Stack Overflow temporarily bans users from sharing responses generated by ChatGPT, pending a final ruling; the site's mods say most ChatGPT answers are wrong
Stack Overflow, the go-to question-and-answer site for coders and programmers, has temporarily banned users from sharing responses generated by AI chatbot ChatGPT.
A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram for iOS open links with a custom in-app browser, letting Meta track every interaction including entering passwords
How the seemingly innocuous “in-app web browsers” on iOS/Android are a really bad thing, and a proposal for how to fix that. With a little web history thrown in. https://www.holova...
A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram opening links in a custom in-app browser on iOS lets Meta track every interaction, including entering passwords
The iOS Instagram and Facebook app render all third party links and ads within their app using a custom in-app browser.
Bolt Financial laid off 185 employees, or about one-third of its workforce; some have to repay loans they took from the company for vested shares within 90 days
The Daily Brief is a free glimpse into the prevailing fundamental … Lindsey Choo / Protocol : Bolt lays off employees in a company restructuring Erin Woo / New York Times : Bolt, t...
Sources: one-click checkout service Bolt has laid off 100+ employees across go-to-market, sales, and recruiting roles amid slowing revenue and customer growth
One-click checkout startup Bolt has laid off at least 100 employees and counting across go-to-market, sales and recruiting roles, sources say.Source:Bolt.
CISA orders US federal civilian agencies to patch systems affected by the Log4j vulnerability by December 24
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has told federal civilian agencies to patch systems affected by the Log4Shell vulnerability by Christmas Eve. Source: CISA .
Microsoft and cybersecurity company Mandiant say hacking groups linked to China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey are exploiting the Log4j flaw
Researchers call it one of the most dire cybersecurity threats to emerge in years and could enable devastating attacks
Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain
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Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10, and renaming Square Crypto to Spiral, as its business shifts toward technologies like blockchain
- Payments giant Square will change its corporate name to Block, effective Dec. 10. — The move comes as Square expands beyond …
YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March
YouTube starts hiding public dislike counts on videos to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks, following a test in March
Creators will still be able to see how many people disliked their videos — YouTube has announced that it'll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting to...
Zoom says it is testing ads on its free Basic tier; the ads appear on the browser page shown to users at the end of a call
Zoom says it is testing showing ads to free users; the ads appear on the browser page shown to users at the end of a call
They'll appear in a browser page at the end of meetings — Zoom is piloting showing ads to users on its free “Basic” tier, the company has announced in a blog post.
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Be...
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, on behalf of the EU, fines WhatsApp €225M for privacy violations, the second-largest fine under GDPR; WhatsApp will appeal
Regulators say chat-service unit failed to disclose fully how it collected and shared data about its users Source: Data Protection Commission .
Stack Overflow, which has 100M+ monthly visitors, says it will be acquired by Prosus, a European tech giant and Tencent's largest shareholder, for $1.8B
and also mints 61 new millionaires. Joel Spolsky / @spolsky : New blog post: Kinda a big announcement https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ ... Jack Forge / @thejackforge : For those tha...
Twitter says it is rolling out improved prompts that discourage “harmful” language, first to iOS and then Android, after studies showed prompts were effective
A year ago, Twitter began testing a feature that would prompt users to pause and reconsider before they replied to a tweet using …
Sources: US intel agencies are investigating JetBrains as possible entry point for SolarWinds hackers; JetBrains isn't aware of any investigation or compromise
Russian hackers may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic …
Facebook is reorganizing its unit focused on its role in global elections, moving staff into a larger organization called Central Integrity, led by Guy Rosen
Alex Heath / The Information : Tweets: @jamesrbuk and @hhariri Tweets: James Ball / @jamesrbuk : This is a great way to signal to around 190 countries that US elections are the on...
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level
Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …