Over 100,000 former and current Optus customers affected by a massive data breach in 2022 have taken court action against the Australian telco giant. On April 21, law firm Slater and Gordon announced that it had launched a class action lawsuit on behalf of Optus customers whose personal information was compromised when a group of…
Meta Lays Off Tech Teams, Battering Employee Morale
Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday carried out another round of job cuts, this time hitting engineers and adjacent tech teams, as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg further moved to streamline the business in a bid to make 2023 a “year of efficiency.” Meta in March became the first Big Tech company to announce a second round…
IN-DEPTH: Insiders Say AI Could Have Greater Impact on Supply Chain Than the Internet
As the debate continues over artificial intelligence’s role in the digital world, the supply chain management industry is wasting no time jumping on board. For those in the business, AI integration can’t happen soon enough. Some U.S.–based supply chain management experts say AI will have an even more “profound” impact on the industry than the…
AI: Security Minister Tom Tugendhat Says ‘Genie Won’t Go Back in the Bottle’
Security Minister Tom Tugendhat has said it is too late to suspend or halt the development of artificial intelligence (AI) because of fears about how it will be used. Italy last month said it would temporarily block the AI software ChatGPT because of unlawful data collection and problems in its age verification system. But Tugendhat,…
Google Spreads Its Wing Drone Deliveries in Australia
Sushi will take to the skies over another 12 Queensland suburbs after Google’s drone division revealed plans to expand airborne deliveries in Australia. Wing, which operates drones in Canberra and Logan City in Brisbane’s south, will offer flying deliveries to residents in Ipswich for the first time on Thursday after establishing a launch pad at…
Ban on TikTok Faces Hurdle as Top Officials Still on Platform: Cybersecurity Expert
April 19, 2023
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The ban on the Chinese video sharing app Tiktok might face hurdles as top officials are on the platform, says cybersecurity expert Rex Lee. The Chinese app has been in the headlines recently, especially after the testimony from Singapore-based TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in late…
AI Will Eventually Be ‘As Good a Tutor as Any Human’: Bill Gates
Artificial intelligence (AI) may not be advanced enough to replace teachers now, but according to Bill Gates, that time is not far off. “The AIs will get to that ability to be as good a tutor as any human ever could,” the Microsoft co-founder said at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego on April 18….
American Facebook Users Can Now Apply for Their Share of a $725 Million Facebook Settlement: Here’s How
Facebook users have until August 2023 to claim part of a $725 million class-action settlement of a lawsuit that claimed the company’s parent Meta violated their privacy, according to a new website that went online this week. “If you were a Facebook user in the United States between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022,…
Encrypted Message Platforms Threaten to Pull Services From UK Over Online Safety Bill
April 18, 2023
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Seven of the world’s leading messaging apps have written a scathing open letter to the UK government over its proposed Online Safety Bill. Bosses from firms including Signal and WhatsApp say the bill would lead to the mass surveillance of personal communications in what would become the “British internet.” Urging ministers to “urgently rethink” the…
Maryland Schools Latest to Join Lawsuit Against Social Media Giants for Mental Health Harm
Several Maryland school districts, including Cecil, Carroll, and Montgomery County Public Schools, recently joined the growing number of U.S. school districts taking social media companies like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, to court, alleging the companies are designed to encourage youth addiction and are fueling a mental health crisis among young people. “What we’ve…
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