International Safer Internet Day is celebrated every year on the second day of the second week of February, with the aim of promoting and encouraging safer and more responsible use of technology and mobile devices. So how do you protect yourself from the dangers of the internet? For starters, using secure passwords. The Daily Mail writes that new research has shown that most people still hate to come up with more secure passwords, despite the fact that many of them have been victims of hacker attacks. Dojo, a London-based card business, analyzed 100,000 passwords cracked, according to the... … Read More »

Meta is considering withdrawing from the European market if it is no longer able to exchange data from European users with the United States, following the Schrems II ruling. Mark Zuckerberg's company states in a submission to the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it is considering withdrawing from the European market, and everything depends on the Schrems II verdict. In July 2020, the mechanism of transferring personal data of Europeans to America, the so-called "Privacy Shield", was declared non-criminal. The "Privacy Shield", which is in force in Serbia as well, is an... … Read More »

Austrian data protection authorities have banned the use of Google Analytics services on sites in Europe, due to violations of GDPR standards. In December last year, the court ruled as follows: "In the opinion of the data protection authorities, the Google Analytics tool (at least in the version of 14 August 2020) cannot therefore be used in accordance with the requirements of 'Chapter V' of the GDPR ". According to this decision, Google Analytics is not compatible with European Union law. It all started when activist Max Schrems and his group "None of your Business (NOYB)" filed a lawsuit... … Read More »

Catapult IP Innovations bought BlackBerry patents for several hundred million dollars. BlackBerry was at one point one of the most important companies in the phone segment. However, today the company is just a licensed name and a collection of various patents. It was a group of such BlackBerry patents that Catapult IP Innovations bought for $ 600 million. The company raised funds through a $ 450 million loan, with a promise to pay off the remaining $ 150 million in the coming years. It is interesting that Catapult IP Innovations is a completely new company, without any products for sale. It is... … Read More »

Sony is buying Bungie, the company that developed the popular games Destiny and Halo, for $3.6 billion. The news of the acquisition comes shortly after Microsoft announced that it is buying Activision Blizzard for $ 68.7 billion, a company known for a series of hit games such as World of Warcraft and Call of Duty. As Bungie CEO Pete Parsons posted on his blog, Bungie will "continue to independently publish and creatively develop games." "In CEE (Sony's subsidiary dedicated to entertainment and games) we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in everything we are and wants to... … Read More »

AdDuplex has updated its report, which records Windows 11 acceptance statistics. According to the analytical company, Windows 11 is installed on 16.1% of computers, which used Windows 10 or come with pre-installed Windows 11 software. AdDuplex has not released a new report since November last year, when Windows 11 was installed on 8.6 percent of computers. The latest statistics include data from December and January. Although Windows 11 has almost doubled its market share since November, Windows 10 21H2 has more than tripled its share over the same period. The research company points out that... … Read More »