John Deere is, in a word, preeminent here in the United States. The American Economic Liberties Project, a nonprofit antitrust organization, reports that the firm has control over 60% of farm combines and 53% of the country’s large tractor market. Although it isn’t the only game in town, it might …

The current debate in the tech community is over ChatGPT. Users and developers have expressed interest in OpenAI’s chatbot that provides natural language responses to questions. Some developers are attempting to capitalize on the trend by creating dubious apps that are available on both the App Store and the Play …

A complaint filed by WhatsApp disputing the alleged widespread phone hacking by Israeli spyware maker NSO Group was not dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2019, Meta-owned WhatsApp launched a lawsuit against NSO Group, alleging that the spyware manufacturer used a flaw in audio calling to covertly install its …

Following trials last year in Germany, European telcos are moving forward with a plan to establish a joint venture to provide opt-in “personalized” ad targeting of regional mobile network consumers. However, it is yet unclear whether European Union officials will approve of their proposal. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, France’s Orange, Spain’s …

Google Maps, the world’s most popular website domain, as well as everyone else’s preferred search engine, were dethroned from the top spot late last year. The tech juggernaut was demoted to second place on Cloudflare Radar’s popularity list by a surprise (relative) newcomer. Despite the best efforts of authorities, TikTok …

The systems of the British newspaper The Guardian have been affected by a “major IT problem,” which The Guardian believes was probably a ransomware attack. The attack started late on Tuesday and has disrupted some of the organization’s IT infrastructure, according to The Guardian, whose media editor broke the news …

As part of a $520 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged Epic Games on Monday morning for allegations involving children’s privacy. According to a press release from the FTC, Epic Games, the developer of well-known all-ages video games like “Fortnite” and “Fall Guys,” allegedly violated the Children’s Online …

Tens of thousands of iPhones and Android devices, the most of whose owners are unaware that their data has been compromised, have had data taken by the little-known phone surveillance program Xnspy. Xnspy is one of many “stalkerware” apps that are marketed for spying on a spouse or domestic partner’s …

The popular social mapping tool Zenly, which Snap purchased five years ago, will be discontinued on February 3rd, 2023. There is nothing quite like Zenly, thus it will be a sad day. The Paris-based team succeeded in developing an app that straddled the line between a social app and a …

A lose-lose dilemma exists. Others lose money by distributing it on their own networks, while some streamers lose money by paying to have material on their platforms. The outcome? price increases The cost of streaming services just keeps rising. This year, pricing increases were announced by Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, …