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Apple’s app tracking policy reportedly cost social media platforms nearly $10 billion

The Verge

Last year, Apple announced the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy that requires apps to ask permission to track users’ data. The policy went into effect in April , barring apps from tracking users if they opt out. Apple’s new policy will force social platforms and other apps to get more creative with their advertising.

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Unity’s Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies

GeekWire

Roughly 70% of all currently and recently developed games used Unity’s tool set, including roughly 80% of mobile games. This included the introduction of a “Runtime Fee,” which would’ve seen developers charged for each end user installation of a product made with Unity that had reached a specific revenue threshold. revenue share. “We

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Microsoft tops list of best-run companies in the U.S. for third straight year

GeekWire

Microsoft has one again topped a list of the best-run companies in the U.S. based software and cloud company was first for the third year in a row on the Management Top 250 list, compiled by Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker Institute. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop). The Redmond, Wash.-based That number was down 6.9

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A CISO POV: Securing AI in your company

CIO Business Intelligence

Here are the key recommendations I provided: AI training implementation: Introduce AI training aligned with company policies and processes to empower employees with the necessary skills and awareness. How much of this usage is part of ‘approved and budgeted’ corporate policy and programs?

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Social media companies are already losing the vaccine misinformation fight

Vox

Social media companies like Facebook and YouTube have ramped up their policies against coronavirus misinformation and banned false claims about Covid-19 vaccines. While platforms tend to tout new policies designed to curb misinformation, they don’t always find and remove all the content that violates their rules.

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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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How Social Media Platforms Are Preparing for the Election, And the Aftermath

Gizmodo

As stores run low on plywood barricades, guns fly off the shelves , and the president plans not to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, social media companies have begrudgingly developed contingency plans for election day and the confusion that’s sure to follow. Belying most of these policies are the likely… Read more.

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