If you are watching the crypto world, you are probably already aware of what happened. For the rest of you, this will catch you up. Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange that was compromised out of $6 billion. Interestingly, this was Binance’s money and not their customers’ wallets directly. The FBI has attributed this to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Let me give you the answer up front. Maybe, but it is going to be damn tough. Yes, the major players – Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, Twitter – agreed to a totally voluntary set of principles. There are no consequences for bending or even breaking these rules. It is purely a handshake agreement. But here is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For several years the US has been trying to slow down China’s competition with us by banning the export of US technology like high end chips and chip making equipment. It actually had the exact opposite effect. Chinese companies found a gap left by the US bans and used that to develop homegrown solutions. Morgan […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I just saw an item on the news that talked about Waymo starting to run driverless cars in Boulder, Colorado. When the police were asked who was liable if the driverless car got into an accident, the answer was we don’t know and we would ask the Attorney General. Likely, if a driverless car crashes […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Secure Data Act is the next attempt at a federal privacy law that would replace 20 or more state privacy laws. The Electronic Frontier Foundation published a detailed assessment of the bill saying that it is not serious privacy legislation. They say it has too many exemptions, too little enforcement and too much … […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) is responsible for implementing the new law. It is the fallout from the data broker registration law. DROP or Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform is taking the fines to a whole new level. I watched a webinar on this today and the process is complex. If you are doing […]
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