June 20, 2022 Major technology platforms have joined 34 signatories in backing the EU Commission's move to tackle online disinformation. The now revised Code of Practice on Disinformation builds on the original code of practice that was introduced more...
June 20, 2022 Prominent AI researchers have criticized Google engineer Blake Lemoine's claims that the company's LaMDA AI is sentient. Lemoine published an alleged interview with LaMDA AI to capture the machine's sentience. In his interview with the more...
June 17, 2022 A new lawsuit claims that Amazon’s speaking assistant Alexa is collecting voice data without the consent of customers, which the tech giant allegedly uses to target ads at them. Filed in a U.S. District Court more...
June 17, 2022 A report by strategic consultancy Public First warns that unless issues such as bridging digital skills gaps are scaled up, the EU risks missing its Digital Decade targets by 10 years. In 2021, the EU more...
June 17, 2022 Joseph Rotunda, enforcement director at the Texas State Securities Board, confirmed that State securities regulators are investigating crypto lender Celsius Network's decision to freeze accounts. Defending the decision to suspend withdrawals, swaps and transfers between more...
June 17, 2022 More than 850 unique IP addresses have attempted to exploit a critical zero-day Atlassian's Confluence vulnerability, barely a week after a security fix was released. Confluence is a team workspace application that is used by more...
June 17, 2022 55% of the 872 IT decision makers surveyed expect to increase their investment in analytics skills over the next 12-18 months. The figure that marks a leap from 44% in last year's study continue to more...
June 17, 2022 Millions of Facebook users have been duped by a phishing message on Facebook Messenger. The scam involves a fake Facebook login page that asks users to enter their Facebook credentials. After a victim has been more...
June 17, 2022 Mozilla is now shielding all Firefox users by default from cross-site tracking while browsing the Web. Beginning Thursday, Mozilla has enabled its Total Cookie Protection set of privacy enhancements for all Firefox users anywhere in more...
June 16, 2022 Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to ban data brokers from selling Americans' location and health information. The proposed Health and Location Data Protection Act "forbids data brokers from selling or transferring location more...
