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Adobe wants to boost your creativity with agentic AI

April 11, 2025

Adobe is currently working on AI agents for several of its products, including Acrobat, Express, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.

WordPress.com introduces new AI website builder

by Anton Mous

April 11, 2025

Building a website can be a hassle. WordPress.com wants to make the process easier with its new AI website builder.

Meta introduces new built-in restrictions for Instagram Teen Accounts

by Anton Mous

April 10, 2025

Meta has announced additional protective measures for Instagram Teen Accounts. In addition, the tech company is making Teen Accounts also available on Facebook and Messenger.

Beware of fake Android phones preloaded with Triada trojan

by CoolTechZone Team

April 4, 2025

Cybercriminals are now preloading fake smartphones with malware that can steal your cryptoassets and data, hijack your messaging apps, and cause other types of damage.

Noyb charges Swedish tax authority for selling citizens’ private information to data brokers

by Anton Mous

April 4, 2025

The Swedish tax authority not only collects personal and sensitive information of taxpayers, but also sells this data to commercial data brokers, who then publish it online. This is a violation of EU law. Therefore, noyb has taken this matter to court.

OpenAI: ‘Deep Research available to free ChatGPT users very soon’

by Anton Mous

April 2, 2025

Deep Research is currently available for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Teams, Enterprise, and EDU users. ChatGPT users without a subscription plan can enjoy the features of OpenAI’s AI agent ‘very soon.’

European Commission is imposing fines on Apple and Meta for DMA violations - FT

by Anton Mous

March 31, 2025

The European Commission will allegedly hand out fines to Apple and Meta this week for infringement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). However, the amounts shall be minimal to prevent further escalation of tensions with President Donald Trump.

Cyberattack affects Astral Foods’ revenue, no confidential information leaked

by Anton Mous

March 31, 2025

A cyberattack on Astral Foods, South Africa’s largest poultry producer, will cost the company at least ZAR20 million, or approximately €1 million.

ICO slaps Advanced Computer Software Group with £3.07M fine

by Anton Mous

March 28, 2025

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £3.07 million fine to Advanced Computer Software Group for a data breach that happened years ago.

General Court says Dutch ISPs have to keep blocking Russian websites

by Anton Mous

March 27, 2025

A coalition of internet service providers (ISPs) and freedom of the press organizations has to keep blocking Russian media, the European Court of Justice has decided.

OpenAI introduces native Image Generator in GPT-4o

by Anton Mous

March 27, 2025

OpenAI has integrated an advanced Image Generator with a natively multimodal model in GPT-4o that’s capable of creating accurate and photorealistic outputs.

Microsoft adds AI-powered Researcher and Analyst to Microsoft 365 Copilot

by Anton Mous

March 27, 2025

Microsoft has introduced two brand-new reasoning agents for work that are integrated into Microsoft 365 Copilot: Researcher and Analyst.

African police make over 300 arrests in international operation against cybercrime

by Anton Mous

March 26, 2025

African law enforcement authorities have arrested 306 suspects as part of an international operation targeting cyberattacks and online scams.

TechCrunch sold to media investment firm Regent

by Anton Mous

March 25, 2025

Yahoo has sold TechCrunch, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential tech news sites, to media investment firm Regent.

Dutch DPA: ‘Cooperation with European privacy regulators bears fruit’

by Anton Mous

March 21, 2025

2024 has been a fruitful year for the Dutch data protection authority (DPA). The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) carried out numerous successful interventions and imposed multiple fines, all thanks to the help of other European privacy regulators.

Hungary’s plan for real-time facial recognition violation of EU AI Act

by Anton Mous

March 20, 2025

Last Tuesday, a new anti-LGBTQ+ law passed Hungary’s parliament, banning Pride events and allowing law enforcement authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify attendees of the festivities in real-time. However, experts say this is prohibited by the EU AI Act.

Google parent company relaunches negotiation talks for Wiz acquisition

by Anton Mous

March 19, 2025

Alphabet is yet again involved in advanced talks to acquire the cybersecurity startup Wiz.

Telegram CEO Durov allowed to leave France, criminal probe continues

by Anton Mous

March 19, 2025

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, no longer has to stay in France. However, criminal activities on his messaging platform are still under investigation.