December 2024

WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics 2024-12-10 at 09:35 By Iain Thomson And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people’s privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

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TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later 2024-12-10 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration Made-in-China social network TikTok has appealed the decision to shut it down in the US, arguing that the deadline for its

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Alibaba boss trashes his own staff and customers, quickly apologizes 2024-12-10 at 07:20 By Laura Dobberstein ‘I am carefree, I like to joke,’ says entertainment division CEO who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings The CEO of Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s entertainment division fines his staff if they look at their phones

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Unifying police UAV video with data-driven VMS for large scale events 2024-12-10 at 07:04 By Technologies provide real-time video information that help officers respond more effectively. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro 2024-12-10 at 05:03 By Simon Sharwood ‘Navix’ follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale Korean web giant Naver has gone into the operating system business, releasing its very own Linux distribution.… This article is an excerpt

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Mystery border control outage causes misery at Malaysia/Singapore frontier 2024-12-10 at 03:48 By Laura Dobberstein If this were a US scandal, we’d cal it ‘Gategate’ Malaysia’s automated border control equipment – known as e-gates or automates – glitched out over the weekend, leaving travelers crossing the very busy border between Johor Bahru and Singapore required

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Police arrest suspect in murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, with grainy pics the only tech involved 2024-12-10 at 03:03 By Iain Thomson McDonald’s worker called it in, cops swooped, found ‘gun, suppressor, manifesto’ Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of killing the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald’s

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Neuraspace adds a second telescope to track objects in orbit 2024-12-10 at 01:35 By Richard Speed Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they’re easy to spot Space debris tracking specialist Neuraspace added another optical telescope to extend satellite tracking over the Southern Hemisphere.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

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Reddit rolls out AI-powered ‘Answers’ search feature, redditors don’t rejoice 2024-12-09 at 23:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Many users unhappy with current state of search, want to know why this got priority Reddit’s internal search engine is often criticized as one of the site’s weakest features but the platform claims AI integration will make it “faster,

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Salt Typhoon recorded top US officials’ calls, says White House 2024-12-09 at 21:06 By Jessica Lyons No word yet on who. Any bets? Chinese cyberspies recorded “very senior” US political figures’ calls, according to White House security boss Anne Neuberger.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

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Microsoft rolls out Recall for Intel, AMD-based Copilot+ PCs 2024-12-09 at 20:33 By Richard Speed More Windows Insiders get to see if the snapshotter is fixed Microsoft is widening the rollout of the Recall Preview to include Dev Channel Windows Insiders running AMD and Intel-based Copilot+ PCs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering 2024-12-09 at 20:33 By The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024. “Users within the target environment will

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X’s Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk back landmark Kids Online Safety Act, urge House passage 2024-12-09 at 19:46 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s X collaborated with the US lawmakers behind the landmark Kids Online Safety Act to ensure that it doesn’t infringe on free speech, CEO Linda Yaccarino revealed. The strong signal of support from Yaccarino

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