Shares of Snap and Meta soar after TikTok ban suggestion
Shares of Snap and Meta rose 3.4% and 2.2%, respectively, after Brendan Carr, a Federal Communications Commissioner, proposed that the U.S. government ban TikTok. Brendan Carr, one of five FCC commissioners, told the media site that the Council on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) should prohibit TikTok, adding, “I don’t believe there is […]
Zero-click Google searches aren’t quite the genius they’re supposed to be
According to a new SEMRush study, zero-click Google searches are not quite the genius that they’ve been made out to be in SEO circles in recent years. SEMRush conducted the survey in May using an anonymous sample of 20,000 desktop and mobile users in the United States. Semrush analyzed 609,809 search queries in total (308,978 […]
NCSC wants more victims to report ransomware attacks
According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of GCHQ and is the technical authority of the United Kingdom for cyber security, the actual effect of ransomware is uncertain, because some victims do not report that they were attacked. “Over the last year, the cyber security threat to the UK has evolved […]
U.S. Treasury says it neutralized cyberattacks on its systems
According to a U.S. Treasury official, last month the Treasury Department neutralized cyberattacks by a pro-Russian hacking group, thereby avoiding disruption and proving the effectiveness of the Department’s tighter framework for cybersecurity in the financial system. The U.S. Treasury blamed the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Killnet, a Russian cybercrime hacking group that […]
Elon Musk wants $8 a month for Twitter verification
Twitter’s Blue service, which comes with the verified badge, will cost $8 a month, according to new CEO Elon Musk, as he tries to increase subscriptions, reduce ad reliance and combat spam/scam. “Twitter’s current lords & peasants’ system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue for […]
Gartner predicts growth in public cloud services in 2023
According to a new Gartner growth forecast, global spending on public cloud services will increase by 20.7% to $591.8 billion in 2023, reflecting growing demand from businesses for a variety of cloud services. Gartner also predicts that companies will spend $490.3 billion on cloud services this year, an increase of 18.8% from $412.6 billion in […]
