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US regulators challenge Google’s internet search dominance

09/18/202309/16/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Internet Search - Google Search on Laptop

The American government is looking at the power Google’s core service has online. The US government has launched a legal battle against Google’s internet search dominance and the control it has over the experience the vast majority of users have online. This legal battle is expected to begin at full strength tomorrow in federal court in Washington D.C. The internet search case is expected to be the largest antitrust trial in the United States since Microsoft faced regulators over that company’s dominance over personal computer software. That case occurred about…

Teachers are using artificial intelligence to lighten their massive workload

09/04/202309/01/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Artificial intelligence - Teacher smiling sitting at desk with stack of books

AI has become a new way to create lesson plans and reduce the amount of unpaid overtime worked. Teachers that have been finding their workloads overwhelming throughout the schoolyear are looking to artificial intelligence to an increasing degree. This technology helps them to keep on top of some of their more time-consuming tasks. Teachers are using artificial intelligence to help complete activities ranging from grading, planning lessons for any subject they teach, or even developing behavioral support plans for students requiring this additional attention. By using the technology, teachers are…

Top US energy company customers targeted in QR code phishing scam

08/21/202308/18/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Over 1,000 emails were issued with security-related lures and containing malicious barcodes. Cyberattackers took aim at a major US energy company with emails including a malicious QR code and a massive phishing campaign seeking to obtain the recipient’s Microsoft credentials. The massive and highly misleading campaign was first discovered in May by Cofense. The email scam campaign used image attachments in PNG format as well as redirect links associated with well-known business applications such as Microsoft Bing, Salesforce and CloudFlare’s Web3 services. They included an embedded QR code that functioned…

X logo removed from San Francisco Twitter roof

08/07/202308/03/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The massive, glowing letter is no longer propped on the roof of the company’s headquarters. Following a substantial squabble in San Francisco, the rooftop of the Twitter building no longer glows with the letter X, which represented the new name of Elon Musk’s social media company. The city building department received several complaints shortly after the large X was installed. San Francisco’s city building department received 24 complaints following a weekend during which the large X was glowing from the rooftop of the Twitter headquarters building on Market Street. Neighbors…

Threads users underwhelmed by Follows tab update

07/24/202307/21/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The app’s first update looked like a useful tool but ended up disappointing many of its users. The first significant update to the Threads app is a new Follows tab, which at first looked as though it would be something quite appealing to users but ended up being a letdown to many. The update merely provided users with a filter allowing them to be able to see all their new followers. When users first saw the new Follows tab update, many had assumed that it would provide a much wanted…