The EC’s draft adequacy decision, which has been forwarded to the European Data Protection Board, concludes that the U.S. provides “an adequate level of protection.” For this historic agreement to work, companies would have to fulfill a set of “privacy obligations.” Also, U.S. government agencies must comply with stringent privacy regulations limiting their access. If the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework is adopted, it would close the book on the privacy debacle highlighted by the European Union’s Court of Justice in its July 2020 Schrems II decision....

Above all, governments should drive public debate and gather feedback so AI regulations would be relevant for their local population, said Ieva Martinkenaite, head of analytics and AI for Telenor Research. The Norwegian telecommunications company applies AI and machine learning models to deliver more personalised customer and targeted sales campaigns, achieve better operational efficiencies, and optimise its network resources. For instance, the technology helps identify customer usage patterns in different locations and this data is tapped to reduce or power off antennas where usage is low....

Last week, VMware warned of a critical vulnerability in the analytics service of vCenter Server and urged users to update their systems as soon as possible. On September 21, VMware said that its vCenter Server is affected by an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Analytics service, which would allow a malicious actor with network access to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on vCenter Servers. By September 24, VMware had confirmed reports that CVE-2021-22005 was being exploited in the wild, and dozens of security researchers online reported mass scanning for vulnerable vCenter Servers and publicly available exploit codes....

The commitments focus on improving systems for reporting abuse and offering features that give women more control over their online experience. They were developed as part of a year-long initiative led by the World Wide Web Foundation. The foundation worked with 120 people comprised of experts from various tech companies, governments, and civil society as well as women who have been affected by online abuse. In total, 35 countries were represented....

The Secret Camera Use Issue Described Facebook app’s secret camera use was discovered by a user who then reported it on Twitter. The user, Joshua Maddux, accidentally made this discovery thanks to a bug in the Facebook App that lets you see the camera opened behind the Facebook feed. Other people on Twitter then tested to see if they could replicate Joshua’s findings. The bug can be replicated by opening a video in full screen and then returning back to normal screen....

That’s the ethos behind Fairphone, which has been selling modular, self-repairable phones for years now. You may not get the latest and greatest technology, but you do get a phone that’s much more sustainable than anything else on the market. And now, Fairphone 4 supports 5G. There are two Fairphone 4 5G models available, and you buy direct. For £499/€579 (~$675) you get 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, while £569/€649 (~$755) buys you 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage....

This was the first case brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against any licensee and, subsequently, sets a new legal standard for how financial service providers should seek to execute cybersecurity management plans. The company has been ordered by the court to pay AU$750,000 toward ASIC’s costs, and to engage a cybersecurity expert within the next month to advise and assist RI Advice’s authorised representative network. The decision comes after a significant number of cyber incidents affected authorised representatives of RI Advice between June 2014 and May 2020, leading ASIC to file against the company for breach of its licence obligations....

It started when it was first put up for crowdfunding in the summer of 2020. Since there are so many crowdfunded things out there that basically die on the vine, I overlooked it. But dreams turned into reality, and I kept getting asked with increasing frequency until late last year I took steps to acquire one. And, after some delays, shipping issues, and the holidays, I finally have it. My very own Flipper Zero....

In some years, between 15% and 25% of Alexa devices were idle during the second week in their new homes. Clearly, this is a cause for concern. And there is no better arena for concerned causes than the Super Bowl. It’s a spirited defense of Alexa’s worth. It’s also a very defensive defense. Here we have our happy couple enjoying Alexa’s true talent – mind-reading. She knows that if it’s Super Bowl time, the game must be streamed on Prime Video, the blinds must be drawn and the rosé must be chilled in preparation....

Brian and I met over 10 years ago during the early days of social media and the rise of Web 2.0. Brian recently joined Salesforce as a global innovation evangelist and I couldn’t be more thrilled to work with him. I connected with Solis to learn more about his work and goals moving forward. More importantly, I wanted to get his take on these uncharted times and share with you his vision to navigate the present and the future....

If you’re interested in working for the U.S. government, you definitely want to take “NIST Cybersecurity & Risk Management Frameworks” because they were the ones who designed the Risk Management Framework, and this course will teach you everything you need to know about the RMF process. You will then be qualified for a number of government cybersecurity positions. In “(ISC) CISSP – 2021”, you’ll get a thorough grasp of information security, including assessing and testing security, as well as implementing and managing effective security measures....

The Getac ZX10 carries MIL-STD-810H and IP66 certifications, and can withstand drops from 1.8m (6 feet). The 10.1-inch screen sits inside huge bezels, which provide lots of protection against physical shock. The chassis is deep, and its corners are rounded, making it more likely that when this tablet is dropped it will roll rather than simply crash down on the floor and stress the components inside the shell. With dimensions of 275mm wide by 192mm deep by 17....

After the typical steps, you’d go through to add a modern Wi-Fi product to your home, Astro prompts you to enroll your family members so it can recognize their faces, an experience that is, again, like enrolling for Face ID. Astro uses this info to greet household members when it sees them silently, and so you can tell it to go to members of your household. It’s also used to identify unknown people when in surveillance mode....

Information that has been leaked is said to include names, addresses, national ID numbers and mobile phone numbers, along with police and medical records. In a Tweet, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said, “Our threat intelligence detected 1 billion resident records for sell in the dark web”, pointing towards a bug in a deployment by an unnamed government agency as the reason the data was able to be accessed....

However, even though annual growth remains high, buying trends have begun to taper off as the 13% growth rate in Q2 2021 is significantly lower than the 55.9% growth seen last quarter. The pandemic spurred massive growth in PC buying across vendors through 2020 and 2021, but analysts are predicting year-on-year declines in shipments as spending priorities begin to shift. “The market faces mixed signals as far as demand is concerned,” said Neha Mahajan, senior research analyst with IDC’s Devices and Displays Group....

It also would support organisations’ digital transformation efforts and India’s economic recovery, Google Cloud’s India managing director Bikram Singh Bedi wrote in a post Thursday. The Delhi region has three availability zones and offers a service portfolio that includes Google Kubernetes Engine, BigQuery, and Cloud Spanner. Google’s first cloud region in the cloud is located in Mumbai, which began operations in November 2017. The vendor’s other cloud regions in Asia-Pacific include Singapore, Seoul, Jakarta, and Osaka, and form a global network of 25....

It’s the latest deal to showcase Google’s efforts to cultivate more cloud business within the telecom sector. Last year, Google outlined a multi-pronged pitch to the telecommunications industry, including industry-specific solutions like Anthos for Telecom. The new deal with Bell Canada entails moving the company’s critical workloads from on-premise data centers to the cloud. Bell also plans to combine its 5G network with Google Anthos to create a more automated, flexible customer experience that scales with demand....

Both Google Pay and Samsung Pay are contactless payment options that enable users to have their payment card or bank information available with just a tap of their phone or smartwatch on a payment terminal using NFC technology. Basically, you set it up in your phone, add a payment option like a debit or credit card, PayPal, or your bank information, and you’re able to check out at a retailer by tapping your phone on the card reader, instead of inserting a credit card....

While it currently only asks for email address and phone number, Google will now ask whether the account is personal or for a business, a contact name, physical address, and verification of email and phone details. “Your contact information allows us to share important information and updates about your app. It also helps us make sure that every account is created by a real person with real contact details, which helps us keep the Play Store safe for all users,” Google said in a blog post....

Also: The best live TV streaming services On Tuesday, Google announced a new live TV experience on its Google TV platform, which allows users to browse more than 800 free TV channels in one place. The channels come from multiple providers such as Tubi, Plex, and Haystack News, and can all be found in the Live tab. Premium programming such as news channels from NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX are also available....