Cyber Security Today, Feb. 19, 2024 – Fake police data breach notification fools Maine’s AG site
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday February 19th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Today is the President’s Day holiday in many U.S. states and a civic holiday in several Canadian provinces. If you’re off, thanks for tuning in.
Read MoreSoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture
SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Now, he’s fundraising for his next move in that strategy. According to a report in Bloomberg, the SoftBank founder is seeking $100 billion to build a new venture that would compete
Read MoreEU opens formal probe of TikTok under Digital Services Act, citing child safety, risk management and other concerns
The European Union is formally investigating TikTok’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission has announced. Areas the Commission is focusing on in this investigation of TikTok are linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, and the risk management of addictive design
Read MoreKaspersky shares cyberthreat landscape insights
During Kaspersky’s 9th annual Cyber Security Weekend – META 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, experts delved into the changing cyberthreat landscape in the region. The focus was on the security challenges posed by emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and threats targeting industrial control systems in critical infrastructure across the
Read MoreSafeguarding Data in the Age of Cyber Threats: A Proactive Approach
In today’s dynamic cybersecurity landscape, the imperative for companies to adopt a proactive stance towards data protection has never been more urgent. With cyberattacks becoming not a matter of “if” or “when,” but rather “how often,” organizations must fortify their defenses to thwart repeated incursions effectively. Modern malware assaults no
Read MoreIntroducing SORA: What is it & What Makes it Unique?
OpenAI, the company renowned for the innovative chatbot ChatGPT, has introduced a new tool named Sora, capable of generating hyper-realistic videos based on text commands. Sora is an AI model designed to bring to life vivid and imaginative scenes from simple text instructions. For instance, it can visualize scenarios like
Read MoreIBM Unveils the IBM® LinuxONE 4 Express
IBM has unveiled the IBM® LinuxONE 4 Express, extending the latest performance, security, and AI capabilities of LinuxONE to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and new data center environments. This pre-configured rack mount system aims to streamline workload setup and reduce costs for SMEs, facilitating their entry into the platform
Read MorePartech closes its second Africa fund at $300M+ to invest from seed to Series C
Partech has closed its second Africa fund, Partech Africa II, at €280 million ($300 million+), just one year after reaching its first close. At that size, Partech Africa, which originally targeted €230 million before its fundraising efforts started, solidifies its position as the largest fund dedicated to African startups. Amidst
Read MoreState of venture investments in India, according to Lightspeed
Over 150 investors, including Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek and Malaysia’s Khazanah, gathered at Mumbai’s five-star Trident Oberoi hotel on a recent Friday for venture firm Lightspeed India Partners’ “Lift Off” summit. The two-day event aims to spark partnerships by enabling “in a short window, many views, ideas and investments to
Read MoreFord preps for its next big fight, Waymo recalls its self-driving car software and layoffs come for another AV startup
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week’s
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