phones the target of malware or hijacking by cybercriminals and the company is sending top execu...
04 Nov, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
ETtech Evening Briefing on 28 Jan. 2021: Top 5 Tech News, in 10 MinutesIt’s all happening today. All the Big Tech firms—WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon—are in the news for their evolving machinatio...
28 Jan, 2021, 09.13 PM IST
Apple will help Trai develop Do-Not-Disturb appThe regulator was, however, cautious about the outcome, saying it had been in talks with the Cupertino-based company for two years without ...
15 Nov, 2017, 10.57 PM IST
Trai to start consultation process on data ownershipAt the end of the process, Trai will issue recommendations to the telecom department which will take a final decision on implementation.
09 Aug, 2017, 02.20 AM IST
Apple employees stole Eva Longoria's info, reached out to herActress Eva Longoria revealed that she's been directly contacted by Apple store employees who were able to access her personal information ...
07 Sep, 2014, 01.21 PM IST