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23andMe files for bankruptcy, CEO steps down

Mashable Tech

Biotechnology company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, with co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki stepping down, effective immediately. On Sunday, 23andMe filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the U.S. 23andMe have filed for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. So, what's next?

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China issues new regulations on facial recognition technology, effective June 1

TechNode

The Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Public Security have jointly released regulations on the management of facial recognition technology applications, which will take effect on June 1. Cyberspace Administration of China , in Chinese]

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Microsoft Defender update kills Start Menu shortcuts and program files on Windows

TechSpot

According to multiple reports, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint turned into a shortcut and file "killer" that fateful day, after the security suite began to delete application shortcuts from the Windows Taskbar and Start Menu, sometimes even. Last Friday was a rather unlucky day for Windows users and system administrators worldwide.

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Apple files suit against the NSO Group for spying on iPhone users

TechSpot

The suit was filed against the NSO Group and parent company Q Cyber Technologies, neither of which are strangers to making security headlines.

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Critical vulnerability in file transfer software Moveit could result in a new security disaster

TechSpot

The enterprise-focused file transfer application is affected by a critical flaw that cyber-criminals could easily exploit. Progress Software Corporation recently published a bulletin about a new security vulnerability in Moveit.

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Streaming Big Data Files from Cloud Storage

Towards Data Science

Methods for efficient consumption of large files Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash Working with very large files can pose challenges to application developers related to efficient resource management and runtime performance. These challenges are exacerbated when the large files reside in a remote storage location.

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Unity’s IPO filing shows how big a threat it poses to Epic and the Unreal Engine

The Verge

Unity, maker of the popular Unity Game Engine, has filed to go public at an incredible moment in time. What’s more incredible, though: the numbers revealed in Unity’s new S-1 filing show the company is far more of a formidable rival to Epic than we thought. Sound familiar?

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