Day: August 5, 2019

Choc-blocked: AWS sues sales exec for legging it to Google Cloud. Yup, another bitter battle over non-compete clauses

Amazon demands restraining order preventing bod from jumping ship to Chocolate Factory Amazon is suing a former AWS sales exec in the US after he suddenly jumped ship to rival Google Cloud, contrary to the non-compete clause in his contract.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Turkey Moves To Oversee All Online Content, Raises Concerns Over Censorship

stikves writes: Turkey has granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight over all online content, including streaming platforms like Netflix and online news outlets, in a move that raised concerns over possible censorship. The move was initially approved by Turkey’s parliament in March last year, with support from President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party…


Destructive Malware Attacks Up 200% in 2019

Organizations hit with destructive malware can lose more than 12,000 machines and face $200 million or more in costs, IBM X-Force reports. …read more Source:: DarkReading


NASA pays tribute to Neil Armstrong on his birthday – CNET

The astronaut would have been 89. …read more Source:: CNet


MIT breaks new ground in AI with ‘deep’ knitting, yes, knitting

What’s the point of teaching a computer how to knit? MIT researchers found it goes beyond just some nice gloves and scarves, to a window into deep learning forms of artificial intelligence. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Google Pledges Carbon-Neutral Shipping, Recycled Plastic For All Devices

Alphabet’s Google on Monday announced that it would neutralize carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware by next year and include recycled plastic in each of its products by 2022. From a report: The new commitments step up the competition among tech companies aiming to show consumers and governments that they are curbing the environmental toll…


Googlers hate it! This one weird trick lets websites dodge Chrome 76’s defenses, detect you’re in Incognito mode

Three key words: File, write, benchmark A week ago, Google released Chrome 76, which included a change intended to prevent websites from detecting when browser users have activated Incognito mode.… …read more Source:: Register


Senators demand Google’s 120,000 temp and contractors get full-time status – CNET

Google says it’s not misusing its contractors and temp workers. …read more Source:: CNet


El Paso shooting shines light on 8chan, a racist troll haven – CNET

The shooting is the latest to involve the notorious imageboard. …read more Source:: CNet


E3 Website Leaks Private Addresses for Thousands of Journalists

Personal data of 2,000 journalists was found publicly accessible on a spreadsheet on the website for popular trade show E3. …read more Source:: Threatpost