Karthik Mudaliar

Europe's consumer organization, the BEUC, has filed a complaint against Meta for breaching EU consumer laws claiming that Meta is forcing users to pay a fee to ensure privacy.

Spotify is cracking down on white noise podcasters as they will no longer be eligible for its Ambassador Ads program where it used to pay creators for talking about its podcasting platform.

TSMC, the world's leading foundry, is planning to charge up to 30% more for chips made in the U.S. than those made in Taiwan due to higher building costs of fabrications outside of Taiwan.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch a private version of ChatGPT that will run on dedicated Azure servers intended to keep data from customers safe, secure, and isolated from others.

Box is partnering up with OpenAI to bring generative AI capabilities into its products. Users can ask Box AI to summarize or answer questions about their documents or other data over the cloud.

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, in an interview with Bloomberg, said that the company is no longer planning to hire jobs that can be automated using artificial intelligence tools, impacting around 7,800 jobs.

The Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents companies like Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, and Oracle, is urging Congress to establish guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence.

Samsung and Xbox have launched dedicated gaming zones in London and New York City offering visitors a chance to play their favorite Xbox games on Samsung screens, via the "Samsung Gaming Hub".

The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a $300 million penalty against Seagate for shipping $1.1 billion worth of hard disk drives to Huawei against the export rules set in 2019.

Sega Sammy, the Japanese video game company, has announced its acquisition of Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the popular mobile game, Angry Birds, in a €706 million takeover deal.

Apple will open its first retail store at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai while its second store will open a few days later in Saket, Delhi. Tim Cook will inaugurate the stores during his visit.

TSMC has reassured with a commitment to its expansion and investment plans in Taiwan despite reports of a slowdown in expansion in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung set to manufacture 28nm chips.

China's cyberspace regulator is going to review Micron's products amid tensions between the U.S. and China over the semiconductor industry. The move is meant to safeguard China's national security.

TikTok has refreshed its community guidelines and added a few new sections in an attempt to better address the concerns with AI-generated content, age restrictions and misinformation.

China is changing its strategy to support its semiconductor industry by providing easier access to subsidies to some companies. This comes amidst tight U.S. controls over chip-making equipment.

Meta is developing a decentralised text-based social media platform that will run on the same protocol as that of Twitter rival Mastodon and aims to create a more transparent and secure social media.