Month: October 2023
California governor signs ban on social media ‘aiding or abetting’ child abuse
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1394, a law that would punish web services for “knowingly facilitating, aiding, or abetting commercial sexual exploitation” of children. It’s one of several online regulations that California has passed in recent years, some of which have been challenged as unconstitutional. Newsom’s office indicated…
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Microsoft reins in Bing AI’s Image Creator – and the results don’t make much sense
You may have noticed that Bing AI got a big upgrade for its image creation tool last week (among other recent improvements), but it appears that after having taken this sizeable step forward, Microsoft has now taken a step back. In case you missed it, Bing’s image creation system was…
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PlayStation was offered the exclusive rights to FIFA in the 90s instead of EA, but turned down the deal
It’s been revealed that FIFA could have ended up belonging to PlayStation instead of EA in the 90s, if it wasn’t for the fact that Sony decided to turn down the rights. In an interview with Time Extension, EA’s former vice president of European marketing, Tom Stone, stated that prior…
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These are the biggest security mistakes your business is making
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have revealed a worrying number of seemingly obvious cybersecurity rules aren’t being followed by many business. The organizations recently ran a red-and-blue-team exercise to identify the biggest security mistakes businesses are making these days, with the…
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Kia and Hyundai announce Tesla EV Supercharger compatibility for next year
Kia and Hyundai have joined the growing list of auto manufacturers switching to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port. The South Korean brands have announced that all new EVs produced in or after Q4 in 2024 will use Tesla’s charging tech, opening up thousands of new charging facilitates to…
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Should Walmart be data-mining your Ozempic prescriptions?
Last week, Walmart made headlines with a claim that new weight loss drugs might be making people buy less food. Walmart US CEO John Furner told Bloomberg that people taking Wegovy, Ozempic, and similar drugs showed a “slight change” in their purchasing habits: “just less units, slightly less calories.” How…
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