Meta, Google, and TikTok have filed separate federal lawsuits in California against State Attorney General Rob Bonta, seeking an emergency injunction to block a landmark youth safety statute. The legal action targets Assembly Bill 1709, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, which aims to outlaw core product design features, such as algorithmic "addictive feeds," infinite scrolling, and autoplay mechanics, for users under the age of 16. Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock

More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam on Friday, climbing cranes and occupying parts of the facility as protests against the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure spread across Europe. Editorial credit: hans engbers / Shutterstock The demonstration took place on November 6 in Amsterdam's Westpoort district, where Microsoft is developing a major AI data centre with Pure Data Centres. Some protesters climbed construction equipm

Chainalysis, the premier blockchain analytics and threat intelligence firm relied upon by global law enforcement agencies, banks, and cryptocurrency exchanges, confirmed that an aggressive cyberattack has exposed customer credentials and active session tokens across its entire user base. The disclosure marks a major escalation from an earlier statement that framed the intrusion as a minor breach limited to basic user profile metadata. Credit: Shutterstock The breach has force

Technology stocks suffered a sharp sell-off this week as investors reassessed the outlook for artificial intelligence infrastructure following sweeping Democratic victories in the US midterm elections and growing concerns about whether massive AI investments will deliver expected returns. Thursday, November 5, was particularly painful for Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 5.5%, its steepest single-day decline since April 2025, while the S&P 500 dropped 4.4%

A spree of physical-disruption cyberattacks sweeping Western Europe escalated into critical healthcare infrastructure after hackers breached industrial cooling control systems operating across three regional facilities managed by France's national blood agency, the Établissement Français du Sang (EFS). The intruders remotely issued commands to override safety parameters and heat the cold-storage units up to 50°C (122°F), a temperature that would permanently spoil vital blood