| | Tech News Flash April 20, 2021 | | DuckDuckGo Unwraps Google FLoC Blocker | | DuckDuckGo has announced an add-on to the Chrome browser that blocks Google's new scheme to provide marketers with information for targeting advertising at Internet users. The scheme called FLoC -- Federated Learning of Cohorts -- is being tested in Chrome, in some cases without the knowledge of the browser's users. | | SPONSORED Investors have $20 billion to acquire businesses. Is yours one of them? | | Our Technology M&A: 2021 Outlook gives owners, founders and entrepreneurs insight into why e-commerce is dominating technology acquisitions, what this means for multiples, when investors are looking to allocate capital and more. | | Nvidia and the End of Movies as We Know Them | | GTC21, this year's Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, was terrific as always. The alleged focus was on AI and autonomous cars. But, as I watched presentation after presentation from folks out of the entertainment industry, I realized that if you started putting some of these various elements together, they effectively predicted the end of movies as stand-alone, costly entertainment. | | How Fixable Is the Unsafe Internet? | | A recent study from Consumer Reports' Digital Lab reveals that 96 percent of Americans agree that more should be done to protect consumer privacy. But don't expect to see a whole new alternative Internet emerging any year soon. Instead, you will see a focus on software offerings built around privacy and security rather than hardware. | | Intrigue Funded to Develop New Attack Surface Management Platform | | Startup information security firm Intrigue has announced a seed round led by LiveOak Venture Partners for a new attack service management platform that helps secure enterprise networks. The Intrigue tools scan all public, exposed attack surfaces inside and outside a company. The seed funding will also support the security and developer communities contributing to Intrigue Core. | | Consumer Password Hassles Linked to Lost Revenue | | Lost customers and revenues are caused by password sharing and friction created at websites by onerous authentication procedures, according to the report by Transmit Security derived from a survey of 600 U.S-based consumers 18 to 54 years old. | | TRENDING ON TECHNEWSWORLD | | Fortune 500s Hit by MS Exchange Breach Maybe Still Unaware Intrigue's network monitoring discovered 120 exposures among the Fortune 500 companies. A total of 62 individual organizations were affected, and 23 organizations had multiple independent systems exposed. Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | Fraud Awareness Kit Informs Businesses: It's Tax Scam Season Businesses fearful their workers may be targeted by fraudsters will want to take a look at the free Tax Scam Awareness Kit offered by Proofpoint. The kit, for both Windows and macOS, includes materials for an employee education campaign about tax ... Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | Global Ecommerce Solutions | Digital Commerce Solutions At Digital River we believe in using our global expertise to fuel and optimize commerce, open doors to new markets and facilitate payments around the world. Build an ecommerce solution customized for your business. Read more www.digitalriver.com | | | | | | Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Pursue lucrative and in-demand roles with Utica College's 100% online cybersecurity degree. You’ll choose from four specializations to tailor your degree to your career goals. Read more programs.online.utica.edu | | | | | | Contact Center AI Explained by Pop Culture | eBook What if learning Contact Center AI were as engaging as “Blade Runner”? If understanding how it works could be less painless than how it's portrayed in “2001: A Space Odyssey”? Read more get.niceincontact.com | | | | | | Get the day's top e-business and technology news from ECT News Network delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today. | | We welcome your feedback. To share your thoughts or ideas, please use our online form. | | This newsletter was sent in response to your request on an ECT News Network website. To update your settings, or to receive other newsletters from ECT News Network: Manage My Subscriptions. | | To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department (818) 461-9700 or follow these links:
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