F.T.C. Seeks Blanket' Ban on Meta's Use of Young Users' Data
The Federal Trade Commission escalated its fight with the tech industry's biggest companies on Wednesday as it moved to impose a blanket prohibition on the collection of young people's personal data by Meta, Facebook's parent company.The commission wants to significantly expand a record-breaking, $5 billion consent order with the company from 2020 and said that Meta had failed to fully meet the legal commitments it made to overhaul its privacy practices to better protect its users.
Big Tech gives EU access to thousands of user accounts each year
Most of us share huge amounts of personal information online, and Big Tech companies are in many ways the gatekeepers of this data.But how much do they share with the authorities?And how often do governments request user data?According to new research by VPN provider , the answer is a lot, and a lot again.
BBC iPlayer lags behind Netflix and Disney+ on experience, watchdog says
BBC iPlayer is lagging behind Netflix and Disney+ on user experience but beats its other rivals, a watchdog has said.The National Audit Office (NAO) said the streaming giants have better picture and sound quality, recommend content easier and have more functional subtitling than the BBC.However, the corporation leads in picture and sound quality over All 4 and ITV Hub, which has since been revamped as ITVX, according to the NAO's A Digital BBC report.
F.T.C. Seeks Blanket' Ban on Meta's Use of Young Users' Data
The Federal Trade Commission escalated its fight with the tech industry's biggest companies on Wednesday as it moved to impose a blanket prohibition on the collection of young people's personal data by Meta, Facebook's parent company.The commission wants to significantly expand a record-breaking, $5 billion consent order with the company from 2020 and said that Meta had failed to fully meet the legal commitments it made to overhaul its privacy practices to better protect its users.
Big Tech gives EU access to thousands of user accounts each year
Most of us share huge amounts of personal information online, and Big Tech companies are in many ways the gatekeepers of this data.But how much do they share with the authorities?And how often do governments request user data?According to new research by VPN provider , the answer is a lot, and a lot again.
BBC iPlayer lags behind Netflix and Disney+ on experience, watchdog says
BBC iPlayer is lagging behind Netflix and Disney+ on user experience but beats its other rivals, a watchdog has said.The National Audit Office (NAO) said the streaming giants have better picture and sound quality, recommend content easier and have more functional subtitling than the BBC.However, the corporation leads in picture and sound quality over All 4 and ITV Hub, which has since been revamped as ITVX, according to the NAO's A Digital BBC report.
Washington passes law requiring consent before companies collect health data
A new Washington state law will require companies to receive a user's explicit consent before they can collect, share, or sell their health data.Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the My Health, My Data bill into law on Thursday, giving users the right to withdraw consent at any time and have their data deleted.
Microsoft Pins Outlook Zero-Day Attacks on Russian Actor, Offers Detection Script
Microsoft's threat intelligence team is blaming a "Russian-based threat actor" for newly disclosed in-the-wild attacks targeting a critical vulnerability in its flagship Microsoft Outlook software.One day after sounding an alarm for live exploitation of the Outlook security flaw, Microsoft said it traced the exploit to a Russian APT targeting a limited number of organizations in government, transportation, energy, and military sectors in Europe.
Washington passes law requiring consent before companies collect health data
A new Washington state law will require companies to receive a user's explicit consent before they can collect, share, or sell their health data.Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the My Health, My Data bill into law on Thursday, giving users the right to withdraw consent at any time and have their data deleted.
Microsoft Pins Outlook Zero-Day Attacks on Russian Actor, Offers Detection Script
Microsoft's threat intelligence team is blaming a "Russian-based threat actor" for newly disclosed in-the-wild attacks targeting a critical vulnerability in its flagship Microsoft Outlook software.One day after sounding an alarm for live exploitation of the Outlook security flaw, Microsoft said it traced the exploit to a Russian APT targeting a limited number of organizations in government, transportation, energy, and military sectors in Europe.
Three million people suffer driving licence delays since April 2020 report
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Three million people who applied for a driving licence since April 2020 have experienced delays costing some their jobs or income, a report by MPs has found.
Facebook parent company Meta to cut further 10,000 jobs DW 03/14/2023
BusinessUnited States of America 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago The social media giant is making another round of mass layoffs as it seeks to reduce costs.The company has sunk billions into its metaverse venture.Facebook parent Meta is cutting another 10,000 jobs, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in an email to employees on Tuesday.
Inside Twitter's risky plan to force users to share data riles regulators
Twitter's risky plan for its ads business may actually end up doing more harm than good for advertisers still advertising on the social network.What now, you say?Well, earlier this week Platformer broke the news that Twitter's controversial billionaire owner Elon Musk wants to force users to accept personalized advertising unless they pay for a subscription service that will let them opt-out of ads.
Killnet DDoS hacktivists target Royal Family and others
The Killnet collective, a group of hacktivists aligned with the Russian state's interests, claim to have caused significant disruption to multiple websites and organisations in the UK in a wave of distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber attacks, supposedly in revenge for the government's support for Ukraine.
Three million people suffer driving licence delays since April 2020 report
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Three million people who applied for a driving licence since April 2020 have experienced delays costing some their jobs or income, a report by MPs has found.
Facebook parent company Meta to cut further 10,000 jobs DW 03/14/2023
BusinessUnited States of America 28 minutes ago28 minutes ago The social media giant is making another round of mass layoffs as it seeks to reduce costs.The company has sunk billions into its metaverse venture.Facebook parent Meta is cutting another 10,000 jobs, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in an email to employees on Tuesday.
Inside Twitter's risky plan to force users to share data riles regulators
Twitter's risky plan for its ads business may actually end up doing more harm than good for advertisers still advertising on the social network.What now, you say?Well, earlier this week Platformer broke the news that Twitter's controversial billionaire owner Elon Musk wants to force users to accept personalized advertising unless they pay for a subscription service that will let them opt-out of ads.
Killnet DDoS hacktivists target Royal Family and others
The Killnet collective, a group of hacktivists aligned with the Russian state's interests, claim to have caused significant disruption to multiple websites and organisations in the UK in a wave of distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyber attacks, supposedly in revenge for the government's support for Ukraine.
I'm Ready for Deliveries at My Door Again, but My Building Still Says No
Q: I live in an Upper West Side co-op building with about 80 apartments and a 24-hour doorman.During the pandemic, our building restricted takeout food deliveries, holding them at the front desk for residents to fetch themselves, rather than letting the delivery workers bring them to our doors.While other buildings have reversed similar policies, my building's board has refused to restore door-to-door delivery, only saying some residents do not like the service.
New TOS for AI-powered Bing poses legal issues for Microsoft and users | MarTech
On Tuesday Microsoft loudly announced the new AI-fueled version of Bing.At the same time it quietly published a new version of the search engine's terms of service, claiming rights over what goes into and comes out of the AI.However, what the company wants may not square with what the law says it can have.
Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBT+ adverts
Concerns have been raised about the processes used by social media giants to block advertisements containing hateful language towards the LGBT+ community.GO Global Witness submitted ads that used extreme and violent language to three social media companies for approval.Ten were submitted to Facebook, TikTok and Google, as part of the group's investigation.
Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBT+ adverts
C oncerns have been raised about the processes used by social media giants to block advertisements containing hateful language towards the LGBT+ community.NGO Global Witness submitted ads that used extreme and violent language to three social media companies for approval.Ten were submitted to Facebook, TikTok and Google, as part of the group's investigation.
Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBT+ adverts
Concerns have been raised about the processes used by social media giants to block advertisements containing hateful language towards the LGBT+ community.GO Global Witness submitted ads that used extreme and violent language to three social media companies for approval.Ten were submitted to Facebook, TikTok and Google, as part of the group's investigation.
Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBT+ adverts
C oncerns have been raised about the processes used by social media giants to block advertisements containing hateful language towards the LGBT+ community.NGO Global Witness submitted ads that used extreme and violent language to three social media companies for approval.Ten were submitted to Facebook, TikTok and Google, as part of the group's investigation.
Security researchers discovered recently that the online travel agency Booking.com was impacted by serious vulnerabilities that could have been exploited to take complete control of a user's account.The issues were identified by API security firm Salt Security and reported to Booking.com in early December 2022.
ServiceOntario expanding online options, soon to include marriage licences | CBC News
Ontario is expanding digital options at ServiceOntario locations, including video health-card renewal appointments and applying for marriage licences online.Premier Doug Ford says the moves will save people time and money.The province says an enhanced booking system is now running at 64 of the busiest ServiceOntario locations and it lets people book a single appointment for multiple services or multiple family members.
The day the plastic music died: Epic shutting down Rock Band and other servers
If you've ever wanted to achieve a five-star Expert rating for Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames," now's the time to grab that track for Rock Band 3. Online stores, DLC, and services for that game and 14 others will as Epic Games consolidates its online offerings.Most notable among the games Epic says have "out-of-date online services and servers" are five for people to play on various plastic instruments studded with brightly colored buttons.
BBC needs to do more to connect with audiences from lower incomes, says Ofcom
The BBC needs to do more to connect with audiences from lower incomes, according to media watchdog Ofcom.In the regulator's annual report on the corporation, published on Wednesday, they said people from lower socio-economic groups are less engaged than the rest of the population and are less satisfied with their portrayal in programmes.
BBC NI to cut up to 40 jobs as part of drive to save money
BBC Northern Ireland has announced plans to cut up to 40 jobs as part of a drive to save money and invest in online services.The changes, announced to staff on Tuesday, will see the end of BBC Radio Foyle's Breakfast programme and the Inside Business programme on Radio Ulster.The plans have been criticised by the NUJ and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood, who said it was an attempt to close Radio Foyle by stealth.
ServiceOntario expanding online options, soon to include marriage licences | CBC News
Ontario is expanding digital options at ServiceOntario locations, including video health-card renewal appointments and applying for marriage licences online.Premier Doug Ford says the moves will save people time and money.The province says an enhanced booking system is now running at 64 of the busiest ServiceOntario locations and it lets people book a single appointment for multiple services or multiple family members.
The day the plastic music died: Epic shutting down Rock Band and other servers
If you've ever wanted to achieve a five-star Expert rating for Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames," now's the time to grab that track for Rock Band 3. Online stores, DLC, and services for that game and 14 others will as Epic Games consolidates its online offerings.Most notable among the games Epic says have "out-of-date online services and servers" are five for people to play on various plastic instruments studded with brightly colored buttons.
BBC needs to do more to connect with audiences from lower incomes, says Ofcom
The BBC needs to do more to connect with audiences from lower incomes, according to media watchdog Ofcom.In the regulator's annual report on the corporation, published on Wednesday, they said people from lower socio-economic groups are less engaged than the rest of the population and are less satisfied with their portrayal in programmes.
BBC NI to cut up to 40 jobs as part of drive to save money
BBC Northern Ireland has announced plans to cut up to 40 jobs as part of a drive to save money and invest in online services.The changes, announced to staff on Tuesday, will see the end of BBC Radio Foyle's Breakfast programme and the Inside Business programme on Radio Ulster.The plans have been criticised by the NUJ and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood, who said it was an attempt to close Radio Foyle by stealth.
Get lifetime access to this powerful backup tool for $59.99
This deal includes full licenses to Genie Timeline Pro 10 for three devices.Backing up your files is an important task for any business, because data loss results in financial loss.While you can use online services, most security experts recommend keeping at least one local copy of your files.Genie Timeline Pro 10 helps you make those backups with minimal effort.
How to use Microsoft Lists with Power BI
Microsoft Lists is a great way to share data; other users can view and even edit these lists if the author gives permission.And for our audience, it's important to know there is a dedicated connector in Microsoft Power BI for Microsoft Lists.But for interested readers, my first suggestion is this: If you're deciding on whether to use Microsoft Lists or not and Power BI is a potential destination for that data, don't use Microsoft Lists.
Microsoft bans mining cryptocurrency on its online services
Microsoft has quietly banned mining for cryptocurrency using its online services.The software and cloud giant slipped the prohibition into an update of its Universal License Terms for Online Services that came into effect on December 1.That document covers any "Microsoft-hosted service to which Customer subscribes under a Microsoft volume licensing agreement" and, on The Register's reading, mostly concerns itself with Azure.
The Supreme Court Must Protect Internet Users' Rights to Access Controversial Information Online
Lawsuits claiming that online services aid terrorist organizations just by hosting their content or having users who espouse the organizations' views potentially could censor a vast amount of protected expression online, EFF and a coalition of other civil society groups argued in filed this week.In Twitter v. Taamneh , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that online services can be civilly liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) based on claims that the platform had generalized awareness that members of a terrorist organization used its service.
Proposed cuts will leave Radio Foyle unsustainable' Eastwood
Cuts to programming and staffing levels at BBC Radio Foyle will leave the station totally unsustainable, the Prime Minister has been told.Foyle MP Colum Eastwood accused the BBC of being in breach of its charter after it announced plans this week to cut up to 40 jobs as part of a drive to save money and invest in online services.