eBay’s harassment ordeal ends in $3 million fine
eBay has been fined a staggering $3 million, the maximum criminal penalty, for a shocking harassment campaign against David and Ina Steiner, the Massachusetts couple behind the EcommerceBytes newsletter. The Steiners faced an 18-day terror campaign in August 2019, led by eBay’s former senior director of safety and security, Jim Baugh, along with six co-conspirators. […]
#EU Antitrust Chief to Apple: “Time to Open Up”
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s antitrust chief, has urged Apple to accept third-party app stores. This directive was issued during high-level discussions with US Big Tech leaders in San Francisco and Palo Alto. Vestager’s meeting with Tim Cook at Apple Park on January 11, 2024, centered around the need for more competition and consumer choice […]
Microsoft patch issues cause user frustration
Microsoft’s recent patch release for a BitLocker vulnerability in Windows 10, KB5034441, is causing a stir. Intended to address a flaw allowing attackers to bypass BitLocker encryption, the patch is failing to install for some, displaying an unhelpful `0x80070643` error. The issue may actually stem from insufficient disk space in the recovery partition, leading to […]
