Tech

The Federal Trade Commission said it was starting an inquiry of how six major tech companies monitor activity that could harm minors. Source link

Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they’re asked to pay up. Source link

The 77-year-old former banker, who lives in Toronto, said he was “shocked” by the speed at which his photograph spread online. Source link

First posted to X, they amassed millions of views on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and Telegram within hours. Source link

Three Republican senators sent a letter to Meta’s chief executive on Wednesday asking him to respond to whistle-blower allegations over security flaws. Source link

The funding covers more than half of the A.I. data centers that OpenAI plans to build in the U.S. over the next several years. Source link

The London institution is creating “RBO/Shift,” a technology festival whose first year will ask how far A.I. can push the boundaries of opera. Source link

The Silicon Valley giant also introduced updates to its traditional smartphones, as well as its AirPods and Apple Watch. Source link

The oil giant said Tuesday that it was acquiring assets from a Chicago company as it looks to start producing graphite, a key battery ingredient, by the end of the decade. Source link

The Persian Gulf nation has “open sourced” technology meant to compete with OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek. Source link