How Larry Ellison is helping his son David build a media empire, including making the case to Trump for why Paramount, not Netflix, should acquire WBD
Kevin Tierney / @catholicsmark : Well yes, in order to survive CBS needed to have less bias in its newsroom. Why is this surprising? Steve Rosenbaum / @magnifymedia : https://www.nytimes.com/.... Does...
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 ...
A look at Meta's “spirit of the policy” exception that lets the company break its moderation rules in conflict zones and crises; critics want more transparency
An Oversight Board case from Sri Lanka shows the power of Facebook's “spirit of the policy” exception Tweets: @hkanji , @restofworld , @decka227 , and @mvzelenks Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : A li...
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories : Tweets: @brooklynmarie and @hkanji Tweets: Brooke Binkowski / @brooklynmarie : “It's hugely significant that this stuff is happening,” Adam Holland, a project m...
A profile of David Mills, who created the Network Time Protocol in the 1980s, as about two dozen Internet Engineering Task Force contributors work toward NTPv5
An obscure software system synchronizes the network's clocks. Who will keep it running? — In 1977, David Mills … Tweets: @hkanji , @nicolasnova , @yminsky , @hannahseidlitz , @uhoelzle , and @rlove...
Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to deepen its ties to the UK's NHS by buying up smaller rivals, helping avoid scrutiny and increase health data
Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK's National Health Service without public scrutiny. Tweets: @oliviasolon , @parismarx , @xtophercook , @hkanji , @einstein...
A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world's first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to disillusioned programmers
The Crypto Policy Symposium in London was a historic gathering of crypto skeptics—and nobody tried to sell me anything. Tweets: @hkanji , @ben_munster , @izakaminska , @molly0xfff , and @decryptmedia ...
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:...
A look at cryptocurrency exchange Suex, which appears to be operating in Moscow and is accused of laundering ransomware payments by the US Treasury Department
Bloomberg : Tweets: @hkanji Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : The U.S. Treasury Department alleges that Suex has played an integral role helping criminal hackers clean and cash out their loot, mostly...