On March 1, the French governmentregulatedthat Internet companies must keep their users’ data for a year, and make them available to the authorities when subpoenaed. These data include anything used to identify a user and allow her to use a web service, i.e., ID, password, name, email addresses, as well as postal address and phone number when available. This applies to video and music sharing sites, as well as e-commerce....
European mobile operator Orange has fueled speculation that Apple’s next-generation smartphone will be called the ‘iPhone 5’ after it made reference to the device in anofficial job listingon its human resources portal. The listing, which has been live since August 11, seeks an analyst intern to work within the company’s mobile multimedia services division to propose, implement and automate monitoring methods on the mobile Internet of its customers. The specification refers to the ‘iPhone 5′ as one terminal the candiate would be expected to determine the impact the “handset would have on clients’ internet use”....
Over 1,000 of Alibaba’s customers have reportedly been defrauded in a major security bypass within the Alibaba organization. According toPaidContent, CEO David Wei and COO Elvis Lee have both resigned, though it has been claimed that neither of them were directly involved with the defrauding, though they are personally taking responsibility for the breakdown in the corporate culture that allowed it to happen. The company is 44% owned by Yahoo, and Yahoo apparently hasno plansof relinquishing that control....
Anytime “Skynet” is trending on social media, and there isn’t a movie about a gubernatorial time-traveling robot being announced, it can only mean one thing: the mainstream saw a robot sneeze or something and everyone’s running around in circles screaming that the sky is falling. Imagine what AI powered machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years. Boston Dynamics machines flawlessly and soulfully dancing in rhythm.pic.twitter.com/1PHmurRo1k — Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar)July 17, 2021...
FollowUpThenis an email reminder service that notifies you when a task is due. To remember things, most of us might be using a task management app. But what if you forget to check the todo app at all (happens all the time)? Setting automated alerts is the right way to go. FollowUpThen is a free service and to set up email reminders, you don’t even have to visit their site at all....
