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1. Three things to consider when deploying data protection to your small business: (Guest Opinion); GUEST OPINION: Small businesses are the backbone of every growing economy, bringing growth and innovation to the communities in which they are established. However, these businesses are often vulnerable ...; Created on 17 November 2022
2. Law that protects US tech platforms against lawsuits being challenged: (Government Tech Policy); A law which shields big tech platforms from lawsuits over content provided by users is being challenged in the US Supreme Court, and is likely to be heard next year. The Wall Street Journal reported ...; Created on 31 October 2022
3. Facebook parent accused of 'robber-baron' tactics in Canad: (Technology Regulation); Facebook's parent company Meta has been accused of resorting to "robber-baron" tactics in Canada by threatening to block sharing of news feeds if Ottawa legislates to force it to pay news outlets for their ...; Created on 31 October 2022
4. Batteries in older Samsung phones swelling up, YouTube reviewer finds: (Mobility); Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest seller of smartphones, appears to be facing issues with the batteries in its smartphones again, with reports that batteries in older models are swelling up making ...; Created on 14 October 2022
5. Ex-CSO of Uber found guilty of blocking FTC investigation: (Security); Former Uber Technologies chief security office Joseph Sullivan, who was sacked by the company in November 2017 along with one of his deputies over a October 2016 data breach, has been found guilty of criminal ...; Created on 06 October 2022
6. American terror victims sue Ericsson over alleged bribery in Iraq: (Telecoms & NBN); Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson has been hit with a lawsuit by Americans who claim its alleged payment of bribes to Al Qaeda and Islamic State in Iraq also helped the two groups ...; Created on 09 August 2022
7. Mandiant: no 'reasonable confidence' about zero-day attacks by Western state: (Security); ... with reasonable confidence as coming from these sources. The report, issued on 21 April, named actors from China, Russia and North Korea, either as part of state-sponsored groups or individuals who ...; Created on 27 April 2022
8. Meta COO Sandberg urged to quit over pressuring Daily Mail to drop story: (Strategy); The co-founder of UltraViolet, an American national gender justice advocacy organisation, has called on Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg to step down following reports that she had heavied ...; Created on 22 April 2022
9. Don't want to be abused online? Simple, stay away from social medi: (Open Sauce); A non-profit known as the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has issued a report examining the private direct messages sent to five well-known women on Instagram and says it found a lot of objectionable ...; Created on 08 April 2022
10. Google pips Microsoft to the post, picks up Mandiant for US$5.4b: (Security); Search giant Google has announced it will acquire the security firm Mandiant for US$5.4 billion (A$7.4 billion) in an all-cash transaction, adding that the firm will join Google Cloud after the acquisition ...; Created on 09 March 2022
11. Op-ed on electric vehicles omits facts that don't suit its argument: (Open Sauce); An op-ed in The Australian, which accuses journalists at the ABC and Guardian Australia of failing to provide balanced coverage of climate issues, conveniently avoids citing the full results of a study ...; Created on 15 November 2021
12. Meta says Facebook face recognition system will be shut down: (Security); ... this does not mean an end to the use of the technology altogether. A blog post by Jerome Pesenti, vice-president of Artificial Intelligence, said the change would also affect automatic alt text which ...; Created on 03 November 2021
13. May the force be with and totally protect your iPhone 13, mini, Pro and Pro Max: (Home Tech); Force Technology International represents the very best protective brands for today's top smartphones, with those brands being EFM, OtterBox, LifeProof, Gear4, InvisibleShield, Belkin and Case-Mate, all ...; Created on 22 October 2021
14. Monitor in ZTE case trying to get his term extended: (Technology Regulation); ... when it expires and is allegedly using threats to try and get his way. The Wall Street Journal reported that James Stanton had said he would use his friendship with the judge overseeing the case to ...; Created on 20 October 2021
15. Women problems dogged Gates in years before he left: report: (Business Software); Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates appears to have had a history of inappropriate behaviour towards female employees, The Wall Street Journal reports. In an exclusive report, the newspaper's Emily Glazer ...; Created on 19 October 2021
16. Amazon accused of lying to House panel over business practices: (Strategy); Online retail giant Amazon has been accused of misleading the government's Committee on the Judiciary about its business practices, in the wake of a Reuters report that the company was copying Indian products ...; Created on 19 October 2021
17. Eight Australian groups in Facebook's 'Dangerous Individuals and Organisations' li: (Technology Regulation); Eight groups in Australia are on a list of more than 4000 individuals and groups that Facebook users are barred from speaking about. The social media behemoth maintains that these people and groups promote ...; Created on 14 October 2021
18. CIA investment arm ploughs US$1.6m into secure messaging app Wickr: (Security); The CIA has invested US$1.6 million (A$2.2 million) in the company behind the secure messaging app Wickr, through its investment arm In-Q-Tel, the American website Motherboard reports, citing public disclosure ...; Created on 13 October 2021
19. Fletcher slams big tech firms for resisting attempts at regulation: (Technology Regulation); Big technology companies have come in for criticism by Communications Minister Paul Fletcher for resisting attempts by the Australian Government to create regulations to keep them in line. Answering ...; Created on 07 October 2021
20. Facebook puts off Instagram Kids launch after adverse WSJ report: (Technology Regulation); Facebook has announced that it will be putting off the planned launch of a version of Instagram for children, after a backlash against the plan grew in the US. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, ...; Created on 28 September 2021
21. Salesforce announces streaming service Salesforce+: (CRM); Move over Netflix; Salesforce is the latest streaming service on the block except the focus is engaging business stories, live events, thought leadership, and expert advice. Salesforce+ is the streaming ...; Created on 11 August 2021
22. CEOs and CISOs doubling down on cybersecurity and converged approaches, research finds: (Security); Security vendor Forcepoint today delivered research exploring how CEOs and CISOs are addressing cybersecurity concerns finding leaders now see cybersecurity as the key to business advantage, shifting from ...; Created on 13 May 2021
23. Welcome to your daily tech news, courtesy of the CIA: (Open Sauce); In what appears to be a first, a CIA-bankrolled threat intelligence firm has set up a "tech news" outlet to spread its wares. Recorded Future's association with the American intelligence agency is described ...; Created on 07 May 2021
24. Apple's new privacy changes: good for users or the company: (Open Sauce); Somewhat buried beneath all the fanfare about the updates to Apple's iOS and iPadOS operating systems on Tuesday was the main dish of the day: the privacy changes that Facebook and some advertisers have ...; Created on 28 April 2021
25. EV outputs much less greenhouse gases than petrol car: study: (Automotive); A comparison of the output of greenhouse gases by two vehicles — a Tesla Model 3 (electric) and a Toyota RAV4 (petrol) — by a team of academics at the University of Toronto has shown that the EV will generate ...; Created on 25 March 2021
26. Exchange Server attack mitigation tool bundled into Defender program: (Security); Microsoft has taken a further step to mitigate attacks on its Exchange Server product by including a mitigation tool that it released a couple of days ago in its Defender Anti-Virus program. In an ...; Created on 19 March 2021
27. Microsoft offers mitigation for Exchange attack, silent on alleged code leak: (Security); Microsoft has offered users of Exchange Server a means of mitigating the so-called ProxyLogon attack, a one-click tool that it says has been tested across the 2013, 2016 and 2019 versions of Exchange Server. ...; Created on 17 March 2021
28. US judge puts Pentagon 'China military listing' of Xiaomi on hol: (Government Tech Policy); A federal judge in the US has prevented a ban on the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, put in place in January, from being enforced, calling the decision "deeply flawed". Judge Rudolph Contreras put ...; Created on 15 March 2021
29. 5G revenue figures have now become a political statistic: (Telecoms & NBN); ANALYSIS That 5G revenue figures are more of a political statistic these days than an economic one can be gauged from the Wall Street Journal highlighting the fact that Ericsson and Nokia were ahead of ...; Created on 09 March 2021
30. News Corporation cuts global three-year deal with Google: (Technology Regulation); Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has struck a global three-year deal with Google in return for what the publisher has described as "significant payments". The announcement, on Wednesday US time, was ...; Created on 18 February 2021
31. Anti-trust suits notwithstanding, Google, Facebook on Biden transition team: (Government Tech Policy); Facebook and Google officials have been taken on as part of the team that is helping the new US administration effect its transition to power. Recent announcements of anti-trust suits against the two ...; Created on 14 December 2020
32. At home or abroad, India's caste system comes to the for: (Open Sauce); The US state of California has sued networking giant Cisco claiming that one of its Indian employees, who belongs to the lowest caste on the Indian caste system, faced discrimination from his superiors, ...; Created on 29 September 2020
33. US chip industry will lose in any tech war with China: claim: (Government Tech Policy); The American semiconductor industry will not survive a tech war with China, both US and Chinese tech industry sources have told the Asia Times, with the only party believing that Washington will prevail ...; Created on 09 September 2020
34. US may place China's main chip maker SMIC on blacklis: (Government Tech Policy); The US is thinking of imposing restrictions on China's major semiconductor manufacturer, based on a report that says Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is helping Beijing's defence establishment. ...; Created on 07 September 2020
35. Qualcomm lobbying Washington to allow chip sales to Huawei: report: (Government Tech Policy); New restrictions put in place by the US in a bid to prevent Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from obtaining the parts it needs to manufacture its smartphones and 5G base ...; Created on 09 August 2020
36. No software to let Muslims perform virtual Haj pilgrimage: (Apps); With Saudi Arabia allowing only a small number of pilgrims to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, software developers have moved to create a means whereby ...; Created on 27 July 2020
37. China warns Nokia, Ericsson of blowback over Huawei gear: (Government Tech Policy); China may exact revenge if European countries follow the UK's lead in dumping Huawei 5G gear, with the Middle Kingdom indicating that it may hit back at the Chinese operations of Nokia and Ericsson. The ...; Created on 21 July 2020
38. FCC uses flimsy evidence to damn Huawei and ban fund use: (Open Sauce); More than 17 years have passed since the US invaded Iraq on the flimsiest of pretexts, with lies about this, that and the other, being used to justify the violation of a sovereign country. Though much ...; Created on 03 July 2020
39. Japanese firms leap into breach to supply China after US strictures: (Government Tech Policy); Restrictions placed on American firms to prevent them from playing a role in helping China roll out 5G networks are being neutralised by Japanese companies who have leapt into the breach and are filling ...; Created on 01 July 2020
40. Google keeps Mel Silva under wraps after 'clarification' on news proposa: (Open Sauce); Google appears to be reluctant to offer comments from its Australia managing director Mel Silva to any other publication after she went on the record with The Australian to clarify that the news initiative ...; Created on 28 June 2020
41. US seized Chinese-built transformer – but nobody knows why: (Government Tech Policy); ... in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for unspecified reasons, The Wall Street Journal reports. The lab, which is operated by Honeywell International, handles contract work for the US Energy Department associated ...; Created on 28 May 2020
42. Taiwan semiconductor firm to set up shop in Arizona: report: (Government Tech Policy); In what will be seen as a win for US President Donald Trump, the chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is set to announce that it will be opening a factory in Arizona. The Wall ...; Created on 15 May 2020
43. US looks to build advanced chip firms to guard against supply chain issues: (Government Tech Policy); In what is one more indicator of the growing rift between the US and China, a report claims moves are being made by the Trump administration to ask semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ...; Created on 12 May 2020
44. US tightens rules for tech exports to China: (Government Tech Policy); The US Government has finalised new export restrictions to prevent China from buying technology that can be used to develop weapons, military aircraft or surveillance technology, through civilian supply ...; Created on 28 April 2020
45. Apple to delay ramp-up in iPhone production by a month: report: (Mobility); Mass iPhone production in China, which normally occurs just before Apple announces its line-up of devices to be released in September, will be delayed by about a month, The Wall Street Journal reports, ...; Created on 28 April 2020
46. US moves to block Taiwan firm from selling chips to Huawei: report: (Government Tech Policy); The United States appears to be moving ahead with new proposals to tighten the conditions for American semiconductor companies to do business with Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, ...; Created on 27 March 2020
47. COVID-19 may force Apple to delay 5G iPhone launch: report: (Mobility); American multinational technology company Apple may be forced to put off the launch of a 5G version of its iconic iPhone by months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Nikkei Asian Review has reported. ...; Created on 27 March 2020
48. European energy body beefs up security after network intrusion: (Security); An European body representing 42 electric transmission system operators in 35 countries recently experienced a compromise of its office network, the security firm Dragos says, adding it was an IT network ...; Created on 11 March 2020
49. Assange lawyer claims Trump offered his client pardon in 2017: (Strategy); WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was offered a deal by the US in 2017, with California Republican Dana Rohrabacher telling him that President Donald Trump would pardon him if he denied any material he ...; Created on 20 February 2020
50. US claims Huawei accessing mobile networks through backdoors: (Government Tech Policy); The US has launched its latest salvo at Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies, claiming that the company can gain access to mobile networks around the world through backdoors ...; Created on 12 February 2020

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