CrowdStrike exec apologizes in front of Congress over huge global IT outage

House lawmakers struck a sympathetic tone toward the company at a hearing where they nevertheless said nothing like that could happen again.

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CrowdStrike points finger back at Delta after airline threatened to sue over outages

Delta will have to account for its own shortcomings if it follows through on a threat based on a “misleading narrative,” CrowdStrike said.

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Latent AI makes edge AI workloads more efficient

Latent AI, a startup that was spun out of SRI International, makes it easier to run AI workloads at the edge by dynamically managing workloads as necessary. Using its proprietary compression and compilation process, Latent AI promises to compress library files by 10x and run them with 5x lower latency than other systems, all while […] Continue reading Latent AI makes edge AI workloads more efficient

Court Rules Airline Not Bound By Privacy Policy

An airline’s privacy policy isn’t an enforceable contract and it can use customer data for any purpose, a California court has ruled. If a company promises it will only use your data for one purpose and it will protect your data, then suff… Continue reading Court Rules Airline Not Bound By Privacy Policy

Delta and Sears data breach exposes credit card information of customers

Some customers of Delta Airlines and Sears had their credit card information exposed following a data breach last fall at a mutual contractor, the companies announced Wednesday.  San Diego-based [24]7.ai, a customer experience software and services company, said in a press release that a data breach into customer payment information began on Sept. 26, 2017, and was discovered and contained on Oct. 12, 2017.  Sears said that less than 100,000 customers likely were affected. Delta Airlines said a “small subset” of customers had been affected by the breach, but that “customers’ passport, security and frequent-flyer information had not been included in the breach.” Both Delta and Sears said they will ensure that customers will not be liable for fraudulent transactions on their credit cards resulting from the supply chain breach. Delta said it would set up a website for concerned customers today, and Sears promised to create a hotline for […]

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