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Apple beefs up iCloud data defense against snooping
Apple beefs up iCloud data defense against snooping
by  AFP

Apple on Wednesday said it is beefing up defense of data that users store in the cloud, a move that could thwart authorities as well as hackers. Civil rights and privacy advocates, along with cybersecurity professionals, however, advocate encrypting data to protect against wrongful snooping by authorities as well as hackers.

Elon Musk briefly loses top spot on Forbes billionaire list
Elon Musk briefly loses top spot on Forbes billionaire list
by  AFP

Tesla-owner Elon Musk briefly lost the top spot on Forbes' billionaire list on Wednesday to Bernard Arnault, whose family owns the world's leading luxury group, LVMH. With US tech stocks sliding as interest rates and recession fears rise, Musk's fortune briefly fell below that of the Arnault family. Arnault had also topped the Forbes list for several hours in 2021.

No convictions sought in French court over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
No convictions sought in French court over 2009 Rio-Paris crash
by  AFP

French prosecutors said Wednesday it was "impossible" to convict Air France and plane maker Airbus over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight, enraging victims' families after an eight-week trial. "We know that this view will most likely be difficult to hear for the civil plaintiffs, but we are not in a position to demand the conviction of Air France and Airbus," he added.

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