The amount of greenhouse gases in the air, sea-level rise and the heat and acidification of the oceans all set new records in 2021, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports in a new report. The United Nations agency sees clear signs of climate change, with harmful and long-lasting effects. […]
Sunday’s election results show that Iran-backed Shia Hezbollah and its allies have lost their majority in Lebanon’s parliament. The defeat is seen as a heavy blow to the armed group. Reformist candidates who want to fight corruption in the country managed to secure at least 13 of the 128 […]
About 88 percent of organizations previously attacked by ransomware would choose to pay ransom again in the next attack. This is evident from a study by security specialist Kaspersky. Among organizations that have never been ransomware victims before, only 67 percent would be willing to pay. They would also […]
The European Commission wants to oblige internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple to detect and remove images of child sexual abuse. However, according to Brussels, they still do too little of their own accord. The new rules should prevent images from appearing and help track down perpetrators. […]
Many of the apps you find on the Apple App Store, and the Google Play Store has not been updated for a long time. This should be apparent from a study by analysis company Pixalate. That seems to be partly in response to an announcement by Apple that it […]
The controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI may no longer be offered in the US. However, there remains a loophole for the most important customer: the US itself. Clearview AI is a facial recognition company that uses a database of billions of photos. Only those photos are not legally […]
Nearly $7 billion was lost to Internet scams last year, according to the FBI. However, the actual figure is much higher. The FBI states in its annual Internet Crime Report that $6.9 billion was lost to online scams last year. It involves extortion, identity theft, phishing, fraud and other […]
Moscow-backed separatists in southeastern Ukraine have removed road signs bearing the name of the almost entirely conquered city of Mariupol in Ukrainian and English and replaced them with signs in Russian. The Ministry of Transport of the self-declared People’s Republic of Donetsk said in a statement. The ministry also […]
Apple is suing tech start-up Rivos. The start-up has hired engineers who have access to sensitive Apple company information. The Cupertino tech company has accused several former employees of theft of information related to chips, Reuters reported. Rivos is a so-called ‘stealth’ tech start-up which operates in relative silence. […]
Google has blocked 8 million ads related to the war in Ukraine this year. This was announced by Google on Wednesday at the same time as it released its annual figures on harmful ads. The American search engine blocked or removed more than 3.4 billion advertisements in 2021. However, […]
