Pro-Iranian Group Claims Credit for Attacks on Chime, Pinterest

A pro-Iranian cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Chime Financial Inc. and Pinterest Inc. that knocked the websites of both companies offline. Chime, a San Francisco-based fintech company, was hit with a distributed-denial-of-service attack on April 1, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named to discuss internal information.

Cybersecurity Experts Increase Warnings as AI Tools Increase in Power

As Anthropic and its chief rival, OpenAI, prepare to release new and more powerful artificial intelligence systems, cybersecurity experts are increasingly vocal in their warnings that A.I. is fundamentally changing cybersecurity. Technology from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and other companies could allow hackers to identify security holes in computer systems far faster than in the past, vastly raising the stakes in the decades-long fight between hackers and the security experts guarding computer networks.

North Korean Cyberattack Likely Took Weeks to Carry Out

A North Korean cyberattack that briefly hijacked one of the most widely used open source projects on the web took weeks to carry out as part of a long-running campaign to target the code’s top developers. The hijacking of the Axios project on March 31 was in part successful because it relied on well-resourced hackers building rapport and trust with their intended target over a long period of time to increase their odds of a successful eventual compromise.

Apple Again Wants Supreme Court to Review Commissions in Epic Games Case

The legal battle between Epic Games and Apple is escalating once again, as Apple is asking for the Supreme Court to review when and how it can charge commissions on mobile purchases made via third-party payment systems. The business has requested a motion to stay on a lower court ruling regarding the fees Apple charges to software developers using those external financial systems rather than the App Store.

OpenAI Wants California, Delaware to Probe Musk's 'Anti-Competitive Behavior'

OpenAI urged the California and Delaware attorneys general to consider investigating Elon Musk and his associates' "improper and anti-competitive behavior", ​ahead of a trial between the two sides set ‌to begin this month. Musk sued OpenAI, its CEO Sam Altman and others in 2024, accusing them of violating OpenAI's founding mission as it ​restructures to a for-profit entity.

Lawsuit Accuses Perplexity of Sharing User Data with Meta, Google

Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google in violation of California privacy laws. As soon as users log into Perplexity’s home page, trackers are downloaded onto their devices, giving Meta and Google full access to the conversations between them and Perplexity’s AI Machine search engine, according to the proposed class-action complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Targets U.S. Tech Companies

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East, including Apple, Microsoft and Google, amid the ongoing war. In a statement published by Sepah News, the IRGC’s official news outlet, the military arm named 18 companies that it accused of being involved in planning and tracking targets for U.S. attacks.

Anthropic Sends Thousands of Takedown Notices for Claude Code

Anthropic is racing to contain the fallout after accidentally exposing the underlying instructions it uses to direct Claude Code, the popular artificial-intelligence agent app that has won the company an edge with developers and businesses. Anthropic representatives have used a copyright takedown request to force the removal of more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the raw Claude Code instructions — known as source code — that developers had shared on programming platform GitHub.

Despite Trump's Warning, More States Enacting AI Laws

The battle over who should regulate artificial intelligence is turning into an epic clash between President Trump and the states, as anxiety has soared over the technology’s potential effects on jobs, education, national security and child safety. States have increasingly taken matters into their own hands, introducing dozens of bills this year to put guardrails around AI.

Britain Pushes Parents to Limit Children's Use of Devices with Screens

Britain has told parents to curb young children's screen time, advising no screens for under-2s and up to an hour a day ​for 2- to 5-year-olds because prolonged solo use can disrupt sleep and ‌displace play and exercise. Governments worldwide have been moving to tighten rules around children's online use, with countries including France, Denmark and the Netherlands pushing for new age-verification and safety requirements citing concerns about ​mental-health risks, cyberbullying and exposure to harmful content.

EU Opens Investigation of Snap Over Child Grooming, Illegal Sales

Social media platform Snapchat, owned by U.S. tech company Snap, was hit with an EU investigation ​as regulators warned it appears not to be doing ‌enough to prevent child grooming and the sale of illegal goods. The EU is conducting the probe under the Digital Services Act, which requires big online platforms to ​do more to tackle illegal and harmful content or risk fines of ​as much as 6% of their global annual sales.

Dutch Court Blocks Grok from Creating Unapproved 'Undressing' Images

A Dutch court ordered Elon ‌Musk's xAI and chatbot Grok not to generate and distribute images "undressing" adults or children, or showing them in sexualized poses with scant or no clothing, without their consent in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Court's preliminary injunction, which could set a precedent in Europe, is ​one of the first times a judge has weighed in on xAI's responsibility for making tools ​that can be used to easily create sexualised images, amid a flood of complaints and ⁠investigations over Grok around the world.

Judge Blocks Pentagon from Labeling Anthropic as Security Risk

A federal judge temporarily stopped the Department of Defense from labeling Anthropic as a security risk, in a reprieve for the artificial intelligence start-up and its work with the federal government. In a scathing 43-page ruling, Judge Rita F. Lin of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said Anthropic would not be restricted from continuing with its federal contracts for now.

Legislation Would Block New Data Centers Until AI Regulations Enacted

Sen. Bernie Sanders planned to introduce legislation to block the construction of new data centers until lawmakers enact regulations on artificial intelligence, laying down a marker on the populist left as Washington confronts deep public skepticism of the new technology. By targeting data centers — the huge computer facilities powering AI — Sanders (I-Vermont) said the bill seeks to slow the advancement of the technology, giving Congress time to debate the guardrails.

Jury Orders Meta, YouTube to Pay $3 Million in Addiction Case

The social media company Meta and the video streaming service YouTube harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress, a jury found, a landmark decision that could open social media companies to more lawsuits over users’ well-being. Meta and YouTube must pay $3 million in compensatory damages for pain and suffering and other financial burdens.

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