U.S. House warns staff TikTok ban on House-managed phones starts Aug. 15
The U.S. House of Representatives alerted staffers Tuesday that TikTok, and all products from Chinese Internet firm ByteDance, will be blocked starting Aug. 15, on…
Meta settles data privacy lawsuit, agrees to pay Texas $1.4 billion
1 of 2 | Meta has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.4 billion, in the largest data privacy settlement brought by a state.…
US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content | Social Media News
The United States Senate has overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major…
U.S. Senate approves Kids Online Safety Act, sends it to House
1 of 2 | Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced the passage of a Senate bill that would create the Kids Online Safety Act to help…
Why are conservatives claiming Google is covering up the shooting of Trump? | Technology News
Google has come under fire from conservatives in the United States amid claims that the tech giant is suppressing information about the attempted assassination of…
HumAngle Foundation Kickstarts Maiden Technology And Civic Impact Fellowship
HumAngle Foundation kicked off a five-day training for its inaugural Technology and Civic Impact Fellowship on Monday, July 29. The fellowship brings together 10 fellows,…
Union for Maryland Apple workers reaches first-ever labor deal
Employees at Apple's Towson, Md., store reached a labor agreement before other high-profile unionization efforts, such as Starbucks and Amazon. File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI…
Federal attorneys say China could use TikTok to influence U.S. elections
1 of 3 | A sign for the social media app TikTok is displayed when the New York Yankees play the New York Mets at…
CrowdStrike says 97% of Windows sensors back online
A week after a routine CrowdStrike IT update led to the worldwide crash of the Microsoft Windows operating system, CEO George Kurtz said that 97%of…
U.S. indicts, offers $10 million reward for North Korean hacker
The United States indicted North Korean hacker Rim Jong Hyok for cyberattacks targeting defense secrets, the Justice Department said Thursday. Photo courtesy of FBI July…
OpenAI tests AI search engine prototype SearchGPT
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee in 2023. On Thursday, OpenAI Thursday announced an AI search engine prototype called SearchGPT. It…
Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem? | Technology News
Technology revolution comes with gargantuan power and cooling needs.Artificial intelligence is driving a technological revolution. But feeding it requires more electricity to run its powerful…
All For Science: Science learning through play in Tanzania | Science and Technology
Dr Lwidiko Mhamilawa believes in teaching science through hands-on play, as seen in Tanzania’s STEM-based theme parks.In Tanzania, Projekt Inspire’s STEM Parks give young people…
US regulators investigate Delta as it struggles to recover from outage | Aviation News
The collapse at Delta is stunning for an outfit that was widely viewed as the best big US airline.United States regulators are investigating how Delta…
Founder of South Korea’s Kakao arrested over alleged stock price rigging | Technology News
Kim Beom-su is accused of conspiring to inflate SM Entertainment’s stock price to prevent takeover by rival agency.The founder of South Korea’s Kakao Corp has…
CrowdStrike outage: ‘Significant number’ of affected systems restored
Travelers walk past a screen displaying a Microsoft Windows error message at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Chaos from Friday's global tech…
More flights canceled amid slow recovery from IT outage
1 of 4 | Passengers wait at Istanbul Airport in Istanbul, Turkey Friday amid a global IT outage caused by a cybersecurity update issued by…
Slow recovery after CrowdStrike update sparks global IT outage | Technology News
Businesses and services around the world were slowly recovering after a massive technology outage wreaked havoc across the world and raised questions about the vulnerability…
Chaos as airlines around the world hit by IT outage | Aviation News
Passengers around the world have faced flight delays, cancellations and problems checking in as airports and airlines are caught up in a significant IT outage…
Mass outage affecting Windows hosts causes global travel chaos, hits financial, healthcare networks
A major IT outage affecting Microsoft Windows systems caused global disruptions to travel, financial networks and healthcare facilities Friday. Photo by Tolga Bozoglu/EPA-EFE July 19…