Also #Android & #iOS a new browser app
With the Startpage app, private search meets private browsing. Just like the Startpage search privacy promise you’re familiar with, the app NEVER stores or shares your searches or browsing history. Plus, unlike other big tech companies, we never use your data to train AI models.
https://www.startpage.com/privacy-please/featured-article/the-startpage-app-has-launched
If you have a Pixel 6, 7, or 8 series device, you might start seeing the new Google Weather app as an update in the Play Store.
Google’s Pixel 9 launched with a cool new standalone weather app that can summarize outdoor conditions using AI. As reported by 9to5Google
https://9to5google.com/2024/10/30/pixel-weather-rolling-out/
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Just last week, the CCCS warned that over the last few months a Chinese threat actor has been conducting reconnaissance scans against a range of Canadian networks
The agency didn’t detect compromise but warned the scanning was likely an attempt to discover vulnerabilities
https://therecord.media/canada-20-government-agencies-hacked-china-last-four-years
Chinese state-backed hackers breached 20 Canadian government networks over four years, agency warns
Summarized in its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026, a biennial report intended to warn the public of threats and to guide cybersecurity strategy, the CCCS said Canadian critical infrastructure, industry — including the research and development sector — and government agencies have all been targeted by Chinese actors.
(Pdf report)
The whole second half of this one is one long call but trust us it's worth it. A call in show with tales of hackers getting hacked back, spoofed emails, and operating system vulnerabilities.
Check out this Podcast: Hotline Hacked Vol. 6
Elon Musk-funded super PAC has expanded an advertising campaign in which it is impersonating Democrats and targeting registered Republicans with policies unpopular with conservatives they say Kamala Harris will pass if she wins the election. Plus, Sam takes us inside Northwell Health, New York's largest hospital system, which is pushing AI on its doctors.
Check out this Podcast: An Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Running a Democrat Impersonation Campaign
Under Sea, Under Stone
How The U.S. Claimed Vast New Arctic Territory -- In An Unusual Way
https://www.rferl.org/a/arctic-sea-claims-interactive-map/32793427.html
ICYMI
putin's advances on the Arctic
Ukrainian children as young as 12 are burning cars and other government property to earn some quick money
Russia Recruits Ukrainian Kids To Burn Military Hardware For Cash
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-children-arson-military-vehicles/33158257.html
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that those added to the sanctions list by the State Department build on the “unprecedented measures” already imposed in coordination with U.S. allies and partners.
The United States imposed sanctions on October 30 against almost 400 entities and individuals in more than a dozen countries that Washington says have been supplying Russia with advanced technology used in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2700
More than half of the individuals and entities designated for sanctions in the new round are in India, China, Switzerland, and Turkey, the Treasury Department said.
European ambitions to rein in the US tech giants depend on the outcome of the election—and the fate of antitrust firebrand Lina Khan.
Unlike many other places in the world where US tech reigns, when the European Union makes new rules, these companies pay attention. In the Biden era, the EU found an ally in its ambitions to reign in big tech
Europe’s Big Tech Hawks Brace for a Post-Biden Future
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