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Grindr faces £8.6m fine over claims it mishandled personal data

The gay dating app is yet to give a formal response to the draft decision under the EU's GDPR privacy rules.

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WhatsApp delays launch of business feature after privacy backlash

WhatsApp sets a new launch date of 15 May for the business tools and will approach users gradually to review the policy changes.

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WhatsApp delays launch of business feature after privacy backlash

WhatsApp sets a new launch date of 15 May for the business tools and will approach users gradually to review the policy changes.

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U.S. adds China's CNOOC, Skyrizon to blacklist

CCTV Image The U.S. Department of Commerce has added Chinese National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to the Entity List and Chinese company Skyrizon to the Military End-User (MEU) List. CNOO

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NYSE to delist China's three telecom giants on executive order

China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom are the three major telecommunication companies in China. /CFP The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said on Friday it will delist three Chinese telec

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France Slaps Google, Amazon With a Total of 135 Mln Euros in Fines

Last year, France imposed a 3-percent digital tax, targeting big tech corporations, such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, which resulted in a major spat between

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Spotify resets user passwords after a security bug exposed private account information

Spotify said it has reset an undisclosed number of user passwords after blaming a vulnerability in its systems for exposing private account information to its business partners.In a data breach notif

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Chinese companies to build longest bridge over water in Brazil

03:24 Two Chinese companies, CCCC and CR20 signed a contract this weekto build a much sought-after bridge in the Brazilian state of Bahia, ​connecting its capital Salvador with the isl

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Disney+ has more than 73M subscribers

Disney+, the streaming service that launched one year ago today, grew to 73.7 million paid subscribers as of early October.That’s according to The Walt Disney Company’s fourth quarter ear

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Reliance Jio Platforms tops 400M subscribers, explores expanding services outside of India

Reliance Jio Platforms, the telecom venture run by India’s richest man (Mukesh Ambani), had 405.6 million subscribers in the quarter that ended in September, becoming the first operator outside

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Comcast says Peacock has nearly 22M sign-ups

Comcast’s latest earnings report includes some official user numbers for Peacock, the new streaming service from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal.Specifically, Comcast says that Peacock has received

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Watch Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s CEOs defend the law that created social media to Congress

The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google will appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in big tech’s latest showdown with Congress.The Senate hearing will have a narrower, more

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Snap shares explode after blowing past earnings expectations

Snap shares were up nearly 20% in after-hours trading after the company showcased a massive earnings beat, besting analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings per share for Q3. The company was a

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Pakistan telecom regulator blocks TikTok over 'immoral and indecent' content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday said it has blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, adding that t

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Pakistan telecom regulator blocks TikTok over 'indecent' content

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday said it has blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, adding that the authorities remain open to f

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Plaid improves its account linking flow

Plaid, the company building a universal banking API that lets you connect an app or service with a bank account, has updated Plaid Link. Plaid Link is the interface that you see when you add your ban

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EU welcomes TikTok joining code of conduct against online hate speech

The logo of TikTok is seen on a smartphone screen in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Aug. 30, 2020. /Xinhua The European Commission welcomed the decision of TikTok to join the Code of