The European Commission is calling on EU countries to step up their efforts to combat the illegal broadcasting of sports matches. Media companies and sports associations have been urging to intervene against this practice for some time, costing them billions of euros yearly. It is still often impossible to tackle […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel that can intercept a hash of your password without much complexity. Microsoft has confirmed that a severe vulnerability, CVE-2023-23397, has been found in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) that could allow password hashes to be stolen without user interaction, […]
The German airline Lufthansa is suffering from IT problems that prevent flights from departing. The systems used for check-in and boarding are not working. A spokeswoman said the company is working on a solution. The problems lead to flight delays and cancellations. At Frankfurt Airport, where Lufthansa has its home […]
Ukraine can no longer use the Starlink satellites of SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, for military use. This is reported by the British public broadcaster BBC. Instead, Kyiv would also use the technology to monitor drones. Ukraine received thousands of dishes connected to Starlink satellites in the first weeks of […]
The online payment service puts 2,000 people at the door, or 7 percent of the workforce. PayPal is the latest in the line of tech companies cutting their workforce significantly in anticipation of their quarterly results. According to the company, it wants to focus more on ‘core strategic tasks’. Like […]
Air France and KLM inform customers that their Flying Blue loyalty program has been hacked. In addition, the data of some customers has been leaked. This concerns their name, email address, telephone number, last transactions with the companies, and account information such as the number of air miles. So no […]
Japan and IBM will invest in a factory to produce 2nm chips. The country invests 70 billion yen in factories and other companies such as NEC, Toyota, Sony, NTT, Softbank, Kioxia and MUFG Bank. The announcement comes after an earlier report for a joint technology research program with the US […]
Zoom users can now also receive emails with the video calling service. In addition, Zoom will be expanded with a calendar so users can keep their agenda. With the new functionalities, Zoom wants to compete more firmly with, among others, Teams from Microsoft and Meet from Google. According to a […]
We are increasingly receiving irrelevant text messages on our smartphones. And while sometimes it may just be a mistake, in reality, it’s often smishing. But what exactly is this phenomenon, and how do you avoid falling prey to it? Smishing is a form of deception: a variant of the better-known […]
Microsoft is cutting nearly 1,000 jobs. Reportedly, it mainly concerns staff from the gaming department. While it has not been confirmed whether the layoffs will affect the gaming division solely, employees at Xbox and other Microsoft studios have said they will be fired, the Washington Post reported. News website Axios […]