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Syria – Syrian Islamist opposition leader slammed for misogynist remarks (Al Monitor)

Khaled al-Khateb The visit of the head of the opposition Syrian Islamic Council (SIC) to Azaz, which is under the control of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army...

Iraq – Iraq moves to protect state property (Al Monitor)

Mustafa Saadoun The Baghdad Operations Command was tasked Aug. 12 with protecting the Baghdad municipal team, which has been carrying out a major campaign to remove all encroachments...

Afghanistan/USA – Pentagon rushes more reinforcements to Kabul airport as panic disrupts evacuations (Al Monitor)

Jared Szuba The Biden administration went on the defensive Monday after US troops rushed to restore order as chaos broke out at the Afghan capital's...

Cybersecurity – Critical IoT security camera vulnerability allows attackers to remotely watch live video – and gain access to networks (ZDNet)

Danny Palmer Security vulnerabilities in millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including connected security cameras, smart baby monitors and other digital video recording equipment,...

TechInnovation – ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, joins the Open Invention Network (ZDNet)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols With over a billion users, TikTok owns the short video content market. It became the leader because it was the right service at the right...

TechInnovation – Knee replacement robot does custom implants (ZDNet)

Greg Nichols Personalized medicine is transforming treatment, but joint replacement is still a largely off-the-shelf affair. A startup combining artificial intelligence, robotics, and 3D printing...

TechInnovation – Qualcomm launches drone 5G platform, reference design (ZDNet)

Larry Dignan Qualcomm launched a drone platform that aims to replicate the success of the Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars on Earth. The company's technology and its...

TechInnovation – ACCC grants Equinix-led group authorisation to jointly negotiate access to green energy (ZDNet)

Aimee Chanthadavong The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Equinix Australia, along with the Australian arms of Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman...

TechInnovation – Mastercard waves goodbye to the magnetic stripe on payment cards (ZDNet)

Aimee Chanthadavong Mastercard has announced it will be phasing out the magnetic stripe on its payment cards in "most markets" from 2024 as reliance on...

TechInnovation – OCR Labs granted accreditation as first private ‘trusted’ government ID operator (ZDNet)

Aimee Chanthadavong Australian-based OCR Labs has become the first accredited non-government operator that provides digital identity services to the private sector under the federal government's...

TechInnovation – AWS announces EC2 M6i using Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processors (ZDNet)

Chris Duckett Amazon Web Services has announced the availability of M6i instances that make use of Intel's Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processors, and its Total Memory...

Cybersecurity – Brazilian National Treasury hit with ransomware attack (ZDNet)

Angelica Mari The Brazilian government has released a note stating the National Treasury has been hit with a ransomware attack on Friday (13). According to a statement...

Cybersecurity – Colonial Pipeline sends breach letters to more than 5,000 after ransomware group accessed SSNs, more (ZDNet)

Jonathan Greig Colonial Pipeline is sending out breach notification letters to 5,810 current and former employees whose personal information was accessed by the DarkSide ransomware group during an...

TechInnovation – Identity platform Clear Secure sees revenue fall in Q2 (ZDNet)

Stephanie Condon Clear Secure, the tech company that operates the Clear identity platform used at airports and other venues, published its second quarter financial results on...

Cybersecurity – T-Mobile says hackers accessed user data but won’t confirm SSN breach of 100 million customers (ZDNet)

Jonathan Greig T-Mobile is looking into allegations that a hacker stole 106GB of data containing the social security numbers, names, addresses and driver's license information...

TechInnovation – SAP acquires machine learning tech company SwoopTalent (ZDNet)

Jonathan Greig SAP announced on Monday that it is acquiring machine learning tech company SwoopTalent in a deal centered around the company's intellectual property. The companies did...