Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day OAKLAND, Calif. – The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in court on Tuesday that a feature introduced in 2021 to try to help teens regulate their time on the app had lower uptake than he had hoped...Read More
Confession of a Baby Boomer: I get far more annoyed than amused when I see a group of youngsters hanging out together with all eyes glued to the cellphones in their hands. Most recently that includes some of my mid-tier grandkids who I’ve watched go from criticizing their older cousins’ phone addictions to now being...Read More
The disruption lasted for days, while claims of a budget-related data leak added a troubling new layer to the incident. The pro-Russian hacker group “Server Killers” carried out a large-scale series of cyberattacks against Norway’s government digital systems. The incident was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council....Read More
More than 100 companies have signed onto an open letter calling for greater cooperation and preparation of cyber defenses across governments and other institutions. The signatories include tech giants like OpenAI, Anthropic and Microsoft, along with financial institutions, telecoms and more. The call comes as the growing capabilities of AI models lower the barrier for...Read More
New Delhi: Meta’s landmark settlement with a coalition of US states puts age assurance at the centre of the company’s latest child-safety measures, with under-18 users on Facebook and Instagram set to face default limits on screen time, night-time access and notifications. The deal, approved by a judge, requires a two-hour daily limit, a midnight to...Read More
A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on young people’s mental health. The deal cut short a landmark trial in federal court in Oakland, California, where the Instagram and Facebook parent...Read More
A ransomware crew just breached a federal law enforcement agency whose job is to track down criminals, and the agency doesn’t fully know what got taken. On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed it was responding to a “cybersecurity incident affecting a standalone system,” a carefully worded statement...Read More
Updated Aug. 26, 2026, 8:02 p.m. ET WASHINGTON − U.S. officials said Aug. 26 that it has disrupted a Chinese hacking operation that it believes is responsible for cyber break-ins at the departments of Justice and Energy as well as NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and other sensitive U.S. government agencies. In a statement,...Read More
The International Society of Automation announced July 28 that Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has joined its ISASecure subsidiary, which is the globally recognized certification program that validates conformance with ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS). Also known as the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity, ICE was founded in 1949...Read More
Updated August 26, 2026 at 11:26 AM HST Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More
