November 2022

Automating the income gap

November 24, 2022

This is going to be another one of those “let’s ask ourselves some difficult questions” newsletter introductions, so if you’re in the U.S., I certainly won’t blame you for not giving Actuator your full attention until after the holiday. I generally approach these conversations through the same basic lens: a majority of technologies are neither […]

Automating the income gap by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

India’s AIIMS hit by outages after cyberattack

November 24, 2022

India’s leading public medical institute, All India Institute of Medical Services, or AIIMS, is experiencing outages following a cyberattack. The outages are affecting hundreds of patients and doctors accessing primary healthcare services, including patient admission, discharge and billing systems. Established in 1956, AIIMS holds thousands of medical undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is also one […]

India’s AIIMS hit by outages after cyberattack by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’ based on job listings

November 24, 2022

Netflix has put up more than a dozen job listings on its website for Netflix Games Studio’s Los Angeles office, as spotted by Mobilegamer.biz. These listings give us a few hints about the company’s plans for the new studio. In particular, Netflix is hiring a game director to work on “a brand-new AAA PC game”. […]

Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’ based on job listings by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Surveillance powers in UK’s Online Safety Bill are risk to E2EE, warns legal expert

November 24, 2022

Independent legal analysis of a controversial UK government proposal to regulate online speech under a safety-focused framework — aka the Online Safety Bill — says the draft bill contains some of the broadest mass surveillance powers over citizens every proposed in a Western democracy which it also warns pose a risk to the integrity of […]

Surveillance powers in UK’s Online Safety Bill are risk to E2EE, warns legal expert by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: climate responsibility, and AI training data shortages

November 24, 2022
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US and China are pointing fingers at each other over climate change The UN climate conference wrapped up over the weekend after marathon negotiations that ran way over. The most notable outcome was the…

US authorities seize iSpoof, a call spoofing site that stole millions

November 24, 2022

An international police operation has dismantled an online spoofing service that allowed cybercriminals to impersonate trusted corporations to steal more than $120 million from victims. iSpoof, which now displays a message stating that it has been seized by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, offered “spoofing” services that enabled paying users to mask their […]

US authorities seize iSpoof, a call spoofing site that stole millions by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

LinkedIn’s rolling out a new feature that lets you schedule posts for later

November 24, 2022

LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature that allows users to schedule posts to send at a later time. The Microsoft-owned social network has seemingly been testing the new feature for several months already, according to at least one online report dating back to August, but it seems that it’s now ramping up the rollout, according […]

LinkedIn’s rolling out a new feature that lets you schedule posts for later by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch