Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft makes Outlook for Mac free to use, no longer requiring an Office license or a Microsoft 365 subscription — Microsoft is making Outlook for Mac free to use today. … It’s a surprise move that coincides with Microsoft’s push to make its Windows desktop Outlook email client more web-powered. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kris Holt / Engadget: Some Twitter services such as loading images and TweetDeck were down; clicking a link in a tweet gave the error “your current API plan does not include access” — Links and images were completely busted on Twitter for a spell on Monday across the company’s website and mobile apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft rolls out Dynamics 365 Copilot, an AI assistant that uses OpenAI’s tech to draft contextual chat and email answers to customers and more, in preview — Microsoft Corp., having brought artificial intelligence to its battle with Google over search, is now turning to the latest AI technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Associated Press: German police, Europol, the FBI, and Ukrainian police disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid €40M+ from 2019 to 2021 — German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Associated Press: German police, Europol, the FBI, and Ukrainian police disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid €40M+ from 2019 to 2021 — German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: A look at the AI Objectives Institute, founded by late privacy and tech luminary Peter Eckersley, meant to guide AI’s evolution to safeguard humanity’s future — Peter Eckersley did groundbreaking work to encrypt the web. After his sudden death, a new organization he founded is carrying … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: The EU says Meta agreed to improve transparency over WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy changes, letting users reject the changes and saying user data is not shared — Meta Platforms’ (META.O) WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021 … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Keith Zhai / Wall Street Journal: Sources: China plans to create an agency to manage the country’s data stores, shifting from multiple ministries to streamline security and regulatory practices — Beijing’s plan to streamline regulatory structure would bring all data-related issues under a single agency Lees verder op Tech Meme
Laurie Chen / Reuters: At the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Tencent CEO Pony Ma and other executives were absent, as China boosts representation from its tech hardware sector — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) founder Pony Ma and others from China’s crackdown-hit internet sector will be absent … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Associated Press: German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021 — German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme