PDD Holdings, the parent company of Chinese e-tailer Temu, has beaten analysts' estimates, posting a 131 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to 86.81 billion yuan (275.6 billion CZK) in the first quarter. This growth is attributed to Temu's strong consumer acceptance in international markets. Launched in September 2022, Temu's online mar...
The personal information of more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers was stolen in a cyber attack. The hacker group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack. Ticketmaster has been the target of a major cyberattack in which hackers gained access to the names, addresses, phone numbers and some payment information of 560 million custo...
iPhone users have discovered that Apple's latest update has automatically signed them up to use a new setting that sounds a little scary. Last December, Apple released the iOS 17.2 update, which added the NameDrop feature and improved the keyboard for smoother texting. In addition to these additions, the company introduced the Journal app, a new...
American legislators are concerned primarily about user data, hence their desire to ban TikTok. They fear that Beijing may leverage its influence over ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to obtain data from Americans and users worldwide. The proposed ban would not only affect government employees but, considering the potential risk, would b...
In the application Temu, a Chinese online marketplace with over a hundred million downloads on Google Play, practically anything can be obtained at unbelievably low prices. To consumers, the platform appears to be just another shopping platform similar to Aliexpress, Wish, or Shein. However, cybersecurity experts warn that the ...
The General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR, has been in force in the European Union (EU) for five years. Since its introduction - that is, since 25 May 2018 - a number of fines have been issued for breaches of the regulation. So far, the sovereign highest one was levied by the EU against Meta Platforms for sending European user data t...