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Apple had sent “threat notifications” to individuals whose accounts are in nearly 150 countries.Apple iPhone is the most popular smartphone model across the globe. Keeping camera, design, processor aside, one of the things about Apple iPhone that makes it stand out is the security. Apple invests huge to make iPhones the best in terms of security and recent notifications received by Indian politicians brought it to the limelight. For those who are unaware, a few known politicians across India received a warning message on…

Last Updated: November 09, 2023, 13:05 ISTAirlines & Travel Agencies Asked to Clear Pending Covid Refunds By This Month.The consumer affairs department urges the Civil Aviation Ministry to address the issue of no additional charges during the web check-in after ticket booking.The civil aviation ministry has been urged by the consumer affairs department to investigate the practice of some airlines charging for each seat during online check-in and to ensure that passengers are charged the correct fare at the time of…

Canadian news industry groups on Tuesday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate Meta Platforms' decision to block news on its platforms in the country, accusing the Facebook parent of abusing its dominant position.Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada last week in response to a law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.Canada's Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms pay for news, became law in June but has not yet come…

Amazon is already facing a potential lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, and now, a group of authors, booksellers, and an antitrust think tank is calling on the agency to investigate the e-commerce giant’s stranglehold on the bookselling market, as previously reported by The New York Times.In the letter, the Authors Guild, American Booksellers Association, and Open Markets Institute urge the FTC to look into Amazon’s “monopoly in its role as a seller of books to the public.” The three organizations accuse Amazon of…

Microsoft on Thursday found itself the target of an EU antitrust investigation over the tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, putting it at risk of a hefty fine.The US tech giant has racked up EUR 2.2 billion (roughly Rs. 20,485 crore) in EU antitrust fines in the previous decade for practices in breach of EU competition rules, including tying or bundling two or more products together.It has since then sought adopted a more conciliatory approach with the European Commission.The European…

Electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire on the sidelines of the 6th edition of the "Choose France" Summit at the Chateau de Versailles, outside Paris on May 15, 2023.Ludovic Marin | Pool | Via ReutersSen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tesla and its board of directors over possible "conflicts of interest, misappropriation of corporate assets, and other negative impacts to Tesla…

The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad hoc Committee to investigate alleged abuse of tax incentives, breaks and waivers by public officials and benefiting companies. This was the sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Oluwole Oke (PDP-Osun) at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion earlier, Mr Oke said it is within the ambits of the federal government’s powers to exercise executive and legislative jurisdiction over items in the Exclusive Legislative list as contained in the second…

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, to determine whether the popular chatbot harmed consumers via its vast data collecting measures as well as its creation and circulation of false information. The FTC sent OpenAI a 20-page document demanding records and details of how OpenAI keeps its language models in check. To note, language models are the technological framework underpinning ChatGPT. In its Civil Investigative Demand, one of the FTC’s requests for information…

On Saturday, the Euclid spacecraft, built by the European Space Agency built this space telescope, embarked on a mission to chart the history of our universe up to 10 billion years ago.The Euclid telescope has been named after Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician who lived around 300 BC and is known as the father of geometry. The spacecraft will observe over a third of the extragalactic sky for the next six years. It will then create the most precise three-dimensional map of the cosmos ever made using its…

A US court has rejected a lawsuit filed against Byju’s by a group of lenders, who had sought an investigation into a $500 million fund transfer made by a subsidiary of the Bengaluru-based edtech firm to other entities.These lenders who had participated in a syndicated term loan B taken by Byju’s had accused the company of hiding the money. They claimed that because Byju’s defaulted on its loan repayment, they had the right to put their representative, Timothy R Pohl, in charge of Byju’s Alpha, the US subsidiary that made…