Meta hit with a staggering $25 billion penalty in New Mexico privacy case linked to Cambridge Analytica scandal-here's what happenedMeta has been sentenced to pay a staggering $25 billion for consumer protection infractions in New Mexico. These violations arose from misl...
22 Oct, 2026, 01.51 AM IST
Meta raises AI spending forecast to $145 billion, plans new share issue; Q3 revenue beats estimatesMeta raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $135 billion-$145 billion to accelerate AI expansion and announced plans for non-votin...
22 Oct, 2026, 01.42 AM IST
Deepfakes muddy protest coverage as online platforms restrict individual accountsSeveral AI-generated clips have gone viral on Instagram, Facebook and X, drawing millions of views and comments. A recent viral clip of a w...
18 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
White House Ballroom secret donor list revealed by The Washington Post-Who are the controversial donors backing Trump's $333 million projectNvidia and Apple each pledged $25 million towards a controversial ballroom project at the White House. Reports indicate that over $333 mill...
17 Oct, 2026, 02.22 PM IST
Apple names Meta veteran Scott Tucker as litigation chief in legal team shake-upApple has hired former Meta litigation chief Scott Tucker as vice president of global litigation and financial services, strengthening its ...
17 Oct, 2026, 06.18 AM IST
Meta employees confirm in internal communications of alleged bias against Lula in Brazilian elections, reports newspaperMeta's employees confirmed in an internal communication that the company had restricited Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s ac...
16 Oct, 2026, 10.07 PM IST
Paramount Skydance merger: Is David Ellison’s $110 billion hollywood gamble now about tech?Paramount Skydance has completed a $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to reshape Hollywood's landscape. The merger combines ma...
07 Oct, 2026, 02.18 AM IST
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Meta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demandsThe challenge is one of the first in relation to the 2023 Online Safety Act, which sets tougher standards for platforms such as TikTok, X a...
05 Oct, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
AI agents take over online shopping: Ecommerce firms rethink pricing, verificationIndia’s ecommerce and digital platforms are preparing for a surge in personal AI agents that could increasingly make shopping decisions and...
26 Sep, 2026, 02.16 PM IST
From smart glasses to AI pins, privacy fears challenge tech's next big betThe backlash against devices that can see, hear and respond to the world around them has been strongest against Meta's Ray-Bans, which made...
22 Sep, 2026, 04.07 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
China's Temu may have spent as much as $962 millionon Meta ads in the UK and Europe, with 73 of its top 100 creators likely fakeTemu may have spent nearly one billion dollars on Meta ads promoting products. Research suggests many boosted accounts likely do not repres...
07 Sep, 2026, 02.08 PM IST
Govt left with a losing hand as offshore RMG sites find a cheat codeMultiple users on social media platforms like X continue to complain that their money is stuck on offshore platforms such as Parimatch, 1Xb...
03 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kidsDetermining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of child safety measures that other companies, including Google, TikTok, and ...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
Lindsay Clancy trial: ‘She left them discarded on the basement floor like broken toys because she was done playing the game,’ prosecutors say about Massachusetts mother who killed her 3 childrenLindsay Clancy trial enters a crucial stage as prosecutors deliver a chilling closing argument over the deaths of her three children. Prose...
27 Aug, 2026, 10.53 PM IST
Meta's social media settlement leaves its money machine unscathedWhile the headline figure is among the largest ever settlements paid by a technology company, it is unlikely to strain a business that earn...
27 Aug, 2026, 05.01 PM IST