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Flipboard hack exposed sensitive user data for over 9 months
Popular news aggregation platform Flipboard has disclosed a glaring security breach, which gave hackers unauthorized access to its database systems for more than nine months. As a precautionary step, it has reset all users’ passwords. дальше »
2019-5-29 11:25 | |
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Facebook is so insanely big, it had to design a brand new DHCP server
You can tell a lot about the direction of a company by looking at its tech stack. A great example of this comes from Facebook, which today announced the creation of a brand new open-source DHCP server, as it had outgrown the existing products. дальше »
2019-5-28 17:21 | |
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Why the future of US data regulation must come from Congress
As of May 2019, over 20 US states have introduced bills seeking to regulate data privacy, data security, or some combination of the two. While many of these bills agree in spirit (i. e. privacy good, data collection and usage bad), the various bills are decidedly more divergent as to how to accomplish these objectives. дальше »
2019-5-25 19:00 | |
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This tiny flashing kit can break your bad online security habits
The number of cyber attacks is estimated to have risen by 67% over the last five years, with the majority of these data breaches being traced back to human error. The potential risks of such attacks are vast and can have a serious impact on both organizations and individuals. дальше »
2019-5-24 18:53 | |
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Brave now lets you tip people on Twitter with cryptocurrency
You can now tip your favorite Twitter users directly with cryptocurrency with the latest build of the Chromium-based open source browser Brave. The latest Nightly build of Brave will let users send digital tokens as a tip to tweeters of their choosing. дальше »
2019-5-24 16:11 | |
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Minimize Potential Cyber Hack Damage With These 11 Good Data Habits
Cybercriminals and hackers are more aggressive than ever these days. With advanced technology, breaches are increasingly common, which puts companies and their customers at risk of fraud and identity theft. дальше »
2019-5-24 12:00 | |
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Google data shows 2-factor authentication blocks 100% of automated bot hacks
Two-factor authentication is annoying. Getting flustered because you have to find your phone and tap on a prompt every time you log into your accounts from a new device is peak first-world problems. дальше »
2019-5-24 01:17 | |
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If you lose a body part, other bits get a sensory boost – thank you, brain
When you wake up in the middle of the night in total darkness, it can feel as if you have auditory superpowers. Suddenly, you can hear floorboards creak storeys below and the softest rustle of foxes destroying the bins outside, once again. дальше »
2019-5-23 18:35 | |
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Kenya is allegedly selling citizen data to highest corporate bidder
According to Dr. Roselyn K. Akombe, Chief of Policy Planning and Guidance at the United Nations and ex-commissioner of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country’s government is going to sell all the citizen data collected through the Huduma Namba exercise to the highest bidder. дальше »
2019-5-22 18:13 | |
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Research reveals surprising relationship between climate change and fertility rate
Climate change will shape every aspect of human life – often in complex ways. Take the question of deciding how many children to have, for example. A new analysis suggests that climate change could increase fertility rates in tropical countries, in turn magnifying the impacts of climate change on those countries and widening the gap between wealthy and poorer nations. дальше »
2019-5-21 18:04 | |
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Australian civil servant faces 10 years for mining cryptocurrency on government computers
An Australian government employee is appearing in court today after using work equipment to mine cryptocurrency for his own gain. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege that the 33 year-old from Killara in New South Wales took advantage of his position as an IT contractor to modify government computer systems to mine cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-5-21 13:27 | |
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Bitcoin ETFs still a mirage as SEC delays decision yet another time
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still not keen on approving Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF). In a document published on May 20, the watchdog revealed it has delayed making a decision on an ETF proposal put forth by the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust. дальше »
2019-5-21 12:21 | |
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Private data (including rates) of 49M Instagram influencers leaked due to agency’s malpractice
Last night, TechCrunch reported that a massive database containing info of over 49 million Instagram influencers, celebrities, and brand accounts found in the open. Security researcher Anurag Sen found the growing database hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) without a password. дальше »
2019-5-21 11:00 | |
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Hackers made $32K in 7 weeks by fixing bugs in cryptocurrency projects
In the past seven weeks, white hat hackers earned at least $32,150 by fixing security flaws in popular cryptocurrency and blockchain platforms like TRON, Brave, EOS and Coinbase. According to data reviewed by Hard Fork, 15 blockchain-related firms have paid rewards to security researchers between March 28 and May 16, split across 30 publicly-released bug reports. дальше »
2019-5-20 18:21 | |
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Emergency services still struggle with GDPR — but the regulation could be a benefit
GDPR is an incredible piece of legislation that protects our personal data from being abused by companies and organizations. It keeps data handlers in check and gives us a say in the process, but it’s effectiveness is only ensured because it applies to everyone that has our data — and that includes emergency services. дальше »
2019-5-20 16:24 | |
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New analysis of ‘moonquakes’ indicates the moon isn’t dead
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to have become scarred by numerous impact craters that have been collected over the aeons as cosmic debris crashed into the ground. дальше »
2019-5-18 12:00 | |
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Google tracks nearly all your online (and some of your offline) purchases — see it for yourself, here
For years Google has been keeping track of nearly every online purchase we’ve made. A CNBC report today reveals that, thanks to purchase receipts sent to personal Gmail accounts, the company has amassed a mountain of purchasing data on each of us, including offline spending, in some cases. дальше »
2019-5-18 04:25 | |
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Ripple Potentially Sped Up its XRP Distribution Timeline by 21 Years: Crypto Researchers
By CCN: CoinMetrics, a firm that analyzes blockchain data for crypto investors, published a bombshell report this week which tells the story of how Ripple Labs has allegedly misrepresented its escrow system. дальше »
2019-5-18 22:52 | |
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Blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken pull exit scam after raising $8M in ICOs
Even thought it’s 2019, initial coin offering (ICO) exit scams are still being uncovered. The latest to surface has seemingly conned over $8 million from would-be investors. It appears that blockchain startups RepuX and JoyToken have conned investors out of $4. дальше »
2019-5-16 18:36 | |
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Twitter bug accidentally shared location data of some iOS users
Twitter says it has fixed a bug that resulted in a user’s approximate location information being shared with an unnamed Twitter partner. “We have discovered that we were inadvertently collecting and sharing iOS location data with one of our trusted partners in certain circumstances,” the company said in a blog post. дальше »
2019-5-14 10:46 | |
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Seriously, what’s growth hacking?
There are lots of buzzwords out there — so many that it’s pretty easy to make up new ones and get others to start using them. Next time you’re introducing yourself to someone, just say you work as a Responsive Synergy Disruptor, and see their jaws drop in awe. дальше »
2019-5-13 15:13 | |
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Buzzfeed’s VP of AI: Surveillance is more than collecting data
Companies all over the world gather a lot of data customers without thinking of the impact it might have on people in the future. Talking at TNW 2019 in Amsterdam, Gilad Lotan, Buzzfeed’s VP of data science, said that while it’s important for media companies to use machine learning, they should not collect data which can reveal personal details. дальше »
2019-5-10 17:08 | |
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How to combat human trafficking with data science
Modern slavery is unfortunately still part of our global reality, with more than 40 million people believed to be victims of human trafficking around the world. It’s up to governments, organizations, and society as a whole to battle this evil – and as we heard at TNW2019 Conference, data science can help. дальше »
2019-5-10 14:27 | |
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Your business passed the GDPR challenge — but SCA is next
Europe is bracing itself for a big shake-up in how we pay for things online, which will have significant consequences for businesses across the region. Similar to how GDPR hugely impacted how millions of organizations handle personal data when it was enforced last year, Strong Customer Authentication (or SCA) will have profound implications for how businesses handle online transactions and how we pay for things in our everyday lives when it is enforced on September 14. дальше »
2019-5-10 12:00 | |
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Marketers shouldn’t base their plans on click-bait — get the real data
Simon Kemp is a global thought leader in digital marketing, CEO of Kepios, and the author of Hootsuite and We Are Social’s renowned Global Digital reports. In his talk ‘Don’t believe the hype: what people are really doing online’ at TNW2019 he explained how the imminent “social media apocalypse” that’s been proclaimed news stories is far from being true. дальше »
2019-5-9 18:55 | |
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How nano satellites can help make businesses sustainable?
Speaking at TNW 2019 conference in Amsterdam today, Juha-Matti (Jussi) Liukkonen, Director of Space & New Technologies at Reaktor, said that small-sized satellites can be key for sustainable business by providing connectivity and data to companies. дальше »
2019-5-9 16:15 | |
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The 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report launches at TNW2019
Today, on the TNW Conference Main Stage, we are delighted to help launch the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) with Startup Genome. Produced in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network; the #GSER2019 is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startups. дальше »
2019-5-9 13:06 | |
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Cyber insurance is worth the hype — if you let hackers write your policy
I read Rami Sass’ recent piece here on Podium about how cyber insurance is overhyped. While he raised great questions about the current pricing models and fear-driven tactics used to sell coverage, I wanted to share a different perspective and address his concerns. дальше »
2019-5-9 08:30 | |
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5 ways AI is revolutionizing how we handle money
From the days when our ancestors exchanged bartered cattle for grain to the era of mobile banking, the finance and payments industry has evolved in parallel to technological advances in printing, construction, communications, and computers. дальше »
2019-5-7 17:01 | |
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Learn how to create life-saving code with IBM at TNW2019
With new technology emerging, we can create and code solutions to the planetngs together developers and data scientists to solve the world’s most pressing issues. Over 100,000 developers from 156 nations participated in 2018, building over 2,500 applications to help save lives. дальше »
2019-5-7 14:42 | |
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IBM is putting sustainable shrimp on the blockchain
Shrimp is the latest foodstuff to make its way to the blockchain, courtesy of IBM. The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) yesterday announced that its joined IBM‘s Food Trust ecosystem which claims to use blockchain to provide greater transparency over where your food comes from. дальше »
2019-5-7 12:07 | |
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Bitfinex is skewing Bitcoin’s price so much, it’s now being ignored by CoinMarketCap
Cryptocurrency market information website CoinMarketCap is no longer including Bitfinex’s Bitcoin price in its weighted average due to skewed data. Bitcoin‘s weighted average price is $5,696. 94 (at the time of writing). дальше »
2019-5-6 17:55 | |
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CHEAP: Savor this abundance of succulent SanDisk storage savings
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The weekend is over, but its spirit is still here with this selection of deals from SanDisk. Yep, we’ve teamed up with the company to deliver you some deep savings on a whole load of SanDisk storage. дальше »
2019-5-6 14:20 | |
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin extortionists are wiping GitHub repositories – unless you pay up
Good morning. It’s Monday, so you know what that means. It’s time for Moonday Mornings, our wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. 1. Bitcoin extortionists have been wiping GitHub repositories and holding the data to ransom, Bleeping Computer reports. дальше »
2019-5-6 11:32 | |
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Lady Bits #3: On feminist porn, Marge Simpson, and crying at work
Welcome back to Lady Bits, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 Today we’re talking about feminist porn, Marge Simpson, and whether or not it’s ok to cry at work… the bloody news The internet’s idiots already tried to discredit Katie Bouman’s historic accomplishments. дальше »
2019-5-6 10:37 | |
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Blockchain is the best way to truly benefit from our own data
It’s said that data powers today’s most profitable corporations, just like fossil fuels energized those of the past. To paraphrase: your data is being used by businesses over and over to help them make important decisions. дальше »
2019-5-4 18:00 | |
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How today’s AI can solve most of our traffic problems
While driverless cars and flying taxis hold the far-future promise of alleviating traffic congestion, today’s problems require immediate solutions based on today’s technology. Luckily, the field of machine learning already has a lot to offer. дальше »
2019-5-4 01:59 | |
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Police seize over $600K in cash, Bitcoin, and Monero in worldwide dark web drug bust
Police have busted two prolific dark web drug markets in a global sting, seizing six-figure amounts of Bitcoin and Monero cryptocurrency, as well as loads of narcotics. “[The Wall Street Market] was the world’s second largest dark web market, enabling the trade in drugs (including cocaine, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines), stolen data, fake documents and malicious software,” said Europol. дальше »
2019-5-3 16:21 | |
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CoinMarketCap: Crypto Exchanges Must Provide Mandatory Data or Risk Exclusion
CoinMarketCap, a market capitalization tracker, announced in its sixth Anniversary blog post on May 1, 2019, that it will be removing exchanges from its calculations that fail to provide necessary data. дальше »
2019-5-3 20:00 | |
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How Facebook and Google are using algorithms to predict your next thought
Advertisements follow you everywhere. Google and Facebook have become the de facto diarchs, mining your online attention to track every single move to serve their needs. While it’s becoming increasingly impossible to quench the big tech’s thirst for user data, collect they must in order to sell ads, and for them to thrive and grow. дальше »
2019-5-2 15:52 | |
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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying
Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling content, it plans on developing AI with human level intelligence to do the job. дальше »
2019-5-2 23:47 | |
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Here’s what Facebook announced at its F8 developer keynote
As Facebook continues to weather a string of legal battles and harsh criticism for its never-ending privacy disasters and a generally lackadaisical attitude towards consumer data, the social networking site kicked off its annual F8 annual developer conference at San Jose yesterday. дальше »
2019-5-1 17:28 | |
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Bitcoin ‘anonymization’ is up 300% this year
Bitcoiners are using cryptocurrency mixers three times more often than they were nine months ago. Mixed cryptocurrency transactions – or CoinJoins – now account for over 4 percent of all Bitcoin transactions, according to a report from blockchain data firm Long Hash. дальше »
2019-4-30 16:43 | |
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How Facebook plans to keep your data private while opening it up to researchers
Ever since the 2016 US presidential elections, social network Facebook has been at the receiving end of criticism for its outsized influence on worldwide electoral processes, and threats to democracy from the spread of fake news. дальше »
2019-4-30 16:08 | |
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Can we trust Ireland to enforce GDPR on big tech?
GDPR is complicated business; even people like me who try to keep up with all its developments struggle to understand this mammoth set of European regulations and its effects. I believe one of the main reasons for that is we’ve yet to see a proper GDPR case being brought against big tech companies like Facebook and Google — the companies GDPR should protect us from. дальше »
2019-4-30 14:06 | |
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Australia’s taxman is clamping down on cryptocurrency traders
Australia is clamping down on the taxation of cryptocurrencies. The country’s tax office is collecting bulk records from Australian cryptocurrency service providers as part of a data matching scheme to make sure traders are paying the correct amount of tax. дальше »
2019-4-30 13:34 | |
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Mobile VR game gathers ‘1,700 years’ worth of Alzheimer’s research data
A virtual reality game and its app predecessor, intended to help detect early signs of Alzheimer’s, have accrued over 1,700 years’ worth of data in the two years it’s been on the market, according to its developers, thanks to its millions of players. дальше »
2019-4-30 00:35 | |
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Moonday Mornings: Jaguar Land Rover plans to reward drivers with IOTA cryptocurrency, and more
It’s Monday morning, you know the drill. But if you don’t, here’s a wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. 1. British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover announced that it’s testing software from IOTA which would allow it to reward its drivers for sharing data about their car journeys, reports Reuters. дальше »
2019-4-29 11:22 | |
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Use these Fortune 500 lessons on data governance for your small business
It’s easy to aspire to be just like a Fortune 500 company – killer quarterly earnings, adulation from the press, respect from your peers, etc. It’s just as easy to forget there’s a reason these largely successful companies stay on top. дальше »
2019-4-29 08:30 | |
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Quantum breakthrough could lead to ‘super-powered’ hard disk drives
While the world’s focused on the latest Avenger’s flick, an international team of scientists have potentially unlocked the super powers of another familiar Marvel character: Magneto. Researchers from the Argonne National Laboratory, Oakland University in Michigan, and Fudan University in China have discovered a quantum-level exploit that has the potential to give engineers greater control over the magnetic properties of certain metals. дальше »
2019-4-27 23:49 | |
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