May 27, 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 Tesla shares fell 7% to $628 on Thursday, pushing the automaker's stock down nearly 49% from its all-time high in November wiping more than $30 billion from its market cap. The decline began after Tesla 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2022 The share of young users who pick fintech over traditional banks has doubled since 2020, to 12%. Today, only 25% of the youngest generation, Gen Z use a megabank for their primary checking account, down from more...
May 25, 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...
May 25, 2022 Persistent inflation and market uncertainty have forced technology companies to suspend hiring. One of the technology companies affected, Salesforce, a cloud software company, will put on hold the hiring of certain open roles to control more...
May 25, 2022 Researchers have noticed an increase in vulnerabilities used in infiltrating organizations. According to cybersecurity firm Group-IB, the threat actors target remote desktop (RDP) servers that are exposed on the web for initial access into a more...
