Stolen data on 200 million Twitter users now being given away
Cache of information has the handles used by Twitter subscribers and their email
German government set to abolish data retention
The German government wishes to amend the German data retention regulation in order to conform to European and German constitutional privacy rights. It wants businesses to store data only after a court order. It also states that any unauthorized storage of telecommunications data must be prohibited. Limited data retention is only permitted under strict conditions, […]
Foxconn teams up with Nvidia to build chips for cars
Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, and Nvidia, a chipmaker, have joined forces to develop platforms for autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles. As part of the agreement, Foxconn will use Nvidia Drive Orin hardware and the Drive Hyperion sensor suite in its own future electric vehicle lineup. While Foxconn will manufacture electronic control units (ECUs) for […]
BitRAT malware caught stealing financial information
Qualys discovered evidence of a database dump containing 418,777 records obtained by exploiting SQL injection flaws with a new malware campaign. The new campaign used sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing emails to drop a remote access trojan known as BitRAT. BitRAT is a well-known remote access trojan (RAT) that […]
Microsoft game makers gets union
Hundreds of quality assurance workers and game developers at ZeniMax studios voted to form a union, which Microsoft, the company’s owner, has voluntarily recognized. The majority of quality assurance (QA) professionals at the developer chose to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union in a card count that was completed on Tuesday, according to […]
Flight delays continue at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport after technical glitch
On New Year’s Day, panic surfaced in the Philippines after a serious power cut disrupted air traffic control at the country’s largest airport, disrupting hundreds of flights and stranding tens of thousands of travelers in the Southeast Asian hub. A power outage caused the airport’s traffic management system to go down for several hours on […]
American states begin rolling out peculiar data privacy laws
Starting this week, data-related tech companies will face one of their greatest fears: a collection of state-level laws dictating how they collect, store, and share consumer data, rather than a federal law. The tech companies argue that inconsistent state privacy laws place an undue burden on businesses by requiring them to set up different protocols […]
Apple market value slumps by $1 trillion in 2022
This week, Apple’s market value dipped by about $1 trillion, implying that it has fallen below the zenith it attained in 2022. The plunge is the culmination of several efforts over the course of the year. Some examples include a drop in Apple product supply chains, a significant consumer shift away from the pandemic era, […]
