Piestro Partners With Serve Robotics To Bake And Deliver Pizzas With Robots
Piestro has teamed up with Serve Robotics to bake and deliver pizzas with Serve Robotics delivery robots. The partnership will offer customers contactless end-to-end robotic pizza delivery. For the contactless pizza delivery process, Serve’s robots fit up to four Piestro pies and deliver them to the customer’s doorstep for a completely contactless end-to-end transaction. Customers […]
Federal Reserve’s Brainard Calls For Swift Regulation Of Cryptocurrency
Lael Brainard, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, has called for rapid regulation of the crypto industry, given the many challenges facing the industry. According to Brainard, while the crypto-industry is fundamentally different from traditional finance, the sector has proven vulnerable to the same risks and should be subject to the same rules. These risks […]
Cyber Security Today, July 11, 2022 – Mandatory 2FA For The PyPI Registry, Beware Of Fake Google Software Updates And A Poor Password Leads To Huge Data Hack
This episode reports on mandatory two-factor authentication coming for critical projects in the PyPI registry, fake Google software updates spreading and another hack blamed on the use of ‘password’ as a
Google Offers Concession To Avoid Possible U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit
Google has proposed to spin off part of its business that auctions and places ads on websites and apps as a concession to avoid a possible US antitrust lawsuit. The antitrust lawsuit accuses Google of abusing its market muscle to impede rivals in the advertising technology business. Google is now offering to split part of […]
Canada’s Rogers Network Recovers After Major Outage
One of Canada’s largest telecommunications providers, Rogers Telecommunications, said its network service is recovering after a major outage that lasted 19 hours. The outage, which affected millions of users in Canada, rendered several services inaccessible. The outage affected internet access, cell phones and landmine phone connections and some users were unable to access emergency services […]
Twitter To Take Legal Action After Musk Terminates Deal
Twitter’s chairman Bret Taylor tweeted that the company’s board is planning legal action to enforce the merger agreement that allows Elon Musk to take over the company for US$44 billion. “The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action […]
China Issues Security Warning After Hacker Plan To Sell 1 Billion Citizens’ Data
According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese president has called on public institutions in China to “defend information security… to protect personal information, privacy, and confidential corporate information,” which will help people feel safe when they provide their data to public services. The president’s statement follows a hacker’s decision to sell stolen data […]
Texas Man Acquires Virtual “Land” With His Life Savings
A Texas man named Justin Reed has given up his US$18,000 life savings to buy a piece of virtual land called the Khorum Coast. Tbe Khorum Coast is located within a video game called Entropia Universe. Entropia uses a micropayment model that allows players to make money in the real world through in-game transactions, mostly […]
Apple Brings Back Iconic Wallpapers In iOS 16 Beta 3
Apple is bringing back the iconic clownfish wallpaper that Steve Jobs used when announcing the original iPhone in 2007. Some users have discovered the iconic wallpaper in the latest beta version of iOS 16. “Some users appear to be seeing a new Clownfish wallpaper in iOS 16 beta 3. This is the wallpaper Steve Jobs […]
