The city of San Francisco pulled out all the stops in its efforts to impress Dreamforce attendees and appears to have succeeded. In the lead up to Salesforce’s signature conference, CEO Marc Benioff had warned this year’s event could be the last in the city if homelessness or drug use posed a threat or issue for attendees. […]

Mozilla has issued updates to its Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client that fix a zero-day flaw being actively exploited. Mozilla described the issue, labeled “CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in libwebp,” in an advisory: Opening a malicious WebP image could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process. We are aware of this […]

Apple and Microsoft are arguing that their services should be exempt from the EU’s “gatekeeper clause,” arguing they are not big enough. The EU passed the Digital Markets Act, labeling companies that meet user base and income thresholds as “gatekeepers.” Such companies will be required to allow their services to work with competitors. The bloc […]

TSMC workers are pushing back, saying poor management is to blame for construction delays impacting the Arizona plant. TSMC has been building a fabrication plant in Arizona, but the project is behind schedule. The company’s latest estimates are now targeting 2025 for the plant to begin production, not 2024, as was originally predicted. TSMC management has blamed […]

Amazon has provided some laughs to influencers, offering them an extraordinarily low offer to make videos for the company’s Inspire feed. Social media influencers can and do make significant sums to promote various products and services in sponsored videos. Amazon wanted to tap into that, sending emails to influencers offering to pay them for videos […]

Apple has scored yet another victory in its legal battle with Epic Games, with the US Supreme Court ruling that Apple does not have to make changes to the App Store till the case is decided. Epic Games has largely lost its legal battle against Apple and its App Store business, with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers […]

Oracle has announced its Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) for the DOD, aimed at streamlining secure cloud adoption and compliance. DOD contracts are lucrative but require extra security for the DOD and other government agencies. Oracle is taking a novel approach, providing a framework to dial in the needed security, according to the company’s announcement: The […]

TSMC announced production at its upcoming Arizona plant will be delayed to 2025 as a result of labor shortages. Reports surfaced in early July that TSMC was struggling to complete the Arizona plant on time, even sending in workers from Taiwan to help get the project back on track. According to Nikkei, it appears the issues have led […]

In a rather concerning incident, it appears the Transportation Safety Administration balked at a senator’s attempt to opt out of facial recognition. The TSA has been slowly rolling out facial recognition in airports across the US, using the technology to speed up password and identity verification. The process is supposed to be opt-out, with travelers having the […]

Zoom’s latest feature, Intelligent Director, is an AI-powered tool to improve virtual meetings by making sure everyone is placed optimally. One of the challenges of virtual meetings is ensuring everyone can be seen, especially when traditional conference rooms are paired with videoconferencing. All too often, some of the attendees are hidden behind others, making it […]