An interview with Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko; some current and former Twitter employees say his allegations are misleading, overblown, or lack context
Peiter Zatko, the Twitter whistle-blower, is a black belt in jiu-jitsu. The day before his complaint against the social media company …
Peiter Zatko's whistleblower report is framed as though it supports Musk's claims that Twitter is lying about spam, but the details actually show the opposite
We already wrote a long story looking at many of the eye-opening claims from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko in his whistleblower report …
Analysis of data sent to the FCC: 10 of the top 15 US carriers collect geolocation data and don't let users opt out; most keep the data for two years on average
Ten of the top 15 mobile carriers collect geolocation data and provide no way for consumers to opt-out, according to information …
Ahead of launch of Passkeys, which requires users to have two-factor authentication, Apple says 95%+ of active iCloud users have 2FA enabled on their accounts
With its next round of software updates coming this fall, including iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple will launch integrated support for the passkeys standard. Tweets: @counternotions , @feefyou , and @...
Dell says it ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August; it had suspended sales in Russia, Belarus, and parts of Ukraine in February
Dell Technologies Inc. said on Saturday it had ceased all Russian operations after closing its offices in mid-August …
Google launches Cross device SDK to let developers build experiences across Android phones and tablets, coming later to other Android and non-Android devices
At I/O 2022, Google detailed a way for Android apps to build cross-device experiences, similar to Nearby Share, and the SDK's developer preview is now available.
Facebook agrees in principle to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated consumer privacy laws by sharing user data with 3rd parties, including Cambridge Analytica
and FB and Gibson Dunn were facing prospect of sanctions. https://twitter.com/...
Kaspersky details how the North Korean Kimsuky threat actors use a multi-stage validation scheme to ensure their malware is only downloaded by specific targets
Friday, Aug 26, 2022 // (IG): BB //Sponsor: ShadowNews Tweets: @arekfurt : Neat. Kaspersky managed to grab some of North Korean Kimsuky group's server side target validation scripts. The tactic of for...
An overview of Ethereum's proof-of-stake upgrade, The Merge, which is expected to cut the crypto platform's energy use by 99%+, and some of the risks involved
A long-awaited upgrade to Ethereum, the most popular crypto platform, may make the technology more environmentally sustainable. Tweets: @timbray Tweets: Tim Bray / @timbray : News from the Merge front...
Tribune Publishing says disabling Google's AMP led to very little impact on mobile search referrals, as year-long drops mostly aligned to broader search trends
Ahead of its June 2021 algorithm update, Google made a significant announcement as part of its shift to emphasize overall page experience … Tweets: @beep , @kurtgessler , @schachin , and @rustybrick S...
Mobile commerce, one-click checkouts, and short-form video have enabled “drops” to spread beyond the fashion world, turning product launches into marquee events
Technology is changing the launch of everything from soap to sneakers … Once upon a time, not that many years ago … Tweets: @mims , @mims , @mims , @mims , @wsj , and @iiiitsandrea Tweets: Christopher...
Shuffles, Pinterest's invite-only collage-making iOS app launched in late July 2022, is going viral on TikTok; Sensor Tower estimates the app has ~338K installs
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With funding sources drying up, El Salvador appears to be heading deeper into a political and economic crisis, one year after it adopted bitcoin as legal tender
including bitcoin-backed ‘volcano bonds,’ and a plan for a tax-free crypto mining hub called ‘Bitcoin City’ — the value of #bitcoin has plummeted, and the country is on the brink of defaulting on its ...
Tether, which has promised an audit since at least 2017, says one is “likely months” away; former SEC exec: it needs an audit “akin to a corporate colonoscopy”
Many crypto companies lack basic financial guardrails; 'Tether needs an audit that's akin to a corporate colonoscopy' Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts , @warrendavidson , and @jessefelder Tweets: Jeff Roberts...
Sources: Netflix may launch its ad-supported tier in 2022 in 6+ markets, and plans to charge $7 to $9 per month in the US, selling ~4 minutes of ads per hour
and it's bad news Muhammad Zuhair / Appuals.com : Netflix's Ad-Supported Tier is Set to Cost Between $7 to $9 Alap Naik Desai / Neowin : Netflix ad-supported subscription could cost around $8/month wi...
Ampere: Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, and Netflix will spend $23B+ in 2023 on original content, up 10% YoY and more than twice the spending of 2019
Crop of expensive fantasy adaptations from Amazon and HBO Max served up at subsidised prices
The bubble that Masayoshi Son blamed for SoftBank's $23B loss last quarter is one that he helped create through Vision Fund, which distorted the VC market
In retrospect there were reasons to be skeptical of the Vision Fund, the attempt by the Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp … Tweets: @noahpinion Tweets: Noah Smith / @noahpinion : Step 1: ...
Meta VP of Horizon Vivek Sharma is leaving the company after six years; the Horizon team will now directly report to Meta VP of the Metaverse Vishal Shah
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC :
Netflix is testing “game handles” in some mobile games, and its app code suggests it's building social gaming features like the ability to invite others to play
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Gartner: global spending on tech, including cloud services, is expected to rise ~3% in 2022, well below the 10% annual growth in 2021 and the nearly 7% in 2020
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @scobleizer and @siddarthpaim Tweets: Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : Next year both Tesla, Meta, NVIDIA, and Apple are announcing major new products. But n...
The US and China announce a deal to share audits of US-listed Chinese companies like Alibaba; the US says it plans to begin audits in Hong Kong by mid-September
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Some Google staff speak of getting many COVID-19 exposure notifications after returning to the office; unvaccinated staff ask Google to drop its vaccine mandate
Jennifer Elias / CNBC :
TikTok cut jobs in its US advertising department weeks ago as part of the unit's restructuring, offering affected employees 30 days to find roles in other units
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information :
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.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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