This week should be one of celebration for Google after debuting the Pixel 9 and Pixel Watch 3 at the Made by Google event, but now, a troubling report threatens to spoil the fun. According to the cybersecurity company iVerify, “a very large percentage” of Pixel devices that have shipped since 2017 have included software…
Millions of Google Pixels have shipped with a major security flaw Read More »
There’s a pesky loophole lurking in every major browser, including Apple’s Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, that hackers have been exploiting for the past 18 years.This breach lets hackers access private networks of homes and businesses, granting access to data that should have been private. As first reported by Forbes, researchers from Israeli cybersecurity…
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Apple has agreed to comply with a set of voluntary safeguards for AI created by President Joe Biden’s administration. As Bloomberg reported, this guideline aims to help the better development of this technology while protecting consumers.Cupertino joins OpenAI, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and others in committing to testing their AI systems to protect Americans’ privacy,…
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Update: CrowdStrike announced a workaround to take Windows machines from the recovery boot loop. The steps are at the end of the story.The Blue Screen of Death is impacting thousands of Windows machines today, as a faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is forcing those machines into a recovery boot loop, so they can’t start…
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Microsoft is working to create a physical encrypting system that can encrypt and decrypt a document in real-time based on where the user’s eyes are looking. The technique is described in a new patent, which explains that it modifies letters in the text portion of the original document to help encrypt the content and keep…
Last week, the drugstore chain Rite Aid confirmed it suffered a “cybersecurity incident” in June, which resulted in a data breach. This week, Rite Aid followed up its announcement by revealing that 2.2 million customers were impacted by the breach.As reported by Bleeping Computer, Rite Aid filed notices with the Office of the Maine Attorney…
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With the country heading to the polls, ensuring the cyber security of the electoral infrastructure couldn’t be more crucial. The government has warned that rising geopolitical tensions across the globe have the potential to impact elections as at least 64 countries gear up to head to the polls, representing 49% of the world’s population. Beyond…
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Like almost every IT security leader, Matt Riley, data protection and information security officer for Sharp in Europe, often finds himself in difficult conversations with business colleagues about what they can and cannot do from a cybersecurity perspective. “My approach,” he says, “Is that the answer’s never ‘no’. You don’t win hearts and minds with…
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Unless you’re an accountant, the whole end-of-year tax filing can be a nightmare. While you might look forward to your return, you’re probably not too excited about coughing up money to a tax expert or spending a couple of hours filing yourself. But what if the entire process could be completed with a digital assistant…
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In this first part of a two-part article, we look at some of the current and future trends and implications of AI for outsourcing, based on our experience as specialist technology and outsourcing lawyers. We’re predicting here how AI will impact “traditional” forms of IT outsourcing and the management and transformation of business processes through…
AI and outsourcing: What’s the future? (Part one) Read More »
