Month: April 2022
Lapsus$ Hacking
A 16- and 17-year-old appeared at Highbury Corner youth court, in London, on Friday charged with a number of cyber-offences. They were arrested as part of an international police investigation into the Lapsus$ gang, which has hacked major tech firms including Microsoft. The 16-year-old, has also been charged with one count of causing a computer
Locked Facebook Accounts
Facebook users around the world have been waking up to find themselves locked out of their accounts for no apparent reason. The message many received reads: “Your Facebook account was disabled because it did not follow our Community Standards. This decision can’t be reversed.” PR consultant Jen Roberts was one of those to find herself
Weakening end-to-end encryption
Facebook has previously announced plans to roll out end-to-end encryption across its messaging services, however, a recent campaign backed by the Government warned against a wider tech industry rollout. Attacking or weakening end-to-end encryption used by apps such as WhatsApp would not make the world safer .Critics of the technology, which means that messages can
LinkedIn Adds ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ as official skill
The terms Dyslexic Thinking refers to how such minds process information in divergent, creative and lateral ways. A 2018 report commissioned by the charity in partnership with EY suggests ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ skills match the skills needed for the future, as defined by the World Economic Forum. The platform is recognising the term as a valuable
purifying headphones
The company’s first wearable device combines noise-cancelling headphones with a unique air-purifying system that projects filtered air to the user. The British technology firm said the headphones have been created in response to growing concerns about air and sound pollution in urban areas. Compressors in each ear draw air through built-in filters and project two
Dutch dating apps to use 3rd-party payment options on Apple
Apple, which has been fined $55 million so far for failing to adhere to Dutch policies on dating apps, has published a new version of its App Store rules that allow local dating apps to take payments through third-party processors. In a bid to end its legal tussle with the Dutch regulators, Apple has announced
YouTube Podcast
Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is likely getting a dedicated podcasts homepage. The company said it will improve podcast ingestion by piloting the ability to pull in podcast RSS feeds. It also said it plans to centralise podcasts on a new homepage at YouTube.com/podcasts. The URL does not yet work; but it also doesn’t automatically
Mikron Sanctioned by USA
The United States hit a series of Russian tech firms with sanctions Thursday, including the nation’s largest chip maker, in the latest punitive move against Vladimir Putin’s “war machine. Mikron, the largest Russian manufacturer and exporter of microelectronics, was among 21 entities and 13 individuals listed for penalties, including the blocking of any property in
NFTs Suspended on WeChat
China’s popular WeChat messaging app has suspended some accounts linked to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to prevent speculation in the digital assets. The platform says it has “rectified” accounts which it found to be promoting NFT market speculation, that can help to drive up prices. There are no regulations against NFTs in China, although the trading
Europe’s plan on Chip Shortage
semiconductors are manufactured on large discs called wafers, which are then split into thousands of smaller pieces the individual chips themselves. While Europe does have some production capacity for 300mm wafers, it is very far behind the US and Asia. There are also relatively few firms within the EU that design new chips for use