Technology

The decision by Meta to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages, effective May 8, 2026, is being treated by digital rights advocates not as an isolated event but as …

  Google spent several months allowing internet users’ health opinions to be organized by AI and served to people making medical searches, then quietly pulled the feature. “What People Suggest” …

  Microsoft has called out the Pentagon for misusing its national security authority in a landmark court filing in a San Francisco federal court in support of Anthropic’s challenge to …

Elon Musk has cleared a major regulatory hurdle after Mississippi officials approved a 41-turbine power plant for his AI company, xAI. The permit allows the company to run permanent methane …

Sam Altman has set an ambitious standard with his Pentagon deal, claiming contractual protections against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons use in a government AI agreement. If that standard holds, …

Corporate governance experts who criticized last year’s circular Nvidia-OpenAI deal now have something new to examine: an investment structure that has removed the problematic conflict of interest and replaced it …

Red lines in international politics are rarely drawn clearly. Emmanuel Macron drew one in Delhi, at the AI Impact Summit, and he drew it plainly enough that everyone in the …

Anthropic has successfully completed a $30 billion funding round that propels its valuation to $380 billion, marking one of the largest private capital raises in technology sector history. The AI …

In a decisive move toward enhanced user safety, WhatsApp has deployed Strict Account Settings across its global platform. The feature exemplifies how technology companies can balance security with usability, offering …

The popular social media platform TikTok has finalized an ownership restructuring that establishes a majority American-owned entity with ongoing security verification processes ensuring continuous compliance. The announcement Thursday emphasizes sustained …