Russian School Violence: Fifth-Grader Attacks Teacher With Knife A fifth-grade pupil reportedly wounded a teacher with a knife at a school in New Moscow, in the latest of several knife-related incidents reported at Russian schools over two days. The incident took place at School No. 1392 named after Ryabinkin in the settlement of Maryino, according...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif.— Opening arguments are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court. Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking extensive financial damages plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. Twenty-nine states sued the tech giant in 2023 over...Read More
New York — OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people. The experience will bring together new tools...Read More
(TNND) — California’s Legislature passed a bill Monday to keep kids under 16 off social media platforms with so-called addictive features. The bill targets features that have become part and parcel of social media apps: algorithms, infinite scroll, autoplay and notifications. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bill,...Read More
For years, parents across the country have been calling on Congress to do something about social media’s harmful effects on children. And typically, when something does happen, it follows a familiar pattern. The billionaire tech CEOs are summoned to Congress. The grieving parents of children who have self-harmed bring old photos of their children, some...Read More
Indore: A 25-year-old MBA graduate from Indore was arrested after his bank account was found to be a ‘mule’ for transactions amounting to Rs 1.5 crore linked to cyber fraud complaints registered in 15 states.Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya said that the youth identified as Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Shri Ganesh Nagar in Indore, was...Read More
Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For once, he became the target of hackers. “Dear User, this is Signal Security Support ChatBot. We have noticed suspicious activity on your device, which could have led to data leak,” read a message he received...Read More
A long-dormant Instagram account tied to former President Barack Obama’s White House abruptly sprang back to life over the weekend with hacked posts that quickly spread across the platform before being removed. The account @obamawhitehouse was briefly compromised on Sunday, publishing unauthorized content, including AI-generated images and politically charged messages, TMZ reported, before Meta, Instagram’s...Read More
A police constable attached to Thattarmadam police station in Thoothukudi district was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly hacking a woman to death on Tuesday. According to police, the deceased was identified as Priya, 39 of Mudivaithanendal, who was running a computer centre in the area. She was allegedly hacked to death by police constable Muthukumar,...Read More
