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FT: data centers in America consuming record amounts of water
Compute like there’s no tomorrow! According to the Financial Times, US tech companies are already consuming much more precious water in their data centers than in 2019 – and the worst is yet to come.
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US allegedly thinking to use tech to recognize migrant kids as they age
To hell with privacy – especially if you’re a migrant. And if you’re underage. That seems to be the policy at the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is reportedly thinking of using facial recognition tech at the border.
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Flint, Michigan ransomware attack knocks city offline
The City of Flint, Michigan is still reeling Friday after discovering its municipal networks were breached two days ago in a massive ransomware attack.
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Samsung Galaxy S20 series, popular flagships from 2020, reach end-of-life
A horde of one billion Android devices are running on deprecated OS versions and may be vulnerable to dozens of disclosed vulnerabilities, including critical ones. They have been joined by flagships since 2020, with the Samsung S20 series at the forefront.
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Sixteen sites sued for creating AI-generated pornographic images of women and children
The websites used AI to generate nude images of women and teens and, in some instances, children.
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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to face extradition to US after 12 yr battle in NZ
After a 12-years long fight, New Zealand on Thursday has signed extradition papers to send Kim Dotcom – founder and former CEO of the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload – to face criminal piracy charges in the US.
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TD Bank employee ‘improperly’ accessed customer data
TD Bank has said it reimbursed client accounts, where applicable, after discovering that one of its employees had accessed the personal information of several dozen customers.
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EFG Companies breached through third-party VPN
A breach affecting Enterprise Financial Group (EFG) has exposed the personal information of almost 20,000 clients.
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Fake Olympic shops result in significant financial losses for fans – report
Research has revealed that 166 unique domains were discovered before the 2024 Olympic Games. These domains displayed common signs of DNS abuse, which allowed threat actors to conduct financial scams.
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Instagram rampant with toxic comments directed at female politicians, study finds
Meta is being blamed for allowing thousands of abusive comments directed towards female politicians to remain on its Instagram platform during the 2024 election cycle.
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The Washington Times newspaper claimed by Rhysida ransomware cartel
Major US news outlet The Washington Times is named as the latest Rhysida ransomware victim, appearing front and center on the cybercriminal gang’s dark leak blog on Wednesday.
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Trumpsters suddenly forget 2016 and urge media to not publish leaked documents
Unlike in 2016, when US media organizations avidly covered a trove of embarrassing emails stolen from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, they are now choosing not to publicize materials stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign. Why?
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Google bans Russians from Adsense
Google is shutting down Adsense accounts in Russia, preventing Russian content creators from monetizing their YouTube videos.
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Corporations creating too much hassle for consumers, Biden administration says
US President Joe Biden’s administration has announced a handful of policies to crack down on “headaches and hassles that waste Americans’ time and money.” One of those is, of course, the labyrinths we have to navigate when we want to cancel a subscription.
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Most Americans are failing to recognize AI risks when using it at work
People in the US “know nothing about privacy issues when using AI for work,” according to a recent study by NordVPN. More often than not, they also tend to trust apps, service providers, or default WiFi settings.
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We listened to Musk/Trump so you don't have to: here are the tech highlights
The three-hour X chat between Elon Musk and Donald Trump finally gets going after technical glitches – or hackers – held up the much-anticipated livestream Monday night. Cybernews brings you the highs and the lows of the event that almost didn’t happen.
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Instagram accounts hit hard by Meta’s political content rules
Prominent Instagram accounts have seen their reach drop by 65% on average after Meta imposed restrictions on political content earlier this year, according to a new study.
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Surprising no one, Trump falls for false Harris AI crowd size conspiracy
Failing to sensibly explain the very visible enthusiasm for Kamala Harris, her opponent, Donald Trump, falsely accused the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign of using AI technology to fabricate images of the crowd sizes at her rallies.
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Almost 50 PII categories impacted in data breach at East Valley Institute of Technology
The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) has suffered a “cybersecurity incident” that involved roughly 48 different categories of personally identifiable information (PII) and affected over 200,000 current and former students, faculty, and parents.
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Trump's campaign claims it was hacked
Former US president Donald Trump believes that his campaign was hacked by Iran.
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