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Smartphone Giant Fingers Regulation Meant to Restrain Big TechApple said it will delay the rollout of artificial intelligence-powered features on smartphones in Europe in a Friday statement citing European law meant to rein in the power of large tech companies. The smartphone giant said continental customers won't have access this year to Apple Intelligence.
A previously undocumented Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed SneakyChef has been linked to an espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) with SugarGh0st malware since at least August 2023
Council of the European Union Cancels VoteA proposal requiring online chat providers to scan images and links for child pornography failed to garner majority support Thursday from European Union trading bloc governments. The bill would require chat app users to consent to having images and URLs scanned for child sexual abuse material.
Midnight Blizzard Compromised Government Staff Emails for the Attack, French ANSSI SaidA Russian foreign intelligence hacking group attempted to target the French Foreign Ministry using compromised emails of government staffers, the French cyber agency said. It said the group poses a "national security concern" to French and European diplomatic interests.
A controversial proposal put forth by the European Union to scan users' private messages for detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) poses severe risks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), warned Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the privacy-focused messaging service of the same name
Meta has delayed plans to train its LLMs using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram following a request by Ireland’s data protection regulator