Jurgita Lapienyte

5 days ago | cybernews.com | Jurgita Lapienyte

Meta hopes that in 2026, advertisers will be able to create and personalize ads on its platforms. Meta plans to introduce fully automated and personalized ads. This move is expected to benefit small and medium businesses with limited advertising budgets. AI might significantly impact advertising, but its contribution to economic growth is considered to be modest.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Jurgita Lapienyte

Business Insider has laid off one-fifth of its employees. This comes amid a fresh and terrifying report by SEO pros, predicting that 25-40% of mid-tier publishers may become obsolete if they don’t do something fast. According to an internal memo from Chief Executive Barbara Peng obtained by ADWEEK, the company will lay off 21% of its staff, mostly because of traffic declines.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Jurgita Lapienyte

Quite a few people in charge of cybersecurity at big companies earn close to a million dollars per year. However, with the dream salary comes nightmare responsibilities. I may be exaggerating slightly, though not about the salary. A recent survey of 862 chief information security officers (CISOs) by IANS and Artico Search found that the bigger the company, the more its security head earns. Still, most CISOs also report being open to changing jobs within the next 12 months.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Vilius Petkauskas |Jurgita Lapienyte

The world’s largest healthcare cooperative, Unimed, left an exposed instance that leaked millions of patient-doctor messages. The data included uploaded pictures, documents, and other personal information. Healthcare data is among the most sensitive and private pieces of information any individual has. Unfortunately, no matter how we treat it, it’s not immune to data leaks. For example, the Cybernews research team discovered an unprotected Kafka instance owned by Brazilian healthcare giant Unimed.

1 week ago | cybernews.com | Jurgita Lapienyte

No one can really top Ryanair's social media stream, but Duolingo has been stealing the spotlight recently. Duolingo’s decision to become an AI-first company comes with various sacrifices and seems to be a blow for many of its contractors. But unlike many others who suffer in silence or complain in closed circles, the Duolingo team made quite a statement online.