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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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Apple says iPadOS will “ship after iOS” this fall as version 16.1, skipping iPadOS 16, a break from releasing iOS and iPadOS updates concurrently — Apple this morning is rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. It's a break from the standard release cadence …
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iPadOS 16.1 beta code indicates that iOS 16.1 could let users delete the Wallet app, following EU antitrust concerns over Apple Pay — Apple on Tuesday surprised developers with the release of both iOS 16.0 beta 7 and iPadOS 16.1 beta 1. And while neither update comes with significant changes …
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Plex tells users to reset passwords immediately after a hacker accessed some data, including emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords — Plex users may want to change their passwords as soon as they're able. The digital media player and streaming service said a bad actor had infiltrated …
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Amazon unveils Alexa Game Control, a natural language voice tool for gamers to perform in-game actions, arriving February 2023 on Xbox and PC with Dead Island 2 — Dead Island 2 will be the first game to feature Alexa Game Control, but only on Xbox and PC — Amazon is launching …
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Facebook appears to have fixed a bizarre bug that filled user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts for over three hours — Followers are posting memes to take advantage of the carnage — Facebook is currently experiencing a bizarre bug that's filling user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts.
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Report: Snap settles an Illinois class action lawsuit, which accused Snapchat's filters and lenses of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act, for $35M — Illinois Snapchat users may be eligible for a cut — Snapchat users in Illinois who used filters or lenses may be eligible for a payout.
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Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results — Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics …
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Orange DAO, a group of over 1,000 Y Combinator alumni that backs Web3 startups, raises $80M, mainly from strategic investors Algorand and Near — Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework.| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Court filing: the FTC agrees to drop Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in a suit to block Meta's Within acquisition after Meta vowed he wouldn't buy it personally — The agency said it made the decision after Meta promised Mr. Zuckerberg would not try to personally purchase the start-up his company wants to acquire.| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Internal memo: Twitter plans to combine its platform health experience team, working on reducing toxic content, and Twitter service team, working on spam bots — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is combining teams that work on reducing toxic content and spam bots, according to a staff memo on Tuesday seen by Reuters …
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Capitol Music Group severs ties with FN Meka, a virtual “robot rapper” powered partly by AI with 10M+ TikTok followers, after backlash over racial stereotypes — The record company apologized to “the Black community” for insensitivity in promoting an AI-backed artist that critics said was …
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