The European Commission breached data protection rules by using Microsoft 365
The European Data Protection Supervisor stated that the European Commission “did not sufficiently specify what types of personal data are to be collected and for which explicit and specified purposes when using Microsoft 365”. The EC now must make changes with its use of Microsoft 365 to ensure compliance with the EU’s data protection laws by December 9, 2024.
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Apple, Google, Mozilla and Microsoft developed a web browser benchmark test
Gecko (Firefox), Blink (Chrome / Edge), and WebKit (Safari) are the engines behind web browsers. The engineers who developed them collaborated on a new benchmark to measure performance with browsing and web apps. Speedometer 3.0 tests how well browsers handle intricate websites and multiple styling instructions.
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A new Linux malware gets installed using 1-day vulnerabilities
Security researchers from Checkpoint have uncovered a trend involving the use of 1-day vulnerabilities. These are publicly disclosed bugs exploited within a very short window after a patch is available and is applied. According to CheckPoint, the hackers used the NerbianRAT malware, a cross-platform Remote Access Trojan (RAT) with variants for Windows and Linux.
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Nvidia is sued over allegedly training AI on copyrighted content
Three authors have filed a lawsuit in which it is claimed that Nvidia’s NeMo large language models (LLMs) were trained on copyright-protected materials. The lawsuit against Nvidia is not an isolated incident. It is part of multiple cases surrounding the use of copyrighted works in developing generative AI technologies.
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New products
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Samsung Galaxy A35
Galaxy A35 has a 6.6-inch Super AMOLED display, Exynos 1380 processor, up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It will come with a 5,000mAh battery.
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OnePlus Ace 3V
The phone will have an OLED display, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 processor, 512 GB of storage and a 5,500mAh battery.
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