T-Mobile says hackers stole encrypted passwords of ~2M customers; researchers say passwords may have only been hashed with a weak algorithm that can be cracked
T-Mobile disclosed an “incident" in which hackers accessed “some” customers' personal information—but no financial data or passwords.
In a blog post, Elon Musk says that he has informed the board that he now believes Tesla should stay public and the board indicated that they agree
- “Although the majority of shareholders I spoke to said they would remain with Tesla if we went private, the sentiment, in a nutshell, was “please don't do this,” Musk said.
Researchers find flaw allowing hackers to brute force T-Mobile account PINs, likely via T-Mobile's faulty API, after initiating purchase on Apple's online store
Mobile account PINs intended to protect T-Mobile and AT&T customers' accounts were exposed by two security vulnerabilities.
Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone
The exact problem we expected to happen, happened. — Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …
Study: IRA-backed trolls flooded social media to amplify online debates about vaccines, often linking messages around vaccines to racial or class disparities
- Russian trolls and Twitter bots amplified online vaccine debates between 2014 and 2017, a new study suggests
YouTube will roll out the ability to enable non-skippable ads, up to a maximum length of 20 seconds, to all creators in its Partner Program starting next week
You might soon be seeing less of that “skip ad” button over on YouTube. — In a video titled Want to earn more money from ad revenue? …
Survey: more than 50% of US teens say they are trying to reduce phone, social media, and video game use; 57% of parents say they restrict children's screen time
54% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones, and two-thirds of parents express concern over their teen's screen time.
An overview of obstacles Alphabet is facing in its efforts to establish a presence in China in search, smartphones, autonomous cars, and more
BEIJING — Google has faced sharp criticism, including from its own employees, for its efforts to rebuild an internet search presence in China …
House Energy and Commerce Committee says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before it on Wednesday, September 5
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 5, the committee confirmed Friday. — “CONFIRMED: Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey …
Rental platform Sonder, which leases, furnishes, and manages its own properties to standardize experience, raises $85M Series C, bringing total raised to $135M
If you thought hotels had a lot of soft brands, wait until you see what's emerging in the vacation rental sector.
Japan is assembling a government-led group, including Uber, Airbus, and 19 others, that aims to bring airborne vehicles to the country in the next decade
- Japan wants to use the technology to ease traffic snarls — Uber already seeking to start air-taxi services in 2023
Amazon confirms “FC Ambassador” program with at least 16 fulfillment center employees actively responding to tweets that criticize working conditions
Ambassador Carol, of Kent, posted in 16 of the last 24 hours. —Thomas logged on at 7 pm, cruised till a break (?) 3-6 am, and was still going at 10 the next morning. http://www.seattletimes.com/ ... M...
China is establishing a digital totalitarian state that minutely tracks its citizens' lives by relying on a combination of surveillance, AI, and big data
Here's how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance. — In 1955, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov published … Tweets: @ehooge and @larsonchristina Tweets: Emile Hooge / @ehooge : Who ...
Airbnb sues New York City over the law, passed in July, that requires it to share hosts' names and addresses with city's enforcement agency on a monthly basis
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Reddit mods have notified Reddit employees since July 2017 of an Iranian disinformation operation on the site to no response; Reddit now says it's investigating
but their warnings were ignored https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @nbcnews Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : A group of Reddit moderators flagged Iranian propaganda to the site two dozen times before Fa...
The World Bank has priced the world's first public bond issued over a blockchain; the bond will be worth $73M and managed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Fomo3D, a controversial gambling game on Ethereum blockchain, pays out its first jackpot, worth about $3M
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Bungalow, a San Francisco-based startup that vets and matches roommates looking for a place to rent, raises $14M Series A led by Khosla Ventures
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat :
Facebook says it is testing a “things in common” label to highlight connections between non-friends who commented on brand or publisher Pages posts
Richard Nieva / CNET :
Instagram is testing a Facebook-like opt-in feature to group student users by college communities, with access to class-based lists
Microsoft says subscribers to its Xbox Game Pass streaming service spend 20% more time playing games than they did before subscribing and play 40% more games
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Chartbeat study: only a third of 159 publishers that adopted Google's AMP in 2017 saw clear statistical evidence of a traffic increase
Lucia Moses / Digiday :
NYT article linking Facebook use to hate crimes in Germany was deservedly and widely criticized, but no access to Facebook data makes further research difficult
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