Alongside iOS 16, Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6, and macOS Big Sur 11.7 to fix the eighth actively exploited 0-day since January 2022
Apple has released security updates to address the eighth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones and Macs since the start of the year.
iOS 16 review: lock screen widgets, while not interactive, are an instant upgrade and the myriad other changes make the iPhone more functional and easier to use
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A live blog of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is scheduled to appear Tuesday morning before the Senate, as his allegations of widespread security vulnerabilities ignite …
iOS 16 has an option to remove Rapid Security Responses, security fixes that don't require a full iOS update and by default are installed automatically
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
Intel appears to accidentally confirm specs for its 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs on its Canadian website, including the i9 13900K with 24 cores and 32 threads
Intel's website matches leaked specs — Intel has accidentally published the specifications for its 13th Gen Raptor Lake processors.
Live stream of the hearing “Data Security at Risk: Testimony from a Twitter Whistleblower” at the Senate Judiciary Committee
LOCATION: Hart Senate Office Building Room 216 — PRESIDING: Chair Durbin — WITNESSES — Peiter “Mudge” Zatko — Independent Security Consultant — New York Metropolitan Area
Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB storage as standard, a blue color option, and improved 300ppi display, available for $100 with ads
Amazon's most basic Kindle still squeaks in at under $100, with some compromises. — Alerts — If all you really care about is reading …
HBO and HBO Max won 37 awards at the 74th Emmy Awards, while Netflix won 26, Hulu eight, Apple TV+ seven, NBC seven, Disney+ six, and Amazon Prime Video six
The combined HBO and HBO Max surged past rival Netflix in this year's overall Emmys tally, winning a dozen prizes tonight for a total …
Twitter begins rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab to Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS, including access to popular podcasts and themed audio stations
Twitter has begun rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab. Starting today, Twitter Blue members on iOS can check out the new interface element through …
Sources: Google canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop slated for 2023 and dissolved the team building it, as part of recent cost-cutting measures
Google is getting out of the laptop game — Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop and dissolved the team responsible for building it.
In Senate testimony, ex-head of security and whistleblower Peiter Zatko says Twitter had been told that “there was at least one [Chinese] agent” on its payroll
At a congressional hearing, Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, told lawmakers that the company lied about its data practices.
Nikhil Wahi, the brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge in an ongoing insider trading case, the first of its kind in crypto
The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager pleaded guilty on Monday to a wire fraud conspiracy charge …
Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of the $44B sale to Elon Musk, whose $54.20-per-share deal looks pricey in the current environment
A majority of Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) shareholders have voted in favor of the social media company's $44 billion sale to Elon Musk …
Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes its Sacramento data center region offline; losing other centers could result in downtime for all users
Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained …
Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others with plans to expand to music and gaming NFTs
Amid generally somber conditions in the non-fungible token (NFT) market, colorful-profile-picture maker Doodles raised $54 million …
US Senate Judiciary Committee leaders send Parag Agrawal a letter with 12+ questions about Twitter's security practices and request responses by September 26
Brian Fung / CNN :
A look at efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including many offers to pay former colleagues for info
Many of Peiter (Mudge) Zatko's former colleagues have received offers of payment for information about him.
Apple plans to add a Clean Energy Charging feature to iOS 16 in 2022, optimizing iPhone charging times for when the power grid is using cleaner energy sources
Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation, developing open-source interoperability for digital wallets, supported by Okta, Accenture, and more
The Linux Foundation has announced plans for a new collaborative initiative designed to support interoperability across digital wallets, built on an open source bedrock.
The US SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance; VMware will pay $8M to settle without denying or admitting the findings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has charged cloud computing company VMware Inc (VMW.N) …
Robert Iger, CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner
As a venture partner, Iger will identify new investments and mentor founders in day-to-day role — Netflix Hit a Subscriber Peak, Here's How It Plans to Keep Growing
KKR partners with Securitize to tokenize an interest in a KKR health care fund on Avalanche, expanding individual investors' access to investment vehicles
Move will broaden opportunity for individuals to invest in fund — KKR & Co. is making a slice of one of its private-equity funds available …
Interviews with current and former FTC officials describe chronic underfunding, leaving the agency without the personnel or expertise for enforcement and fines
Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges that Twitter flouted its promises to regulators to build a comprehensive security program …
The new Apple Watches' S8 chip appears to have the same CPU as the S6 and S7, which may explain why Apple has lately only used the S5 or earlier for comparisons
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors :
An investigation details Twitter's business in China: local governments and state media buying ads, a growing non-US revenue stream, internal tensions, and more
Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site … Tweets: @niubi , @mattnavarra , @780thc , @olivertheyoung , @aparanjape , ...
The UN's Myanmar investigation lead says Facebook provided a vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information; Meta says it also shared material with The Gambia
Grindr appoints George Arison as CEO, starting October 19, ahead of its planned SPAC merger; Arison was previously CEO at auto e-commerce marketplace Shift
Grindr LLC, the dating app that specializes in connections for the LGBTQ+ community, has named George Arison its new chief executive officer …
Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people
Meta is merging its business integrity unit, the team that moderates ad content, with its central integrity team … Tweets: @sarafischer , @blackamazon , @manan , @axios , and @mattnavarra Tweets: Sara...
Indian conglomerate Vedanta and Foxconn sign a $20B deal to build a semiconductor unit in the coastal Gujarat state, home to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
TechCrunch :
Fears of Chinese retaliation and regional tensions are hampering US efforts to rally South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan behind the “Chip 4” semiconductor alliance
Financial Times :
Northzone, the European VC firm that backed Spotify and Klarna, raised a €1B fund, its largest to date, and plans to allocate ~40% to later-stage investments
Hasan Chowdhury / Insider :
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $11.4B, total cloud revenue up 45% YoY to $3.6B, and health data provider Cerner, acquired in June 2022, generated $1.4B
Brody Ford / Bloomberg :
Uber pays New Jersey $100M for four years of back taxes plus interest, after the state said the company had misclassified its drivers as independent contractors
Cade Metz / New York Times :
Seeking to combat the FTC's 2020 antitrust lawsuit, Meta subpoenas 132+ companies, including Snap, ByteDance, and Clubhouse, drawing rebukes over sensitive data
To defend itself against the federal government, Meta Platforms Inc. says it needs its rivals to divulge some of their most closely held secrets. Tweets: @mattnavarra and @mattnavarra Tweets: Matt Nav...
How Apple's Cooperative R&D Agreement on digital IDs with the TSA in March 2019 could disadvantage its rivals in developing mobile identity credentials
Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly :
Sensor Tower: Tencent earned $4.4B revenue from its apps in H1 2022, the highest globally; ByteDance was second with $1.3B, demonstrating China's market power
Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post :
CEO Kyle Vogt says that Cruise will launch commercial robotaxi services in Austin, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, “in the next 90 days and before the end of 2022”
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
London-based Cledara, a management service giving companies control of and insights into their SaaS subscriptions, raised a $20M Series A led by CommerzVentures
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
Internal memo: Amazon VP of Workplace Health and Safety Heather MacDougall is leaving the company on October 7, 2022; MacDougall joined Amazon in April 2019
Litmus, which helps manufacturers collect data from IoT devices for applications like AI, raised a $30M Series B led by industrial automation company Belden
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Sources: Intel scales back expectations for its Mobileye IPO, targeting a $30B valuation, down from a reported $50B, and could delay the listing until 2023
Bloomberg :
Robert Hallock, AMD's director of technical marketing and a public-facing figure on Reddit, Discord, YouTube, and others, is leaving the company after 12 years
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware :
Oslo-based Xeneta, which offers crowdsourced sea and air freight analytics, raised $80M led by Apax Digital at a $265M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Goldsky, a crypto infrastructure startup helping companies aggregate and process on-chain data, raised a $20M seed led by Felicis Ventures and Dragonfly Capital
Charles Mandel / BetaKit :
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.