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Mehaniq/Shutterstock The U.S. government is suing TikTok over a string of privacy violations relating to children. According to court papers filed by the U.S. Justice Department in California, the Chinese-owned app has violated both the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and an agreement it forged with the American government back in 2019. If the court […]

Tada Images/Shutterstock In what could be a major development in the e-commerce community, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a landmark decision and order deeming that online retail giant Amazon is, according to federal safety laws, responsible for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers. The decision resulted from a unanimous 5-0 vote from

Mario Tama/Getty Images Less than a week ago, a faulty update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down over 8.5 million computers across the globe. The outage hobbled industries ranging from aviation and healthcare to emergency 911 helplines and even food giants like McDonald’s. To make matters worse, the initial apology offered by the company’s CEO

Jetcityimage/Getty Images In what can be dubbed as one of the biggest security breaches of its kind in recent years, AT&T has announced today that data of «nearly all» its cellular customers was stolen by hackers. The first phase of the attack lasted between May and October of 2022, while the second phase was executed