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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Apple-UK Encryption Saga Continues: British Officials’ Clarification & US Officials’ Warning

Image: garloon/Envato Images Senior officials from the U.K. have privately met with their U.S. counterparts to clarify that their request for access to encrypted data in Apple’s iCloud is not…

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UK Government Reportedly Demands Access to Encrypted iCloud Files Worldwide

The U.K.’s office of the Home Secretary has allegedly asked Apple to provide a backdoor into any material any user has uploaded to iCloud worldwide, The Washington Post reported on…

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Top 8 Software Development Technologies to Consider in 2025

Software development is a dynamic field where programming languages, frameworks, and technologies may live and die within a few years, and job market needs constantly change. However, developers remain among…

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Employee Data Access Behaviors Putting Australian Employers At Risk

More than 60% of Australian employees admit to bypassing their employer’s cybersecurity policies for convenience, according to identity security vendor CyberArk. Many also access workplace applications with non-secure personal devices.…

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ANZ CIO Challenges: AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics for 2025

CIOs across Australia and New Zealand’s public sector face a “hard 12 months” managing their technology estates amid cost constraints, according to a leading regional Gartner analyst. However, there is…

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