Tesla's five-seat Model Y and other EVs now qualify for the new $7,500 federal tax creditModels from Cadillac, Ford and VW are also eligible.By J. Fingas, 02.03.2023
The DOJ is looking into Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving claimsOfficials want details in the aftermath of multiple crashes.By J. Fingas, 01.31.2023
EU vows to get tougher on Big Tech privacy violationsRegulators will have to show they're taking decisive action in GDPR cases.By J. Fingas, 01.31.2023
NYC wants all Uber and Lyft cars to be electric by 2030Drivers wouldn't have to shoulder new costs, either.By J. Fingas, 01.26.2023
Massachusetts bills would set a minimum wage for rideshare driversThe potential laws would also allow cross-company unions and other benefits.By J. Fingas, 01.25.2023
Google will once again apply Gmail spam detection to political campaign emailsIt's ending a test that whitelisted over 100 committees.By J. Fingas, 01.24.2023
UK bill would ban videos portraying Channel immigrant crossings in a 'positive light'Amendments would also punish companies that ignore warnings on child safety.By J. Fingas, 01.19.2023
The FCC wants carriers to notify you sooner when there's a data breachA proposal would eliminate a week-long wait for notifying users.By J. Fingas, 01.06.2023
Apple fined $8.5 million in France over targeted App Store ads (updated)Apple allegedly didn't ask for permission when gathering data.By J. Fingas, 01.04.2023
Meta fined $414 million in EU for requiring personalized adsFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may have to change their ad practices.By J. Fingas, 01.04.2023
TikTok will be banned on most US federal government devicesThe measure was included in a mammoth $1.7 trillion spending bill that President Biden just signed. By K. Holt, 12.29.2022
Congress introduces bill to ban TikTok over spying fearsMeasures in the House and Senate would also block other social apps from China and Russia.By J. Fingas, 12.13.2022
EU's 'right to be forgotten' now extends to inaccurate claims about peopleGoogle will have to remove search results for provably false claims.By J. Fingas, 12.08.2022
Indiana sues TikTok over alleged security and child safety issuesThere are also doubts surrounding a national security deal.By J. Fingas, 12.07.2022
Congress axes media revenue sharing bill after pushback from Google and MetaPublishers could have asked for money for search links and social posts.By J. Fingas, 12.07.2022
EU will reportedly bar Meta from requiring personalized ads (updated)Facebook and Instagram may have to use generic ads for some users.By J. Fingas, 12.06.2022
Security flaw in Florida tax website exposed filers' sensitive dataThe state fixed the bug, which even revealed Social Security numbers.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2022
Google sued by FTC and seven states over 'deceptive' Pixel 4 adsGoogle and iHeartMedia allegedly paid influencers who never used the phone.By J. Fingas, 11.28.2022
New York's crypto mining restrictions are the first in the nationA newly signed law is meant to limit crypto's harm to the environment.By J. Fingas, 11.23.2022
FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocallsIt's the first time the agency has shut off access to other networks.By J. Fingas, 11.22.2022