Thought LeadershipKiss cam scandal: Head of HR at Astronomer also leaves
After the Kiss cam debacle at a Coldplay concert, the two managers of a software company who were caught have now had to give up their jobs.
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Mediamarkt parent company expects takeover bid from JD.com
Media reports have been circulating for some time that the Chinese group JD.com could take over Mediamarkt's parent company Ceconomy. Now things are becoming more concrete.
CISPE files suit against Broadcom’s VMware acquisition
The industry association Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has filed a formal action for annulment with the European Court of Justice against the approval of the VMware takeover by Broadcom.
Massive Starlink outage: users worldwide affected by disruption
Users of the Starlink satellite internet service reported massive connection problems on Thursday evening shortly before 3 PM EST. At that time, more than 7,000 reports had already been received on the Downdetector outage website. After more than two hours, the network was working again. What was the cause?
Vibe coding provider Replit apologizes after deletion fiasco
A twelve-day experiment with AI-based software development ended in disaster: Replit's Vibe coding agent deleted a production database on his own authority and then tried to cover up the incident. The CEO of the service provider has now apologized.
Great Britain wants to ban ransomware payments
The British government has fleshed out its anti-ransomware strategy. On Tuesday, the Home Office published plans for three key measures: a payment ban for public institutions and critical infrastructure, mandatory reporting before ransom payments are made and a general obligation to report ransomware attacks.
This is how many prompts users enter in ChatGPT every day
Users bombard ChatGPT with an enormous flood of requests every day. Developer OpenAI now reveals impressive usage figures.
Darktrace takes over network specialist Mira Security
The security platform of the British cybersecurity provider Darktrace is growing: the company has acquired the American network traffic analyst Mira Security. Darktrace wants to use this to better analyze encrypted data streams in particular.
Weak password destroys 158-year-old company
A single password that was too weak was enough to destroy the KNP transport company and put 700 people out of work. To this day, the employee concerned does not know that his compromised password led to the destruction of the company - out of consideration.
Meta does not sign EU AI Code of Conduct
The social media company criticizes the voluntary rules as misguided and fears legal uncertainties for developers of AI models.