A startup has devised an API (“web monetization”) that facilitates automated payments from users to publishers. It charges users a flat rate of $5 per month (46 hours of consumption per month), which is deposited to publishers at a rate of $0.00003 per second while the user is consuming content.

The new Regulation will govern the data protection practices of EU institutions and lends from the General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force on 25th May 2018.

A new email phishing scam is being sent to WordPress users encouraging them share their database credentials with attackers. The scam emails are allegedly being sent using a mailing script on a compromised website.

Dreamhost and HostGator have maintained 100 percent uptime over two consecutive months. Meanwhile, August 2018 is the fourth month in a row Bluehost has achieved the same feat.

We analyzed the performance and output of 50 of the right- and left-wing news organizations featured in the study mentioned by President Trump. We discovered the left-wing news organizations publish more content and attract more links than the right-wing news organizations.

The new feature encourages users to "improve their timelines" by "reviewing accounts they may not need to follow".

Endurance International Group is reportedly considering the possibility of a sale following the acquisition of Web.com by Siris Capital Group earlier this year. The Group posted a net loss of $2 million on revenue of $279 million for Q2 2018. It was also recently handed an $8 million penalty by the SEC.

According to security firm Sucuri, the alleged "main contributors" to the spread of the infection are the tagDiv Newspaper theme and the Ultimate Member Plugin. Conservative estimates suggest the malware has infected at least 2,200 websites.

The supranational organization is likely to publish a new draft regulation next month stipulating tech platforms must remove extremist content from their platforms within one hour of receiving notification. It comes months after the EU criticized Facebook and Twitter for not doing enough about the proliferation of illegal content on their respective platforms.

In its acceptable use policy, Hostgator is discouraging its customers from implementing HTTPs unless it's "necessary". In July, Google Chrome released an update that pushes a "not secure" notification into the address bar of its browser on websites that haven't implemented HTTPs.

US traffic to Facebook has decreased from 8.5 billion visits per month in 2016 to 4.7 billion per month in 2018. The social network recently announced stagnant user growth in North America for the fourth successive quarter.

Google's latest update was announced on 1st August and was rolled out by 8th August. It appears to disproportionately affect websites in "health" industries and some webmasters have claimed it's prioritizing low-quality websites.

Total interactions received by the top 20,000 brands on Facebook decreased from 29.1 billion in 2017 to 12.8 billion in 2018. The total number of posts published increased 25 percent over the same time frame.

According to a database of records compiled by archivist Joseph O'Connor, at least 1,071 US news organizations are blocking EU visitors; however, whether an organization is compliant with the GDPR may depend on whether they intend to target EU visitors or are merely accessible to them.

Hostgator, Bluehost and Hostinger all maintained uptime of 100 percent for the month of July 2018. They also maintained response times of 390ms, 502ms and 513ms respectively.

The infection chain comprises a complex network of online publishers, ad resellers, ad networks and malware distributors. The initial hack exploits an alleged vulnerability in Wordpress version 4.7.1.

The revised estimate refers to a previously reported figure estimating the number of "personal records" affected. The group's initial announcement on 13th June also revealed 5.9 million payment cards have been affected by the breach.

They want to infer consent, they want to craft new rules for their own data collection activities and they want to fine themselves less than they demand private organizations be fined. When regulators and lawmakers are this bad at implementing data protection practices, what hope does anyone else have?

Sony has followed a number of organizations in abandoning its rights to administer a newly registered suffix (.xperia). It was also recently announced that the gTLD .mcdonalds was removed from the internet's domain name space.

The bill lacks crucial rights afforded to EU citizens under the GDPR. Privacy advocates have also reacted negatively to the bill.