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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy [Fri Apr 19 2024]

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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy

Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use

 

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Google fires 28 staff after sit-in protest against Israeli cloud deal ends in arrests

Alphabet Workers Union says bosses refuse to listen to concerns

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Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to 'hubs,' freeing up cash for AI investments

Restructure of finance teams will see some leave, and other roles created in Mexico City, Bangalore, and US cities

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IDC Business Value of Google Security Operations Report

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IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay

Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims

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Microsoft aims to triple datacenter capacity to fuel AI boom

And it's far from the only hyperscaler getting in on the act

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911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear

Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened?

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TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas

It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO

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Micron scores $6.1B CHIPS Act cash for New York and Idaho fabs

Memorymaker to park mega plant in Syracuse, says senator

Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible

Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake

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Ransomware feared as IT 'issues' force Octapharma Plasma to close 150+ centers

Source blames BlackSuit infection – as separately ISP Frontier confirms cyberattack

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Crooks exploit OpenMetadata holes to mine crypto – and leave a sob story for victims

'I want to buy a car. That's all'

House passes bill banning Uncle Sam from snooping on citizens via data brokers

Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office

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Fraudsters abused Apple Stores' third-party pickup policy to phish for profits

Scam prevalent across Korea and Japan actually had some winners

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185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health

Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected

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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy

Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use

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Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op

Police emit Spotify Wrapped-style videos to let crims know they're being hunted

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Cisco creates architecture to improve security and sell you new switches

Hypershield detects bad behavior and automagically reconfigures networks to snuff out threats

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Singapore infosec boss warns China/West tech split will be bad for interoperability

When you decide not to trust a big chunk of the supply chain, tech (and trade) get harder

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Taiwanese film studio snaps up Chinese surveillance camera specialist Dahua

Stymied by sanctions, it had to go … but where?

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Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking

Plans multilingual 400 billion parameter version, but starts with more modest fare

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US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet has been dogfighting with humans

Robo-plane was made to restrain itself so as not to harm pilot or airframe

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Stability AI decimates staff just weeks after CEO's exit

More like Instability AI, right kids?

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Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students

Do not pass go, do not collect $200, says government agency

October 2025 will be a support massacre for a bunch of Microsoft products

Not just Windows 10. Don't forget about Exchange Server, Skype for Business, and all those Office installations

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Microsoft claims it didn't mean to inject Copilot into Windows Server 2022 this week

AI assistant turns up via Edge update. It was an accident. This time...

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Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug

2.9 gives a taste of what's to come

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AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope

Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester

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Valkey publishes release candidate and attracts new backer

Open source Redis alternative gathers momentum

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Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app

Commissioner Thierry Breton likens click-to-earn version to cigarettes

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Software glitch saw Aussie casino give away millions in cash

Nobody cared enough to check why audits were out of whack

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NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope

Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts

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Mars helicopter sends final message, but will keep collecting data

One last software update installed safely, reconfigured it as 'stationary testbed'

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