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Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more — In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges …
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Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, ahead of his trial with Twitter set to begin on October 17 in the Delaware Court of Chancery — Dorsey joins the battle — As Twitter and Elon Musk prepare for their October 17th trial date in the Delaware Court of Chancery to argue …
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Sources: Apple plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its release, shortening the production gap between India and China — Apple Inc. plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product's initial release out of China … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram is internally testing Candid Challenges, a BeReal-like feature that gives users two minutes to take and share a photo at a different time each day — Instagram is testing a new feature called Candid Challenges, which bears a striking resemblance to BeReal, a photo sharing app popular among …
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Microsoft is putting more ads in Outlook for iOS and Android for users of its free services; ads appear at the top of inbox and look like real emails — Free users can avoid most of them by using Focused Inbox — Microsoft has started putting more ads in Outlook mobile for iOS and Android in recent months.
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Sony faces a UK class action lawsuit, seeking up to £5B, over claims it breached competition laws by overcharging PlayStation customers, covering 8.9M gamers — Company is being sued over allegations it overcharged millions of customers — Sony PlayStation is being sued …
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Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee accused of stealing Apple's car project trade secrets, pleads guilty and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250K fine — - Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee who was accused of stealing computer files with trade secrets about Apple's secretive car division … | Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Intel signs an unusual $30B agreement with Canadian asset manager Brookfield to help fund its factory expansion plans; the companies will split future revenue — Funding arrangement could be first of many such partnerships as U.S. chip giant expands manufacturing, Intel CFO says| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Estonia-based Ready Player Me, which helps build cross-world animated avatars, raised a $56M Series B led by a16z, following a $13M Series A in January 2022 — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg was roundly mocked for the bad graphics in his preview of a new expansion of Horizon Worlds, Meta's metaverse effort.
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A look at video streaming sites thriving on misinformation and hate speech, such as BitChute, with 514M visits in 2021, and Odysee with 292M, per Similarweb — BitChute and Odysee serve up conspiracies, racism and graphic violence to millions of viewers. Taking advantage of Big Tech …
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An investigation uncovered a now-deleted subreddit where users were sharing, trading, and selling explicit images and private details of women without consent — Women are facing threats and blackmail from a mob of anonymous strangers after their personal details, intimate photos and videos … | Nicholas Kitonyi / NFTgators: |
Dune Analytics: Nike's NFT sales have generated $185M, followed by Dolce & Gabbana with $25.7M, Tiffany with $12.6M, Gucci with $11.6M, and Adidas with $10.9M — Call it FOMO or just a passing fad, but businesses like Nike, Dolce & Gabbana, Tiffany, Gucci, and Adidas are reaping millions from NFTs.
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