Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

GitHub has announced major changes to its bug bounty program, cutting public vulnerability rewards by at least 50% across nearly every severity level starting July 27, 2026, while increasing incentives for trusted researchers through a permanent invite-only VIP program.

France has become the first country in the European Union to ban children under the age of 15 from using social media after both houses of Parliament approved a landmark law aimed at protecting young people online.

X has officially released its completely rebuilt Android app, nearly a year after announcing plans to redesign the platform from the ground up.

The European Union has imposed a record €550 million ($629 million) fine on AliExpress after concluding that the online marketplace failed to do enough to stop the sale of illegal, unsafe, and counterfeit products.

Amazon Web Services customers around the world were briefly shown estimated cloud bills worth billions and, in some cases, trillions of dollars after a technical issue affected the company's billing system on Friday.

During Friday's trading session, Apple briefly moved ahead of Nvidia in market capitalization, marking the first time in more than a year that it reclaimed the top spot.

WhatsApp has started gradually rolling out its long-awaited username feature to more users following the initial username reservation phase.

X is using Grok AI to detect stolen content faster and redirect creator payouts to original creators while cracking down on engagement bait.

SpaceX called off the second launch attempt of its upgraded Starship rocket on Thursday just moments before liftoff after several engines failed to ignite.

Telegram has introduced a Rich Text Editor with tables, AI support, formulas, headings, and more, exclusively for Premium subscribers.

Epic Games is bringing more artificial intelligence features to Fortnite by giving creators access to 36 AI-powered characters with unique voices and personalities.

The European Union has ordered Google to give competing AI assistants and search engines greater access to Android and Google Search under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The introduction of mandatory age verification for adult websites in the UK has led to a significant increase in virtual private network (VPN) usage, according to new findings cited by the Financial Times from an official report by the country's media regulator.

Meta is expanding its safety tools for teenagers by notifying parents when supervised teen accounts have conversations with Meta AI about self-harm or suicide.

Stripe and Advent International have reportedly offered $53.4 billion to acquire PayPal, creating one of the biggest payments deals ever.

Leaked Suno data suggests the AI music generator scraped millions of songs and lyrics from YouTube, Deezer, Genius, and other platforms.

OpenAI has unveiled Codex Micro, a limited-edition $230 hardware controller built with Work Louder to help developers manage Codex AI agents.

Telegram's popular t.me shortlink domain is back online after being unavailable for nearly a day, restoring access to millions of links used to share public channels, groups, and user profiles.

X has introduced a new algorithm update designed to make conversations on the platform feel more personal by showing users more content from people they mutually follow.

Anthropic has extended free access to its Claude Fable 5 model for paid subscribers, giving users another week to use the company's most powerful AI model without spending usage credits.