Walmart is starting to break out the financials of its advertising sales in greater detail as the demand for retail media has skyrocketed as consumers adopt more digital habits while brands contend with the deprecation of key ad-targeting tactics like cookies. Walmart is the largest retailer in the world and has quickly grown Connect into a formidable offering.
Samsung shipped 100 million phones with "severe" cryptographic flaws, researchers say. The flaws could let attackers steal the devices' hardware cryptographic keys. Samsung has since addressed the security holes in its devices. The company has also addressed the issues in multiple CVEs. The Galaxy S7, S7 Edge and S8 are among the phones affected.
The Metaverse may sound like a single place, but it is actually talking about a number of virtual reality spaces that you would typically experience through a VR headset. The more distributed workforces become, the more companies will need these spaces to collaborate, says Erin McDannald.
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious new AI research project to create translation software that works for “everyone in the world” The company says that although commonly spoken languages like English, Mandarin, and Spanish are well catered to by current translation tools, roughly 20 percent of the world's population do not speak languages covered by these systems.
The European Parliament has moved to ban Bitcoin and other proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies. The proposal is part of a package of new regulations for the EU's markets in the crypto-asset framework. The European Commission will make a final decision on the proposal later this year.
Truth Social is struggling with technical glitches and onboarding new users in the early stages of its rollout, having already booted a few users off of its platform with more lax content moderation policies. Other users are struggling to even access the platform, which now has nearly half a million people on its waitlist.
LinkedIn is launching a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as programs from industry figures. The shows focus on understanding tech, managing mental health and explaining the hiring process. The network ties into LinkedIn's other products, such as newsletters, live events, videos and posts.
Mark Zuckerberg demoed an early version of Meta's voice-controlled builder bot at a virtual event. The bot allows users to create virtual worlds using voice commands. Zuckerberg says the technology will be crucial for the company's vision of a " metaverse" Zuckerberg is trying to shift Facebook from social networking to a virtual world.
Cyber rapid-response team (CRRT) deployed across Europe after call for help from Ukraine. Eight to 12 experts from Lithuania, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Romania, and the Netherlands. Comes after UK and US blamed Russia for cyber-attacks earlier this month that temporarily took Ukrainian banking and government websites offline.
Global Technology Market to Reach $19.9 billion by 2026. The technology is a permanent database that keeps record of every transaction that is executed. In the banking, financial services and insurance sector, growth is expected to benefit from the growing adoption of the technology.
Facebook is launching "Facebook Reels," the Facebook-centric version of the feature that first launched on Instagram last year. The company is also pushing Reels into more parts of its social network as it tries to counter those declines. The new feature will be available as a standalone feature on Facebook in more than 150 countries.
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