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TikTok developers are suing Montana over its app prohibition.

A number of TikTok users have filed a lawsuit to get the new statewide ban barring the app in Montana overturned on the grounds that Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing of the legislation this week violates the First Amendment. After the…

The Legend of Zelda video game sold 10 million copies in three days.

Nintendo has claimed that their latest Zelda game has sold over 10 million copies in just three days. According to the report, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become the fastest-selling Zelda game to date. In comparison,…

A British citizen has pleaded guilty in the United States to the 2020 Twitter hack.

A British resident who was extradited to the United States last month pleaded guilty in New York to his role in one of the largest social media breaches in history. Over 130 accounts were compromised in the July 2020 Twitter…

An ex-Uber security chief was convicted for covering up a cyberattack.

Uber’s former chief security officer escaped jail time and was sentenced to three years probation for lying to authorities about a cyber-attack. Joseph Sullivan was convicted of paying hackers $100,000 (£79,000) after they acquired access to 57 million Uber user…

According to a US authority, Meta is endangering child users.

The top US data privacy regulator has accused Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, of failing to implement adequate parental controls. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) also stated that Meta should be prohibited from profiting from children’s data….

ChatGPT is now available in Italy.

In Italy, access to the ChatGPT chatbot has been restored. The Italian data protection authorities prohibited it in early April due to privacy concerns. Its creator, OpenAI, which is supported by Microsoft, stated that it had “addressed or clarified” the…

Is the United Kingdom a bad place for tech firms?

Microsoft is furious. Despite months of lobbying and negotiating, the UK’s competition authority determined yesterday that the internet firm’s proposed multibillion-dollar acquisition of game creator Activision Blizzard should be scrapped. It would have reinforced Microsoft’s position as a video game…

Activision Blizzard merger blockage is terrible for Britain, according to Microsoft CEO.

One of Microsoft’s senior executives has spoken out after UK regulators vetoed the software giant’s acquisition of US video game developer Activision Blizzard. According to Brad Smith of the BBC, the move was “bad for Britain” and demonstrated that the…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to build a new battery factory in Shanghai.

Tesla, Elon Musk’s electric car company, says it is expanding in China by building a new factory to produce large-scale batteries. According to the company, the Shanghai plant will be able to produce 10,000 of its “Megapack” energy storage units…

During the global sting operation to apprehend North Korean cryptocurrency hackers

Only days after North Korea launched three ballistic missiles into the sea in January, a group of South Korean spies and US private investigators met in secret at the South Korean intelligence service. They had been tracking $100 million stolen…