Writers Guild Settles Strike With Anti-AI Provision The Writers Guild has tentatively agreed to a new contract with Hollywood that has some sort of anti-AI provision as writers don’t want to be replaced by a computer for much less money. The details have not yet been released, but will likely be copied in many contracts […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tech Industry Pain Good for NSA Rob Joyce, NSA’s cyber director, says that they are seeing a boost in recruitment following waves of layoffs in the tech sector. While he is not giving numbers, any help with mid and high level recruiting would be good for the good guys. Remember that due to the clearance […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]SIM cards are those annoying little bits of gold and plastic that your cell phone provider gives you when you buy a new phone. The SIM card gives the phone it’s personality via a serial number on the card. That serial number maps to your phone number. The iPhone 14 is moving from a physical […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple Offers Fixes For Broken iPhone 12s While not exactly a security issue, Apple is offering to fix defective iPhone 12s that were made between October 2020 and April 2021 and which have a defective receiver module component. That is mighty kind of them since every single one of them is still under warranty and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Suit Moves Forward Facebook tried to convince a judge that when users share information privately on Facebook they have no expectation of privacy. The judge didn’t buy it and the suit against Facebook moves forward. Source: Law.com (registration required) Equifax Quietly Added More Hoops for you to get your $0.21 Yes, if everyone […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Web Page Load Times Double Due to Trackers Trackers, those microscopic bits of pixie dust that web pages and advertisers insert into web pages to track our activities, make a significant negative contribution to user experience. Full disclosure – this study was done by Ghostery, who makes software – free software – that blocks these […]
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