Month: October 2021
Millions of healthcare records exposed in mega data breach
A non-password protected database containing millions of healthcare records and 68.53GB of medical related data has been discovered by security researcher Jeremiah Fowler and the Website Planet research team. The medical records in the exposed database contained patient IDs, physician notes and other detailed medical data on patients in the…
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A major Hollywood union could vote soon on a deal for better streaming pay
A Hollywood union representing tens of thousands of production workers will soon decide whether to ratify agreements that will, among other labor protections, enforce better pay from streaming services. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced Tuesday that it reached a tentative three-year “area standards” agreement with the…
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Surfshark is the first VPN provider to launch a Cookie popup blocker
Cookie popups in your browser can distract you while you work which is why the VPN provider Surfshark has added a new feature to its browser extensions designed to block them all together. For those unfamiliar, cookie popups which are also known as cookie consent popups or banners, are notifications…
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Amazon’s new smart TVs are available now – but here’s why you should wait to buy one
Amazon announced that its new Omni Series smart TVs are now on sale through its website – but you might want to wait a few weeks before you buy one. There’s two big reasons for that. The first one is that we’re just a few weeks away from Black Friday…
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GameStop memes even harder with ‘Web3 Gaming’ and NFT job listings
After a rollercoaster of a year on the stock market fueled by WallStreetBets retail trading, GameStop is going full meme and looking to build a “Web3” platform, according to a flurry of job listings posted to its careers site on Monday. One of those ads, discovered by CoinDesk, is a…
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Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are coming to your web browser
Collaborating with others using Adobe’s graphic design software will soon be even easier as the company has announced that two of the most popular products from Creative Cloud will soon be available on the web. At Adobe MAX 2021, the company revealed that Photoshop and Illustrator are coming to your…
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