Google to build new Silicon Valley technology campus
Google is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley by building a new technology campus, according to a CNC report.
In the past two years, the US technology giant has bought $ 389 million worth of land in North San Jose, California, and turned it into a high-tech R&D facility. Suggestions from Google indicate that it is looking to create a hardware operations center and a publicly accessible technology campus. The proposed technology campus, along with three neighboring industrial establishments, will have five office buildings for 3,500 employees, mainly for the Google hardware business. In addition to office and industrial buildings, the new campus will provide transportation facilities, shuttle bus service for coastal commuters, large parking lots, locks, baths, spare parts, and more.
These plans really make sense, as Google recently announced that it will be splitting up with Qualcomm to develop its own smartphone processor.
Facebook releases Russian anti-vaccine tags
According to Reuters, Facebook has deleted Russian accounts with a marketing company that employs individuals on social media to promote Covide-19 vaccine content.
U.S. social media has acquired a network of Russian-based accounts linked to the influential marketing giant Fazze, blocking it from violating its foreign intervention rules.
They targeted Facebook users mainly in India, Latin America and the United States to share misleading information and complaints, set up fake accounts, and pay influencers. Facebook found that celebrities approached YouTube, Twitter, and Twitter around the world, but the campaign later became influential in France and Germany.
Facebook automatically deleted 65 Facebook profiles and 243 Instagram accounts.
“This campaign came in two different waves, divided by five months of activity. First, in November and December 2020, the Astrazeneka COVID-19 vaccine posted a series of comments and comments stating that the vaccine would turn people into chimpanzees, ”Facebook wrote in the report. “Five months later, in May 2021, the abduction and Astrazeneka document was released,” he said, questioning the safety of the Pfizer vaccine.
Huawei has recorded revenue losses
China’s technology giant Huawei has reported a huge revenue loss by 30 percent in the first half of 2021.
According to the BBC, the company’s revenue has fallen to 320 rubles (35.5 billion pounds). Meanwhile, Huawei’s consumer electronics revenue fell 47 percent.
Huawei’s telecoms sector is another segment of the Huawei business. This may be due to the fact that the telecommunications technology produced by Hawaii is being banned by national security concerns.
But a Huawei spokesman told Reuters that the slow deployment of 5G networks across China had contributed to a reduction in sales in their telecom equipment segments.
Huawei’s declining revenue is largely due to trade restrictions in the United States and a shortage of semiconductors that are currently hampering consumer electronics production around the world.
With Huawei’s department departments declining in earnings over the past few months, the company and its cloud divisions have seen some growth this year.
Twitter announces winner of video-imaging competition
The software used by Twitter to trim user images has been shown to support thinner, younger and lighter faces, according to the watchdog.
Bogdan Cullinich, a graduate from Switzerland, recently won a Twitter competition to identify examples of discrimination in imagery.
Colinich, who received a $ 3,500 cash prize to win the competition, tweeted that his “politeness” algorithm showed images of larger, older, and darker faces with thinner, younger, and lighter faces.
Determined these results after using artificial intelligence software to generate faces of different features and test them via Twitter’s image-crop algorithm.
Twitter presented the first prize to Culinich, and his findings “show how the application of beauty filters plays an internal algorithm.” “This algorithm models show how real-world bias and the community’s aesthetics promise,” the company added.
We must remember that on their Twitter page, “algorithm discrimination” is only part of a larger image. Discrimination in general and in such contests The technology is otherwise harmful, or should not stop the discussion of design, or existing reality.
Vodafone to return European transfer fees to many UK customers
Telecom reports that Vodafone plans to reimburse many of its British customers for European transfer fees.
From January 6, anyone who contracts or changes contracts with Vodafone will have to pay a transfer fee if they travel to Europe. Costs vary by plan, with most Vodafone customers in Europe paying £ 2 a day if they plan to use their texts, calls and internet data.
However, these fees do not apply to every Vodafone UK customer. Subscriptions to the company’s “Unrestricted Data Extra Plan with 4AX Benefits” or “Limited Data Extra Plan with 4XA Benefits” are not subject to active charges in Europe. Vodafone does not impose transfer fees for British customers visiting the Republic of Ireland.
Volvo halted production at Swedish factory due to lack of semiconductor
Volvo cars have stopped production at a factory in Sweden due to a global semiconductor shortage, Reuters reports.
This week, the automaker announced that it would temporarily suspend production at the Gotenburg factory due to a “shortage of materials related to the semiconductor issue”.
However, the company assured stakeholders that “production will resume as soon as possible.” He expects this to happen “at least before next week.”
The global semiconductor shortage caused by supply chain challenges and increased demand for electronics during the cholera epidemic has affected car manufacturers, technology companies and many other businesses.
Security Summary
- According to a new study in Section 42, average redemption payments increased by 82% last year and reached $ 570,000 by 2021, according to IT Pro. In addition, Demand demand is $ 30 million by 2020, compared to $ 15 million by 2019. Meanwhile, the average ransom for Maze’s victims was $ 4.8 million by 2020.
- Apple Corps claims that Apple Corps claims to have “discovered” sexual harassment (CMS) over the phone. The new technology scans photos uploaded to iCloud for possible CSAM cases. But critics of the system believe that dictatorships could use the technology to target political opponents and oppressed groups. More than 5,000 individuals and organizations have criticized Apple’s new CMS identification software and added their signatures to a public letter. The organization said: “In the past, we have faced requests to build and deploy government-mandated changes that degrade users’ privacy and strongly reject these demands. We refuse in the future. ”
- According to ZDNet, cybersecurity researchers from Zimperium have found an Android Trojan that can infect 10,000 people in 144 countries. The malware, called Fletrap, has been active since March through social media hacking, third-party app stores and side-by-side applications. Victims of malware have had their Facebook accounts hacked, allowing cyber criminals to access sensitive information such as Facebook ID, email accounts, location, Internet protocol addresses and more.
- According to IT Pro, five UK-based technology startups will help the National Cyber Security Center cope with the country’s biggest cyber threats. PORGiESOFT, Exalens, Enclave, Meterian and Rebellion Defense will participate in the NCSC Initiative. The initiative, led by Plexal and NCSC, provides professional start-ups, technical and business opportunities for each start-up, and the ability to showcase their products nationally.
- Cybercriminals stole $ 600 million this week from one of the world’s largest cryptocurrencies, from Poly Networks, a cryptographic transfer company. Polish Networks on Tuesday warned of the crime and said it would include police if the money was not returned. However, the hacker behind the abduction said that he had returned only a large amount of the stolen money and had “just joked” about the poly networks.
M&A Summary
According to Tech Crunch, Indian digital solutions company Robosom Technologies is set to purchase a $ 108 million deal with Japanese IT provider Technopro. Robos will continue to work under the current management team.
Cloud-based network company Extreme Networks has announced the acquisition of Infovista’s SD-WAN business, Ipanematech SAS. He said the acquisition of new networks by cloud-based SD-Wan and security products will enable the ExtremeCloud portfolio to grow.
Nextech AR, a Canadian reality and communications company, has secured a $ 3 million acquisition of British 3D mapping company ARWAY. The acquisition of ARWAY, according to Nexus Tech, provides a space map platform for building meters.
US anti-virus software developer Norton Liflock is merging with British cybersecurity company Avast to create a “new, industry-leading consumer cyber security business.” The deal is worth $ 8.1 billion.
Unity, which has created a platform for users to create and operate 3D content in real-time, plans to acquire Parses, a high-end remote desktop and streaming technology company in a $ 320 million transaction.
Samsung has unveiled a five-nanometer smartphone
“I have developed the world’s first five-nanometer processor for smart watches and other wearable devices,” Sangsong told Ingget.
The chip, known as the Exynos W920, has an LTE modem and is built on a five-nanometer ultraviolet (EUV) process.
According to South Korea’s tech giant, the new smartwatch will provide “the powerful but efficient performance required by next-generation devices.”
The Exynos W920, which boasts two Cortex-A55 cores and one ARM Mali-G 68 GPU, offers a 20% increase in CPU performance and a tenfold increase in graphics performance compared to Samsung’s previous flagship chip.
“Choices like smart watches are no longer a good tool,” said Harry Cho, vice president of system LSL marketing at Samsung Electronics. Our lifestyles are now growing to keep you healthy, safe and active.
With the Exynos W920, future wearers will be able to run applications with visually appealing user interfaces and more responsive user experiences to see if they are connected to LTE on the go.