Some former CrowdStrike employees say they raised concerns about executives rushing deadlines and quality checks, more than a year before the July 2024 outage
THE SCOOP — Software engineers at the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike complained about rushed deadlines, excessive workloads … X: @rachyljones , @hkanji , and @nullvoxpopuli . LinkedIn: James Bach . ...
A look at Operation Intering, an FBI-led sabotage campaign in the 1980s to secretly ship millions worth of faulty chips to the Soviet Bloc
Zach Dorfman / Politico : X: @vtchakarova , @zachsdorfman , @zachsdorfman , @zachsdorfman , @bharatkumarindi , @hkanji , @amyshirateitel , and @patcaldwell . Forums: Hacker News X: Velina Tchakarova ...
Q&A with John Reed Stark, the SEC's former Head of Internet Enforcement, on Biden's crypto EO, how regulation may be a “death knell” for crypto firms, and more
We talked to one of the most credentialed critics of cryptocurrencies and NFTs about fraud and potential “cataclysmic events” in the industry. Tweets: @maxwellstrachan , @jorgestolfi , @hkanji , @jmei...
A look at the proliferation of “dark stores”, mini-warehouses in urban retail spaces used by fast grocery delivery companies, and their impact on community life
Mini-warehouses dubbed “dark stores” are quietly taking over urban retail space. Tweets: @ron_miller , @jeffspeckfaicp , @bpolitics , @rebeccaspang , @galeabrewer , @hkanji , and @hypervisible Tweets:...
As libraries and schools transition to e-books, the value of e-book vendors like OverDrive, which make money by licensing content to libraries, has skyrocketed
Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do. Tweets: @penamerica , @hkanji , @janefriedman , @fr_hossain , @alexhcranz , and @readwriteradio Se...
Inside the World Wide Web Consortium as members debate the future of online privacy, with browsers' engineers often at odds with companies that rely on tracking
James Rosewell could see his company's future was in jeopardy. — It was January 2020, and Google had just announced key details … Tweets: @issielapowsky , @hkanji , @jason_kint , @tiffanycli , @davi...
An inside look at Gen X, Amex's latest ML-based fraud detection model, which was developed, updated, and rolled out as spending patterns changed amid lockdowns
For Amex's fraud risk team, the year leading up to the new model's rollout was full of upended expectations—and wishing they had a stress ball handy Tweets: @jaycodon , @clay1016 , @haydenfield , @dan...
The attack on the Capitol sparked a tense debate among online extremism researchers about crowdsourced efforts to identify the rioters and “ethical doxxing”
Joan Donovan has a panic button in her office, just in case one of the online extremists she spends her days fighting tries to fight back. Tweets: @walterolson , @josephpatrice , @issielapowsky , @bos...
Criticism of Facebook must move beyond content moderation issues; the effort to invent and invest in public cultural institutions should be our focus instead
Every day, a Twitter account run by Kevin Roose, a technology reporter for The New York Times, posts a list of the top 10 sources … Tweets: @aaschapiro , @natematias , @steph_moore , @random_musings ,...
Cultural taboos around porn have led to blind spots in Silicon Valley, with VCs missing out on many of the industry's breakout hits like OnlyFans
It always was, it always will be. … One of the biggest and most interesting things happening in the consumer web right now is running almost completely under the radar. Tweets: @arvidkahl , @hkanji , ...