U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams

Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual…

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Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know

Image: crosathorian/Flickr/Creative Commons Last week, Amazon sent an email to select Echo users, warning they must now consent to having their Alexa voice recordings sent to the company’s cloud for…

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Amazon-Anthropic Merger Cleared of Competition Concerns by UK Government

The U.K. government has completed its investigation into the partnership between Amazon and Anthropic and found it does not create a “relevant merger situation” that shields it from competition. Although…

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