Business email compromise scams getting more sophisticated: Report
In the first half of this year 84 per cent of BEC messages detected by Trustwave came from free webmail
Business email compromise scams getting more sophisticated: Report
In the first half of this year 84 per cent of BEC messages detected by Trustwave came from free webmail
NASA plans to return to the moon in 2025
NASA is planning to return astronauts to the moon as early as 2025. The space agency has already selected the space exploration company SpaceX to build its first moon lander, and in 2022 asked other companies to propose more landers. Landing on the moon is a challenging feat, but NASA is confident that it can […]
Goldman Sachs reiterates office work policy
Goldman Sachs has reiterated its policy that employees should work in the office five days a week. “While there is flexibility when needed, we are simply reminding our employees of our existing policy,” said Jacqueline Arthur, Goldman Sachs’ global head of human capital management. “We have continued to encourage employees to work in the office […]
IBM cancels three fake products to tell dad jokes
The Register discovered three internal letters from IBM announcing the cancellation of products that seem not to exist other than to display a fondness for telling “Dad jokes.” One letter references IBM’s Guardium data security suite, and reports the withdrawal of a service named “Guardium of the Galaxy”. The memo further adds: “This is for […]
Mark Cuban’s 2017 AI prophecy revisited
Mark Cuban, an American businessman, predicted in 2017 that computer science degrees will hold very little value for employers in the future because of AI. He believes that coders could be out of a job in 20 years. This prediction is becoming increasingly realistic as AI becomes more capable. According to him, “Embrace AI or […]
IBM introduces Watsonx Code Assistant for Z
IBM has announced a new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) product called Watsonx Code Assistant for Z. The cloud-based service is designed to help developers translate existing COBOL code to Java on IBM Z mainframes. Watsonx Code Assistant for Z uses AI to support application modernization and IT automation. The resulting Java code will be object-oriented […]
Meta to settle unfair dismissal case with Kenyan content moderators
A Kenyan court has ordered Meta and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal to pursue an out-of-court settlement through mediation. The 184 content moderators say they lost their jobs with Sama, one of Meta’s subcontractors, for organizing a union. They also say they were then blacklisted from applying for the same […]
Meta fined $94,000 a day for breaking GDPR rules in Norway
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been fined $94,000 a day for breaking European data privacy rules in Norway. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) found that Meta had been harvesting user data without their consent and using it to target advertising. This is a violation of the European General Data Protection […]
Meta to roll out default end-to-end encryption on Messenger
Meta has reaffirmed plans to roll out support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for one-to-one friends and family chats on Messenger by the end of the year. The company said it is upgrading “millions more people’s chats” effective August 22, 2023, as part of its efforts to make E2EE the default for all Messenger […]
