Meta’s Labor Day celebrations had been minimize brief yesterday after the corporate was handed a $402 million high-quality by the European Union. The social community is believed to have mishandled youngsters’s non-public information on Instagram, providing Business accounts to customers as younger as 13. This risked exposing their e-mail addresses and cellphone numbers to the broader public, itself a violation of the bloc’s GDPR regime. A Meta spokesperson stated the high-quality associated to settings modified greater than a yr in the past, and it was reviewing the choice. The high-quality is the second largest ever handed out by the EU for a GDPR breach, and the largest Meta has acquired.

– Dan Cooper 

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Hackers buried malicious code inside the image.

The pictures captured by the James Webb Space Telescope have been breathtaking, providing us new perception into the heavens round us. Unfortunately, these snaps have additionally supplied a simple goal for hackers, who as a part of a phishing marketing campaign. The picture’s giant file measurement and recognition means individuals won’t be as cautious downloading it as they’re with different information despatched to their inbox. Thankfully, you possibly can keep protected when you stay cautious of unsolicited emails, even those promising to share the untold secrets and techniques of the cosmos.

Hackers stated they’ve entry to TikTok’s supply code.

TikTok is on the defensive after hackers claimed that they had breached the app’s supply code. The brief kind video large stated it discovered “” and that the fabric posted by the hackers as proof is “unrelated to TikTok’s backend source code.” Third occasion safety professional Troy Hunt threw some chilly water on the claims, too, saying the information seems to be “inconclusive.” So, uh, nothing to fret about?

25 million world viewers in a single day.

Amazon wants The Lord of the Rings to ship a bona fide hit to Prime Video and has spent the GDP of a small nation to make it occur. In the primary 24 hours of The Rings of Power being out there, the mega-retailer stated it had greater than 25 million viewers. That’s a giant determine, and one price taking with a pinch of salt provided that Amazon hasn’t been clear on the way it calculates a “viewer.” If true, (and I say once more, if) it could , pulling in two and a half instances greater than the opposite swords-and-sorcery status TV sequence that began airing final week.

If you possibly can consider it.

We’re simply hours away from Apple’s new iPhone-and-everything-else launch, and one of many greatest rumors issues a “Pro” model of the Apple Watch. The rumors say it will likely be a beefier, extra rugged wearable for tough-mudder varieties who’d usually purchase an expensive Garmin. to recommend the watch will get an even bigger display and a further {hardware} button to hit extra simply if you’re working. Oh, and Apple will abandon a lifetime of trying to make its designs elegant and smooth by embedding the button and Digital Crown on this ugly-as-sin carbuncle on the aspect of the physique. If it’s actual, we are able to all ensure of 1 factor: Sir Jonathan Ive might be spinning in his… workplace.