Science and Tech

Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing

Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The lead EU data privacy regulator for most of the biggest internet…

September 21, 2026

SoftBank launches $11 billion bonds to fund OpenAI investment

By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp has launched the sale of…

September 21, 2026

Cybercrime feud erupts on dark web as notorious group claims hijack of rival's website

By AJ Vicens and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - One of the world's best-known cybercrime groups said on Sunday…

September 21, 2026

Irish regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing

LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Alphabet's Google €403 million ($463 million) following an inquiry into…

September 21, 2026

AI gains' distribution will shape inflation, ECB's Panetta says

MILAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Central banks need to understand who benefits from artificial intelligence-driven gains, as their distribution will…

September 21, 2026

AI gains' distribution will shape inflation, ECB's Panetta says

MILAN, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Central banks need to understand who benefits from artificial intelligence-driven gains, as their distribution will…

September 21, 2026

Bessent proposes US-China AI safety notifications in talks with Chinese vice premier

By David Lawder and Antoni Slodkowski NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier…

September 21, 2026

Humanoid robot sales tally hit 7,000 globally last year

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Around 7,000 humanoid robots were sold worldwide last year for industrial and…

September 21, 2026

Meta's Facebook, Instagram recover after brief outage in US

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Meta's social media platforms Facebook and Instagram recovered after a brief outage disrupted service for thousands…

September 21, 2026

Meta's Facebook, Instagram recover after brief outage in US

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Meta's social media platforms Facebook and Instagram recovered after a brief outage disrupted service for thousands…

September 21, 2026