Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new U.S. non-profit (techcrunch.com)
Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, is among those who have joined the board of directors of Mastodon's new U.S. non-profit, Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko
ChatGPT's 'hallucination' problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union. This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonprofit noyb on behalf of an OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union that targets the inability of its AI chatbot ChatGPT to correct misinformation it generates about individuals.
Apple's iPadOS will have to comply with EU's Digital Markets Act too (techcrunch.com)
The European Union will apply its flagship market fairness and contestability rules to Apple's iPadOS, the Commission announced today -- expanding the The European Union will apply its flagship market fairness and contestability rules to Apple's iPadOS, the Commission announced today.
India's ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to 'wrong' users (techcrunch.com)
ICICI Bank, one of India's top private banks, exposed sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to "wrong" customers.
Substack rival Ghost confirms it will join the fediverse in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
Ghost, an open source rival to Substack's newsletter platform, has confirmed it will this year officially join the fediverse -- or the open social network
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist (techcrunch.com)
The hackers say they have stolen 5.3 million records from the World-Check database, used by companies and banks for screening potential customers.
Tesla ditches EV inventory discounts to 'streamline' sales and delivery (techcrunch.com)
Tesla has ended discounts on inventory across its entire electric vehicle lineup as part of a plan by CEO Elon Musk to "streamline" sales.
Omni Hotels says customers' personal data stolen in ransomware attack (techcrunch.com)
A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017.
Big Tech's ad transparency tools are still woeful, Mozilla research report finds (techcrunch.com)
Platforms' ad oversight tools are falling short of delivering the intended transparency and democratic accountability in a critical year for elections globally.
Meta to close Threads in Turkey to comply with injunction prohibiting data sharing with Instagram (techcrunch.com)
Meta will "temporarily" shutter Threads in Turkey on April 29, in response to an injunction imposed by the country's competition authority.
Change Healthcare stolen patient data leaked by ransomware gang (techcrunch.com)
This is the second group to demand a ransom payment from Change Healthcare to prevent the release of stolen patient data in as many months.
Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker (techcrunch.com)
Spyware makers are reportedly working on targeting individuals with stealthy data-stealing malware using online banner ads.
Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step (techcrunch.com)
Meta said on Thursday that it is testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This
UK's antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech's grip on GenAI (techcrunch.com)
The UK's competition watchdog, the CMA, has sounded a warning over Big Tech's grip on the advanced AI market, with CEO Sarah Cardell expressing "real concerns" over how the sector is developing.
YouTube is turning off kids' ability to write comments (in supervised experiences) (techcrunch.com)
YouTube's comments section, historically, has had a bad reputation, but a change rolling out could prevent kids from wading into the comments cesspool. In
Magnets are switching up the keyboard game (techcrunch.com)
The next big thing in mechanical keyboards is magnetic switches. Mechanical keyboards quickly went from a niche product to mainstream during the pandemic,
Tesla reportedly drops plan to build $25K EV (techcrunch.com)
The company is instead supposedly focusing on its robotaxi project. Musk said Reuters is "lying" but didn't dispute the story's specifics.
Indian government's cloud spilled citizens' personal data online for years (techcrunch.com)
India's government cloud exposed reams of sensitive data to the public internet because of a misconfiguration.
Microsoft and Quantinuum say they've ushered in the next era of quantum computing (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft and Quantinuum today announced a major breakthrough in quantum error correction. Using Quantinuum's ion-trap hardware and Microsoft's new
Open source foundations unite on common standards for EU's Cyber Resilience Act (techcrunch.com)
Seven open source foundations are coming together to create common specifications and standards for Europe's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), regulation
TikTok is bringing its dedicated STEM feed to Europe (techcrunch.com)
As TikTok continues to face increased scrutiny, the company is signaling its commitment to fostering educational content on its app.
Orbit Fab unveils $30K port to refuel satellites (techcrunch.com)
Orbit Fab wants to build a network of gas stations in space.
After spat with TikTok, UMG expands Spotify partnership to include music videos and more (techcrunch.com)
In the wake of Universal Music Group's (UMG) public spat with TikTok, which saw the label pulling its full catalog from the video app earlier this year,
LinkedIn targets users caught between TikTok and what used to be Twitter (techcrunch.com)
Two weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that LinkedIn was getting into games, helping users "deepen relationships" through puzzle-based interactions. And
Amazon will have to publish an ads library in EU after all (techcrunch.com)
Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive after all, following a decision by Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive after all, following a decision by the European Union's...
