WEB: An increase of the .com domain names that is linked to the policy of Donald Trump When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the latter announced his intention to end the price control policy established by his predecessor, Barack Obama. A decision that has many repercussions, especially on the price of domain names. Indeed, the latter had been frozen in 2012 by […]
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This is the new scam that runs on Facebook Messenger. Hackers send a corrupted video file to all of your contacts to recover their personal data. Caution. Long ago! With an unceasingly renewed imagination, the hackers struck again on Facebook. It is via Messenger that they deploy their last scam in recent days. How do they do it? By sending […]
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INTERNET: Infected machines are mainly used to mine cryptocurrencies Two new security reports claim that malware creators are now using WAV audio files to spread viruses to their victims’ computers and smartphones. We are talking here about steganography, the art of hiding certain information in another data medium. In this case, the main thing is to hide a file or text – […]
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SECURITY: The objective of the European Banking Authority is to reduce the number of frauds on online payments by credit card Starting in 2021, banks and merchants will no longer be able to offer SMS authentication for online payments . The European Banking Authority (EBA) has announced that it left until 31st December 2020 to set up a strong […]
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CHAT: Facebook puts on a new app, Threads for Instagram for sharing photos and videos for the youngest Was there a need for a new visual messaging app? Yes, answers Facebook. On Thursday, the company launched Threads, an app designed by the Instagram team, which wants to facilitate the sharing of photos and videos with his close […]
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After long denying such a practice, Facebook admits having transcribed sound recordings of conversations – with the authorization of users. One more scandal for Facebook. The Bloomberg agency revealed Tuesday that the social networking giant was using contractors to transcribe audio clips of private conversations of users on Messenger. The goal, as always: to better customize and target its ads […]
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Many administrative procedures are carried out via the Internet. In 2022, it is expected that they are completely dematerialized. At the risk of aggravating digital exclusion. Today, 80% of the paperwork is still paper-based. But in 2022, all will be done online. This total dematerialization certainly has advantages, but it risks aggravating digital exclusion. In fact, 15% of French people do not […]
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The “GAFA” tax, on the digital giants, must be definitively adopted by Parliament. At the same time, the United States is launching an investigation into the effects of this tax. The Parliament should adopt definitively Thursday 11th July 2019, for a final Senate vote for right-wing majority, the introduction of a tax on “Gafa”, making France one of the first […]
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TAXATION: The taxation of US internet giants, such as Apple is a recurring issue of conflict between these companies and the French State Apple goes to checkout. The group paid 11.94 million euros to the French tax authorities, in addition to another payment of 576 million euros already made public last February, according to information from the Express / Expansion confirmed from […]
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A maintenance operation caused a major crash on Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram on Wednesday 3rd July 2019. You probably noticed if you were connected in the evening of Wednesday 3rd July 2019: Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and Whatsapp did not work properly, especially for loading photos and videos. Facebook announced Thursday that everything was back in order, after a giant failure that affected […]
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