Month: September 2021
WhatsApp faces $267M fine for breaching Europe’s GDPR
It’s been a long time coming but Facebook is finally feeling some heat from Europe’s much trumpeted data protection regime: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has just announced a €225 million (~$267M) for WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging app has been under investigation by the Irish DPC, its lead data supervisor…
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The Morning After: Locast’s local TV streaming service loses legal protections
Locast, a company that claimed to improve access to local TV stations for people who can’t get the signal via traditional means, has been dealt a blow by a New York Court. It lost a courtroom battle with CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, which said the company was violating copyright.…
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Our Favorite Mattresses on Sale for Labor Day
Need a new bed? Holidays are the best times to get a decent price. Here are our recommendations in all price ranges. Source
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Hackers are hiring more English speakers to write believable email scams scammers
Criminals are actively recruiting native English speakers, in order to craft more believable business email compromise (BEC) campaigns, according to cybersecurity researchers. While BEC scamsters are finding innovative ways to circumvent security checks and make their way to your inbox, quite a few fall flat on their face thanks to…
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Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition
Yahoo and AOL, formerly known as Verizon Media, have officially been acquired by their new owners and renamed as simply “Yahoo.” Verizon announced it was selling the properties to Apollo Global Management in May in a deal said to be worth $5 billion, around half of the nearly $9 billion…
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Samsung has made a 200-megapixel smartphone sensor
Samsung has just thrown down a gauntlet and insisted that its newest imaging sensor may be the thing that knocks Sony off its perch. The Korean giant has today announced the ISOCELL HP1, which it says is the first 200-megapixel image sensor (with 0.64μm pixels) for mobile devices. It added…
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