Ireland’s data protection commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms’ Irish arm €251 million (US$264 million) following two inquiries into a personal data breach that it said impacted 29 million users worldwide. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on … Read more
Alphabet’s Google is beginning a wide roll-out of ads that will be displayed within and alongside the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of some search results – a move meant to show investors that costly artificial intelligence projects can generate revenue. Some investors have worried that generative AI, the tech that underpins Google’s … Read more
The tech giant Google has agreed to settle a privacy and data tracking lawsuit which alleged that the company’s Google Chrome browser was snooping on people. Lawyers representing the tech giant revealed that the company will resolve a consumer privacy lawsuit with a £390 million ($500 million) out-of-court settlement which would be made public in … Read more
