Attention worthy Insider Week 19 news
The Week 19 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 19 news:
- We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was. Read news here: We can have a different web, By Molly White.
- Another reality shattered: well known developers offer better security and privacy for their plugins/themes. Read about how WP Automatic plugin gets patched, but release notes don’t mention the critical fix here: Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets, By Dan Goodin.
- Reality check at 1st sentence: “Have you ever doubted social media and the so-called “building an audience”?”. Read news here: Your Customers Aren’t Engaging With You on Social. But That’s Okay!, By Kevon Cheung.
- Now you understand why is safer for you to store your website backup right next to Jennifer Lawrence icloud. Read news here: Dropbox says hackers stole customer data, auth secrets from eSignature service, By Lawrence Abrams.
- Decade old Picard facepalm. Read about corporate shareholders 1st mentality here: How Google harms search advertisers in 20 slides, By Danny Goodwin.
- Danny Sullivan, Google Search Liaison, later confirmed on X that these were MANUAL actions taken and that the algorithm component has not yet been launched. Read news here: Google begins enforcement of site reputation abuse policy with portions of sites being delisted, By Barry Schwartz.
- Reader revenue over subscription revenue? Read modern problems here: To Sue or to License… That is the AI Question, By amediaoperator.com.
- Many years ago, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told everyone that Facebook would be free for everyone, forever. Read news here: META • “Verified” Checkmark Could Cost you $1,000/mo, By Tod Maffin.
- Shopify share value dropped $20 billion this week — by almost 20%. Read news here: SHOPIFY • Investors Spooked by Surprise Revenue Drop, By Tod Maffin.
- The frustration boiling over with publishers now is that listening to Google’s best practices and advice isn’t helping. The problems are only getting worse. Read more here: Google Search’s Core Updates Are Crushing Sites And Reshaping The Web, By James Hercher.
- PRIVACY FOR SALE in Argentina, Chile, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, South Korea, and US. Read about on those who pray on financially vulnerable citizens here: Eyeball-Scanning Company Capitalizes on Argentina’s Inflation Crisis, By Didi Rankovic.
- Fraudsters see potential in generative AI to defraud the gambling industry. Here’s how: Generative AI: Raising the stakes for fraud in online gambling, By Group-IB Fraud Protection.
- Don’t filter to spam the Google cloud subscription renewal emails! They have more tracking, than a hasbara agency, but they also reach your delete account red button. Read about the “one-of-a-kind misconfiguration” outage, with restore time of 2 weeks for 620K financial accounts here: Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’, By Josh Taylor.
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