In the past few days, you may have seen some scary headlines. Tens of thousands of companies are at risk of being hacked because of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerabilities are actively being abused. But what is really going on, and what are the risks? On March 2, 2021, ... Read more
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The producer of Fortnite advances its crusade against Big Tech. Epic Games, the Fortnite developer, is taking Google to court in Australia. This seems to be the latest l;legal battle in the company's war against Big Tech hegemony. Last summer, Epic sued both Apple and Google in the US to for... Read more
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The US Congress has proposed a law that would give publishers in the US the power to negotiate with companies such as Facebook and Google for a possible payment for showing parts of news items. The law is called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and is supported by members of both ... Read more
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In uncertain times of crisis, consumers expect companies to adapt to new behaviours. Further digital efforts are often needed to respond to the new demands of customers. During the corona pandemic, the call for further digitalisation is even greater than before. This is according to Salesforce's St... Read more
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Verkada's security cameras turned out to contain a vulnerability that allowed attackers to gain access to their feeds. Tesla and Cloudflare, among others, have the cameras on their premises. The vulnerability was discovered by the Swiss developer Tillie Kottman. He was able to show images of a T... Read more
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France Digitale filed a complaint against Apple with CNIL (a data privacy watchdog) on breaching of European Union rules. France’s leading startup lobby confirmed the complaint filing in a statement. In a seven-page complaint obtained by Reuters, the lobby, which represents most of France’s ... Read more
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Only a few months after what Microsoft called the biggest hack in recent history, Microsoft's own software now seems to contain a gigantic and actively exploited vulnerability. It concerns a vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, writes Reuters. Attackers have managed to install a backdoor via the... Read more
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The White House announced on Friday that the new economic advisers and vocal big tech critic Tim Wu would help the President Joe Biden administration deal with the big tech issues cropping up. Tim Wu is expected to help the president push his agenda on the technology sector. Most of what the adm... Read more
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Their new Guidance doc says "America, not China" will set the new world order. The Biden administration has a new Interim National Security Guidance in which it names China as the most threatening nation the United States faces. They claim this is because China can combine its technological and ... Read more
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Apple might face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the next few weeks, after Spotify, a big rival, complained that the iPhone maker unfairly pushed its own music streaming service. Reuters broke the news, after speaking with two people familiar with the issue, on Thursday. The European Commission ... Read more
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