A database containing data on 1.3 million Clubhouse users has appeared on a hacker forum. However, according to Clubhouse, this was not a hack, as the data had always been publicly accessible with an API. The shared data consists of the user ID, name, URL of the profile picture, user name, Twitt... Read more
3 years ago
The Administration's global tax proposal could make Ireland less attractive for US tech giants. Over the past few decades, Ireland has been able to attract huge investment from US tech firms by offering very favorable corporate tax rates. These sweetheart tax deals have allowed major US firms to... Read more
3 years ago
The US Department of Commerce has announced that it is imposing sanctions on seven Chinese supercomputer manufacturers. The manufacturers will be on the list of companies that may be involved with the Chinese military. According to the Department, the companies are "involved with building superc... Read more
3 years ago
A German think tank report says that building a super fabrication facility makes no sense when the EU's chip design industry is lacking. Europe’s ambition to make the most powerful computer chips risks wasting billions of euros, a German think tank said in a report this week. The report, accor... Read more
3 years ago
Google has obtained some new security certificates for Google Cloud. With these, the products are approved for use by government organisations in several new countries. With the new certificates, Cloud DNS has been added to the list of Google Cloud products that comply with the Federal Risk and ... Read more
3 years ago
Gartner Research says that funding for the increased spending will come from outside IT departments A new forecast from Gartner predicts worldwide IT spending to total $4.1 trillion in 2021. This jump represents an increase of 8.4% from 2020, according to the research group's quarterly IT spen... Read more
3 years ago
The Austrian group NOYB claims Android phones violate Europeans' right to privacy. Privacy group NOYB has instigated a new complaint about Google's use of the Android Advertising ID (AAID) to track users. They claim that the identifiers that the Android system uses are in clear violation of EU l... Read more
3 years ago
What's more, the tech giant is still refusing to do anything about the problem. Facebook did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were recently made public in a database. Facebook had originally obtained the leaked details through the misuse of a feature before 2019. To make ... Read more
3 years ago
Apple has announced that in the coming weeks, it will start asking users about their privacy preferences. Apps that sell user data to third parties must first ask for permission to do so. The new policy will take effect sometime in the coming weeks, writes Reuters. To be exact, the mandatory req... Read more
3 years ago
Fintech company Alkami has announced its intention to go public. The company expects to raise 150 million dollars. In other financial news, SoftBank has bought a 40 percent stake in robotics company AutoStore. Alkami expects its shares to be worth between 22 and 25 dollars each. This corresponds... Read more
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