Connor Jones / The Register: UnitedHealth says the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare cost the company $872M in Q1; another ransomware group appears to be extorting the company  —  First glimpse at attack financials reveals huge pain  —  UnitedHealth, parent company of ransomware-besieged Change Healthcare … Source link

YouTube is renewing its crackdown against third-party apps that block in-video ads on the platform. In an announcement on Monday, the company confirmed that it will begin taking “appropriate action” against apps that let viewers watch videos without ads by violating its API services’ terms of service. The video streaming giant also urged viewers to

Raphael Satter / Reuters: The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”  —  The recent attempt by an unknown actor to sabotage a widely used software program may have been one of several attempts … Source link

Adobe has finally launched generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features for its Acrobat and Reader platforms. Dubbed Acrobat AI Assistant, the company first unveiled the AI features in February 2024 in beta. After spending almost two months in testing, it is now available to users globally. The AI assistant is available on both desktop and web

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Mozilla and CheckFirst report: Apple, Google, Meta, and others’ efforts are a work in progress at best, months after EU’s DSA mandated a searchable ads library  —  Efforts by tech giants to be more transparent about the ads they run are — at very best — still a work in progress

Unity, the cross-platform game engine, announced big changes to its fee structure, enraging indie developers around the world. The company has introduced a new ‘Unity Runtime Fee,’ that will charge studios a cost every time a game built on their engine is installed. The new pricing structure goes into effect January 1, 2024, with different

Anna Heim / TechCrunch: Berlin-based finmid, which makes embedded fintech solutions for SMBs, raised a €23M Series A at a €100M post money valuation, bringing total raised to €35M  —  Berlin-based finmid — one of the many startups building embedded fintech solutions, in its case targeting marketplaces … Source link

There is always a time when you just want to turn off your computer quickly. Although the conventional way requires a lot of steps, what if we told you that you can easily shut down your PC or laptop by using different key combinations? Yes, there are several convenient ways to do this. This guide

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Tel Aviv-based Bridgewise, which uses AI to provide investment analysis to brokerages, wealth advisors, and exchanges, raised $21M Series A led by SIX Group  —  – Bridgewise uses AI to do research of global securities  — Robo-advisor named Bridget provides personalized analysis Source link

Takeshi’s Castle is returning this month with its rebooted edition, and ahead of that, Amazon Prime Video has unveiled its Hindi language commentator. Content creator and actor Bhuvan Bam will be providing comedic voiceover for the game show, re-enacting one of his YouTube personalities, Titu Mama. The eight-episode series premieres September 26 on the platform,