The Uncap America Act proposes a ban on internet data caps

This week in Hard Refresh: Tech we review the chip shortage, LibreOffice patches, facial recognition cameras, & more!

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Millennium Communications

2 min readJul 28, 2022

Windows 11 is getting a brand new security setting that will block ransomware attacks. That’s news we love to hear.
LibreOffice released software updates this week that will patch three new vulnerabilities.
The U.S. and the Ukraine signed a cybersecurity collaboration agreement this week.

Digital law experts have a lot to warn about when it comes to privacy in a post-Roe world.
Meta released a new whitepaper this week on how the platform is protecting users’ privacy.
Privacy groups are challenging the use of facial recognition cameras in a UK retail store. Big Brother must be stopped!

There are some moments where artificial intelligence feels a little scary… like when a chess robot breaks a child’s finger.
JPMorgan is officially in the metaverse, now that they’ve hired a top technologist to spearhead AR and VR research.

Good news for supply chain! Global manufacturers see the chip shortage easing up in the second half of the year. Phew!
Nvidia announced this week that GeForce Now, a cloud a gaming service, is picking up support for 120fps gameplay on all Android smartphones. Score one for the gamers.
With new technology, researchers are learning a whole lot about a person’s health from a few of their teardrops.
Two U.S. senators are proposing the Uncap America Act, which would ban high prices and unnecessary fees in order to access high-speed internet access.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox could allow for arbitrary code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome could allow for arbitrary code execution.