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Month: July 2024

Internet

CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage

July 24, 2024 Tech Xplore

CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV […]

Internet

Meta takes down thousands of Facebook, Instagram accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria

July 24, 2024 Tech Xplore

Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train […]

Internet

Google’s corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search

July 24, 2024 Tech Xplore

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

US Senate to vote on kids online safety bills

July 24, 2024 Tech Xplore

The US Senate will vote on a pair of bills this week designed to protect children online which would be the first major legislation targeting the tech industry in a generation.This article was originally published […]

Internet

In U-turn, Google sticks with tracking ‘cookies’

July 22, 2024 Tech Xplore

Google on Monday said it was ditching its long mooted plan to block tracking “cookies” on its Chrome browser after years of resistance from online publishers and questions from regulators.This article was originally published on […]

Internet

Massive IT outage spotlights major vulnerabilities in the global information ecosystem

July 22, 2024 Tech Xplore

The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the delivery of uniforms for the Olympic Games represents a growing concern for cybersecurity professionals, businesses […]

Internet

Conspiracy theories take off after global IT crash

July 20, 2024 Tech Xplore

From fearmongering about a looming “World War III” to false narratives linking a cabal of global elite to a cyberattack, a torrent of online conspiracy theories took off Friday after a major IT crash.This article […]

Internet

Massive global IT outage hits banks, airports, supermarkets—and a single software update is likely to blame

July 19, 2024 Tech Xplore

Computer systems across Australia and overseas have failed this afternoon after an update was pushed out by global security software provider CrowdStrike.This article was originally published on this website.

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Internet

Meta will delay latest AI in EU over ‘unpredictable’ regulation

July 18, 2024 Tech Xplore

Meta on Thursday said it would delay the release of its most powerful generative AI models in Europe because of what it called unpredictable EU regulation.This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

Trusted TV doctors ‘deepfaked’ to promote health scams on social media

July 17, 2024 Tech Xplore

Some of the UK’s most recognizable TV doctors are increasingly being “deepfaked” in videos to sell scam products across social media, finds The BMJ today.This article was originally published on this website.

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