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Coupang

2026-10-10 07:29:07

Coupang outage in South Korea disrupts deliveries, sparks backlash over riders eating undelivered meals

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang suffered a multi-service outage around midnight on Oct. 9 local time, knocking out its shopping platform, Coupang Eats delivery service, and Coupang Play streaming service at the same time. During the disruption, delivery riders who had already picked up food reportedly could not see customer addresses, and a large number of orders were canceled. The outage later drew wider attention after posts appeared on Korean online forums showing riders eating meals that could no longer be delivered. Some users framed the food as items that had effectively been discarded under platform procedures for undeliverable orders, while critics said the photos mocked customers who were left without their meals and unable to contact the service. One widely cited post said, 「I ate an order worth 100,000 won and got charged 20,000 won.」 Coupang said the incident was caused by a temporary error during a service upgrade and ruled out a hacking attack. The company announced compensation for customers, merchants, and riders, including 5,000 won in Coupang Cash for canceled shopping orders, vouchers for canceled or failed food-delivery payments, and payments to riders depending on when a cancellation occurred. Korean media also noted that questions remain over missed orders and lost business during the downtime.

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United Kingdo

2026-10-08 06:49:08

UK tax authority seeks broader powers to obtain crypto customer data from service providers

The UK’s tax authority is pushing to widen its powers to investigate crypto assets, with a proposal that would let it obtain customer information directly from crypto asset service providers and revise rules covering inspections of software and electronic records. The move was flagged by Odaily, which said the proposal could materially expand the scope of data requests tied to crypto-related activity. UK crypto tax software firm Recap warned that the draft rules define service providers too broadly. In its view, the wording could extend beyond custodial businesses and capture non-custodial wallet software, blockchain explorers, hardware wallet makers, and tax software providers. Recap also pointed to privacy and safety concerns. Because Bitcoin transaction records are publicly visible, linking an investor’s name, address, and tax identity to an on-chain wallet address could expose a long-term record of asset activity. The company said that kind of linkage may raise the risk of data leaks, extortion, and physical attacks.

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UK

2026-10-08 06:49:49

UK tax authority moves to widen crypto information-gathering powers

The UK tax authority is seeking broader powers to investigate crypto-related information, with proposed rules that would let officials obtain customer data directly from crypto asset service providers and revise how software and electronic records are inspected. The plan has drawn criticism from Recap, a UK crypto tax software company, which said the draft framework defines service providers too broadly. In its view, the scope could extend beyond custodial firms to include non-custodial wallet software, blockchain explorers, hardware wallet manufacturers and tax software providers. Recap also warned about the privacy and personal safety implications tied to public blockchain records. Because Bitcoin transaction histories are openly visible, linking an investor’s name, address and tax identity to an on-chain wallet address could expose a long-term record of that person’s asset activity. The company said such exposure may raise the risk of data leaks, extortion and physical attacks.

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Taurus

2026-10-07 12:03:35

Taurus co-founder says Swift blockchain ledger needs critical internal layers

Lamine Brahimi, co-founder of digital asset infrastructure firm Taurus, said Swift’s blockchain ledger will need key internal layers before it can reach its full potential. He said the technology shows promise, but warned that missing infrastructure inside the system could hold back broader adoption. Brahimi pointed to identity management and data privacy solutions as examples of the layers still needed. Without them, he said, large-scale use may remain limited even if the ledger technology itself is sound. He also said financial institutions will need to confirm that any such system can meet strict regulatory and operational standards before moving ahead. In his view, building those missing layers is central to whether the effort can succeed. The remarks were cited by Techub News, which referenced CoinDesk.

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DoorDash

2026-09-30 15:44:04

DoorDash opens waitlist for AI ordering assistant inside Apple Messages

DoorDash has opened a waitlist for its AI ordering assistant within Apple Messages, according to a Techub News item citing Crypto Briefing. The feature is designed to make food ordering easier through a conversational AI interface rather than a standard app flow. DoorDash says the tool is meant to streamline the ordering process while improving convenience and personalization for users. At the same time, the rollout has prompted discussion around data privacy. The report did not include launch timing beyond the waitlist opening, nor did it disclose more technical details about how the assistant works inside Apple Messages. The announcement centers on user access to the waitlist and the broader promise of chat-based ordering, while privacy questions remain part of the conversation around the feature.

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Zhipu

2026-09-28 04:25:33

Zhipu adds compensation in ZCode upload dispute, offers reset cards and GLM-5.3-Flash token quotas

Zhipu has announced another round of remediation tied to the ZCode code upload dispute. Existing paid users, along with users who returned to a paid plan within the past month, will receive four weekly reset cards and four five-hour reset cards, valid for one month. From Sept. 28 to Oct. 7, ZCode will also distribute 100,000 allotments of 100 million GLM-5.3-Flash token quota to all users. The company said the repository snapshot upload path has been removed and the cloud data involved in the incident has been deleted. ZCode’s open-source version has been updated to v3.14.3, and Zhipu said code will not be uploaded to the cloud unless a user actively initiates it. The dispute stemmed from ZCode’s early Repo Wiki feature, which was enabled by default and uploaded repository content to the cloud while generating a codebase knowledge base. Zhipu had previously cut off the related upload path and invited a third-party institution to inspect the cloud data.

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Meta

2026-09-26 01:02:30

Meta loses New Mexico privacy case as state seeks up to $219 billion in civil penalties

A New Mexico jury has found that Meta deceived the public through its speech and data privacy policies, violating state law in a ruling tied to the Cambridge Analytica fallout. State Attorney General Raúl Torrez called the verdict a "landmark moment" for holding large technology companies accountable and said his office will ask the court to impose civil penalties of as much as $219 billion. The jury found Meta liable for most of the 34 statements listed in the verdict form. Violations were counted between 1.3 million and 2.1 million times for each item, based on the number of Facebook users in New Mexico or the state’s total population in 2020. Under state law, each violation can carry a penalty of up to $5,000, though the final amount will be decided by First Judicial District Court Judge Francis Mathew in Santa Fe. The case stems from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a seemingly harmless survey app collected data from Facebook users and their friends, affecting 87 million user profiles that were later used in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Meta has already paid about $6 billion in settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, Facebook users, and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. New Mexico and Washington, D.C., were the only two jurisdictions that did not join that coalition settlement. Meta said it disagrees with the verdict and will keep fighting the case.

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United Nation

2026-09-21 10:27:31

UN urges governments to restrain AI agents until risks are better understood

The United Nations has warned governments to tighten oversight of AI agents before their risks are fully understood, according to a report cited by Techub News. The report says AI agents could create hard-to-predict governance and security risks and calls for stronger international cooperation to address those challenges. It also points to the systems’ autonomous decision-making capabilities as a source of concern. According to the report, those capabilities may raise issues across cybersecurity, data privacy, and social ethics. The UN said regulators should move early, rather than wait for problems to emerge after the technology is more widely deployed. The report urges countries to build forward-looking regulatory frameworks while AI technology is still developing quickly. It also asks policymakers to put risk prevention and international coordination at the center of AI policy design. The item was attributed to Crypto Briefing in the Techub News brief.

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