GitHub and WeChat enter into a partnership
Microsoft GitHub officially issued a communiqué on December 20 announcing a partnership between Github and Tencent WeChat to help protect common users across all public and private repositories. GitHub Key Scan protects users by searching the repository for known types of keys. By identifying and tagging these keys, it helps prevent data breaches and fraud. Tencent WeChat tokens, on the other hand, allow users to authenticate WeChat public and applet developers, access sensitive information about business applications, and can be used to authenticate merchants. GitHub forwards access tokens found in public repositories to WeChat, which will notify affected users. WeChat encourages users to delete the leaked API token on GitHub and create a new token on the WeChat Payments merchant platform or the WeChat Public Platform.

Epic Faces $520 Million Fine for Child Privacy and Consumer Inducements
On December 19, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement of the dispute with Epic, which will pay a $520 million settlement to dismiss legal charges that Epic collected personal information from Fortnite players under the age of 13 in violation of the local Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, provided voice and chat communication services to children and teenage players that led to bullying and harassment, and intentionally induced consumers to spend money through interaction design, hidden cancellation and refund channels. The settlement paid by Epic will be used for consumer refunds.

NIO apologizes for data breach
NIO has apologized for the recent user data leak through official channels, stating that it will take responsibility for the damage caused to users due to this incident and will strengthen its technical strength to continuously improve the security protection capability of NIO’s information system to fully protect user information security.

NIO previously received an external email on December 11, 2022 claiming to have its internal data and extorting $2.25 million in equivalent bitcoin for the compromised data. After preliminary investigation by NIO, the data stolen was some basic user information and vehicle sales information prior to August 2021.

Google may use staggered HDR technology to capture both short- and long-exposure images on the next generation of Pixel devices, unlike the bracketed HDR+ used on current Pixel devices, which will further improve multi-frame compositing of motion pictures and reduce power consumption, according to renowned developer Kuba Wojciechowski, who mined the code of Camera Go. It also means that Google may use new sensors such as the Samsung Isocell GN2 on the next generation Pixel.