Attention worthy Insider Week 15 news
The Week 15 news from owlpower.eu has some attention-worthy headlines for online business owners. Our Insider news is a weekly report that covers public news from a business perspective. We focus on the online segment and highlight how it is influenced by real-world events and governmental decisions. You can find the latest headlines on various topics, such as emerging strategies, social trends, and technology.
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Week 15 news:
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- Yet another Serious security breach hits EU police agency. Read news here: Highly sensitive files mysteriously disappeared from EUROPOL headquarters, By Pierluigi Paganini.
- Must have beend an awkward discussion: “EUROPOL notified the impacted individuals and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).” Considering: EDPS takes legal action as new Europol Regulation puts rule of law and EDPS independence under threat, By European Data Protection Supervisor.
- Poland is investigating its previous government’s use of Israeli spyware called Pegasus. Read news here: Poland launches inquiry into previous government’s spyware use, By Shaun Walker.
- The EU investigation is still pending since 19-04-2022. Read news here: EP inquiry committee for Pegasus and other spyware launched, By European Parliament Press room.
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- Public service AI … a cash-cow for cloud providers? :) Read news here: Stability AI reportedly ran out of cash to pay its bills for rented cloudy GPUs, By Tobias Mann.
- Amazon Web services Security Effectiveness 5.39%, its more EXPENSIVE, then ALL THE NEXT 10 COMPETITORS COMBINED. Microsoft govt. Bundle-ware licenses anyone … or too soon Europe? Read more here: CyberRatings.org Announces Test Results for Cloud Network Firewall, By CyberRatings.org.
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- Geil! Germany ditches Microsoft. Looking forward when they notice that ALL the ATMs run on Windows 7 (or XP :) ). Read news here: German state ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice, By Matthew Connatser.
- User-choice NOT ALLOWED. Read about “this change may be to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)” here: New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser, By Lawrence Abrams.
- A new report from Bloomberg says advertisers running campaigns on Meta platforms are hitting a snag. Read news here: META • Why Has the Ad Auction Been Tanking?, By Tod Maffin.
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- One of the many, many scams running around the Internet has been recruiter scams. Read news here: LINKEDIN • A (Paid) Solution to Recruiter Scams, By Tod Maffin.
- DUAL-USE in gaming esport industry already implemented into WAR economy. Read news here: State Department Wants To Use Video Games To Tackle Ukraine “Disinformation”, By Dan Frieth.
- The world’s largest by capitalization, JP Morgan Chase, is going forward with ANOTHER WAY to monetize their clients – by giving access to their spending data to be used for targeted ads. Read news here: JP Morgan Chase Cashes in on Customer Data, By Didi Rankovic.
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- GLOBAL iPhones infected with Pegasus, the Israeli spyware. (History: Since 2021, Apple has alerted users in over 150 countries ) Read news here: Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks, By Manish Singh.
- Google will assume that if the document is shared on social media or from a web site, that you’re okay with using that for training — which, you know, you might not be, but those are the rules now. Read news here: AI • Google Plans to Use Public Docs to Train AI, By Tod Maffin.
- Fact-checking” isn’t just labeling. It tanks the visibility of posts. Read news here: Social Media Fact Checkers Claim Their Work Isn’t Censorship. Here’s Why It Is., By Didi Rankovic .
- Pirates (EU Party) demand a legal framework that prevents orphaned software from simply disappearing. Read news here: EU Party Pushes Back Against Gaming Companies Shutting Down Games People Have Paid For, By Didi Rankovic .
- The top sector for these SMEs was trade and logistics at 17 percent, followed by IT at 13 percent, and food and agricultural firms third with 10 percent.. Read news here: Dubai sees 550% annual rise in global SMEs attracted to the emirate, By Arab News.
- Remote code execution “bug” accessing and modifying private AI models of organizations like Meta and Microsoft. Then these models are sold to you. Read news here: Critical Bugs Put Hugging Face AI Platform in a ‘Pickle’, By Jai Vijayan.
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