A vulnerability in the Apache log4j Java logging library allows for remote code execution, impacting Steam, iCloud, Minecraft, and other services
A few hours ago, a -day exploit in the popular Java logging library, log4j, was tweeted along with a POC posted on GitHub that results …
Instacart president Carolyn Everson says she will step down at the end of the year, less than four months after joining the company
- Another high-profile Instacart executive is leaving the company. — Carolyn Everson announced Friday she will step down as president at the end of the year.
TCL pulls its entire Google TV lineup from Best Buy over software and performance issues
Google TV's plans to expand in the smart TV market are taking a hit this week, as TCL's entire Google TV lineup has been pulled from Best Buy over performance-related issues.
How a bug in Microsoft Teams and Android 10 and above, triggered by the user not being logged in to the Teams app, may have caused 911 call fails
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Meta opens its VR social platform Horizon Worlds to all adult users in the US and Canada, after announcing a private beta in September 2019
whom have a more easily managed userbase, less regulatory attention, and less to lose. https://www.dbreunig.com/... Meaghan Fitzgerald / @megfitz : So excited to share that @HorizonWorlds is officiall...
Meta struggles with harassment in VR, where solutions like letting users record everything need to be balanced with privacy and headsets' storage and power
Sydney Smith had dealt with lewd, sexist remarks for more than a month while playing the Echo VR video game. Tweets: @techledes , @jeskillings , @avibarzeev , and @stshank Tweets: Connie Guglielmo / @...
The Apache Software Foundation releases a security fix for log4j zero-day, which was discovered during a bug bounty engagement against Minecraft servers
The Apache Software Foundation has released an emergency security update today to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a Java library that provides logging capabilities.
Sources: Kayvon Beykpour and other executives ignored warnings that Twitter lacks the ability to moderate Spaces and launched the product amid investor pressure
Employees who complained about the lack of moderation say they were sidelined — Earlier this year, as Twitter raced to roll out Spaces …
Volvo Cars discloses a security breach that led to R&D data theft and could impact the company's operations; the Snatch ransomware gang claims responsibility
Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars has disclosed that unknown attackers have stolen research and development information after hacking some of its servers.
Google says it will release Google Play Games in 2022 as a native Windows app that brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11
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Sources: Binance is in talks to set up a cryptocurrency exchange in Indonesia with PT Bank Central Asia, owned by the Hartonos, Indonesia's richest family
- Bank Central Asia, Telkom Indonesia are in talks with Binance — Discussions ongoing for a cryptocurrency trading platform
Brazil's Ministry of Health suffers a major ransomware attack, resulting in the unavailability of millions of COVID-19 certificates and the loss of 50TB of data
Hackers claimed to have copied and deleted 50 TB worth of data from internal systems. — Websites under Brazil's Ministry of Health …
A look at the impact of supercomputers on chess, as world champion Magnus Carlsen, who boasts of being the least influenced by a computer, wins another title
Chess engines were supposed to make classical chess more predictable. Instead, they made the most inventive player of all time more creative. Tweets: @chesscom , @clutchplay , @jamescrabtree , and @h...
TrueNorth, a logistics service for independent truckers, raises a $50M Series B co-led by the Altman brothers and Lachy Groom, bringing total funding to $61.8M
Jin Stedge studied aerospace engineering at MIT, but after she found herself at Scotty Labs, an SRI International spin-out focused …
Meta launches new creator tools and says it is testing live chat support for some English-speaking users globally who are locked out of their accounts
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In an email, Better.com's board says CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off effective immediately” and it hired a firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment”
Market summary: 📊 — India ended flat on Friday, finishing the week overall in the green. Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Better.com CEO Who Fired 900 Employees on Zoom and Behaved Like Trash Is ‘Taking Tim...
SenseTime delays its Hong Kong IPO, scheduled for Friday, as the US bans American investors from buying its shares over human rights abuses against Uyghurs
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The heavily indebted Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup says a consortium led by two state-backed VC firms would become its strategic investor
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ServiceTrade, which offers SaaS applications to commercial service contractors, raises $85M in a round led by JMI Equity
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Congressional hearings with tech CEOs and other execs in the last few years resulted in no new laws, amid partisan divides over issues like privacy and misinfo
Holding a hearing that humbles the most powerful business executives in the world is much easier than legislating. Tweets: @ceciliakang and @jkosseff Tweets: Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang : NEW: Scores ...
Some trans and nonbinary drivers say Uber banned their accounts after it treated their documents as fraudulent; Uber says it's working to restore the accounts
Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @kendraserra and @stillbisexual Tweets: Kendra Albert / @kendraserra : This is the harm in automated identification verification. https://twitter.com/......
Profile of the Coalition for App Fairness, a group created by Epic, Spotify, Match Group, and others, seeking to open Google and Apple app stores to competition
Ben Brody / Protocol : Tweets: @benbrodydc , @appfairness , @adamkovac , and @wexler Tweets: Ben Brody / @benbrodydc : Of all the Big Tech antitrust fights, the hardest punches probably landed in app...
Robust Intelligence, which helps businesses stress test their AI models, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $44M
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.