Month: November 2024
Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web
The Mozilla Foundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, TechCrunch reports. While Mozilla is best known for its Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation — the parent of the Mozilla Corporation — describes itself as standing up “for the health…
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Apple reportedly facing first-ever EU fine over App Store rules
Apple will soon become the first company to incur a fine for violating the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), reports Bloomberg. Sources tell the outlet that the Commission is getting ready to levy the penalty after it found that Apple’s “anti-steering” practices harmed competition on the App Store. This…
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Sony is discontinuing its $9,000 Airpeak S1 pro photography drone
Sony will also stop selling Airpeak S1 accessories like the drone’s gimbal, battery charger, and remote control next year. However, it will continue to sell replacement batteries and propellers until March 31st, 2026, and will offer inspections, repairs, and software maintenance until March 31st, 2030. The AirPeak S1 promised capabilities…
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Voting tech isn’t perfect, but so far it’s holding up
The technology that powers Election Day has hit some expected hiccups, but as of early afternoon on Tuesday, nonpartisan groups say that the voting system is mostly holding up. Where it has faltered, they stress, there are robust backup plans that will ensure voters can still cast their ballots and…
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Hundreds of malware-laden fake npm packages posted online to try and trick developers
Criminals are adding hundreds of malicious packages to npm The packages try to fetch a stage-two payload to infect the machines The crooks went to lengths to hide where they host the malware Software developers, especially those working with cryptocurrencies, are once again facing a supply chain attack via open…
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AI meets democracy on Perplexity AI’s new Election Information Hub
AI conversational search engine Perplexity wants to help keep you updated about the election this year and has introduced a new Election Information Hub designed to do just that. The hub uses Perplexity’s AI tools to bring real-time information to visitors. Perplexity sees the hub as a seed for future…
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