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European Parliament Sets Qwant as Default Search Engine

The change aims to assert European digital sovereignty by routing address‑bar searches through a privacy-focused EU engine.

California Bill Would Exempt Open‑Source Linux From State Age‑Verification Rule

Musk and Durov Challenge WhatsApp Privacy Claims After Class-Action Suit

UK Police Probe Ex‑Meta Engineer Over 30,000 Private Facebook Photos

Apple Tests EU-Only Accessory Live Activities and Notification Forwarding in iOS 26.5

Judge Reaffirms Order Requiring OpenAI to Produce 20 Million De‑Identified ChatGPT Logs

CoinDCX Says Mixpanel Breach Exposed Some User Data, Funds Unaffected

Apple to Disable iPhone–Apple Watch Wi‑Fi Sync in EU With iOS 26.2

Apple Steps Up DMA Dispute as EU Rejects Waiver Requests, Limiting Some Features in Europe

TwinMind Raises $5.7M Seed, Launches Ear-3 Speech Model

Steam Gates UK Mature Content Behind Credit Card Age Check

Apple Warns UK Over CMA App-Store Plan as Regulator Defends Narrower Rules

Bluesky Blocks Access in Mississippi as State Age‑Verification Law Takes Effect

Hundreds of Thousands of Grok Chats Surface in Google After Share-Link Indexing Flaw

Meta Patches AI Chatbot Flaw That Exposed Private User Prompts

Judge Orders OpenAI to Preserve Data in News Outlets’ Copyright Suit

OpenAI Appeals Judge’s Mandate to Preserve All ChatGPT Conversations

Apple Appeals EU Demand to Share iPhone Data with Competitors Over Security Fears

WhatsApp Co-Founder Testifies in Meta Antitrust Trial, Denying Social Networking Ambitions

Apple Opens Claims for $95M Siri Privacy Settlement