Germany and five other countries have asked the European Commission to clarify proposals to have big tech pay some of the expenses of EU telecom network operators, joining a discussion that has sparked both support and resistance from interest groups. The six largest content providers -- includi... Read more
22 hours ago
Insiders told Reuters that Meta is trying to settle with European Union antitrust investigators to ward off paying damages for the infringement of user data security and data law breaches. The EU has strict laws in place to prevent social media networks from using users' confidential information... Read more
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Ireland's privacy watchdog is demanding answers from Twitter about a data scraping incident that leaked user information of millions of Twitter accounts. Last August, Twitter acknowledged that hackers took advantage of a system flaw that has since been repaired to access profiles linked to email... Read more
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Consumers face fire hazards while the PCI standards group is directing blame at the manufacturers. Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs both use a 16-pin connector called 12VHPWR. The new connectors were developed as a way to provide the increased power levels required by the latest generation gr... Read more
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The European Council has greenlit NIS2, a new European security directive. The Council's consent ends an approval process that lasted two years. NIS2 requires member states to introduce new security laws by 2024, including a broader obligation to report cyberattacks. NIS2 is a follow-up to NIS1... Read more
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Microsoft released new Azure SQL database configurations with more compute power cores and higher processing rates. The cores are based on the latest Intel and AMD processor generations. The tech giant recently released a preview of its new Azure SQL database configurations and elastic pools. D... Read more
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Amazon intends to use AWS to market Amazon Go, a set of technologies and services that allow in-store payments without checkout personnel. The organization initially developed Amazon Go for small businesses. The technology allows customers to pay without human intervention. As a result, stores ... Read more
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1Password's new 'sign-in with' browser extension speeds up logins. Users can leverage the credentials of identity providers such as Apple, Facebook and Google to quickly login to web applications. Many web applications support identity providers. After registering with an identity provider, use... Read more
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The group behind the €1.1 billion project has secured its first investment. The subsea cable, whose creators claim is the first to be constructed on the Arctic seabed, will link Europe and Japan via North America as part of the global internet infrastructure. The project is called Far Nor... Read more
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Malicious Android apps have been signed using legitimate certificates from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of Android devices. The certificates provide malicious apps with system-level privileges. Android OEMs use platform certificates to sign the core ROM images of devices containing t... Read more
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