Senators Wyden and Heinrich: declassified docs show a CIA bulk surveillance program collecting Americans' data without clear judicial or congressional oversight
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected Source: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden … .
A real life test to secretly follow a person using AirTags, Tiles, and a LandAirSea GPS tracker
A review of 80K+ Freedom Convoy 2022 donations reveals a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm was behind two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting the events
As American politicians call for stateside convoys, a Grid investigation finds signs that foreign actors, QAnon and hate pervade the movement's support.
Sources: Cisco recently made a takeover offer worth $20B+ for big data analytics software maker Splunk; the companies aren't currently in active talks
Offer was made recently though it isn't clear where things currently stand, according to people familiar with the matter
A profile of the couple charged with laundering ~$5B in stolen bitcoin, compiled from sources, filings, databases, documents, and an extensive online record
Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein wanted to be famous. Now, after being accused of laundering billions of dollars of crypto, they are.
Google says its bug bounty program paid $8.7M to 696 researchers from 62 countries in 2021, up from $6.7M to 662 researchers from 62 countries in 2020
In the yearly review of its vulnerability rewards program (VRP), Google said on Thursday that it awarded more than $8.7 million …
A deep dive into Android 13's new features and changes, including a photo picker, per-app language preferences, Quick Settings tiles, a Hub mode, and UI changes
Although Google only just unveiled the final beta release of Android 12L, the feature update for tablets and other large screen devices …
Google will wind down Currents, the paid and private Google+ for enterprises, starting in 2023; Google shut down the consumer version of Google+ in April 2019
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China's SMIC reports record $5.4B revenue in 2021, up 39% YoY, and $1.7B profit, up 138% YoY, as it looks to add more chip production capacity amid US sanctions
- China's largest chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation reported record revenue and a surge in profit last year. Source: SMIC .
Apple releases iOS 15.3.1, iPadOS 15.3.1, and macOS Monterey 12.2.1 to fix a WebKit flaw that may have been actively exploited, its third zero-day patch in 2022
Friday, February 11, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: BLKTRIANGLE Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Apple's latest update should fix MacBooks' battery drain issue Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : iPhone And iPad ...
The UK's CMA accepts Google's plan to phase out and replace third-party cookies with the Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the product's development
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Intel forms a Custom Compute Group to build blockchain hardware and plans to ship cryptocurrency mining chips in 2022; Block, Argo, and Griid are customers
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NFT marketplace Cent halts transactions over users minting NFTs of content they don't own and selling unauthorized NFT copies and NFTs that resemble a security
The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet for $2.9 million has halted transactions because people were selling tokens … Tweets: @profcarroll , @catstaggs , @oldnikonfm3a , @tprstly ,...
A look at Ethereum Name Service DAO token holders' vote to remove Brantly Millegan over his bigoted views by re-delegating their tokens away from him
Q&A with Cory Hrncirik, Microsoft's Modern Finance project lead, on flattening the company's finance head count with AI and data lakes, using Excel, and more
The new tools help automate tasks. But ‘we love Excel,’ says Cory Hrncirik, who leads Microsoft's Modern Finance project. Tweets: @wsjcfo and @fxshaw Tweets: Wsj Cfo / @wsjcfo : “We love Excel, and w...
Bored Ape Yacht Club members, who have full IP rights for the ape character they own, are pursuing licensing deals to put ape characters on cannabis packaging
When Richard Lee first brought his business proposal to Backpack Boyz, he could sense skepticism from the California-based cannabis company. Tweets: @alexcas_io , @harryalford3 , and @jdotcolombo Twee...
A profile of OpenSea, whose Web3 credentials have been called into question by crypto hardliners, as it tries to deal with security incidents and copycat NFTs
Security issues and endless copycat listings are rife, but the platform's attempt to stop them is angering everyone. — What is a real ape? Tweets: @wired Tweets: @wired : “OpenSea was really at the ...
Booking.com will cut and outsource 2,700 call center jobs globally in the next few months, after Booking Holdings laid of ~25% of its workforce in 2020 and 2021
Skift Take — We could hear more about Booking Holdings' rationale for eliminating a chunk of Booking.com's customer service workforce … Tweets: @denschaal and @rafat Tweets: Dennis Schaal / @denscha...
Sources: Apollo Global is nearing a deal to acquire the point-of-sale terminal business of Paris-based payments company Worldline for close to €2B
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The FCC forms a group to create rules to prevent ISPs from discriminating against communities of color; the infrastructure law requires rules by November 2023
A profile of Bolt Financial co-founder Ryan Breslow, who stepped down as CEO of the payments startup in January; sources: he retains a 25% stake worth ~$2.75B
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.
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.