The FTC is going after Big Tech "mob bosses"

“Where do we see players that are systematically driving these illegal behaviors? The FTC has also taken an interest in the AI market. It recently struck a deal with the Department of Justice to investigate Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia. OpenAI and its biggest investor, Microsoft, are also under the FTC spotlight. Its antitrustinvestigationinto Amazon started in 2019. “And now, it is up front and center. Featured on TechSpot

June 14, 2024 · 1 min · 68 words · Dawn Stone

Wells Fargo fired a dozen employees for simulating "keyboard activity"

Based in San Francisco, the company has garnered attention in recent years due to illegal financial practices. However, its employees appear to be held to much higher standards than (former) management figures. Finra’s disclosure lacks details about the specific circumstances under which these employees were simulating their work. Since 2016, Wells Fargo has paid billions to settle civil and criminal charges brought by affected customers. The former manager responsible for the bank’s retail operations was sentenced to three years of probation....

June 14, 2024 · 1 min · 97 words · Heather Navarro

Disgruntled ex-employee deletes 180 test servers, costing company nearly $680,000

NCSterminatedthe contract of 39-year-old Kandula Nagaraju in October of 2022, reportedly due to subpar job performance. In early 2023, he devised a plan to get revenge on NCS. Nagaraju found delete scripts online and tweaked them to run on NCS test servers. According to NCS, the incident cost the company around $678,000 to straighten out. Fortunately for the business, no sensitive customer or company information was stored on the test servers....

June 13, 2024 · 1 min · 107 words · Sherry Kline

Microsoft's latest security update fixes a nasty remote code execution bug in Windows Wi-Fi driver

Despite its low threat rating, the bug is a concern for public hotspot users. Although exploitation is unlikely, an attack doesn’t require user authorization. A recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for a potentially dangerous Wi-Fi vulnerability. Discovered within the Windows Wi-Fi Driver,CVE-2024-30078allows malicious actors a vector for remote code execution (RCE). Redmond says exploitation is “less likely” because hackers must be within close range to execute the attack....

June 13, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Kyle Farmer

Number Representations in Computer Hardware

We all know that modern computers operate on binary numbers and are extremely efficient at doing so. But this was not always the case. But we are getting a little ahead of ourselves. In this article, we will take a look at how this all came to be. The ability to perform computations on numbers expands their utility beyond just counting things. This was precisely the question Gottfried Leibniz spent his life trying to answer back in the 1600s....

June 13, 2024 · 5 min · 1047 words · Eric Carr

Softbank is developing an AI for phone calls that will make you sound less angry if you yell at customer service

The company plans to release the tool sometime next year. Another way the AI can help employees is by helping them avoid long calls. Some tech giants share his enthusiasm but many other commentators are far more cautious. The EmotionCanceling Engine is set for release within fiscal year 2025, which ends on March 31, 2026. Featured on TechSpot

June 13, 2024 · 1 min · 58 words · Carla Green

Xbox Downloads

Friends and parties follow you with voice and text chat, even if they’re on console or PC. Get notifications for new game invites, messages, and more. Plus, now play games from your console straight to your phone over the internet. The free Xbox app is the best way to stay in the game wherever you like to play. Xbox One or Xbox Series X must be turned on or in Instant-On mode....

June 13, 2024 · 1 min · 180 words · Frederick Cole

Microsoft pauses rollout of Windows 11 24H2 preview build after announcing Recall changes

A Microsoft researcher was asked about the concerns surrounding Recall last week, but they gave anon-answer. The biggest change is that it will be opt-in only. However, we’ve already seen unofficial apps thatenablethe feature on unsupported Arm64 PCs. Featured on TechSpot

June 12, 2024 · 1 min · 41 words · Michelle Ferguson

Nuclear reactor design company TerraPower begins construction of a next-gen power plant in Wyoming

The utility hopes to source some of the greenhouse-free energy required by its customers from the new plant. In Wyoming, TerraPower is building the first reactor based on its innovative “Natrium” design. The Natrium reactor uses molten sodium as an energy storage system instead of water. However, the risk is currently considered small because low-enriched uranium is still rare. Gates said he was proud to have helped develop the “most advanced nuclear project” in the world....

June 12, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words · Juan Smith

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June 12, 2024 · 1 min · 35 words · Thomas Kennedy

Valve faces $843 million lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging 14 million gamers

The company is accused of breaching UK competition law for at least six years, writes theBBC. The suit aims to stop Valve’s conduct and help people reclaim “what they are owed.” “UK gamers spend billions every year and Valve has a stranglehold on the PC gaming market. It says around nine million people have been affected. Like Valve, Sony takes a 30% commission from sales. In November, a UK tribunal blocked Sony’s attempt to dismiss the suit....

June 12, 2024 · 1 min · 112 words · Sarah Jones

Adobe clarifies vague 'terms of use' changes in wake of user backlash

Hetweetedthat Adobe’s summary of changes was poorly worded and needed further clarification. As for thespecificsof the changes, Adobe says the new terms primarily involve content moderation. “Nor were we considering any of those practices as part of the recent Terms of Use update. ItprotectsAdobe from malicious users attempting to file arbitrary copyright lawsuits. Adobe insists that users own all the content that they create using its software and online services....

June 11, 2024 · 1 min · 92 words · Chris Bradley

Capcom is bringing Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and the RE 2 remake to Apple platforms

The title arrived in early 2017 and revitalized the franchise by taking it back to its survival horror roots. It was the first mainline game in the series to use a first-person perspective and to adopt virtual reality. Biohazard was generally well received, earning a score of 86 out of 100 onMetacritic. It is available to “pre-order” now and is listed as a freebie with in-app purchases. Just today, Capcom announced that Village has surpassed 10 million units sold....

June 11, 2024 · 1 min · 82 words · Jerome Acosta