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Europe reached a key milestone Thursday in the renegotiation of its rules governing the tech industry, announcing agreement on the upcoming Digital Markets Act between the European Parliament and EU member states. The legislation amounts to an overhaul of antitrust rules in Europe and will give the EU more power to rein tech giants. The …

Global law enforcement agencies revealed Tuesday that they arrested more than 800 alleged criminals after convincing them to use an encrypted messaging app covertly run by the FBI. The bureau worked with Australian and European police to set up app company AN0M, got suspected criminals to use it and monitored their conversations. The operation was known as Trojan Shield in …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With intense competition in the messaging app market, it stands to reason that Apple would introduce some new features to its homegrown iMessage service at WWDC 2021 to keep ahead of its rivals. For the second year running, WWDC is an online event …

Facebook executives outlined the company’s focus on improving business messaging, augmented reality and artificial intelligence on Wednesday at the social media giant’s developer conference, which was held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. F8 is typically Facebook’s biggest event of the year, but Wednesday’s presentations were a less flashy and free version of the tech conference, which normally attracts thousands …

Facebook is trying to make it easier for users to message businesses, as more people have turned to online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.  The social media giant said Wednesday that app developers will have the tools they need to build more messaging experiences on Facebook’s photo service, Instagram, where people already go to shop and get customer support.  And Facebook-owned messaging …

Facebook rejected ads that Signal tried to buy on Instagram, which sought to highlight the types of data it collects from its users, the encrypted messaging service said in a blog post Tuesday. In a blog post titled The Instagram ads Facebook won’t show you, Signal said it created a “multivariant targeted ad” that would “show you the personal data …

Facebook’s third-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations even as advertisers boycotted the social network to put pressure on the company to do more to combat hate speech. Major brands, including The North Face, Verizon and Unilever, said they would pull advertising from Facebook. Civil rights groups called on businesses to pause spending on Facebook ads in July, the …

Google has a new feature to help you learn to pronounce those words you read all the time but have no idea how to say. The feature announced Thursday will even show you an image representing the word so you know what it is or means, and help you practice how to say it. “We’re helping people pronounce tricky words …