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UK to Regulate AI Chatbots Under Online Safety Act, Warns of Fines Up to 10% of Global Revenue
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: February 16, 2026
The UK government intends to apply stringent new regulations for the safety of major AI chatbots.
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Russia Bans WhatsApp for Over 100 Million Users, Promotes National Alternative
Kinyua Njeri (Sam Kin)
Last Updated: February 12, 2026
Russia blocked Meta’s WhatsApp messaging service this week. Over 100 million Russian users lost access to one of the world’s…
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Google Expands ‘Results About You’ Tool to Remove Sensitive ID Data From Search Results
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: February 12, 2026
Google just gave its privacy tool a serious boost. The kind that goes after the documents you really don’t want…
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Discord Announces Mandatory Age Verification, Sparking Immediate User Revolt
Kinyua Njeri (Sam Kin)
Last Updated: February 10, 2026
Discord just announced a major shift in how it handles user safety. The platform will…
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European Commission Mobile System Targeted in Coordinated Cyberattack on EU Agencies
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: February 9, 2026
On Wednesday, the European Commission revealed a cyberattack that likely compromised employee information, shortly after the…
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CoinbaseCartel Hack Group Claims to Have Leaked Dobly Labs Data Amid Super Bowl Festivities
Ademilade Shodipe Dosunmu
Last Updated: February 9, 2026
A prominent hacker group has named the American audio technology giant Dolby Laboratories its new target via its dark web…
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Insider Data Breach Prompts US Treasury to Sever Ties with Booz Allen
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: January 28, 2026
As a result of an insider incident where the private information of 406,000 individuals was made public by an ex-employee…
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Nike Investigates Possible Data Breach Following Dark Web Leak Claims
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: January 27, 2026
A hacker group stated via their dark web page that they have leaked thousands upon thousands of internally-stored electronic documents…
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UK Government Pushes for Mass Scanning of Encrypted Messages
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: January 12, 2026
The government of the United Kingdom just disclosed something that privacy fanatics have feared for years.
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New Google Cloud Phishing Scam Uses Phone Calls and Fake Support Emails
Abeerah Hashim
Last Updated: January 6, 2026
A X.com user, @ddd1ms with the name Dmitry Smilyanets, has raised an alarm on the X platform concerning a new…
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