May 26, 2022 Elon Musk has pledged an additional $6.25 billion in equity to fund his Twitter takeover, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday. The additional equity means the billionaire's margin loan against his Tesla shares has more...
May 26, 2022 Twitter is to pay $150 million as part of a settlement after it was accused of misusing private information for targeted advertising. According to court documents, the company lied to users that the information would more...
May 26, 2022 DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused browser, allows Microsoft trackers to access third-party websites, although it prides itself on its privacy. Microsoft trackers are allowed under an agreement in a search engine agreement between the two companies. Security more...
May 25, 2022 According to the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, the use of ransomware to extort money increased by 13% in 2021 compared to 2020. The report examined 23,896 incidents that led to 5,212 confirmed data breaches. more...
May 25, 2022 Microsoft is building a new developer-target variant on its Azure Virtual Desktop service, called Microsoft Dev Box. Microsoft Dev Box will allow developers to create a virtual machine that is automatically preconfigured in the cloud, more...
May 25, 2022 Facial recognition company Clearview AI has announced plans to extend its technology to businesses, meaning the company is moving away from its original plan to serve mainly police. New clients include Vaale, a Colombian app-based more...
May 24, 2022 The Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, has sued Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal concerns Aleksandr Kogan, a University of Cambridge professor who more...
May 24, 2022 Meta has announced plans to make information about how political and "social issue" ads are targeted publicly available. Facebook had previously experimented with making some data available to researchers via FORT in 2021. The information more...
May 24, 2022 The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined facial recognition company Clearview AI more than 7.5 million euros. The ICO found that Clearview AI breached U.K. data protection laws by failing to use the information of more...
May 24, 2022 Broadcom is negotiating a $60 billion acquisition of VMware. According to sources close to the issue, Broadcom will pay about $140 per share in cash and shares for VMware. If the negotiations prove successful, a more...
