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US Government Mandates AI Companies Disclose Safety Testing
US Government Mandates AI Companies Disclose Safety Testing
AI companies will soon have to start sharing their safety test results with the US government. White House special adviser on AI, Ben Buchanan, said the US government wants “to know AI systems are safe before they’re released to t...
NSA Buys Americans' Internet Browsing Data Without Warrants
NSA Buys Americans' Internet Browsing Data Without Warrants
The National Security Agency has been purchasing Americans’ internet browsing data from commercial data brokers without warrants, according to the agency’s outgoing director. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the director of the NSA, communicat...
Venmo, Zelle, Cash App Users at High Risk of Fraud, Manhattan DA Warns
Venmo, Zelle, Cash App Users at High Risk of Fraud, Manhattan DA Warns
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sent letters to the companies that own Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App, demanding that they increase protections for consumers. DA Bragg argued in his letters that these companies don’t offer the...
Activision Blizzard lays off 1,900 Video Gaming Employees
Activision Blizzard lays off 1,900 Video Gaming Employees
Activision Blizzard laid off 1,900 employees at the behest of its parent company, Microsoft. The move isn’t a complete surprise — over the last several months many major tech companies have been forced to make layoffs. The job mar...
Netflix Adds Live Sports To Its Streaming Service
Netflix Adds Live Sports To Its Streaming Service
In a move that’s practically borrowed from cable TV services of the past, Netflix has begun adding access to live sports broadcasts with a subscription. This isn’t a revolutionary decision as other streaming services have already...
New Update Explains How The SEC X Hack Happened
New Update Explains How The SEC X Hack Happened
New details shed light on the SEC X hack that occurred recently. On Jan. 9, the X account of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) was hacked by a group of scammers who posted that the SEC approved Bitcoin ETFs. The price of Bi...
Department Of Defense Tightens Rules On Cloud Security
Department Of Defense Tightens Rules On Cloud Security
A new memo sent from the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed that they’re tightening security requirements for cloud providers at the FedRAMP level. Historically, it was unclear what constituted being FedRAMP certified and what i...
Cyberattacks Attempts Increased 104% Last Year
Cyberattacks Attempts Increased 104% Last Year
There was a more than twofold increase in worldwide attack efforts in 2023, according to the latest report from cybersecurity company Armis. Armis’s latest report, “The Anatomy of Cybersecurity: A Dissection of 2023’s Atack Landsc...
Cybersecurity Alliance: UK and Japan Join Forces
Cybersecurity Alliance: UK and Japan Join Forces
The UK and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC), solidifying their commitment to improving cybersecurity together. Both countries formally agreed to strengthen their cooperation between government and private compan...
26 Billion Records Leaked In ‘Mother Of All Breaches’
26 Billion Records Leaked In ‘Mother Of All Breaches’
The largest data breach of all time just happened right under everyone’s noses. Over 26 billion records were found by researchers on an unsecured page in what’s being called the “Mother of All Breaches” (MOAB). The 12+ terabytes o...