In Brief: U.S. House Democrats have proposed $1B for new FTC bureau to improve data security and privacy
The new agency’s mandate would be to address unfair or deceptive data practices and to improve data security and guard against identity theft.
The new agency’s mandate would be to address unfair or deceptive data practices and to improve data security and guard against identity theft.
Mark Zuckerberg had touted a plan to provide researchers data on how people interacted with posts and links on the platform to allow analysis of misinformation on the site. Turns out, Facebook only provided data selectively on half the users that were intended, so researchers had an inaccurate view.
In case you spent the weekend in a cave or otherwise cut off from world news: a US district court judge on Friday ordered Apple to let companies in the App Store accept payments outside of Apple’s in-app purchase system, which charges a 30% commission. The change could cut billions of dollars from Apple profits. The decision is sure to be appealed but it’s still a rare victory for the rebels against Big Tech.
Salesforce’s Dreamforce mega-conference is next week and the company’s publicity elves are already working overtime. In the first of what are sure to be daily announcements this week, the company announced 100+ industry-specific prompts, data models, and AI capabilities across its fifteen industry clouds. It also launched an AI Use Case Library to house its industry-specific AI offerings.