The EU just fined Google $1 billion for favoring its own services in search and Play Store
Google now has 60 days to comply, or face fines of up to 5% of its global revenue
Reddit and major publishers consider blocking Google as AI search continues destroying web traffic
Search referrals are collapsing as AI Overviews answer questions without sending users to the original sources
Iran claims it destroyed Amazon's main data hub in Bahrain. Nobody has confirmed it
AWS's Bahrain region was already offline following earlier attacks
France just voted to ban kids under 15 from social media, but Australia's ban shows how hard that is to enforce
France plans to restrict VPNs to close that loophole, too
Overview: As social media algorithms come under increasing scrutiny, policies to ban children from services such as Facebook, X, YouTube, and Snapchat are gaining popularity across the globe. France has just become the latest country to pass such legislation – but data suggests the impact of Australia's earlier ban has been limited.
OpenAI's ambitious ad revenue goals look like AI-generated money, analysis says
Sam Altman's plans for taking over the chatbot ad market have a long way to go
Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors wins final court approval
The deal covers nearly 500,000 books obtained from pirate libraries
Marvel drops the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer, set to open against Dune: Part Three this December
Doctor Doom, the X-Men, and Steve Rogers return as Marvel tries to make superhero movies feel like events again
Highly anticipated: Marvel has released the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, bringing together nearly every corner of its cinematic universe for what may be the studio's biggest test since Endgame. Robert Downey Jr. returns to the MCU as Doctor Doom, facing a lineup that includes the Avengers, the New Avengers from Thunderbolts, the Fantastic Four, Wakanda's heroes, and characters from Fox's original X-Men films.
AWS billing goes haywire, hits customers with bills as high as $7.8 trillion
Customers watched penny-sized monthly charges balloon into economy-sized bills
Netflix celebrates 10 years of Stranger Thing with a VHS-quality version of the first season
It's been 10 years since Stranger Things first turned our world Upside Down
Stripe and Advent offer more than $53 billion to buy PayPal and create a payments giant
A joint bid with Advent would combine two of online commerce's biggest platforms
The US just sanctioned a VPN for the first time, accusing it of helping ransomware gangs
The "no-logs" VPN advertised on cybercrime forums
Zimbra patched a flaw that let hackers hijack accounts just by sending an email
It's the latest in a string of XSS vulnerabilities that have targeted Zimbra for nearly five years
Firefox is switching to a faster release schedule, just like Chrome and Edge
Mozilla will release two browser updates per month, calling it an "experiment" for now
ChatGPT Atlas lasted less than a year, but AI browser alternatives remain
OpenAI will pull the plug on ChatGPT Atlas next month, less than a year after launch. Curious Mac users can still download it for one last look, but for an AI browser with an actual future, try Perplexity's Comet or Opera, both offer tools for summarizing pages, answering questions, and helping you navigate the web.
An abandoned IBM campus became a TikTok sensation, now it's a magnet for trespassers
Police have arrested 48 people at the viral site, including one with a loaded gun
New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices and force companies to offer easy cancellation
The first municipal click-to-cancel rule in the US takes effect this October
This gamer had to sue Microsoft to get his hijacked Xbox account back
Microsoft ordered to restore account and pay $400 in damages
This ransomware negotiator was paid to fight hackers, he was secretly working with them instead
Angelo Martino was sentenced to 70 months after leaking client data to BlackCat, helping squeeze $75 million from his own clients
Redditor finds "16TB SSD" for $30 that was actually a microSD card with weights glued on
This tech vigilante buys suspicious eBay listings just to report the sellers and claim refunds
Interpol arrests 5,811 people, seizes $293 million in global scammer crackdown
Why it matters: Interpol has wrapped up its biggest anti-fraud sweep of the year, reporting 5,811 arrests and the interception of $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territories. The operation, code-named First Light 2026, ran from January 15 to April 30 and targeted social engineering fraud: the umbrella term for scams that manipulate victims into handing over money or sensitive information voluntarily, covering business email compromise, romance scams, impersonation fraud, investment fraud, and sextortion.
Meta's new AI tool can generate images of you using your Instagram photos, and you're opted in by default
And here's how to opt out of Meta Muse...
Through the looking glass: Meta launched a new AI image-generation model called Muse Image this week, letting users create, edit, and blend photos using natural language prompts inside Meta AI, with the tool already live on Instagram and WhatsApp and expected on Facebook and Messenger soon. However, the new feature is already raising privacy concerns, as it allows anyone to generate AI images using other people's Instagram photos.
Starlink just doubled its prices for private jets, and hardware now costs $200,000
Overage fees can run $250 per GB, existing customers will be moved to the new pricing next month
An indie developer says Steam's refund policy cost his well-reviewed game 55,000 refunds
Paddle Paddle Paddle holds a 90% positive rating on Steam, it's also just $3
Australia's teen social media ban stumbles as platforms skip age checks
Who knew kids would lie about their age?
Bending Spoons bought Vimeo, Evernote, and AOL instead of chasing AI, it just had a $25.7 billion IPO
Can old Internet brands still make billions?