Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible And Simpler’
Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles.
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Amazon Ends Local Voice Processing, Transitions Fully to Cloud
Amazon announced that it will discontinue the local voice processing feature for its AI assistant Alexa. This change, set to take effect on March 28, means that all voice commands will be processed in the cloud instead of on the device itself. The deci…
Amazon’s Controversial Change to Echo’s Privacy Settings Takes Effect Soon
Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities.
Man found guilty of murdering Amazon driver in Leeds jailed for life
Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was dragged along the streets as he clung to his van to try to stop theft by Mark RossA “career criminal” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years for murdering a “hard-working” Amazon delivery driver who tried…
Tiger Woods biopic in the works with the Obamas set to produce
Star golfer’s life will become an Amazon MGM movie with King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green at the helmTiger Woods is headed to the big screen with Amazon MGM Studios acquiring film rights to Kevin Cook’s book The Tiger Slam: The Inside Story o…
Next James Bond should be British, says former 007 Pierce Brosnan
Leak reportedly confirms next Bond will be a man, as actor says it was ‘right decision’ to pass franchise to AmazonThe next James Bond should be British, Pierce Brosnan has said, as a leaked memo reportedly confirmed the character will remain a man.The…
Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon among tech companies making $27bn from Australians
Greens say Australia should introduce a 3% tax on revenues beyond $20m if a company makes over €750m worldwideGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe top 16 tech companies are collectively making $26.7bn in revenue each year from…
JavaGhost Uses Amazon IAM Permissions to Phish Organizations
Unit 42 uncovers JavaGhost’s evolving AWS attacks. Learn how this threat actor uses phishing, IAM abuse, and advanced…
JavaGhost: Exploiting Amazon IAM Permissions for Phishing Attacks
Unit 42 researchers have observed a threat actor group known as JavaGhost exploiting misconfigurations in Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to conduct sophisticated phishing campaigns. Active for over five years, JavaGhost has pivoted from website…
Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?
Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035Amazon may have captured James Bond, paying billions to get creative control of the super spy, but a clock is now ticking that means 007 – …