Turkey fines Google $75m in ad tech probe
Turkey’s antitrust regulator imposed a fine of 2.61 billion liras ($75 million) on Google, citing that the tech giant unfairly favoured its…
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OpenAI announces ChatGPT service recovery after hours-long outage
OpenAI announced in an early Thursday X post that its services, including ChatGPT, the Sora video generator, and its programming interface, were…
Meta faces major outage across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
Meta’s apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads, faced widespread outages starting on Wednesday. Users were unable to access the services,…
TikTok launches first shop in Europe
TikTok Shop has officially launched in Spain, making it the first country in continental Europe to offer direct shopping on the platform.…
Microsoft faces £1bn UK lawsuit over alleged overcharge
Microsoft was accused on Tuesday of unfairly overcharging customers of competing cloud companies in a lawsuit seeking damages over £1 billion ($1.27…
Apple faces UK lawsuit over App store commission fees
Apple Inc. is facing a class action lawsuit in the UK, with developers accusing the company of imposing anti-competitive commission fees as…
Disney settles women’s pay disparity lawsuit with $43m
Walt Disney has agreed to pay $43.3 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of gender-based pay disparity, with female…
Elon Musk’s xAI soars to $50bn valuation
Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup, xAI, has surged to a $50 billion valuation just 16 months after its launch, signaling a major rise…
Netflix shares soar after Tyson-Paul event, set for best week
Netflix shares were on track for their fifth consecutive daily gain on Friday, heading toward their biggest weekly percentage increase since January.…
Mike Tyson, Jake Paul bout disrupt Netflix service
Netflix experienced a major outage affecting thousands of users in the US and India, coinciding with the Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul…
Meta to appeal addiction lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc. has announced its intention to appeal court rulings that allow multiple states and school districts to continue their lawsuits…
TikTok introduces AI video creation tool
TikTok, owned by ByteDance, has announced the global rollout of its Symphony Creative Studios, a generative AI-powered platform for video creation, now…