Logitech has confirmed a significant data breach involving a zero-day exploit that compromised customer and employee data. The attack appears connected to the Clop ransomware gang, which claims to have stolen 1.8 terabytes of information. While payment data wasn’t exposed, the breach raises serious
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei openly admits discomfort with the power concentrated among tech elites like himself and Sam Altman. He warns AI could eliminate 50% of entry-level office jobs within five years while revealing Chinese hackers recently jailbroke Claude for cyberattacks.
Europol coordinated with eight European countries to identify and remove terrorist propaganda from gaming platforms. The operation uncovered thousands of URLs containing jihadist content and violent extremist material. Authorities found gaming platforms being misused to recruit minors and livestream
Phia, the buzzy AI shopping tool backed by Kleiner Perkins and celebrity investors, was caught collecting complete webpage HTML from users’ browsers. The extension transmitted data from all sites visited, including sensitive financial and email pages, without proper disclosure. Researchers say this
A confidant of housing regulator Bill Pulte shared confidential competitive data between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, alarming executives who called it “very problematic.” The officials who raised concerns were later fired, while Pulte allies were promoted.
OpenAI has been found guilty of copyright infringement by a German court for training its AI models on music lyrics without permission. The ruling comes as multiple lawsuits against AI companies over training data continue to pile up. This marks the first major AI copyright decision in Europe.
The FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into major proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis. This comes as the Trump administration considers an executive order to reduce their influence on shareholder voting decisions.
New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect this week, requiring companies like Uber and DoorDash to disclose when algorithms use personal data to set prices. The notices appear during checkout but don’t explain exactly how your information affects what you pay. This transparency push
The familiar Facebook Like and Comment buttons that appeared on millions of websites will officially disappear on February 10, 2026. Meta announced the plugins will “gracefully degrade” rather than causing site errors, marking the end of an influential chapter in internet history.
Google is introducing warnings for apps that cause excessive battery drain through background activity. Apps that cross the “bad behavior threshold” will get visible labels in the Play Store. The system targets apps holding more than 2 cumulative hours of wake locks in 24 hours.
