Month: July 2021
Judge blocks Florida’s social media law
A Florida internet law is on hold while a lawsuit contesting it continues. Judge Robert Hinkle has issued a preliminary injunction blocking nearly all of SB 7072, a controversial and sweeping regulation of social media platforms. “The legislation now at issue was an effort to rein in social-media providers deemed…
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Google is building support for digital COVID vaccine cards into Android
Google is opening up Android’s built-in passes system to let Android users store a digital vaccine card, which it calls a COVID Card, on their phone. The feature will initially roll out in the US, and it will rely on support from healthcare providers, local governments, or other organizations authorized…
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Uber’s first head of data science just raised a new venture fund to back nascent AI startups
Kevin Novak joined Uber as its 21st employee its seventh engineer in 2011, and by 2014, he was the company’s head of data science. He talks proudly of that time, but like all good things, it ran its course and by the end of 2017, having accomplished what he wanted…
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Many businesses forget to maintain subdomains, with disastrous consequences internet
Failing to properly maintain subdomains can leave organizations at risk as they often contain overlooked vulnerabilities according to a new report from security researchers at the Vienna University of Technology and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. While cybercriminals often try to hijack organizations’ subdomains, the researcher’s “Can I take…
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