Ontario school board trying to recover from cyber incident
Durham District School Board is able to hold classes in school but online courses aren’t
Musk reveals Apple’s threat to remove app from App Store
Elon Musk has accused Apple of threatening to remove Twitter from its App Store without providing a reason, and that the iPhone maker has stopped advertising on Twitter, prompting him to question whether the tech group hates free speech. Musk hinted at an App Store ban in a series of tweets on Monday. He tweeted: […]
Research reveals extent of attention social media users give negative comments
According to a new psychology report published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior and authored by Susann Kohout, Sanne Kruikemeier, and Bert N. Bakker, people pay more attention to negative comments on social media than positive ones. The study went on to investigate how much people pay attention to negative, positive, angry, and fearful […]
Ireland Data Protection Commission slams Meta with $276 million fine
Another fine has visited tech giant Meta, as Ireland’s Data Protection Commission slammed the company with a €265 million fine (about $276 million) after an April 2021 data leak exposed the information of more than 533 million users to so-called data scrapers. The DPC launched the investigation shortly after the news of the leak broke, […]
Partners takes advantage of general availability of AWS
The general availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Data Security Platform on AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog that customers can use to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services to business solutions and run their business on AWS, is boosting Amazon’s partnerships and connecting partners with the parent cloud. Redis Enterprise […]
Apple shares drop following Foxconn crisis
Apple shares fell about 2.6% on Monday, making it one of the Nasdaq 100 index’s biggest percentage losers, weighing on the broader market as growing unrest at a key Chinese plant spread fears of a bigger hit to already limited production of higher-end iPhone 14 models due to unrest at a Foxconn factory in China. […]
BlocFi files for bankruptcy
BlockFi appears to be collapsing, just like crypto itself, as it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, following the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month, and Bitcoin’s value down more than 70% from a 2021 peak. The liquidity crisis, […]
AWS launches new video game to boost cloud solutions for financial services firm
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Industry Quest, an interactive learning experience that teaches how to build cloud solutions for any industry or field of work. The game is designed as a first-person video game tasked with teaching cloud skills relevant to the banking and finance industries, as well as other industries. It tasks players […]
Epson to phase out laser printers over sustainability concerns
Epson, a Japanese electronics and printer manufacturer, has announced that it will stop selling and distributing laser printers and related hardware by 2026, citing the technology’s limited availability to make meaningful advances in sustainability. The company previously stated that switching from laser to inkjet printers could cut global energy emissions by half. It went on […]
