European Union enforcers of the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), said Thursday they’re closely monitoring disinformation campaigns on the Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) following the Wednesday shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico. The bloc has been formally investigating X since last December over disinformation in civic … [Read more...]
EU investigating Meta over addiction and safety concerns for minors
Meta is back in hot water for its methods (or lack thereof) for protecting children. The European Commission has launched formal proceedings to determine whether the owner of Facebook and Instagram has violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) by contributing to children's social media addiction and not ensuring they have high levels of safety and privacy.The Commission's investigation will … [Read more...]
Spoor uses AI to save birds from wind turbines
Wind is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but wind farms come with an environmental cost as wind turbines can wreak havoc on bird populations. Meet Spoor, the startup using AI to help wind farms mitigate that risk. Spoor is a software that uses machine learning to detect birds on video while also recording their movement … [Read more...]
Google Pixel 8a vs Pixel 8: Which one's better?
The Google Pixel 8a is now official, bringing some of the best features that we know and love about the Pixel 8 to a slightly lower, more affordable price point. Just like the Pixel 7a, which was very similar to its flagship sibling in the Pixel 7 series, the Pixel 8a also shares a lot of common traits with the Pixel 8, like its Tensor G3 chip, a 120Hz OLED display, software support, and more. In … [Read more...]
Cat-Phishing, Living-Off-The-Land, Fake Invoices Top Q1 Cyberthreats: Report
Cat-phishing, using a popular Microsoft file transfer tool to become a network parasite, and bogus invoicing are among the notable techniques cybercriminals deployed during the first three months of this year, according to the quarterly HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report released Thursday. Based on an analysis of data from millions of endpoints running the company’s software, the report found … [Read more...]
Meta’s Oversight Board will wade into the debate over political content on Threads
Meta’s Oversight Board has accepted its first case involving a post on Threads and it will allow the group to weigh in on the debate over the role of political content on Threads. The board, which started taking appeals from Threads users earlier this year, announced its first case involving Meta’s newest app.The case stems from a post by a Japanese user who was replying to a screenshot of a news … [Read more...]
Opera joins the party with a native browser for Windows 11 on Arm
Opera is one of the best browsers on Windows, but if it's an Arm device running Windows, you'll not get the best experience. But this will not be the case forever, as the company has announced that it's embracing Windows on Arm by making the browser fully optimized to run on Windows 11 devices powered by Snapdragon X Elite chipsets. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
PoC Exploit Released for Ivanti EPMM MobileIron Core
A newly disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2024-22026, has been found in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), formerly MobileIron Core. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain root access to affected systems. The severity of this vulnerability is currently undetermined. CVE-2024-22026: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability The attack vector for CVE-2024-22026 is local, … [Read more...]
Instagram and Facebook under EU investigation for causing child addiction and harm
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The Morning After: In a bid to stop ban, TikTok creators are suing the US government
Eight TikTok creators are suing the US government in an effort to block a law requiring TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell the service or face a US-wide ban. The lawsuit claims the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of the creators who depend on the platform.TikTok has already filed its … [Read more...]
Humanity Protocol Raises $30 Million as Blockchain-Based Digital ID StartupHits Unicorn Status
Humanity Protocol, a decentralised identity solution, has raised $30 million (roughly Rs. 250 crore) from a fresh funding round led by Kingsway Capital and the startup has hit unicorn status with its valuation surpassing the $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,350 crore) mark. Over 20 other venture capital firms participated in the seed funding round, including Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com, Hashed, and … [Read more...]
Hackers Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Tool To Deliver Ransomware
Hackers often target remote assist tools because they create a direct channel to access desired systems with minimum effort. These tools have been built for remote control and access purposes, which makes them very appealing targets for attackers looking to hack networks or take over specific devices. Microsoft observed the Storm-1811 group using Quick Assist for social engineering … [Read more...]
Why a motherboard might be the most important part to future-proof in your PC
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the motherboard is one of the most crucial components of a computer, and it's not something to be considered an afterthought. It may not be the most exciting component to pick, but this less glamorous component often holds the key to longevity and upgradability. That's right, the motherboard is essentially the backbone of a computer, and it's the … [Read more...]
Cannabis and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa
The key to taking on legacy players in the financial technology industry may be to go where they have not gone before. That’s what Chicago-based Aeropay is doing. The provider of pay-by-bank solutions for businesses started out helping cannabis retailers and gaming companies with their payments and is now entering into Visa and Mastercard’s territory by innovating the payment … [Read more...]
I touched a prototype Asus ROG Ally X, and it felt better
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Personal Information Stolen in City of Wichita Ransomware Attack
The City of Wichita, Kansas, has revealed this week that files containing personal information were stolen in a ransomware attack in early May. The city disclosed the incident on May 5, when certain systems were shut down as a containment measure, to stop the spreading of file-encrypting ransomware deployed during the attack. The city said at the time that some of its online services were … [Read more...]
Square Enix Says Sales of AAA Games Like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI Fell Short of Expectations
Shares of Square Enix Holdings Co. tumbled 16% in their biggest decline in 13 years after its president said sales of recent big-budget games disappointed and that it would take years for a recent reorganization to bear fruit.Sales of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI and Foamstars — all released exclusively for Sony Group Corp.'s PlayStation in the previous fiscal year — fell short of … [Read more...]
Apple to Reportedly Add AI-Powered Audio Transcription and Summarisation Features to Multiple iOS 18 Apps
Apple is reportedly working on two artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features that could be added to multiple apps in iOS 18. The Cupertino-based tech giant is said to be readying a real-time audio transcription and summarisation feature that could power its Voice Memos and the Notes app. These features could also appear on iPadOS 18 and macOS 15. Notably, these features as well as the next … [Read more...]
EU opens child safety probes of Facebook and Instagram, citing addictive design concerns
Facebook and Instagram are under formal investigation in the European Union over child protection concerns, the Commission announced Thursday. The proceedings follow a raft of requests for information to parent entity Meta since the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act (DSA), started applying last August. The development could be significant as the formal proceedings unlock … [Read more...]
Forget EVs: Why Bedrock Materials is targeting gas-powered cars for its first sodium-ion batteries
Spencer Gore has a battery startup. But he doesn’t want his batteries to end up in electric vehicles, at least not yet. “There are a lot of interesting downmarket segments of automotive that are underserved today that are faster to get into than, say, the traction battery in EVs,” he told TechCrunch. Take the traditional 12-volt lead-acid battery that sits under the hood of every … [Read more...]
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