Politico recently reported that the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit from the United States Federal Trade Commission against Facebook could be here before the end of this November. The report, which came out on Friday, cites three people familiar with the matter and says that the FTC is considering h... Read more
3 years ago
Atlassian's analysis of user-interface time shows a marked increase in hours worked during the pandemic. The move toward working from home has had the predictable effect of upending the balance of work and life. Now a data science team from Atlassian has quantified just how much that balance may... Read more
3 years ago
Starting in December, apps in Apple's App Store will have to display privacy practices prior to download. Apple announced that all apps available in its App Store will need to comply with a new privacy certification procedure. This requirement centers around adding a standardized privacy summary... Read more
3 years ago
Working from home has become the norm, and with it, new problems have arisen concerning privacy. Dell now introduces hotkeys to kill the microphone and webcam, no matter which application is using them. Suffice to say, the webcam and the microphone can give away a lot about you, unless they ar... Read more
3 years ago
Being a cybercriminal means being creative and coming up with new ways to breach a network. Usually, some innovation allows the breach of a system. However, while some of the actors out there are working on new ways to get into networks, others use time-tested methods. In a new report by K... Read more
3 years ago
In the Supreme Court of England and Wales, software companies Salesforce and Oracle were sued for 15 billion pounds (16.5 billion euros). The plaintiff believes that the two companies are violating GDPR legislation by collecting and reselling personal data. The main plaintiff is UK privacy activ... Read more
3 years ago
Such a move could only ever happen in an "extreme case," she says. Europe’s antitrust chief believes that breaking up tech giants such as Google and Facebook will not be necessary. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she would propose new powers for enforcers to tackle... Read more
3 years ago
Several tech companies published their quarterly results this week. The figures show that Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet have recorded strong growth in advertising sales despite the corona crisis. Microsoft also had a good quarter. Twitter Twitter was less successful, noting fewe... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon Web Services announced that it is making AWS Nitro Enclaves generally available. The capability allows users to process sensitive data with ease securely. Nitro Enclaves was first announced as one of three new security products from Amazon last December. It offers customers the ability to... Read more
3 years ago
Research shows a massive shift in how customers connect with brands. This week Salesforce published the fourth edition of its State of the Connected Customer research report, This report reflects the research the company conducts every year to assess how customer expectations and behaviours are ... Read more
4 years ago
