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Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Russia for your holidays
Meta’s communications director Andy Stone has been sentenced in absentia to six years imprisonment in Russia for "justifying terrorism ..read more
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3h ago
Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom
A misconfigured cloud server that used a North Korean IP address has led to the discovery that film production studios including the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max could be inadvertently hiring workers from the hermit kingdom for animation projects ..read more
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4h ago
Yet X remains a supporter of an international commitment to stop this, and its owner knows it
+Comment Australia's government has secured a court order requiring Elon Musk's social network, X, to remove all videos depicting a terrorist attack ..read more
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6h ago
Digital reform conference sees PM repeat calls to get online government services right at last
Usually when a government announces it's drawing up a digitalization roadmap, it's being metaphorical. In Japan's case, it's quite literal: roadways dedicated to autonomous vehicles handling logistics-related traffic will be mapped out ..read more
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6h ago
Putin's pals use 'GooseEgg' malware to launch attacks you can defeat with patches or deletion
Russian spies are exploiting a years-old Windows print spooler vulnerability and using a custom tool called GooseEgg to elevate privileges and steal credentials across compromised networks, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence ..read more
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9h ago
Group of now-ex Googlers say 50 folks have been let go, vow ongoing protests
After firing 28 people for protesting its cloud deal with Israel by occupying its offices, Google reportedly spent the weekend letting go of more staff to bring the number of employees let go over the incident to an even 50 ..read more
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10h ago
Seven years of stonewalling and no consequences for advertising giant
Japan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded that Google unfairly blocked its local Yahoo! rival from accessing advertising technology, but will not fine the Chocolate Factory ..read more
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10h ago
US Senate kills reform amendment, Biden swiftly signs bill into law
US lawmakers on Saturday reauthorized a contentious warrantless surveillance tool for another two years — and added a whole bunch of people and organizations to the list of those who can be compelled to spy for Uncle Sam ..read more
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11h ago
Lachwani faked it but didn't make it
Manish Lachwani, former CEO of app testing firm HeadSpin, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and will pay a fine of $1 million ..read more
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13h ago
Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions
Huawei plans to expand its native HarmonyOS smartphone platform worldwide, despite coming under US-led sanctions that have deprived it of access to key technologies ..read more