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A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing "deep concern" over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts.

What we colloquially refer to as "e-scooters" can differ greatly when it comes to steering and braking capabilities, wheel size, and suspension systems; something that can have harmful consequences in the event of a crash. And it is the small, lighter e-scooters made for private use that are often more unsafe than the larger rental ones.

European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday.

Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone's digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe that is striving to give consumers more choices—at the risk of creating new avenues for hackers to steal personal and financial information stored on the devices.

Federal airport security officials unveiled passenger self-screening lanes Wednesday at busy Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, with plans to test it for use in other cities around the country.

Spain's privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin, the company created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease its operations in the country for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users' personal information.

The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kick in from Thursday, but just how far Brussels succeeds in bringing the giants to heel will hinge on bitter battles that still lie ahead.

The world's most popular AI tools are powered by programs from OpenAI and Meta that show prejudice against women, according to a study launched on Thursday by the UN's cultural organization UNESCO.

The Better Business Bureau said Americans also lost money last year in employment scams and online purchasing scams.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 750 National Guard troops would be deployed in the subway system to help the NYPD conduct bag checks in an effort to keep weapons off trains.

A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

Epic Games on Wednesday called on the EU to swiftly enforce its major new law governing big tech after Apple halted the Fortnite-maker's effort to develop a competing app store for its devices.

A Microsoft engineer is sounding alarms about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company's artificial intelligence image-generator tool, sending letters on Wednesday to U.S. regulators and the tech giant's board of directors urging them to take action.

US lawmakers moved Wednesday to pressure TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, in a broader push to keep social media apps out of foreign adversaries' control.

The EU is prepared to deploy its full arsenal to force big tech companies to change their behavior online, the bloc's competition chief said Wednesday, the day before a sweeping new law comes into force.

The changes prompted by the EU’s Digital Markets Act aren’t impressing anyone.

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.

Copyright lawsuits could redirect the future of generative AI.

Quantum computing will radically transform the application of the law—challenging long-held notions of copyright, a new study says.

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