French privacy regulator CNIL banned three French websites from using Google Analytics. According to the regulator, some versions of Analytics violate the GDPR. For some time, the CNIL has warned of Analytics usage violating the GDPR. The Belgian, Austrian and Dutch GDPR regulators hold the same... Read more
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Customers, consultants and resellers are uneasy with Microsoft because its Office licences impose restrictions and higher costs for running in public cloud environments other than Azure. In 2019, Microsoft changed the licensing terms for Office and Windows. The fine print of these terms states ... Read more
2 years ago
Around 400 customers have been unable to use Atlassian's services since 5 April. The downtime could last for another two weeks, the DevOps specialist says. A script maintenance error is preventing access since April 5. Users can no longer access Jira Software, Jira Work Management, Jira Service ... Read more
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Although Lithium Extraction (DLE) can reduce the environmental impact of lithium mining, there are objections to the technology. Lithium forms the basis of car and smartphone batteries. It's one of the world's most sought-after raw materials. Often, Lithium is mined in large open-pit sites and ... Read more
2 years ago
RITMO – a Spanish fintech startup – plans to help eCommerce entrepreneurs and businesses expand rapidly and surmount various supply-chain challenges by offering them capital. Revenue-based financing startups are gaining strength by offering low-on-cash startups a viable alternative to bank... Read more
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Despite positive quarterly results, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is lagging behind analyst expectations. Last quarter's profits were affected by a labour shortage. The fourth fiscal quarter of TCS ended on April 1. Today, the organisation announced a net profit increase of 7.4 percent, totall... Read more
2 years ago
A study shows how the majority of businesses are not equipped to handle a world void of cookies. About 81% - an overwhelming majority – of businesses use third-party data. Also, more than 54% of companies reported they aren't fully prepared for the cookieless world. Both Mozilla's Firefox a... Read more
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At least 5 EU officials were attacked by hacking tools thought to have come from the Israeli NSO Group Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to two EU officials and documentation reviewed by Reute... Read more
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Kaseya acquires Datto for 6.2 billion dollars (5.7 billion euros). Insight Partners, Kaseya's owner, will finance the deal with a consortium of investors. Datto, founded in 2007, specialises in software for managed service providers (MSPs). Initially, data protection set the tone. In recent yea... Read more
2 years ago
The new algorithm should protect against attacks by quantum computers. This week marked the release of OpenSSH9. The release notes describe the adoption of the hybrid Streamlined NTRU Prime + x25519 key exchange method. "The NTRU algorithm is believed to resist attacks enabled by future quant... Read more
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