Techstrong News Recap – Janauary 10, 2023

Hi again, everyone here the headlines from January 10th. First up Twitter revealed that data leak that included personal emails connected to over 235 million Twitter accounts. Additionally, the leaks could have potentially revealed the identities of millions of anonymous Twitter users who may have used the site to speak out against the progressive governments.

This news of the data leak could cause problems for Twitter with the Federal Trade Commission as a company agreed to a consent agreement back in 2011 requiring it to address significant data security issues, and it was only May of last year when Twitter was fine 150 million for violating the consent order. It was required to implement and improved privacy Protection Program. Next Samsung Electronics have announced that its quarterly profits have fallen by two thirds to an eight year low Additionally the company's profits are expected to continue to shrink in the current quarter as demand for electronic devices also remains low.

The drop-in demand for the company's memory products was greater than anticipated as customers sought to reduce their purchases in an effort to cut costs. Samsung's mobile business also experienced the decrease in profits due to the ongoing economic issues. Zooming out Samsung is always been a good indicator of consumer demand.

So this sets a bad outlook for other Tech firms this quarter. In other news the largest school district in the US the New York City school district has decided to restrict access to chat GTP website on school devices and networks due to concerns about the negative impact on student learning. While chat GDP is only been available for several weeks is already raised concerns about the future of AI and education and other Industries.

Many school districts are still trying to figure out how to set policies on its use with some of the opponents of chat GTP arguing that the tool does not encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills, which are quite important for academic and lifelong success. With this all being said students can still access chat GDP from their personal phones and computers, but there are steps being taken to detect misuse. Next up the instant messaging service.

What's app is enabling users to connect via proxy servers in order to stay online in the event of an Internet shutdown or disruption. This move which aims to prevent repeat occurrences of blackouts is intended to allow people to communicate and retain a connection to the internet. What's up, which is owned by meta has reassured users that connecting the epoxy will not compromise the privacy or security of their personal messages.

It will be protected by end-to-end encryption. In addition to this announcement meta is also encouraged its Global Community to volunteer proxies and will offer guidance on setting them up. A digital cxo we've an article looking at the Enterprise Tech trends that shape 2022.

Going into 2022 csos wanted to focus on the new post covid-19 normal with digital transformation and improving cybersecurity posture. But the year had many twists and turns that impacted these goals. Regardless Enterprise move forward and this article shows some of the top trends of the year that they chose to do.

So. com On container Journal we have an article looking at how vertana is expanding its kubernetes cluster to include infrastructure Performance Management and monitored and capabilities via an AI platform. Vertana is stated that the goal is of this is to resolve issues faster de-risk optimization risks and reduce the cloud costs on a single platform.

com. Finally on Security Boulevard. We have an article looking at a survey showing that security teams are failing to address Open Source vulnerabilities.

The survey which was conducted by men found that the number of open sourceful vulnerabilities is outpacing the growth of Open Source software. The article looks at some of the usual subspects as to why this is the case, but also gives some best app SEC practices. To learn more go to Security Boulevard calm.

And that's today's text wrong news recap.