Elon Musk’s X headed for ‘rule of law’ clash with EU, warns Twitter’s former head of trust & safety
The former head of trust and safety at Twitter has warned the platform now known as X is charting a collision course with the European Union’s rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA) — which carries penalties of up to 6% of global annual turnover for confirmed breaches of
Read moreThree Arrows Capital co-founder Zhu arrested in Singapore airport, sentenced four months in prison
The liquidators behind Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the now-defunct crypto hedge fund, shared that the firm’s co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore at the Changi Airport while trying to leave the country. Teneo, a financial advisory firm controlling the liquidation and management of affairs for the defunct crypto hedge
Read moreAdmins urged to quickly patch holes in WS_FTP file transfer server
Another set of critical vulnerabilities has been found in a file transfer application, raising worries that, if exploited before being patched, it too will lead to a huge number of data breaches. Progress Software said this week the eight vulnerabilities — two of which are rated critical — have been
Read moreCyber Security Today, Sept. 29, 2023 – Protect your routers from this attacker, new open-source malware packages found, and more
Protect your routers from this attacker, new open-source malware packages found, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, September 29th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A China-based threat actor is taking a roundabout way of hacking major companies.
Read moreWestBridge seeks to buy stake in India’s Meesho
WestBridge Capital is in advanced stages of talks to purchase shares of Meesho in the secondary market, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the high-profile venture firm looks to broaden its bet on e-commerce. The investment firm, with a two-decade history of focusing on startups in India
Read moreApple revamps iCloud.com with more features for drive, mail and notes
After issuing updates to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS in the past few weeks, Apple has rolled out a redesigned iCloud.com website with more functionality such as support for browser notifications for Mail and Calendar on a PC, a customizable home page with the ability to take quick actions, and a
Read morePasskeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-on
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Follow along as websites, apps, and services adopt passkeys in preparation for a passwordless future. The need to remember lengthy, complicated passwords to sign into your accounts could soon be a thing of the past thanks to passkeys: a new login technology that
Read moreHashtag Trending Sep.29-Meta announces new chatbot with “personality”; Reddit to force users to see personalized ads; X disables feature to report electoral misinformation
Meta announces new chatbot with personality, Reddit starts forcing users to see personalized ads, X scraps feature to report electoral misinformation and Google asks its chatbot to take a deep breath to do better at Math. These stories and a lot more as we bring you the top tech
Read moreWhich Backend Technology to Choose in 2023: Node vs Python?
This article compares Node.js and Python for backend development, discussing their key differences, advantages, and real-world use cases. Continue reading Which Backend Technology to Choose in 2023: Node vs Python? on SitePoint.
Read moreChampagne squeezed to produce proposed amendments on privacy, AI bills
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s attempt to get parliamentary committee hearings on privacy and AI legislation off to a good start has backfired, with the opposition passing a committee motion Thursday demanding he produce proposed amendments next week. The House of Commons industry and technology committee was poised Thursday to hear
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