Avast sold user data, the authority conceals the fine. ChatGPT can now communicate by voice🔐 #WEEKLY ~ October 1st

The Slovak elections are accompanied by a wave of fakes. BeReal says it has 25 million DAU users. Epic Games is firing. Fraudulent calls make big money.

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Facebook Page for #tyden has been without updates since May, so it's time to close it down completely. Like various other Pages. Facebook no longer shows their content without payment and there is no reason for them to exist. The Facebook Page updates for 365tipů ended on Sunday, September 24, and in about a week the Page will also be deleted.

Avast sold user privacy data. The agency fined it 100 million, but the decision is secret. It is circumventing the law it is supposed to oversee. (iRozhlas)

Ukrainian police officers have extradited a group of 5 criminals to the Czech Republic, the so-called "spoofers” who defrauded more than 660 Czechs of more than EUR 7.6 million. Over 100 Czech and Ukrainian police officers cooperated on the case. The fraudsters called their victims and pretended to be bank security officers. (Ukrajinská pravda)

Cory Doctorow: Today, Silicon Valley is a world of "lumberjack monsters." "We don't have fast companies anymore": Cory Doctorow on where technology went wrong and how to fix it. (Fast Company)