Don’t lose your data—act now as Google confirms deletions Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Update, Dec. 25, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 24 now includes additional information regarding data deletion timelines from a Google spokesperson along with advice on how to efficiently manage multiple Google accounts on a single device without fear of purging. […]
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given its owner’s support of President-elect Donald Trump, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms. The platform grew out of […]
AI, while having potential, “must be handled responsibly and with a firm focus on user control,” and third-party developers may not take “such a deliberate approach,” Strava wrote. And the firm expects the API changes will “affect only a small fraction (less than 0.1 percent) of the applications on the Strava platform” and that “the […]
X, the social media app owned by Elon Musk, has sued California in an attempt to block a new law requiring large online platforms to remove or label deceptive election content. The lawsuit, filed in federal court this week, targets a law that aims to combat harmful videos, images and audio that have been altered […]
The big three record labels notched another court victory against a broadband provider last month, but the music publishing firms aren’t happy that an appeals court only awarded per-album damages instead of damages for each song. Universal, Warner, and Sony are seeking an en banc rehearing of the copyright infringement case, claiming that Internet service […]
Supreme Court ruling could hurt FCC case Both AT&T and Verizon cite the Supreme Court’s June 2024 ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesywhich held that “when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial.” The Supreme Court ruling, which affirmed […]
Roku beat Wall Street expectations for its third quarter and said it will stop giving quarterly updates on the number of streaming households, and average revenue per user, starting in the first quarter of 2025. “Since our IPO in 2017, the streaming industry has evolved meaningfully, with Americans now spending significantly more TV time streaming […]
The Internet Archive recently was the target of a data breach that exposed information related to 31 million users, including their usernames and email addresses, among other materials. The group SN_Blackmeta has claimed responsibility for a concurrent DDoS attack that took the site offline. The party responsible for the data breach has not yet been identified. The […]
