The European Court of Justice has stated that European data may not simply be sent to the US several times. But Facebook sees no problem with that. The American data companies send to the US about Europeans has been legally sensitive for years, especially because the US can require […]
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YouTube has again taken a German-language channel of the Russian state broadcaster RT offline. According to a spokesperson for the platform, the medium tried to circumvent a previously imposed blockade. RT, formerly known as Russia Today, says the channel has been taken offline “without explanation”. YouTube refers to a […]
The use of mobile data has increased by about three hundred times worldwide in the past ten years. This should be apparent from the Mobility Report of network specialist Ericsson. It is not surprising that, with the rise of smartphones, IoT and everything that comes with it, we are […]
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has violated Australian privacy law, the Australian regulator says. As a result, the company must remove all data from Australians. Clearview AI makes facial recognition based on a database of ten billion images of faces. The company says it will pick it up from […]
Epic Games, the hugely popular “Fortnite,” video game developer, has announced that it will shut down the game’s Chinese servers in mid-November. As a result, young people in China will no longer be able to play the game. Epic Games has not given an official reason for the decision, […]
Video conferencing platform Zoom has expanded its Events feature to include conferences. That allows users with a Zoom Events license to host multi-session conferences. The solution was already demonstrated at the end of September during Zoomtopia 2021, which 33,000 participants virtually attended. Zoom Events Conference offers hosts, among other […]
The spreaders of the REvil ransomware are shutting down (again) now that their payment portal, server and site itself have been hacked. REvil was able to release its ransomware at several large companies in the past year. After the attack on software company Kaseya this summer, the sites of […]
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says the accusation that his company prioritizes profit over user safety makes no sense. “It’s hard to see messages that misrepresent our work and motives. Unfortunately, I think most of us don’t recognize the false image being put up of us,” he writes. Facebook has […]
Apple is coming with an urgent software update that should fix a critical vulnerability in the iOS operating system. An Israeli cyber-espionage company has developed a tool, Pegasus, that allows them to hack Apple products using an unprecedented technique. The vulnerability has been exploited since February this year, Citizen […]
Hackers stole United Nations data earlier this year by hacking into the account of a UN employee. Presumably, the as yet unknown perpetrators bought online login details of a UN account. The hackers gained access to UN computer systems on April 5, but they were said to have been […]
