Mark Zuckerberg talks with Joe Rogan about his life, content moderation decisions, the FBI and the Hunter Biden laptop story, the metaverse, and more
“It's almost like everyday you wake up and you're punched in the stomach,” the billionaire CEO told Rogan. — Matthew Gault
A federal judge ruled Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used monitoring software to scan a student's bedroom before a remote test
A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student's bedroom …
LastPass says a hacker stole portions of its source code and “proprietary LastPass technical information” two weeks ago, but users' master passwords are safe
Password management firm LastPass was hacked two weeks ago, allowing threat actors to steal the company's source code and proprietary technical information.
T-Mobile and SpaceX partner to let customers in areas lacking T-Mobile service use Starlink for SMS, MMS, and “select messaging apps” in some markets in 2023
“Coverage Above and Beyond” promises to bring an end to dead zones — T-Mobile says it's getting rid …
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will debut its next VR headset in October with better eye- and facial-tracking features to bolster users' feeling of “social presence”
Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc. … Daniel Petrov / PhoneArena : Meta's AR/VR device to launch in October as Zuckerberg touts non-verbal revolution Scott Hayden / Road to V...
DoorDash says hackers accessed some of its internal tools and customer information after compromising a third-party vendor as part of the recent Twilio breach
Hackers accessed DoorDash customer information and some partial payment data — Food delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed …
In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey expresses regret that Twitter became a company, saying the service should be a “protocol”, not owned by a state or company
Twitter (TWTR.N) founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company.
Group-IB details hacking group 0ktapus, responsible for the recent breaches of Twilio and 130+ organizations that netted close to 10K employees' credentials
Carly Page / TechCrunch :
A judge orders Twitter to give Elon Musk data from 9,000 accounts sampled in Q4 to estimate spam and bot users but rejects his other demands as “absurdly broad”
Tom Hals / Reuters :
California's AG says Sephora will pay $1.2M after failing to tell customers that it was selling their data, marking the start of CCPA privacy law enforcement
SAN FRANCISCO — California has its first significant settlement under the state's sweeping online privacy law, and it's not with a tech company.
Alameda Research CEO says FTX Ventures absorbed Alameda's VC operations; FTX's Amy Wu says the transition began in January 2022, when FTX Ventures raised $2B
Crypto exchange FTX absorbed the venture capital operations of Alameda Research, an effort to consolidate parts …
The iPhone's Lockdown Mode disables several features, including loading custom fonts, making it easy for websites to identify that a visitor is using the mode
Lockdown Mode disables a series of features that can be used to hack iPhone users. But the lack of these features also makes …
Twilio says accounts of 93 individual users of its 2FA app Authy and devices registered to their accounts were compromised as part of its recent breach
U.S. messaging giant Twilio has confirmed hackers also compromised the accounts of some Authy users as part of a wider breach of Twilio's systems.
Open Text plans to buy UK-based enterprise software company Micro Focus for ~$6B including debt, a 99% premium on Thursday's close; Micro Focus stock jumps 90%+
Canada's Open Text Corp. agreed to buy UK software firm Micro Focus International Plc for about $6 billion including debt …
Coinbase launches a voter registration tool; Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad says lawmakers elected in the US midterms will make “key decisions” on crypto
Faryar Shirzad said staying engaged and informed was critical, given candidates who win in the 2022 U.S. midterms …
FTX's Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco steps down, saying he has chosen “to prioritize other things”; co-CEO Caroline Ellison will run the company
@carolinecapital will continue on as Alameda's CEO. I will stay on as an advisor, but otherwise will not continue to have a strong day-to-day presence at the company. @coachkcrypto : This is what happ...
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried denies that FTX Ventures is merging with Alameda Research's VC operations
*FTX*'s venture investing is concentrated under FTX Ventures; that's different from Alameda's ventures, which aren't... @sbf_ftx : this seems like a big misrepresentation to me! FTX has been doing mor...
Sources: India's Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at CoinSwitch Kuber for allegedly acquiring shares worth $200M+ in violation of forex laws
India's financial crime-fighting agency conducted searches at multiple premises of the Bengaluru-headquartered CoinSwitch Kuber on Thursday …
Twitter rolls out podcast integration into its redesigned Spaces Tab, starting with some English-speaking users globally on iOS and Android
Twitter's in-app podcast player is launched 🎙️ https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
Dallas-based SmartMoving, which provides software to companies offering moving services, has raised $41.5M from private equity firm Mainsail Partners
SmartMoving—a software solutions startup that aims to streamline the moving services business—landed the investment from Austin …
Sony raises the PS5's price in the UK, Europe, Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada by ~6% to 21%, citing rising inflation; the US price is unchanged
Tom Warren / The Verge :
In July, Google changed how its Flights tool calculates emissions to exclude all global warming impacts except CO2, understating flight emissions by nearly half
after consultations with the airline industry. https://twitter.com/...
Emaar Malls, a unit of Dubai's largest publicly-traded property developer, to sell online fashion retailer Namshi to e-commerce company Noon for about $335M
Deepthi Nair / The National :
Google plans to add clear labels to Search and Maps listings for facilities providing abortions, after a group of US lawmakers urged it to fix abortion searches
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Heroku plans to stop offering free plans and shut down free services on November 28 and begin deleting inactive accounts on October 26, due to “fraud and abuse”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Meta made 68 “newsworthiness allowances” from June 2021 to June 2022 for content that may have violated Facebook or Instagram rules, letting the pieces stay up
Queenie Wong / CNET :
Instagram defaults new users under 16 to its most restrictive content setting, will prompt existing teen users to pick the setting, and adds a settings check-up
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Twitter admits “mistakes” over the past week after adding misinformation labels to COVID-19 tweets from doctors and scientists as well as suspending accounts
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post :
Affirm reports Q4 revenue up 39% YoY to $364.1M, vs. $354.8M est., but a Q1 2023 revenue outlook of $345M to $365M, vs. $386M est.; stock falls 12%+
Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol :
Meituan reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to ~$7.4B and a ~$163.5M net loss, as its “core local commerce” business, including food delivery, rose 9.2% YoY
Bloomberg :
Google says it removed over 2,000 personal loan apps on Play Store in India from January to July 2022, after they were found to be in violation of its policies
Moneycontrol :
A look at Truth Social's content moderation issues: inconsistent decisions, filtering innocuous posts, and calls to violence after the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search
Julia Love / Bloomberg : Tweets: @mattsheffield and @mmasnick Tweets: Matthew Sheffield / @mattsheffield : Excellent report from @byJuliaLove on how Trump's Twitter knock-off seems very interested in...
Following Oversight Board feedback, Meta is building a customer service division to help users of its apps who have had posts or accounts removed unexpectedly
Google's Waze plans to shut down its carpooling service, available in the US, Brazil, and Israel, in September 2022, citing COVID-19 shifting commuting patterns
Sources: Binance and FTX are among 22+ investors that indicated their interest to buy Voyager Digital's assets; source: Coinbase evaluated a deal but withdrew
Ian Allison / CoinDesk :
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.