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Trump Signs Emergency Order to Block Foreign-Made Backdoors From US Power Grid
Executive Order 14420 bars untrusted foreign equipment from America's high-voltage electricity network, citing hidden remote-access capabilities that could let hostile governments cut the lights.
New Zealand to introduce social media ban for under-16s, putting enforcement burden on platforms
Legislation due this week would require major apps to verify users are old enough to hold an account, with a new regulator empowered to fine or block services that refuse to comply.
Meta Faces Up to $18 Billion Settlement With 52 US States Over Teen Harm Claims
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general says Facebook and Instagram were built to hook children. Meta has agreed to pay to make the lawsuits go away.
Windows 11 to Let Users Approve Camera and Microphone Access App by App
Microsoft is testing per-app privacy toggles in a Windows 11 Insider build, moving desktop software closer to the consent prompts phones have used for years.
US Treasury Sanctions Iran-Linked Hackers Tied to Critical Infrastructure Attacks
Washington widens its economic squeeze on Tehran, naming operators behind intrusions into water, energy and other essential services.
ICS Cybersecurity Conference Brings Back Hands-On Industrial Attack Training
A practical course on attacking and defending industrial control systems returns to Nashville this October, giving security professionals rare access to live hardware scenarios.
Silent Software Patches Protect Hackers, Not Users
When companies fix security flaws without telling anyone, the people paid to defend your data are flying blind. A new Broadcom programme for its Spring software framework shows exactly how that plays out.
Taiwan Charges Nine People Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Staff From Nvidia and Super Micro
A smuggling case in Taiwan shows how the race for AI hardware has created a black market for restricted chips, with employees at two major American tech companies among those accused.
Hook, Hold, Harvest, Hide: Inside the State Attorneys General Trial Against Meta
California and 28 other states opened a landmark lawsuit this week accusing Facebook and Instagram's parent company of deliberately addicting children and hiding the evidence.
Dutch Regulator Fines Uber €825 Million for Firing Drivers by Algorithm
Europe's largest-ever GDPR fine landed on Uber after the Dutch data protection watchdog found that automated software suspended driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human ever checking whether the decision was right.
Cities That Ditched Flock Cameras Are Still Under Surveillance
Activists who won fights against one licence-plate tracking company are discovering their local governments simply switched to a different vendor, and the cameras stayed up.
TikTok to Pay $400 Million Over U.S. Child Privacy Claims
The Justice Department says the ByteDance app broke rules protecting children's data. Most of the money is due now, the rest when an old court order is lifted.
Roblox Signs Legal Agreement with Australian Regulators After Adults Found Able to Contact Children Without Parental Consent
Australia's online safety watchdog found that adult accounts on Roblox could see children's profiles and send them connection requests, all without a parent ever knowing. Now Roblox has put its promises in writing.
Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Opens Private Security Advisory Firm
The retired four-star general who ran America's signals intelligence agency for six years is now taking his expertise to paying clients in government, business, and beyond.
Defence Contractors Say They Feel Ready for the Pentagon's New Security Rules, But Can't Actually Prove It
Two new surveys find that American defence suppliers are more confident than ever about meeting the Pentagon's cybersecurity standard, while their ability to demonstrate that confidence on paper is getting worse, not better.