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Quote of the day by Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Our own information is being weaponized against us with military efficiency' — a scathing critique of the modern advertising data pipeline

Tim Cook has long taken a strong stance against the infringement of Apple users' privacy – and the general erosion of privacy. That's been the case whether he's shown support for end-to-end encryption or if he's railed against the monetization of user data.

The rise of data protection

Almost a decade ago, the European Union (EU) introduced the most radical reformations to data protection laws in a generation with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Several months later, the (now outgoing) Apple CEO spoke at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners with a speech that targeted Apple's fellow technology rivals with both barrels.

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How brands can preserve customer ‘digital patience’

As the common phrase goes – ‘patience is a virtue’. The ability to endure, wait and yield to time without complaint is widely seen as a positive personality trait. Yet patience is situational, and everyone has a limit. In a customer service context, people will wait longer when the stakes are

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CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited SharePoint Vulnerabilities

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday urged immediate hardening of Microsoft SharePoint servers in light of recently disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. The freshest of the exploited flaws is CVE-2026-56164, a privilege escalation issue that can be exploited remotely without authentication, and which was resolved with Microsoft’s

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The Risk of Exposed Cloud Functions and How to Harden

Written by: Corné de Jong Introduction Mandiant security assessments frequently identify publicly exposed serverless applications that lack authentication, often as a result of specific business requirements. Serverless deployments typically run custom-developed code that incorporates third-party packages, making them targets for a wide range of application-level attacks, including: * Local and Remote

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OpenAI's First Device Will Reportedly Be a Portable Smart Speaker

OpenAI's entry into the world of consumer devices is expected to begin with the release of a portable smart speaker that lacks a screen, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. The device is being positioned as "a new type of computer for the AI era,"