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Smartphones, once helpful tools, now act as digital parasites—exploiting users’ attention, time and data for corporate gain. Despite their benefits, over-reliance leads to sleep loss, weakened relationships and mood issues. Experts argue collective ...

A smuggled North Korean smartphone has exposed how tightly the regime monitors and censors its citizens. According to a BBC report, the device blocks South Korean language, autocorrects phrases like “Oppa” to “Comrade,” and secretly takes screenshot...

Builder.ai, facing bankruptcy, allegedly inflated sales figures by engaging in "round-tripping" with VerSe Innovation, billing each other for similar amounts without actual services rendered. Documents suggest this practice occurred between 2021 and...

Microsoft continued providing key services in Russia after Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but in June 2022 it said it was significantly scaling down its operations due to changes to the economic outlook and the impact on its business th...

As the antitrust trial concludes, Google and U.S. enforcers present final arguments on remedies for Google's illegal search dominance. Proposals include forcing Google to sell Chrome, share search data, and cease payments to Apple and other device m...

Meta is crossing a former hard red line in Silicon Valley to develop tech for military uses. Anduril, founded by Palmer Luckey, is partnering with Meta to develop XR products for military use, offering a potential lifeline for Meta's Reality Labs, w...

Google lawyers are expected to assert only minor concessions are needed, especially as the upheaval triggered by advances in artificial intelligence already are reshaping the search landscape, as alternative, conversational search options are rollin...

A Texas bill to ban social media accounts for anyone under 18 stalled after the state Senate missed a key vote ahead of a legislative deadline. The proposal, more restrictive than similar laws in Florida and Australia, faced opposition over free spe...

Offshore betting and real estate led advertising violations in 2024-25, according to ASCI's report, accounting for 68% of total breaches. Digital media, especially Meta platforms, saw the most violations, while television and print showed high compl...

Anupam Mittal of Shark Tank India has voiced concerns about India's 'brain drain' to social media, not Silicon Valley. He warns that constant scrolling through reels and AI content is hindering creativity and critical thinking among the youth. Mitta...

Age limits and parental consent for social media apps are among the few areas of wide US consensus, with a Pew Research poll in 2023 finding that 81% of Americans support requiring parental consent for children to create social media accounts and 71...

Social media posts allege Donald Trump has been targeting Ivy League schools after Barron's rejection. Tensions have escalated between the Trump administration and universities like Harvard. Trump has threatened to cut federal funding due to DEI dis...

Texas is considering a law for age checks on app stores. Parental approval is needed for users under 18 to download apps. Apple and Google are against the bill. They worry about data privacy. Texas also plans to ban social media for teens. This move...

SEBI is actively working to curb the menace of misleading financial advice from unregulated influencers by restricting partnerships between registered entities and unregistered individuals. These measures include banning associations with those prov...

The proliferation of AI-driven bot networks poses a significant threat to businesses, manipulating online sentiment and distorting market information. This digital deception leads to reputational damage and financial losses for companies. India, wit...

The document said the ministry was acting on behalf of the country's cyber-security department after police reported that 68% of the 9,600 Telegram channels and groups in the country violated the law, citing fraud, drug trafficking and "cases suspec...

The petitioner, claiming himself "a prominent social activist, humanitarian, and President of Global Peace Initiative, which is dedicated to promoting peace and justice globally", said the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the interest o...

Last week, "Fortnite" became unavailable on the App Store around the world, apparently as the result of an updated version of the game being rejected by Apple. While Fortnite with its millions of daily players had already been unavailable to iPhone ...

Fortnite has officially returned to Apple's App Store in the United States, ending a nearly five-year ban triggered by a legal clash over in-app payment commissions. Epic Games, the studio behind Fortnite, announced the game's comeback after a recen...