October 2023

Trojanized PyCharm Software Version Delivered via Google Search Ads 31/10/2023 at 14:02 By A new malvertising campaign has been observed capitalizing on a compromised website to promote spurious versions of PyCharm on Google search results by leveraging Dynamic Search Ads. “Unbeknownst to the site owner, one of their ads was automatically created to promote a popular program […]

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The UK government? On the right track with its semiconductor strategy? 31/10/2023 at 13:17 By Dan Robinson Oh, you’re not joking The UK government may be onto something with its strategy to support the domestic semiconductor industry. In a strange twist of fate, some experts are starting to say that its approach makes sense.… This

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Meta’s ad-free scheme dares you to buy your privacy back, one euro at a time 31/10/2023 at 12:33 By Richard Speed If you’re in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland From November, it will be possible to pay Meta to stop shoveling ads in your Instagram or Facebook feeds and slurping your data for marketing purposes

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To prevent ‘lost’ nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors 31/10/2023 at 11:48 By Katyanna Quach Radio bouncing of mutliple reflectors is a hard-to-defeat method of monitoring a weapons cache Researchers say they have developed a method to remotely track the movement of objects in a room using mirrors and radio waves,

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Canada Bans WeChat and Kaspersky Apps On Government Devices 31/10/2023 at 11:47 By Canada on Monday announced a ban on the use of apps from Tencent and Kaspersky on government mobile devices, citing an “unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.” “The Government of Canada is committed to keeping government information and networks secure,”

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Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V 31/10/2023 at 10:32 By Simon Sharwood Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables Google has significantly advanced its efforts to have Android run on CPUs that use the RISC-V instruction set architecture.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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Meta Launches Paid Ad-Free Subscription in Europe to Satisfy Privacy Laws 31/10/2023 at 10:02 By Meta on Monday announced plans to offer an ad-free option to access Facebook and Instagram for users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland to comply with “evolving” data protection regulations in the region. The ad-free

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Canada to remove China’s top messaging app WeChat from government devices 31/10/2023 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Kaspersky also on the way out due to ‘unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security’ The government of Canada has decided that Tencent’s WeChat app, and Kaspersky’s security suite, are too risky to run on government-issued mobile

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