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Apple-Epic Games lawsuit appealed by iPhone maker

One month after the U.S. federal court issued its verdict on the Apple-Epic games lawsuit, the iPhone maker filed on Friday an appeal that could potentially put on hold any adjacent lawful ruling on the matter. In the Epic vs. Apple case ruling, judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers ruled that the Big Tech giant was indulging […]

How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network

Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invested in promises by the world’s biggest social network to fix itself had been woefully misplaced. The harm Facebook and sibling Instagram were doing to users […]

DOJ empowers False Claims Act, Federal contractors’ cybersecurity threat

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) disclosed on Wednesday intentions of implementing the False Claims Act as an additional measure to follow-up on cybersecurity cases intertwined with federal contractors playing a role in exposing the country’s security ecosystem to cybersecurity threats. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco introduced this week the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative that will […]

Samsung marks loftiest Q3 sales, demand boosts chip value

South Korean manufacturer Samsung marked its highest third quarter (Q3) in history as chip demand rises, on account of the market’s inflated semiconductor and smartphone consumption.  Samsung’s quarterly sale outcome is the most promising in the company’s history, and the vendor has semiconductor and smartphone manufacturing to thank for that. The company’s operating profit is […]

Ex-Facebook employee asks lawmakers to step in. Will they?

Camera lights glare. Outrage thunders from elected representatives. A brave industry whistleblower stands alone and takes the oath behind a table ringed by a photographers’ mosh pit. The former Facebook product manager who has accused the social network giant of threatening children’s safety — and the integrity of democracy — is urging Congress to take […]

Facebook Whistleblower sets stage for louder EU regulations

After a whistleblower uncovered to the U.S. Congress Facebook’s misleading workflow, the European Parliament will fortify regulations on key players in the tech league, with global forces joining the operation. The EU’s proposal will aim at European companies alongside the Big Tech giants, Facebook, Alphabet Inc. entity Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. One of the […]

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 […]

Google kills plans for financial service Plex

Google’s plans of extending its horizon into financial services in collaboration with the banking sector have reached an end as the search engine kills off its Plex service before the initial launch, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Mountain View company stunned its users with news of halting the development of its banking service as […]

Mark Zuckerberg wealth down $6 billion, following ecosystem blackout

Facebook systems’ sudden emergence to darkness on Monday sends the social media mogul stoke to plummet by almost 5 percent, bleeding Mark Zuckerberg net worth by more than $6 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. During the same time its global head of safety Antigone Davis went live on CNBC to clear the company’s image over the […]

U.S. Congress seeks FCC guidance for data protection

Lawful presence takes over as lawmakers assembled on Wednesday to conduct a series of data privacy hearings in an attempt to bolster data protection protocols against social networking platforms. The Senate Commerce Committee’s intentions to address the development of an additional privacy bureau at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will set new scales for extensive […]