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Google links massive cloud outage to API management issue
Google says an API management issue is behind Thursday’s massive Google Cloud outage, which disrupted or brought down its services and many other online platforms. Google says the cloud outage started around 10:49 ET and ended at 3:49 ET, after causing issues for millions of users worldwide for over three hours. Besides Google Cloud, the incident also impacted Gmail, Google Calendar,…
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ChatGPT o3 API 80% price drop has no impact on performance
ChatGPT o3 API is now cheaper for developers, and there’s no visible impact on performance. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced it’s cutting the price of its best reasoning model, o3, by 80%. ChatGPT price reduction This means o3’s input price is now just $2 per million tokens, while the output price has dropped to $8 per million tokens. “We optimized our inference…
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Salesforce changes Slack API terms to block bulk data access for LLMs – Computerworld
SaaS overload SaaS platforms – Salesforce, Teams, Gmail, Google Drive, Office 365, Dropbox, ServiceNow, GitHub, and many others – are hugely popular, but the more of these an organization uses, the more ‘silos’ of data employees must trawl through to find useful information. Founded by former Google employees, Glean itself supports 100 of these platforms, which puts the scale of the…
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Visual Crossing Adds Real-Time Radar to Its Weather API – Starting in the U.S. and Europe – Computerworld
The best weather API must have a radar integrated into its data platform. Visual Crossing didn’t pioneer this – other providers such as Tomorrow.io and Open Weather have done so as early as 2021. However, their approach brings broader accessibility and developer-friendly integration options, instead of primarily targeting enterprise and industrial use. The update’s main focus has been neatly explained:…
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Microsoft’s Next Windows API Change Will Break Some Apps
Microsoft has deprecated the UWP Map control API in Windows. Windows applications using that feature to embed Bing maps will stop receiving updated maps, and they will eventually stop working entirely. Microsoft’s own Maps app might also shut down. Microsoft introduced the MapControl API in Windows 10, which allowed apps to display maps using data from Bing. It was a…
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Carding tool abusing WooCommerce API downloaded 34K times on PyPI
A newly discovered malicious PyPi package named ‘disgrasya’ that abuses legitimate WooCommerce stores for validating stolen credit cards has been downloaded over 34,000 times from the open-source package platform. The script specifically targeted WooCommerce stores using the CyberSource payment gateway to validate cards, which is a key step for carding actors who need to evaluate thousands of stolen cards from dark web dumps…
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Verizon Call Filter API flaw could’ve exposed millions of Americans’ call records
A security flaw in Verizon’s Call Filter app could’ve allowed threat actors to access details of incoming calls for another user, a security researcher has found. Discovered by cybersecurity researcher Evan Connelly in February, the API flaw has since been patched by the telecoms giant. However, in a blog post detailing the vulnerability, Connelly warned exploitation of the flaw could…
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Verizon Call Filter API flaw exposed customers’ incoming call history
A vulnerability in Verizon’s Call Filter feature allowed customers to access the incoming call logs for another Verizon Wireless number through an unsecured API request. The flaw was discovered by security researcher Evan Connelly on February 22, 2025, and was fixed by Verizon sometime in the following month. However, the total period of exposure is unknown. Verizon’s Call Filter app is…
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Cloudflare now blocks all unencrypted traffic to its API endpoints
Cloudflare announced that it closed all HTTP connections and it is now accepting only secure, HTTPS connections for api.cloudflare.com. The move prevents unencrypted API requests from being sent, even accidentally, to eliminate the risk of sensitive information being exposed in cleartext traffic before the server closes the HTTP conection and redirects to a secure communication channel. “Starting today, any unencrypted connection…
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Rising API Vulnerabilities Demand a Multi-Layered Defense
APIs as a Critical Asset Under Threat An application programming interface (API) is the foundation of modern digital ecosystems, enabling seamless communication and interoperability between various applications, services, and platforms. It facilitates data exchange and accelerates the deployment of advanced technologies across industries, from finance and healthcare to e-commerce and cloud computing. However, as APIs become more integral to business…
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