Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, July 28, 2023
This episode features a discussion on promises by AI companies for better safety, new data breach disclosure regulations for publicly traded companies in the U.S., and Canadian women honoured for their work in cyb
Top Women in Cybersecurity keynote: A cybersecurity career is harder than ChatGPT paints it — but just as rewarding
ChatGPT is good for a lot of things, but don’t ask it to create a realistic scenario for a woman who wants a career in cybersecurity. In her keynote address for this year’s IT World Canada Top Women in Cybersecurity event, Laura Payne, chief enablement officer and vice-president of security consulting at Canadian-based White Tuque,
Roku beats earnings estimates on ad sales rebound
Roku beat analysts’ expectations for second-quarter earnings and revenue, driven by a rebound in ad sales. The streaming device maker reported earnings per share of 20 cents on revenue of $847.2 million, compared to analysts’ expectations of 14 cents per share on revenue of $774.5 million. Roku’s ad revenue grew 34% year-over-year to $691.3 million. […]
ChatGPT arrives on Android in India
OpenAI’s advanced language model ChatGPT has arrived on Android in India. With its India launch, ChatGPT aims to introduce the AI to a new user base with distinct needs and preferences. Gathering feedback from Indian users will help it identify areas for improvement and fine-tune the AI’s responses to be more contextually relevant and culturally […]
OpenAI pulls AI Classifier down
OpenAI has quietly pulled its AI Classifier, an experimental tool designed to detect AI-written text. The decommissioning was announced through a small note added to OpenAI’s official AI Classifier webpage. OpenAI admitted that its AI Classifier was not “fully reliable,” correctly identifying only 26 percent of AI-written text as “likely AI-written” and incorrectly labeling human-written […]
Twitter’s rebrand blocked in Indonesia due to pornography laws
Elon Musk’s decision to rebrand Twitter as “X” led to the site being blocked in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian country has strict laws restricting pornography and gambling, and the domain “X.com” had previously been used to host content that violated those laws. The Ministry of Communication and Informatics said that it had blocked Twitter “due […]
Experts testify before Congress on UFOs
Former U.S. Navy pilots and an intelligence officer testified before Congress that they have witnessed extraordinary UFOs, or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) as they are now officially called. David Fravor, Ryan Graves, and David Grusch all said they have personally seen UFOs that defy explanation. Fravor described seeing a small white Tic Tac-shaped object that […]
FCC propose to boost minimum broadband speeds to 100Mbps
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to boost the minimum broadband speeds in the United States to 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up. The current standard is 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the proposed change is necessary to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable, high-speed internet. “In today’s […]
E.U. opens antitrust probe into Microsoft’s bundling of teams
The European Commission is opening a formal antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s bundling of its Teams software with its Office productivity suite. The investigation comes after a complaint by Slack, a rival communication app, which alleges that Microsoft is using its dominance in the office productivity market to unfairly promote Teams. Slack argues that Microsoft is […]
Big Tech giants team up to create open source map data
A group of major technology companies, including Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and TomTom, have announced the launch of the Overture Maps Foundation. The foundation’s goal is to create a free and open source map data set that can be used by anyone to build their own maps and mapping applications. The foundation’s initial data […]
