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Hotel search experiment
Google is at loggerheads with the EU Commission over how to adapt its services to the EU’s Digital Market Act (DMA). A hotel search experiment has now been terminated prematurely.
Administrators arrested
There are special platforms on the internet that enable DDoS attacks. Several such “stresser services” have now been identified and shut down. Arrests have also been made.
Financing espionage?
British investigators are taking action against a suspected Russian money laundering network that is said to have handled billions.
Administrator arrested
“Crimenetwork” is the largest German-language online marketplace for illegal goods and services. One of the alleged technical heads of the platform is now in custody.
Playing with fire
While European companies operate under strict data protection guidelines such as GDPR, and soon NIS 2, a recent analysis reveals serious security gaps in the handling of access data. The Business Digital Index reveals worrying cybersecurity practices.
Data management
Cloud provider Snowflake is expanding its portfolio in the area of data management. As the company announced at the same time as publishing its quarterly figures, it is acquiring data pipeline management specialist Datavolo.
Competition case
According to a media report, the US government is seeking a court order to force Google to abandon Chrome, the world’s most widely used web browser.
International recruiting
With G-P Gia, G-P is launching a ground-breaking AI advisor that provides HR managers worldwide with context-specific HR and legal advice. The platform is designed to reduce compliance time and costs by up to 95%.
Desktop virtualization solutions
VMware owner Broadcom has surprisingly announced that it will offer the desktop virtualization solutions VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion free of charge with immediate effect. The release now applies not only to private use, but also to commercial and educational use.
3 phases
Google Cloud will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users from January 2025. This measure will initially affect the 30 percent of customers who currently only authenticate themselves with a password.
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7. May 2026