Commentary: We’ve let the most powerful corporations draw their own lines on privacy in our homes. They’ve given us a face-scanning patrol bot from hell. …read more Source:: CNet

Instagram and other social media sites are accused of not doing enough to protect the mental health of teens and young adults. …read more Source:: CNet

Across the world, a natural-gas shortage is starting to bite. Prices of power in Germany and France have soared by around 40% in the past two weeks. In many countries, including Britain and Spain, governments are rushing through emergency measures to protect consumers. Economist: Factories are being temporarily switched off, from aluminium smelters in Mexico…

That’s not admitting defeat. It’s preparing for success. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Recently, VMware disclosed that its vCenter Server is affected by an arbitrary file upload vulnerability — CVE-2021-22005 — in the Analytics service. A malicious cyber actor with network access to port 443 can exploit this vulnerability to execute code on vCenter Server. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine

Technology, security, competitiveness also on agenda. *Cough* Privacy Shield *cough* The EU and the United States of America plan to work together to build a common approach to data governance and policies around technology platforms, according to a joint statement.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) sent a letter to Microsoft and LinkedIn leadership on Thursday questioning why LinkedIn censored the profiles of U.S. journalists from the company’s China-based platform this week, according to a letter obtained by Axios. From a report: LinkedIn — which is owned by Microsoft — notified several U.S. journalists this week, including…

Researchers at the Positive Technologies Expert Security Center have identified a new, previously unknown APT group that has systematically attacked mainly Russia’s fuel and energy complex and aviation industry. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine

Royal Free Hospital saga continues as representative action brought A UK law firm is bringing legal action on behalf of patients it says had their confidential medical records obtained by Google and DeepMind Technologies in breach of data protection laws.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

PlayStation Japan accidentally tweeted about this in June. …read more Source:: CNet