Enlarge / Cables run into a Cisco data switch. (credit: Getty Images) Cisco is urging customers to protect their devices following the discovery of a critical, actively exploited zero-day vulnerability that’s giving threat actors full administrative control of networks. “Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to create an account on the affected device...
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Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Deal
The megadeal could strengthen Microsoft’s standing in the video game industry, after a year and a half of negotiations with regulators around the world.
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The Upshot of Microsoft’s Activision Deal: Big Tech Can Get Even Bigger
With the completion of the blockbuster acquisition, the notion that tech giants can grow through “vertical transactions” remains intact.
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How Microsoft Turned the Tide in Its Regulatory Fight Over Activision
The company found a way to placate three of the most powerful regulatory bodies in the world, along with a federal judge in San Francisco.
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‘Xbox Wins?’ Gamers Cautiously Celebrate Microsoft Activision Deal
They could save money if Activision’s titles are added to Xbox Game Pass, a monthly subscription service. But some are reserving judgment.
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Experts Worry as Facial Recognition Comes to Airports and Cruises
Facial recognition software is speeding up check-in at airports, cruise ships and theme parks, but experts worry about risks to security and privacy.
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Google will shield AI users from copyright challenges, within limits
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Thursday, Google announced that it plans to defend users of its generative AI systems on Google Cloud and Workspace platforms against intellectual property violation claims, reports Reuters. The move follows similar commitments by Microsoft and Adobe, but Google claims its approach is more comprehensive, covering both the...
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Biggest DDoSes of all time generated by protocol 0-day in HTTP/2
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) In August and September, threat actors unleashed the biggest distributed denial-of-service attacks in Internet history by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in a key technical protocol. Unlike other high-severity zero-days in recent years—Heartbleed or log4j, for example—which caused chaos from a torrent of indiscriminate exploits, the more recent attacks,...
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As Red States Curb Social Media, Did Montana’s TikTok Ban Go Too Far?
Montana is at the forefront of a wave of new tech laws passed by Republican-led states. Some give parents control over their children’s social media accounts.
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New Laws on Kids and Social Media Are Stymied by Industry Lawsuits
Federal judges in three states have blocked children’s privacy and parental oversight laws, saying they very likely violate free speech rights.