The White House says TikTok's threat to shut down is a “stunt” as there is “no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions” before Trump takes office
Here's The Only Workaround For 170 Million American Users Fatimah Quadri / The ICIR : TikTok halts US operations amid Trump's reinstatement push Niamh Shackleton / UNILAD : TikTok hints that US ban is...
Background check service National Public Data confirms a breach after hackers leaked a stolen database with millions of SSNs and other sensitive personal info
General Information What Happened? There appears to have been a data … CNET : National Public Data Breach: How to Protect Your Social Security Number Mike Snider / USA Today : National Public Data co...
An AWS developer claims Amazon is “silently sacking” staff by pushing them to take a different role that they would quit later, avoiding the need for severance
Amazon has a stock problem. It's not only Amazon, but they have more to lose. If you're a customer, that's going to be bad for your business too. Threads: @alkalinegarrett and @carnage4life Mastodon...
Apple releases emergency security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities, for a total of 16 zero-days fixed in 2023
Attacks Underway Lance Whitney / ZDNet : Apple issues emergency security updates for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Kevin Poireault / Infosecurity : mWISE: Why Zero Days Are Set for Highest Year on Rec...
Elon Musk forms xAI, a startup he will lead to “understand the true nature of the universe”; the staff has worked at Google, Microsoft, Tesla, OpenAI, and more
Today we announce the formation of xAI. The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe. Reuters : Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI Kara Carlson / USA Tod...
YouTube is running a “small experiment” globally that shows a pop-up urging users with ad blockers to allow ads on YouTube or consider subscribing to Premium
here's how Chris Williams / The Register : YouTube's ‘Ad blockers not allowed’ pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens Rob Thubron / TechSpot : YouTube now warns users that ad blockers aren't allowe...
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, the author of Moore's Law, dies at 94
and the world it created Bloomberg : Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder Who Coined Chip Rule, Dies at 94 Aman Gupta / Livemint : Who was Gordon Moore? 10 things to know about the Intel co-founder Paul Alc...
Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered”
Then It Got Complicated The Guardian : World's largest crypto exchange hacked with possible losses of $500m Ephrat Livni / New York Times : Binance Blockchain Hit by $570 Million Hack, Exposing Crypto...
The White House releases a “comprehensive framework” for US crypto regulation, outlining various federal agencies' recommendations after six months of study
here's what's in it The White House : Statement by NEC Director Brian Deese and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Digital Assets Framework Terence Zimwara / Bitcoin News : White House Release...
Rogers experienced an 18+ hour outage on Friday, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada
One of Canada's largest service providers had a major outage this morning. Voice of America : Millions of Canadians Lose Mobile, Internet Services Jem Aswad / Variety : The Weeknd's First Stadium Tour...