Статьи по тегу «internet»

If you haven’t noticed, the internet is frequently on fire. Overseas cyberattacks are hitting public services like healthcare at home. Data breaches are the new school “snow days.” Small towns and local governments are largely unable to fend off ransomware attacks on their own. Nation-state hackers are undermining human rights and the security and privacy […] The Security Stage Debuts at Disrupt 2023 by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Podcast, where we break down the biggest stories in tech with the people who covered them. The internet is always changing, but something about generative AI feels different. With the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the machines are evolving beyond remix and delivery machines to become the content creators themselves. In […] The AI machines are coming for thought work, and other TC news by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple is gearing up to open its first retail store in India to the public later this month, roughly two decades after the company began selling products and services in the South Asian nation that has grown to become the second largest internet market. The iPhone-maker on Wednesday shared the barricade of its first retail […] Apple readies opening of its first retail store in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon is set to shutter Book Depository, an online bookstore and competitor it acquired back in 2011. The news comes hot on the heels of a swathe of cutbacks at the internet giant, with two separate rounds of layoffs impacting at least 27,000 people across various divisions including its highly profitable AWS cloud unit and […] Amazon to shutter Book Depository, a UK-based online bookseller it acquired in 2011, on April 26 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Since there have been webpages on the internet, scrapers have been out there scraping content off those sites for one reason or another. Well, even Microsoft's Bing Chat has to deal with scrapers and yes, those scrapers can even cause sites hosted by Microsoft to slow down.... →

April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it’s not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.” Starting on Saturday, Twitter will begin removing blue checks from “legacy verified” users if they don’t sign up for a Twitter Blue subscription. This is part of new […] Celebrities don’t want to pay Elon for a blue check by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Online businesses are at risk of bad bot activity, certainly more now than they used to be. According to a survey from Imperva, 42.3% of internet traffic in 2021 wasn’t human, but instead bots that ran automated routines with ill intent. Given the damage bots can do — for example, stealing content and inventory, degrading […] DataDome, which uses AI to protect against bot-based attacks, raises $42M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Представители сайта утверждали, что купили их и давали пользователям доступ только на определённый срок, как в библиотеке.... →

Back in 2019, Amazon announced Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses the 900 MHz spectrum to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It does this by creating a mesh network between Amazon’s own Echo and Ring devices and sharing a small part of their owner’s bandwidth. Ideally, this means Sidewalk will be able […] Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-range Sidewalk network to developers by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

YouTube TV announced today that it expanded its partnership with internet service provider Frontier to launch a single billing option, which will allow customers in the U.S. to bundle fiber internet with YouTube TV on one bill. YouTube TV teamed up with Frontier in 2021 to give customers access to fiber internet and a live […] You can now bundle Frontier internet with YouTube TV on the same bill by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the bot’s functionality by granting it access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the worldwide web. Available in alpha to ChatGPT users and developers on the waitlist, OpenAI says that it’ll initially […] OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the internet by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was questioned in a U.S. government hearing on Thursday over the relationship between the fast-growing social media platform and its Chinese parent company, Douyin. In Chew’s pre-written opening statement, the executive cited a report from internet watchdog Citizen Lab, saying that “there was no overt data transmission by TikTok to […] TikTok called out for misusing Citizen Lab research by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

China’s internet industry is undergoing a major mood shift amid economic headwinds, a slowdown after years of frantic growth and heightened regulatory scrutiny. Companies of all sizes are responding to the new normal by cutting costs, such as shrinking their workforce. Throughout the past year, gaming and social networking giant Tencent has cut as many […] Tencent profit grows after a year of aggressive cuts by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Secure web gateways — network security services designed to help organizations enforce IT policies around Internet usage by blocking (or letting through) certain traffic — are one of the most common investments that organizations make in their cybersecurity profiles. But as a product that’s been around for decades, there remains a lot of room for […] Dope Security nabs $16M led by GV to build out secure web gateways designed to work on endpoints, not in the cloud by Ingrid Lunden originally published on Tec... →

Kakao Mobility, the ride-hailing subsidiary of South Korean messaging and internet giant Kakao, has made its first acquisition as it looks to raise its international profile. It has acquired Splyt, a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by […] Kakao Mobility picks up ‘super app’ startup Splyt, once backed by SoftBank and Grab by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

There is some concern and speculation on the internet that Microsoft Bing is feeding in content behind paywall and using such content to provide answers in Bing Chat. I asked Bing Chat if it can give answers based on content behind paywalls and it said no, it cannot.... →

Amazon has announced another substantial round of layoffs in four months, as the internet giant today revealed that a further 9,000 people are set to lose their jobs. In a memo published by CEO Andy Jassy this morning, the company said that the cuts will impact those in its AWS cloud unit, Twitch gaming division, […] Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Five Russia-affiliated internet companies are to be formally delisted from U.S. stock exchanges, a year after trading was halted in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The most prominent of the quintet is Yandex, a 25-year-old tech company often called “The Google of Russia,” owing to its products spanning search, e-commerce, advertising, maps, transportation, […] Yandex and 4 other Russian tech firms to be delisted from Nasdaq and NYSE by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has been working on building a competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit-based satellite internet for years, but it’s on the verge of launching its first actual prototype satellites, and today it unveiled what customers can expect in terms of terminals for actually connecting up to the future network. These are engineering models, […] Amazon reveals terminal designs for Project Kuiper satellite internet by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →

PeopleGrove confirmed Thursday that it’s investigating after a security lapse exposed users’ personal information online. The company, formerly CampusKudos, which provides and hosts a social platform for higher education institutions and alumni networks, left the server hosting an internal database exposed to the internet without a password, allowing anyone to access the data using only […] PeopleGrove security lapse exposed users’ personal information by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →