We don't know what you think, but it seems to us that the last week has been full of interesting technology news. Launches that are just around the corner and things that we all had the feeling, a few years ago, would only be possible in the very distant future.
Let's not waste any more time and get to work. Below is a short preview of the great news we're debating tonight, from 7:00 PM, on Koding Tech Select, where else but on the KodingTech YouTube Channel.
- A Check Point report shows that four out of ten mobile devices are vulnerable to a cyber attack. Some of the discoveries made:
- Increase in ransomware specializing in encrypting data on mobile devices.
- At least 40% of mobile devices on the market are vulnerable 'from the factory'‘
- Using vulnerabilities in MDMs to infect the company.
- 52% of the attacks are Phishing type.
- Travel Pass is an app that, in the absence of a chip in your arm, tells you whether or not you are allowed to travel by plane, whether you are vaccinated or not. And on top of that, the app also allows you to add a digital version of your passport. Super useful, isn't it?
- LG is withdrawing from the smartphone market. In other words, it is missing out on a comeback and, in the absence of interesting companies to buy its division, it is choosing to give up.
- Facebook is accused of discrimination because it allegedly displays employment-related advertisements based on the position being advertised. Quoting from the article where I took it from:
Facebook targeted an Instacart delivery job ad to a female-heavy audience and a Domino's Pizza delivery job ad to a male-heavy viewership. Instacart has mostly female drivers, and Domino's mostly men, the study by University of Southern California researchers said.
Wait, is interest-based targeting discrimination?
- You probably all already know the viral clip of the monkey playing a simple video game, after a brain-chip implant made by his team. Elon Musk of Neuralink.If the first scenario that comes to mind is that we will soon be controlled by this type of chip implanted in the brain, Elon Musk reassures us via Twitter and declares that, in the first phase, this technology will be used for people with locomotor problems, to help them use their smartphone with their minds, faster than someone normally uses it.
- Following the Facebook model, which we discussed in the past, the data over 500 million LinkedIn users are for sale on the internet. Given that the total number of users LinkedIn is approximately 740 million, we believe the number of accounts whose data was stolen is alarmingly high. Among the lost data are: first name, last name, email address and jobs.
- After almost 14 years since its official launch, the application Microsoft OneDrive will also be available in 64bit. This means the ability to access more memory, so larger documents or multiple documents can be operated on at the same time.
Finally, we remind you once again where and what time we'll meet tonight, but also the group you can join, in case you want to stay up to date with everything happening in the world of technology and beyond:
