September 17th, 2021 | General | No Comments Yet
Your AI Voice
This week in the Privacy News, Ireland falls behind the EU on GDPR violations, Amazon One palm scanning extends to venues, and Biden picks a privacy “champion” for the FTC. Also, meet your AI voice deepfake. The new emerging technology will allow you to create your own AI voice…or maybe you could create an AI of someone elses voice. We also look at security news.
Mozilla vs Microsoft: The Battle of the Default Browser
This week in Business News, the Sacklers may not get immunity after all, Google underpays contract workers, and Apple must allow other payment methods. Also, Facebook has a VIP database and Mozilla creates a workaround to easily add Firefox as the default browser in Windows 10. We finish with some silly news.
Privacy
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/ireland-fails-to-enforce-eu-law-against-big-tech/
https://www.techspot.com/news/91244-amazon-one-palm-scanning-technology-now-used-admission.html
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/bidens-ftc-pick-is-a-privacy-champion-who-wants-limits-on-facial-recognition/
https://www.theverge.com/22672123/ai-voice-clone-synthesis-deepfake-applications-vergecast
Security
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/apple-fixes-imessage-zero-day-exploited-by-pegasus-spyware/
https://www.ign.com/articles/little-big-planet-1-2-3-ps3-vita-online-servers-shutting-down
https://www.techspot.com/news/91225-unsecured-database-exposed-over-60-million-fitness-wearable.html
https://www.vox.com/recode/22623871/walgreens-covid-test-site-data-vulnerability
Business
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1037806819/opioids-purdue-pharma-sackler-settlement-bankruptcy-deal
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/10/google-underpaid-workers-illegal-pay-disparity-documents
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/injunction-apple-must-open-up-app-store-payments-in-90-days/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/leaked-documents-reveal-the-special-rules-facebook-uses-for-5-8m-vips/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/13/22671182/mozilla-default-browser-windows-protections-firefox
Silly
https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/guinness-record-holder-ate-mcdonalds-big-macs-every-day-for-50-years/
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/09/16/substation-snake-Duke-Energy-Denton-North-Carolina/5881631810630/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cow-mcdonalds-drive-thru_n_61296373e4b06e5d80cd6449
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/couple-converted-hearse-road-trip