Google appears to be testing a long-requested feature: the ability to change your Gmail address. Found on a Hindi support page, the change would let users keep all their old data and use the old address as an alias.
Apple is pausing its planned changes for the Texas App Store after a federal judge blocked the state’s new age verification law. The company had objected to the law on privacy grounds, arguing it forced unnecessary data collection.
New York’s landmark RAISE Act was significantly weakened before Governor Kathy Hochul signed it. A lobbying group including major universities and tech companies ran ads against the original bill, which had stricter safety rules for AI developers.
Amazon has stopped over 1,800 suspected DPRK operatives from getting remote tech jobs since April 2024. Their goal is to funnel wages back to fund the regime’s weapons programs, using hijacked identities of real software engineers.
In an unprecedented data grab, the pirate site Anna’s Archive has scraped and released nearly 300 terabytes of data from Spotify. The leak includes metadata for 256 million tracks and audio files for 86 million pieces of music, representing about 99.6% of listens on the platform.
Italy’s competition authority has fined Apple a hefty $115 million, alleging the company abuses its market power with App Tracking Transparency. The regulator claims Apple imposes the privacy rules on developers but not itself. Apple strongly disagrees and will appeal the decision.
ByteDance has finalized a deal to sell majority control of TikTok’s US operations to a consortium of American investors. The move creates a new, independently governed entity to run the app stateside, directly addressing national security concerns.
New research from Pure Telecom reveals growing user backlash against social media ownership. A quarter of Irish adults have already left a platform over ethical concerns, with data privacy being the top worry.
OpenAI is rolling out a major update to ChatGPT focused on teen safety. The move comes after the company faced lawsuits alleging the AI coached teens to take their own lives.
A major developer group is telling EU regulators that Apple’s proposed Digital Markets Act compliance terms are actually a worse deal than what a US court just imposed. They argue the EU’s fee scheme, with commissions up to 20% plus extra charges, unfairly disadvantages European developers. The push
