Telechronics: cyberthreats, social networks and music that no one listens to.


The year 2023 was marked by a persistent escalation of cyber threats, indicate data from Check Point Research. Organizations all over the world suffered, average, 1158 weekly attacks each, in an increase of 1% Comparing to 2022.

Ademar Days

Journalist

Rádio Horizonte Algarve / Tavira

Researchers at the cybersecurity company explain that the cyber threat landscape has evolved, especially when it comes to ransomware.

The breakdown of attacks by sector reveals dynamic changes. For example, the Education/Research sector, once a frequent target, recorded a decrease in 12%, keeping up, however, among the most affected sectors. On the other hand, the health sector recorded an increase of 3% and Retail/Commerce an increase of 22%.

the goal announced what, in order to comply with the new regulations that come into force next March under the Digital Markets Law, the company will give users the option to unlink their accounts on their social networks.

This means that Facebook users, Messenger and Instagram will be able to have separate accounts for each of these platforms, without your personal information being shared between them.

However, it is worth mentioning that this option will only be present in the European Union and also in Switzerland, with the United Kingdom ‘escaping’ this measure.

Instagram announced that it will introduce a new feature aimed at taking care of the mental health of younger users, encouraging them to turn off the app and go to sleep.

According to the website TechCrunch, This new feature comes into play when teenagers spend more than ten minutes on Instagram at night, sending a notification that encourages them to close social media and go to bed.

Although it is possible to close these notifications, Please note that these will be shown automatically and cannot be deactivated in the settings.

24,8% from music present on streaming services was not heard once throughout 2023, according to data revealed by the North American company Luminate.

Of the more than 158 millions of songs currently at the touch of a button, 45,6 millions were not heard. The data also show that 86,2% of the total number of songs was listened to less than a thousand times on these platforms.

“79.5 million ISRCs [acronym for International Standard Recording Code, an international code standard for identifying audio and video recordings] registered between 0 and 10 streamsâ€.

And in film we highlight the premiere of a comedy/drama. We speak of “Poor Creatures†(“Poor Things†no original title), by filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer and actress Emma Stone.

This is the incredible and fantastic story of Bella Baxter, a young girl brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the world around her, Bella foge com Duncan Wedderburn, a cunning and perverted lawyer, on a turbulent adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of your time, Bella grows firm in her purpose of defending equality and liberation.

Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe are the notable names in the cast.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ_EVLJzmZU


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