Google Discovers Sustained Hacking Of Iphones For Years

During the last two years, there have been sustained attempts to hack iPhones, evidence of which has been found by security researchers at Google. According to Google, websites which would inconspicuously embed malevolent software to access contacts, images and other data were used by the hackers to carry out the attempted hacks. Users had reportedly…

Apple Apologizes For Allowing Third Party To Listen To Siri Recordings

While promising changes in its policies, an apology was tendered by Apple over the issue of allowing third party contractors to listen to the commands that users of its voice assistant Siri gave to it. Following a report in the newspaper The Guardian last month, this practice of Apple, which the company claimed was aimed…

Facebook Given Deadline To Share Data With Researchers By Project Funders: BuzzFeed

A consortium of funders of an academic project have threatened to stop supporting the social media company if it does not provide the data it promised to academic researchers by September 30, according to a report published in BuzzFeed News. According to the report, this warning has been issued by a statement from the Social…

Recession Fears Resurface As German Business Confidence Fall Significantly In August

The Munich-based Ifo institute said on Monday that a more than expected fall in the levels of confidence among German business was recorded during August. The business confidence index of the firm – which is formed on the basis of a survey of 9000 companies, dropped from 95.7 points in July to 94.3 points this…

Data Gathering Methods Of Facebook Restricted By Germany’s Watchdog

The manner in which the tech giant Facebook may profile people has been severely criticized by Germany’s competition authority in what is being viewed by analysts as a clear challenge to the business model of the largest social media platform of the world. Germany’s competition authority has said that the users of Facebook have the…