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EFF Urges Brazil’s ANPD to Prioritize Privacy in Regulations. Source: EFF

EFF Urges Brazil’s ANPD to Prioritize Privacy in Regulations

The Electronic Frontier Foundation cautioned that Brazil’s new platform regulations must protect fundamental rights.

United StatesEFF
ChowChow Cloud Threatens Private Placement Termination. Source: Company filings with the US SEC

ChowChow Cloud Threatens Private Placement Termination

ChowChow Cloud warns it will terminate its private placement agreement unless the investor pays the outstanding balance by October 30, 2026.

United StatesCompany filings with the US SEC
EFF Launches Privacy Badger for Safari on macOS. Source: EFF

EFF Launches Privacy Badger for Safari on macOS

Electronic Frontier Foundation releases its tracker-blocking browser extension for Apple Safari users.

United StatesEFF
Amazon CloudFront Adds Dual-Stack Support for VPC Origins. Source: Amazon Web Services

Amazon CloudFront Adds Dual-Stack Support for VPC Origins

Amazon Web Services launched dual-stack support for VPC origins, enabling end-to-end IPv6 delivery to private resources.

United StatesAmazon Web Services
How to Clear Cache and Cookies in Chrome to Fix Issues. Source: Google

How to Clear Cache and Cookies in Chrome to Fix Issues

Learn how to clear your browser cache and cookies in Chrome to fix website loading and formatting issues.

United StatesGoogle
AWS Health adds version catalog for software lifecycle tracking. Source: Amazon Web Services

AWS Health adds version catalog for software lifecycle tracking

The new catalog in the AWS Health Dashboard lists supported software versions and end-of-support timelines so teams can plan upgrades before deadlines hit.

United StatesAmazon Web Services
Google Cloud Storage SDKs enable end-to-end checksums by default. Source: Google Cloud

Google Cloud Storage SDKs enable end-to-end checksums by default

Google said its Cloud Storage SDKs now compute and verify checksums automatically, closing a window where in-flight uploads could be corrupted by a bit flip.

United StatesGoogle Cloud
AWS DataSync adds console dashboard for tracking task executions. Source: Amazon Web Services

AWS DataSync adds console dashboard for tracking task executions

Amazon says the new DataSync dashboard consolidates transfer status, rates and errors in one console view, at no additional cost in supported regions.

United StatesAmazon Web Services