Google Suffers Data Breach in Ongoing Salesforce Data Theft Attacks
Summary Google has fallen victim to a data breach as part of a series of Salesforce CRM data theft incidents linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group. The breach involved a…
Universal Pictures To Big Tech: We’ll Sue If You Steal Our Movies For AI
Universal Pictures is making it clear to tech companies that they won’t stand for the use of their movies to train AI systems. Starting with films like ‘How to Train…
Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case
Summary A federal jury in Manhattan has found Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm guilty of operating an unlicensed money-transfer business. The jury was unable to reach a consensus on the…
Call of Duty’s Anti-Cheat Will Require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot for PC Players
Activision is implementing new anti-cheat measures for PC players of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, requiring Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and Windows Secure Boot. This initiative is aimed…
Google Says AI Search Features Haven’t Hurt Web Traffic Despite Industry Reports
Google Says AI Search Features Haven’t Hurt Web Traffic Despite Industry Reports Google claims that despite concerns raised by third-party reports, organic click volume from its search remains stable year…
Astronomers Cannot Agree On How Fast the Universe is Expanding
Astronomers are at odds over the universe’s expansion rate, with two leading methods providing conflicting results: one measuring 73 kilometres per second per megaparsec and the other suggesting 67 km/s/mpc.…
Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline on Record
Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have seen the most significant annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago, as highlighted by the Australian Institute of…
Chemical Pollution a Threat Comparable To Climate Change, Scientists Warn
Chemical Pollution a Threat Comparable To Climate Change, Scientists Warn A recent report suggests that chemical pollution represents a threat to human and ecological well-being that rivals climate change. This…
Coding Error Blamed After Parts of Constitution Disappear From US Website
Coding Error Blamed After Parts of Constitution Disappear From US Website The Library of Congress has attributed the disappearance of certain sections from the US Constitution on a government website…
Country’s Strictest Ban On Election Deepfakes Struck By Judge
Summary A federal judge has overturned California’s strict anti-deepfake election law, arguing it contradicts Section 230, which protects online platforms from liability for third-party content. The judge highlighted issues with…