Day: June 24, 2020

Average Cost of a Data Breach: $116M

Sensitivity of customer information and time-to-detection determine financial blowback of cybersecurity breaches. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Apple’s walled garden just got higher on its iPhones, iPads and Macs – CNET

The tech giant is building long-requested features into iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur that tie the devices together, giving people fewer reasons to try competing options. …read more Source:: CNet


Laws on police facial recognition aren’t tough enough, UK data watchdog barrister tells Court of Appeal

Top judge replies: Don’t understand what you’re on about A top judge told a barrister for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) today that his legal arguments against police facial-recognition technology face “a great difficulty” as he wondered whether they were even relevant to the case.… …read more Source:: Register


Bricklaying robot hits new milestone laying 200 bricks in one hour – CNET

We look into how it works, and compare it to the first bricklaying robot to be made commercially available. …read more Source:: CNet


2021 VW Arteon R and Shooting Brake are too cool for America – Roadshow

The European Arteon lineup gains a performance model, a wagon and a plug-in hybrid. …read more Source:: CNet


TikTok boom: Brits spent a quarter of their waking hours in lockdown online – Ofcom

A quarter? That’s pretty weak Brits are spending more time than ever online, according to comms watchdog Ofcom’s latest Online Nation report, and it’s all thanks – surprise, surprise – to coronavirus. In April, at the height of lockdown, the average person was online for four hours and two minutes each day.… …read more Source::…


Apple’s Major Leap Is Unification and More Lock-In, Not Big New Features

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this week didn’t bring any particularly revolutionary new feature, but it did something perhaps more important for Apple’s long-term strategy. The latest updates will unify the company’s devices and give customers more reasons to stay within its product ecosystem. From a report: From an average user’s standpoint, the updates to iOS…


Minecraft music festival changes name to distance itself from hate group – CNET

Deadmau5, Steve Aoki and Felix da Housecat will headline the Rave Family Block Fest, which was originally known as Electric Blockaloo. …read more Source:: CNet


Twitter makes Election Day a paid holiday for US employees – CNET

The social media giant will also reportedly give time off for elections around the world. …read more Source:: CNet


Hamilton on Disney Plus gets you ‘best seat in the house,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda says – CNET

On Zoom, the composer and actor joins the rest of the original Hamilton cast to talk about what it means that their Broadway hit is about to be available for streaming. …read more Source:: CNet