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Risk management strategies: Trellix CISO, Harold Rivas, discusses combating organized bad actors

Sead Fadilpasic — Fri, 31 May 2024 21:20:32 +0000

As companies navigate the benefits and challenges of rapidly evolving technologies, prioritizing risk management has become crucial. The security industry is experiencing significant disruption, driven by the need for improved efficiency and continued investment in combating organized bad actors. The industry faces an “arms race” against increasingly sophisticated threats. This landscape demands that companies not […]

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Compliance challenges in the age of cloud and AI: Insights from Coalfire’s CEO Tom McAndrew

Sead Fadilpasic — Fri, 31 May 2024 19:55:14 +0000

In 2023, viewing compliance as a business differentiator has transformed how companies approach growth and security in new markets. Coalfire, a tech-enabled service company, focuses on compliance, regulations and cybersecurity programs for large enterprise customers. Scaling security and compliance efforts is not feasible with just people and manual processes, technology is necessary to keep up […]

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TikTok reports disruption of influence campaigns to limit state propaganda

James Farrell — Fri, 24 May 2024 01:45:10 +0000

The embattled Chinese social media app TikTok may have assuaged the concerns of some of its detractors with a new report today detailing how it’s limiting the reach of state-affiliated media accounts and how it’s dealing with influence campaigns. As we reach the halfway point of 2024, a year that will see global elections on […]

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EU launches probe into Meta over compliance with child safety rules

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:21:04 +0000

The European Commission today launched a probe to determine whether Meta Platforms Inc.’s child safety efforts may have fallen short of regulatory requirements. The move comes only weeks after the commission, the European Union’s executive branch, announced another investigation into the social media giant. The latter probe focuses on Meta’s handling of disinformation on its […]

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Billionaire Frank McCourt is organizing a people’s bid to buy TikTok

James Farrell — Thu, 16 May 2024 01:48:43 +0000

Frank McCourt, the real estate mogul, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a longtime critic of how tech companies use data, is reportedly assembling a consortium to buy TikTok’s U.S. business. In March, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if it doesn’t split from its Beijing-based […]

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Bipartisan Senate group proposes $32B in annual federal funding for AI innovation

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 15 May 2024 22:10:16 +0000

A bipartisan group of senators is recommending that the federal government spend at least $32 billion a year on non-defense artificial intelligence innovation. Senators Chuck Schumer, Mike Rounds, Martin Heinrich and Todd Young detailed their proposal in a report published today. The 31-page document is the fruit of discussions with more than 150 AI experts. […]

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US to raise tariffs on electric vehicles, chips imported from China

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 14 May 2024 20:12:17 +0000

The White House today announced plans to significantly raise tariffs on a variety of goods from China including electric vehicles, chips and batteries. The increased levies are expected to affect $18 billion worth of annual imports. Some of the new duties are set to go into effect this year, while others will start applying to […]

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US revokes export licenses that allowed Intel and Qualcomm to sell chips to Huawei

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 08 May 2024 18:38:01 +0000

The U.S. Commerce Department has reportedly revoked export licenses that allowed Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. to sell chips to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The Financial Times and Bloomberg reported the development today, citing sources familiar with the move. The Commerce Department confirmed in a statement that it has revoked certain licenses for chip sales […]

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EU opens probe into Meta over response to disinformation on Facebook and Instagram

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:05:54 +0000

The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, today launched a probe to determine if Meta Platforms Inc. may have breached the bloc’s Digital Services Act. The focus is on whether the company may have run afoul of DSA requirements that pertain to the handling of social media disinformation. The probe also covers a number […]

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FCC reinstates net neutrality rules for internet providers

Maria Deutscher — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 22:10:43 +0000

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today implemented rules that will require internet providers to uphold net neutrality. The rules, which were approved in a 3-2 vote by the FCC’s commissioners, originally rolled out nearly a decade ago. They were rescinded in 2017 under the Trump administration. The FCC launched a push to revive the regulation late last […]

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Biden signs law requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok or face US ban

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:33:23 +0000

President Joe Biden today signed legislation that will ban TikTok in the U.S. unless parent company ByteDance Ltd. sells the app within one year. The Senate approved the bill a few hours earlier in a 79-18 vote. The legislation previously received the green light from the House of Representative on Sunday, a few weeks after […]

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FTC bans noncompete clauses that prevent US workers from changing jobs

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:07:01 +0000

The U.S Federal Trade Commission today announced that it’s banning companies from enforcing noncompete clauses in their employees’ contracts, meaning that anyone previously bound by one will be free to join competing firms. In a ruling, the FTC said the ban covers the vast majority of existing noncompete clauses. “In the final rule, the Commission has determined […]

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EU opens probe into ‘toxic’ TikTok Lite and addiction concerns

James Farrell — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:51:25 +0000

ByteDance Ltd.-owned TikTok is looking at a possible large fine and a forced suspension in Europe after the European Commission today opened formal proceedings against the app under the Digital Services Act. These are tough days for the Chinese app, which is currently fighting a ban in the U.S. over national security concerns. In the […]

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Landmark UK law would criminalize making sexualized deepfakes even if they aren’t shared

James Farrell — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:03:01 +0000

The British government today announced it’s taking a zero-tolerance stance against sexually explicit deepfakes by introducing a new law that will mean creators of such content are at risk of being convicted of a crime even if they don’t share the video or image. AI-generated deepfake pornography videos have been around for a while, so […]

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Meta is facing a backlash over its cautious policy on political content

James Farrell — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:15:32 +0000

Hundreds of Instagram creators today issued an open letter expressing their concern with Meta Platforms Inc.’s recent policy of limiting political content on the platform. In February, Meta announced new policies regarding limiting political content, given this year will see a U.S. presidential election and a groundbreaking number of elections around the world. Meta, like other big […]

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Governor of Oregon signs popular right-to-repair bill into law

James Farrell — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:18:35 +0000

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek today signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining a growing list of other U.S. states that believe citizens should have more options to repair their consumer products. Oregon follows California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York, which each have similar laws, covering about 70 million Americans in total. Right-to-repair laws […]

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US judge tosses Elon Musk’s lawsuit against anti-hate speech group citing free speech concerns

James Farrell — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:02:21 +0000

A judge in California today dismissed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, CCDH, a nonprofit that has chronicled what it says is an increase in hate speech on X since Musk took over the platform in 2022. The London-based group has written scathing reports about platforms publishing what it deems misinformation […]

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EU begins investigating Meta, Apple and Google under new tech law

Kyt Dotson — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:56:48 +0000

The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, today said it launched investigations into the business practices of Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. under the new Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets Act, agreed to by EU legislators in 2022, went into effect on March 7. It affects messaging services, online advertising, […]

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DOJ sues Apple over antitrust violations related to iPhones

Duncan Riley — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:19:37 +0000

Updated: The Department of Justice today sued Apple Inc., charging that the company prevented software and mobile game developers from offering new services on the iPhone and causing consumers to pay higher prices. The DOJ’s antitrust complaint alleges that Apple used its sole control of the iPhone to stop rivals from offering services such as […]

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Supreme Court tackles controversial topic of Biden administration-big tech cooperation

James Farrell — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:03:35 +0000

Both liberal and conservative justices at the Supreme Court today seemed wary of finding that the Biden administration acted improperly when it worked with Big Tech companies to censor online content it deemed “misinformation” regarding the 2020 presidential election, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other issues. The case at hand is Murthy v. Missouri, in which […]

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Pornhub pulls out of Texas amid age verification dispute

James Farrell — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 02:03:21 +0000

Fans of Pornhub in Texas may have been disappointed today after the website blocked any internet addresses trying to access it from the state amid a legal wrangle concerning a new age verification law. Pornhub in February was the sixth most visited website in the U.S., garnering more than 2.8 billion visits that month. It’s also […]

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House of Representatives passes bill that could lead to TikTok ban or sale

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:49:53 +0000

The House of Representatives today passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. or lead to its separation from Beijing-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as the bill is known, was approved with a vote of 352-65. One lawmaker voted present. To go into effect, the […]

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Google errs on the side of caution with its Gemini chatbot and global election information

James Farrell — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 02:05:22 +0000

Google LLC confirmed today that it will play it safe this year with regard to election-related queries that its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot might be asked. In the coming year, there will be major elections in 64 countries, affecting almost half the people on the planet. 2024 is being hailed as the year of the […]

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Bipartisan bill could see TikTok banned in US if it doesn’t split with China

James Farrell — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:11:31 +0000

House Republicans and Democrats have banded together to introduce a bill that will require the Chinese tech giant ByteDance Inc. to sell its popular video-sharing TikTok app or face a ban in the U.S. For years now, TikTok has faced scrutiny in the U.S. from all sides of government. The app has continually been discussed […]

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Google details changes for compliance with EU’s Digital Markets Act

James Farrell — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:58:50 +0000

With the European Union’s Digital Markets Act coming into effect this week, Google LLC, one of the designated gatekeepers, has had to get busy making a slew of changes to how it does business in Europe. The Digital Markets Act, or DMA, is a piece of far-reaching legislation that has been in the pipeline for […]

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Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk over severance payments

James Farrell — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:55:38 +0000

A group of former Twitter Inc. executives filed a lawsuit in a federal court today against Elon Musk and what is now called X Corp., arguing that the company owes them a total of $128 million in unpaid severance. When Musk (pictured) finally took over the social media giant in 2022, he soon got busy […]

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US launches ‘unprecedented’ investigation into Chinese connected cars, citing national security concerns

James Farrell — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:45:16 +0000

The Biden administration today announced that it’s launching a probe into Chinese-made smart cars, alleging that the vehicles could be used to collect sensitive information on Americans and cause various kinds of mayhem. The investigation, which will be led by the U.S. Commerce Department, will look into how Chinese “connected vehicles” could be used for […]

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Google faces $2.3M lawsuit from dozens of European media companies over ad practices

James Farrell — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 02:22:06 +0000

A total of 32 European media companies hit Google LLC with a €2.1 billion ($2.3 billion) lawsuit today, alleging that the American search giant’s advertising practices have led to severe financial losses. The companies come from far and wide – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain […]

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Biden issues executive order protecting Americans’ data from countries of concern

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:57:40 +0000

U.S. President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that will block the bulk transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern. The White House announced the move today. Engadget reported that the countries of concern at the focus of the executive order are Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. The executive order […]

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EU launches investigations into Microsoft over security software practices, Mistral AI investment

Duncan Riley — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:15:33 +0000

European Union regulators are reportedly investigating Microsoft Corp. over limiting customers from using competing security software and its investment in artificial intelligence company Mistral AI. According to The Information, the first investigation relates to a claim that Microsoft is preventing its customers from buying security software from its competitors. The European Commission, the EU’s competition […]

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