Apple fined by French regulator over App Tracking Transparency

Close-up photo of the App Store on an iPhone illustrating that Apple has been hit with a €150 million fine by France's competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, for its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system implementation on iOS and iPad OS devices that excessively complicates the user experience within the environment for third-party applications.

Apple has been hit with a €150 million fine by France's competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, for its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system implementation.

While a smaller fine than expected, the regulator’s decision follows an in-depth investigation into the merits of the case, even after the authority had previously rejected a request for interim measures.

While the French regulator acknowledged that the objective of the ATT system – enhancing...

31 March 2025 | Developer

Solving the data crisis in generative AI: Tackling the LLM brain drain

Photo of a person standing on a drain illustrating an article on tackling the generative AI data crisis, or the LLM brain drain, using KaaS.

Today’s generative AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs), rely on training data of an almost unimaginable scale and terabytes of text sourced from the vast expanse of the internet. While the internet has long been viewed as an infinite resource with billions of users contributing new content daily, researchers are beginning to scrutinise the impact of relentless data consumption on the broader information ecosystem.

A critical challenge is emerging. As AI models...

18 February 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft plans to prevent another CrowdStrike-like system outage

Microsoft plans to prevent another CrowdStrike-like security breakdown

Microsoft is launching a new Windows Resiliency Initiative to tighten security, enhance reliability, and protect system integrity.

The intention is to prevent issues like the CrowdStrike incident from happening again, while giving users more flexibility without requiring admin privileges. The initiative also includes tighter controls for risky applications and drivers, as well as improved personal data security measures.

At the heart of the effort are updates that make...

21 November 2024 | Artificial Intelligence

DataBreach.com takes on HaveIBeenPwned in data protection

DataBreach.com takes on HaveIBeenPwned in data protection

Data breaches have become a regular occurrence, putting millions of individuals at risk of having their personal details exposed.

From email addresses and passwords to more sensitive information, breach incidents remind us just how vulnerable our data can be. While predicting when a breach will happen is impossible, taking steps to protect yourself is in easy reach. So, how do you know if your information has been compromised, and what can you do to mitigate potential...

13 November 2024 | Databases

EMERALDWHALE exploits vulnerable Git configuration files

A whale made of emerald illustrating the discovery of the EMERALDWHALE campaign by cyber security researchers that exploits Git configuration files and has leaked over 15,000 credentials.

Sysdig’s Threat Research Team (TRT) has uncovered a global operation known as EMERALDWHALE, which has stolen over 15,000 cloud service credentials by exploiting exposed Git configuration files.

EMERALDWHALE utilised multiple private tools to exploit several misconfigured web services, resulting in the theft of credentials from more than 10,000 private repositories.

Though the operation's primary targets appeared to be cloud service and email providers, the ultimate aim...

1 November 2024 | Developer

GitHub begins offering data residency to EU developers

GitHub Octocat reading a newspaper after news that the company will offer data residency, starting with EU developers.

GitHub has announced that it will introduce data residency capabilities, beginning with EU developers on 29 October 2024. The new data residency feature for Enterprise Cloud will allow organisations to store their GitHub code and repository data in their preferred geographical region.

"We've heard for years from enterprises that being able to control where their data resides is critical for them," explained Jim Wang, VP of Engineering at GitHub. “With data residency,...

25 September 2024 | Cloud

New OutSystems data fabric unifies data across the enterprise  

OutSystems, a specialist in high-performance application development, has unveiled what it describes as one of the most significant updates to OutSystems Developer Cloud since its initial release.

With the launch of OutSystems Data Fabric, organisations can lay the groundwork to build dynamic applications, harness data across the enterprise, and increase developer productivity. 

In an era where outdated data can cost businesses more than $15 million annually (per...

25 March 2024 | Analytics

Infrastructure automation: The full data journey from ingestion to insights

Remember when cloud was acclaimed as the simple solution to disentangling legacy IT infrastructure? Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), at last count, now has more than 225 products from which to choose, from the classic compute, database and storage; to containers and application integration; to IoT, machine learning and blockchain. Want any help? You can thumb through the Well-Architected Framework, but it might take a while. In spite of various...

25 October 2022 | Approaches

InAppBrowser tool reveals hidden JavaScript injections

A tool created by developer Felix Krause reveals hidden JavaScript injections through in-app browsers.

In-app browsers offer a convenient way for developers to let users browse specific websites without leaving their apps. However, they can be used to invade users’ privacy.

A JavaScript injection can be used via an in-app browser to collect data about users including their taps on a webpage, keyboard inputs, and more.

Armed with this data, a “digital...

19 August 2022 | Hacking & Security

Google’s new Play Store section forces developers to explain their data collection

Google is rolling out a new section in Play Store listings that forces developers to explain what data they’re collecting and how it’s being used.

The new section is titled ‘Data safety’ and will appear alongside the usual sections like ‘About this app’ and ‘Ratings and reviews’:

Apple released a similar feature as part of numerous privacy-enhancing features in last year’s iOS 14. Google showed off its version last year but is only beginning to roll...

27 April 2022 | Android