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Google is testing AI-driven search engine based on Gemini 2.0
Google is in the early stages of experimenting with AI Mode to generate more advanced search engine results, powered by artificial intelligence technology.
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Programming error leads to data breach, costing Spanish insurance company €600K
Spanish insurance company Ibermutua has to pay a fine of €600,000 for a data breach that was caused by coding errors.
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Microsoft is pulling the plug on Skype to streamline communication
Say goodbye to Skype. Microsoft has confirmed it will shut down the video calling and messaging service on May 5, 2025.
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‘That’s something you hear about with China’. Trump criticizes UK’s plan for an iCloud backdoor
United States President Donald Trump isn’t too keen on the United Kingdom’s demand for disabling Apple’s iCloud end-to-end encryption feature, and says it’s something you’d expect from Beijing.
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Authorities arrest two dozen suspects for distributing AI-generated CSAM
Law enforcement agencies from 19 countries have arrested 25 suspects for spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Quarter of all businesses used AI technology last year, study shows
Approximately one in four businesses with ten or more employees (22.7%) used at least one form of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in 2024.
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Swedish bank slammed with GDPR complaint for ignoring information request
Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb has filed a complaint against Swedbank for rejecting a customer’s information request regarding the calculation of his personal mortgage interest rate.
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U.S. screening company DISA leaks data of 3.3M people
DISA Global Solutions Inc. acknowledges it has suffered a data breach that affects more than 3.3 million people.
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Kaspersky displeased with ‘political nature’ of Australian government’s decision
The decision to ban Kaspersky antivirus software and other related products by Australia’s government, is fed by what is currently happening in the world rather than by any technical assessment.
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EU asked to explain DMA and DSA rules to US
United States House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan has demanded that Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera clarify how she enforces the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and other European rules onto tech companies.
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European Commission set to charge Google for breaching DMA
Google is about to get charged by the European Commission for allegedly breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA), even after proposed changes to its search results.
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Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature in the UK
Apple says it can no longer offer its iCloud end-to-end encryption feature called Advanced Data Protection (ADP) to new users in the United Kingdom. Current users eventually will need to disable this security feature.
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U.S. healthcare corporations agree to pay $11.2M for non-compliance cybersecurity measurements
Health Net Federal Services (HNFS) and its parent company, Centene Corporation, have agreed to pay $11,253,400 to resolve claims that HNFS falsely certified compliance with cybersecurity requirements in a contract with the Department of Defense.
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Europol sends out warning for online violent grooming via encrypted communication platforms
Europol has issued an Intelligence Notification, stating that more and more young people are pressured to join cult communities that pose a serious threat to public safety. Most of the time, the grooming happens on secured communication platforms.
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Fewer Dutch businesses struck by ransomware attacks in 2024
Because hackers and cybercriminals made little to no changes to their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), fewer businesses and organizations in the Netherlands have become the victims of ransomware attacks.
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DeepSeek temporarily removed from app stores in South Korea
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has decided to suspend the availability of DeepSeek’s app in app stores in South Korea.
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U.S. politicians ask chief of intelligence to act on UK’s demand for backdoor
United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) have pleaded to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to protect Americans’ communications from the United Kingdom’s order to create a backdoor that offers access to encrypted backups that are stored on Apple devices.
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OpenAI dismisses Musk’s $100B bid to acquire the company
OpenAI’s board of directors has rejected a $97.4 billion takeover bid that was recently presented by a consortium led by Elon Musk.
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Researchers: ‘Overreliance on AI output undermines critical thinking’
Those who continuously rely on the outcomes of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), risk to reduce the cognitive effort that is required for important skills, such as critical thinking.
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‘Musk agrees to pay $10M to Trump for banning his Twitter account’
Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, and United States President Donald Trump have reached a settlement in a case that revolves around the ban of Trump’s Twitter account.
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