This week in the Weekly News Roundup, we look at accountants giving your data to big tech companies, Malware is being embedded in PWAs, and authors take up the fight against AI. Also, Tutanota is working on post-quantum encryption, and more.

The Articles

Privacy
https://www.engadget.com/new-privacy-deal-allows-us-tech-giants-to-continue-storing-european-user-data-on-american-servers-214347975.html

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/20/1076539/face-recognition-massachusetts-test-police/

https://www.engadget.com/massachusetts-weighs-outright-ban-on-selling-user-location-data-191637974.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/11/threads-app-privacy-user-data-meta-policy

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-block-shared-consumer-data-with-meta-elizabeth-warren/

Security
https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/cybercriminals-exploiting-woocommerce.html

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/07/docker-hub-images-found-to-expose-secrets-and-private-keys

https://www.techradar.com/pro/android-users-are-being-tricked-into-installing-malicious-browser-apps-heres-how-to-stay-safe

AI Overlords
https://securityaffairs.com/148504/cyber-crime/wormgpt-bec-attacks.html

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/18/1076479/metas-latest-ai-model-is-free-for-all/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/google-demos-unsettling-tool-to-help-journalists-write-the-news/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/thousands-of-authors-sign-letter-urging-ai-makers-to-stop-stealing-books/

Business
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/11/microsoft-victorious-over-ftc-lawsuit-to-block-activision-blizzard-buy

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/netflix-kills-basic-plan-making-its-cheapest-ad-free-tier-15-49/

https://news.itsfoss.com/tutanota-post-quantum-secure-cloud/

Silly
https://news.sky.com/story/hong-kongers-urged-to-stare-at-smokers-in-a-disapproving-way-to-help-create-a-tobacco-free-city-12921254

https://www.engadget.com/an-email-typo-has-reportedly-sent-millions-of-us-military-messages-to-mali-193515052.html

https://notthebee.com/article/nobody-wants-to-use-threads-so-zuck-the-genius-had-the-bright-idea-to-implement-a-strict-rate-limit-on-activity/

https://venturebeat.com/games/the-simulation-unveils-showrunner-ai-to-create-south-park-like-tv-shows-with-you-as-the-star/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/to-defeat-hackers-google-wants-employees-to-work-without-internet-access/