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UK ICO not happy with Google’s plans to allow device fingerprinting 2024-12-23 at 11:50 By Brandon Vigliarolo Also, Ascension notifies 5.6M victims, Krispy Kreme bandits come forward, LockBit 4.0 released, and more in brief  Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin “fingerprinting” users next year, and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office […]

U.S. Judge Rules Against NSO Group in WhatsApp Pegasus Spyware Case 2024-12-23 at 11:50 By Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp scored a major legal victory in its fight against Israeli commercial spyware vendor NSO Group after a federal judge in the U.S. state of California ruled in favor of the messaging giant for exploiting a security vulnerability […]

Italy Fines OpenAI €15 Million for ChatGPT GDPR Data Privacy Violations 2024-12-23 at 09:30 By Italy’s data protection authority has fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI a fine of €15 million ($15.66 million) over how the generative artificial intelligence application handles personal data. The fine comes nearly a year after the Garante found that ChatGPT processed users’ […]

How control rooms help organizations and security management 2024-12-23 at 07:16 By Dan Gundry, Strategic Director at Barco Control Rooms, discusses how control rooms benefit organizations and security management.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI vs AI: In the age of AI-driven attacks, only AI can keep up 2024-12-23 at 07:16 By The rapid adoption of AI and GenAI-powered tools in the enterprise are creating new and highly accessible attack surfaces for threat actors, and legacy tools are struggling to keep pace. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe […]

Fining Big Tech isn’t working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain 2024-12-22 at 18:33 By Alexander Hanff It’s all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want Opinion  Last year, I wrote a piece here on El Reg about being murdered by ChatGPT as […]

What the US can learn from Australia’s new social media ban for kids 2024-12-21 at 19:04 By Christopher Cameron Australia has passed ground-breaking legislation to outright ban social media for anyone under 16; how to actually enforce it, though, remains a mystery. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | […]

Received a package from an unknown recipient? Experts warn of new ‘brushing’ scam — here’s how to protect yourself this Christmas 2024-12-21 at 18:35 By Brooke Kato Don’t brush off this warning. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign 2024-12-21 at 17:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she help built aren’t going anywhere Analysis  When Donald Trump takes office for his second term on January 20, many expect sweeping changes across the board. But among tech […]

LockBit Developer Rostislav Panev Charged for Billions in Global Ransomware Damages 2024-12-21 at 12:02 By A dual Russian and Israeli national has been charged in the United States for allegedly being the developer of the now-defunct LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation since its inception in or around 2019 through at least February 2024. Rostislav Panev, 51, […]

Amazon labor strike at multiple facilities continues with more NY workers to join— here’s the latest 2024-12-21 at 02:22 By Associated Press The Teamsters haven’t formally indicated when the actions will end, but union officials said the walkout would continue “as long as it takes.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and […]

Billionaire Frank McCourt reveals his plan to revamp TikTok in bid for app 2024-12-20 at 20:55 By Reuters The plan faces several hurdles, including TikTok’s repeated assertions that it cannot be divested from its owner, Chinese tech firm ByteDance. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Porn star sells likeness to AI so she doesn’t have to work as much: ‘I can be everything that they want me to be’ 2024-12-20 at 20:55 By Adriana Diaz “Through AI, they have the same likeness of me, and it’s like I can be everything that they want me to be in a sense,” […]

Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin 2024-12-20 at 20:30 By Richard Speed Says it’s not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options It’s not just you, there is indeed an activation problem in Microsoft 365 Office triggered by administrators making changes at the licensing level.… This article is an excerpt […]

Apple called on to ditch AI headline summaries after BBC debacle 2024-12-20 at 20:30 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Facts can’t be decided by a roll of the dice’ Press freedom advocates are urgin Apple to ditch an “immature” generative AI system that incorrectly summarized a BBC news notification that incorrectly related that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter […]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says search giant has slashed manager roles by 10% in efficiency drive 2024-12-20 at 19:13 By Thomas Barrabi Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly said he has slashed 10% of its managerial roles since last year as part of the Big Tech giant’s efforts to become more efficient. This article is an […]

Truth Social parent Trump Media shares drop after president-elect transfers stake to trust 2024-12-20 at 18:47 By Reuters The move comes after Trump said in November that he had no intention of selling his shares in the company that owns Truth Social. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View […]