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MACHINE LEARNING/DATA – Monte Carlo launches Data Observability Platform, aims to solve for bad data (Larry Dignan, ZD Net)

Monte Carlo wants to do for data what application performance management did for enterprise software uptime. The startup launched the Monte Carlo Data Observability Platform,...

AFGHANISTAN – Afghan gov’t, Taliban announce breakthrough deal in peace talks (Al Jazeera)

Afghan government and Taliban representatives said they have reached a preliminary deal to press on with peace talks, their first written agreement in 19...

RUSSIA/ARMENIA/NAGORNO KARABAKH – Putin hails Armenian PM’s ‘courage’ in signing Karabakh deal (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s “courage” in agreeing to a peace deal over Nagorno-Karabakh that triggered a...

PAKISTAN – Pakistan’s new regulations aim to ‘silence the internet’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

As journalist Bilal Farooqi was led to a dark cell in a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, a dirty towel...

ETHIOPIA/UN – Ethiopia gives UN ‘unimpeded’ access to Tigray to deliver aid (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia and the United Nations have reached an agreement to channel desperately needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of war...

NIGERIA – Nigeria police rescue 10 people after ‘baby factory’ raid (Al Jazeera)

Police in Nigeria have rescued 10 people, including four children, four pregnant women and two other women from an illegal maternity home, a spokesman...

CYBER – Criminals to Favor Ransomware and BEC Over Breaches in 2021 (OODA)

Cyber-criminals will likely shift their focus from personal data collection to phishing and ransomware in 2021, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)....

CYBER – Android Messenger App Still Leaking Photos, Videos (OODA)

A bug in the GO SMS Pro app for Andriod users has affected millions of users as underground forums begin to actively share images...

CYBER – FBI warns of email forwarding rules being abused in recent hacks (OODA)

The US FBI released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) last week claiming that cybercriminals are exploiting email forwarding rules to maintain anonymity and hide...

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