Apple's market capitalization briefly surpassed $5 trillion for the first time on Tuesday, making it only the second company ever to achieve that milestone after Nvidia.

Visa plans to cut 7 per cent of its workforce, or about 2,600 jobs, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, about six months after a similar step by its closest peer as the payments processor seeks to become more efficient.

The government has summoned Meta’s public policy chief after a video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly removed by Facebook in India, sources said. The video in question was uploaded by PM Modi last week

A decades-long crackdown on Google's business practices in Europe is entering a costly new phase, as the loss of the first case brought against it under new EU legislation opens the door to a wave of private lawsuits ​demanding up to $10 billion in damages.

Tech mogul Elon Musk believes humans will lose control to AI in just ten years. He predicts that by 2036, bots would be in charge of the world. He also maintains there's a 10 to 20% chance that AI could actually wipe off humanity.

Apple wants to enter the smart glasses space soon, and is believed to have a device in the pipeline already. But there seems to be a problem with smart glasses – users are worried about their privacy.

Meta has started removing videos from Instagram that were filmed secretly using its own smart glasses. The company is banning accounts that post content where people are recorded without knowing it.

Google has introduced a new selfie video feature that allows users to verify their identity and regain access to their accounts when they are locked out, forget their password, or cannot use their usual phone, computer, or two-factor authentication apps.

Vietnam is planning to force social media platforms to ban users under 16 from posting content, commenting or reacting to posts, according to a draft decree ​reviewed by Reuters, joining a growing international push to curb the ‌use of social media by minors.

Google has been fined €890m (£759m) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power by favouring its own apps and services over those from rivals.

US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the public.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.”

French lawmakers approved on Tuesday a ban on social media access for children under the age of ​15, as concerns grow around the world over the impact social media ‌have on the health and safety of minors.

Artificial intelligence could boost Sub-Saharan Africa's economy by about 4 per cent over the next decade with better electricity supply, internet access and digital skills, an International Monetary Fund paper showed on Tuesday, but without such reforms the growth dividend could be negligible.

A reconciliation committee of France's Parliament agreed on a bill on Monday ​to ban access to social media for ‌those under 15 years of age.

All services across Facebook’s ecosystem have been fully stabilized following a brief technical hiccup that restricted access earlier this afternoon.

Facebook is down for users this morning amid a 'site issue'.

India marked a milestone in its private space sector on Saturday as Vikram-1, the country's first private orbital-class rocket, lifted off carrying multiple technology demonstration payloads and a postcard from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.