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Australian Cyber Crime Reporting Resource

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

The Australian Cybersecurity Centre, ACSC, is urging all Australians to report cyber crimes using their easy online service. The reporting can be done anonymously and reports by individuals will be referred directly to the relevant state or territory law enforcement agency.

Casualties of ChatGPT

🇺🇸 Hillary Coover, Washington, DC ↗

ChatGPT and other cutting-edge AI chatbots are revolutionizing industries with the potential to replace human jobs from customer service representatives to screenwriters. However, behind the scenes, the technology relies on a disturbing form of human labor. 

Coast to Coast - The Rise of State Data Privacy Laws in 2023

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

2023 has been the year for state privacy laws to take off. While California has long been at the forefront of the privacy conversation, this year, several other states are joining the ranks with their own regulations. Organizations doing business in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut are facing new compliance challenges, and the cost of data breaches is taking on a whole new dimension.

Cloud Wars

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

Google is side-eyeing Microsoft's Office 365, alleging it's been used to coax Azure adoption. Salesforce, owner of Slack, is alleging Microsoft is using its Office suite to unfairly bundle Teams. 

This Day, July 25, in Tech History

🇺🇸 Marcel Brown, St. Louis, Missouri ↗

July 25th, 2008. The FCC approves the merger of the two satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM, now known as SiriusXM. The development of the internet and streaming mobile radio has diminished the competitive advantages of satellite radio.