Britain will bring into effect a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, technology minister Liz Kendall told parliament after regulator Ofcom launched an ...

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that ...

A wave of password reset emails went out to Instagram users around the world over the weekend. Instagram claims there was no data breach, but rather an abuse of its reset system. Even Android ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Exclusive: Ashley St Clair says supporters of X owner are using his AI tool to create a form of revenge porn The mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons has said she felt “horrified and violated” after fans ...

Seems a lot of people got password reset requests from Instagram over the last few days, including several Verge staffers and members of their family. The email might look legit. It might even have ...

When Ofcom posted a statement on X this week about Grok being used to undress people and sexualise children, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot responded with an image of the UK regulator’s logo in a bikini. It ...

On Sunday, the pop culture news X account @PopBase shared a typical piece of content with its millions of followers. “Sabrina Carpenter stuns in new photo,” read the post, which featured a picture of ...

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough Elon Musk’s X has been ordered by the UK government to tackle ...

As it underwent a growth spurt in the early 2020s, graphic design platform Canva turned to 1Password to manage identity across its expanding organisation.