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Big Tech on The Hill

Yesterday, the CEOs of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple faced congressional scrutiny.  I’ve included a number of links to the coverage in the show notes.…

July 30th Security Roundup

Blocking and tackling news. On events, The Consumer Electronics Show will be online only for 2021.  The show, the worlds largest tech show normally in…

The Cost of a Data Breach

IBM with new research data in their Cost of a Data Breach report. Quick hits: Data breaches usually last 280 days on average The average…

New market data on SMB IT spending

New data from Analysys Mason indicates that the pandemic is showing a drop in SMB’s IT spending – and the biggest hit is software as…

Google’s ad portal had a disturbing bias

The Markup is reporting on Google’s Keyword planner.  The tool, which helps advertisers choose which terms to associate with ads, showed some unsettling results.. The…

TechAisle weighs in on Lenovo

Closing with a follow up.  Last week I reported on the Lenovo Managed Services offerings, and TechAisle has their take on it, which includes a…

More security learnings from the Twitter breach

More details about the security profile of Twitter are emerging Of note, the internal tools that can change user account settings and hand control over…

Work from home is all the rage

The Wall Street Journal has a long piece about the coming “Work from Home Revolution”, and noting it is just getting started, estimating that the…