November 21, 2024
Morocco Fines US Pharma Firm Viatris Over Merger Notification Breach
U.S. pharmaceutical company Viatris has been fined 7.58 million dirhams ($760,000) by Morocco’s competition authority for failing to notify the regulator of its merger, according to two anonymous sources cited by...
November 21, 2024
European Regulators Target Amazon’s Marketplace Practices
Amazon could soon find itself under the scrutiny of Europe’s antitrust regulators as an investigation is likely to be launched next year into whether the retail giant unfairly favors its...
November 20, 2024
DuckDuckGo Urges EU to Expand Google Probes Over Compliance Issues
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has called for the European Union to intensify its scrutiny of Alphabet’s Google, citing potential non-compliance with the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The law, introduced...
November 20, 2024
Bitcoin Reaches Record High Near $95K Amid Trump Interest in...
Bitcoin and the global cryptocurrency market reportedly hit record highs Wednesday (Nov. 20). Bitcoin hit a record high of $94,982.37 before dipping to $93,709, a figure that was still up...
November 18, 2024
AI Video Tool Scams Target Content Creators
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign using fake AI video generation software to steal sensitive data from Windows and Mac users, highlighting new risks as businesses rush to...
November 17, 2024
T-Mobile Network Reportedly Breached in Chinese Hacking Campaign
T-Mobile was reportedly hacked in a recent cyberespionage attack on American and international telecommunications companies. Hackers with ties to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to get into the T-Mobile...
November 14, 2024
Apple to ‘Vigorously’ Defend Against UK Consumer Group Class Action
Apple said Thursday (Nov. 14) that it will “vigorously” defend against a class action filed by U.K. consumer group Which? Which? said in a Thursday press release that it filed...
November 14, 2024
EU Issues Major Antitrust Fine Against Meta for Facebook Marketplace
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined €798 million by the European Commission for allegedly abusing its market position to promote Facebook Marketplace, its classified ads service. According to...
November 13, 2024
Grocery Giant Ahold Delhaize’s Cyber Incident Signals Wider Digital Achilles’...
Digital infrastructures now sit at the heart of almost every business operation. While this interconnectedness has introduced efficiencies, it has also created new vulnerabilities. A cybersecurity issue led to outages...
Cryptocurrency exchanges are grappling with the EU’s PSD2 as they look to craft seamless experiences for their global customer bases. In the “Authenticated Payments Report,” a PYMNTS and LoginID collaboration, Marcus Hughes, of crypto exchange Coinbase, explains how platforms must build authentication measures that satisfy consumers and evolving regulations.