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Google impairs data security threats with default 2SV

Google publicized on Tuesday its next step to prevent any future data security threats into Google Accounts by auto-enrolling two-step verification (2SV) for 150 million users by the end of 2021, while enforcing two million YouTube creators to mirror its efforts.    With the overtake of cyber breaches spreading across various platforms, companies, and governmental […]

Ex-Facebook employee bringing sharp criticisms to Congress

A former Facebook data scientist has stunned lawmakers and the public with revelations of the company’s awareness of apparent harm to some teens from Instagram and her accusations of dishonesty in its fight against hate and misinformation. Now she is coming before Congress. Frances Haugen has come forward with a wide-ranging condemnation of Facebook, buttressed […]

ByteDance leverages TikTok to take down Amazon

ByteDance plans to globally emerge into the e-commerce industry by leveraging TikTok, to launch an international shopping platform, attracting merchants and consumers taking on Amazon. The Beijing-based company proved itself as a force to be reckoned with as it expands its influence over a diversified multitude of platforms, and its latest tactic to overtake Amazon’s […]

China tightens political control of internet giants

The ruling Communist Party is tightening political control over China’s internet giants and tapping their wealth to pay for its ambitions to reduce reliance on U.S. and European technology. Anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns starting in late 2020 have shaken the industry, which flourished for two decades with little regulation. Investor jitters have knocked more […]

Trump taking legal action to get back on Twitter

Almost 8 months following Twitter’s permanent ban of Former President Donald Trump from the platform, the ex-commander-in-chief is pleading his case to a federal judge to bring him back to the micro-blogging site. According to the complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida on Friday, Donald Trump is arguing that Twitter, “coerced by members […]

Ex-Facebook manager alleges social network fed Capitol riot

A data scientist who was revealed Sunday as the Facebook whistleblower says that whenever there was a conflict between the public good and what benefited the company, the social media giant would choose its own interests. Frances Haugen was identified in a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday as the woman who anonymously filed complaints with federal […]

ASML to fulfill European semiconductor demand

Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML could witness an astonishing rise in share value as the U.S. rigidifies its grip on Chinese manufacturing, leading to one of the company’s highest production and valuation by 2030, fulfilled by directing Europe’s semiconductor demand. Since its emergence in the semiconductor manufacturing scene, ASML has globally played a massive and […]

U.S. Congress cracks down on ex- spies, following Project Raven

After the UAE’s Project Raven hacking scandal, the U.S. congress, specifically the Intelligence Community is implementing a budget bill to impose espionage control over former intelligence spies conditioning any opportunity to work as contractors for a foreign government.    Following the UAE’s hacking scandal spreading over global governmental establishments, former U.S. ex-intelligence officials’ misconduct towards […]

AT&T to require vaccines for 90,000 of its union workers

AT&T has become one of the largest employers in the U.S. to mandate vaccines for a significant number of frontline workers. The telecom company said Wednesday that its employees in the Communications Workers of America union will be required to be fully vaccinated by Feb. 1, “unless they get an approved job accommodation.” CWA represents […]

Africa internet riches plundered, contested by China broker

Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds, and even people. Digital resources have proven no different. Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including through insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns the continent’s addresses. Instead of serving Africa’s internet development, many […]