Twitter removed the verified badge from the New York Times' main account after Elon Musk responded to a meme outlining the outlet's decision not to pay for Blue
The Times and other news organizations say they won't pay for the icon, which is designed to protect against impersonation.
Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say “This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account”
On Sunday, Twitter did something different: It updated the language in the description of verified users …
After an uproar, the Arbitrum Foundation plans to break up a controversial governance package into separate votes, including on its 750M ARB token allocation
Arbitrum will hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation. — Join the most important conversation in crypto …
An interview and profile of Tim Cook on running Apple, succeeding Steve Jobs, being an outsider, creativity, avoiding smartphone addiction, rivals, and more
As Apple CEO, he has defied his skeptics and refashioned the world's most creative company on his own exacting terms.
In a now-deleted tweet, Elon Musk said Twitter would give verified accounts “a few weeks grace” but take away their checkmarks if “they tell they won't pay now”
except from The New York Times Alka Jain / Livemint : Twitter removes ‘gold verified mark’ from New York Times main account Matt Novak / Forbes : Elon Musk Calls New York Times ‘Propaganda’, Strips Ch...
Source: soon after Pinduoduo's app updated to remove backdoor exploits, most of the team working on them was moved to work on Temu, which is a top app in the US
It is one of China's most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about everything else under the sun to more than 750 million users a month.
In a referendum, 89% of Parisians voted against keeping shared e-scooters in the city; Lime, Dott, and Tier will have to pull their fleets out by September 1
In a major blow to shared micromobility companies Lime, Dott and Tier, Paris has voted to ban rental e-scooters from their streets.
Western Digital reports a network breach and says the hacker obtained internal data but the full scope is unknown; some systems are offline including My Cloud
Western Digital announced today that its network has been breached and an unauthorized party gained access to multiple company systems.
LeBron James, William Shatner, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, and other athletes and celebrities with millions of followers say they won't pay for Twitter Blue
One year after Rishi Sunak pledged to make the UK a crypto-friendly hub, UK crypto executives say banks are increasingly unwilling to support crypto companies
Edouard Daunizeau's crypto company SavingBlocks has an office in East London's technology hub and more than 200 customers testing its services.
The Tor Project partners with VPN maker Mullvad to launch the Mullvad browser, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux, seeking to reduce a user's “fingerprint”
The Tor Project, the organization behind the anonymous network and browser, is helping launch a privacy-focused browser that's …
Sources: in November 2021, five days after Joe Biden put NSO on a Commerce Department blocklist, a US government front company licensed NSO's geolocation tool
The Biden administration has been trying to choke off use of hacking tools made by the Israeli firm NSO.
Western Digital discloses a network security incident, taking some systems offline, and says the hacker obtained internal data but the scope is so far unknown
Data storage devices maker Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) on Monday said it is looking into a network security incident …
Google Search adds new travel features, including a “price guarantee” tool for flights and a way to browse hotels in a swipeable story format
Google announced today that it's introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels …
a16z now openly courts Saudi money; Horowitz compared the US harshly to Saudi because the US government did little after Andreessen's “time to build” essay
Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains.
Comparing OpenAI's ChatGPT, for in-depth replies, and Google's Bard, for natural dialog, on summarizing an article, telling a joke, picking stocks, and more
Financial Times : Tweets: @madhumita29 and @muradahmed Tweets: Madhumita Murgia / @madhumita29 : We pitted two chatbots ChatGPT-4 and Bard against one another on tasks that humans would need creative...
Unlike most boring modern laptops, Framework's repairable, sustainable, and upgradeable models are exciting, harking back to the early 2000s era of computing
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Twitter's For You code tracked metrics to categorize users as “republican”, “democrat”, “power user”, or “elon” to keep algorithm tweaks from harming any group
New York-based grocery e-commerce company Boxed files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Boxed had said it held most of its cash and liquid assets at SVB
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UK study: kids online gravitate to dramatic, short videos, watch split-screen videos, and post fewer videos of their own; people aged 16 to 24 take more breaks
Ofcom : Tweets: @cliffmanning Tweets: Cliff Manning / @cliffmanning : Lots to explore and digest in @Ofcom's always excellent children's media lives research - out now https://www.ofcom.org.uk/... #m...
Research: Israeli tech startups raised $1.7B in Q1 2023, the lowest since 2018, weighed down by a global slowdown and protests over a proposed judicial overhaul
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg :
Sources: SVB bought long-term assets that paid more interest based on a misplaced profit-driven strategy, falling out of compliance with its internal risk model
and over the concerns of some staffers — SVB executives simply changed the model's assumptions, according to the former employees and securities filings.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Matt O'Br...
Amsterdam-based Fourthline, which offers AI tools for ID checks and compliance to finance companies, raised €50M led by Finch, taking its total funding to €70M
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Ocado wins AutoStore's lawsuit after the UK High Court invalidated two of AutoStore's warehouse automation patents for being publicly disclosed before filing
How researchers, including at Meta's AI lab, use AI to study EEG readings, decoding how neurons in the brain communicate and exploring the nature of cognition
A look at problems at Digital World Acquisition Corp, which plans to take Truth Social public by September 8, after CEO Patrick Orlando was ousted
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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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.