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T-Mobile and SpaceX partner to let customers in areas lacking T-Mobile service use Starlink for SMS, MMS, and “select messaging apps” in some markets in 2023 — “Coverage Above and Beyond” promises to bring an end to dead zones — T-Mobile says it's getting rid …
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LastPass says a hacker stole portions of its source code and “proprietary LastPass technical information” two weeks ago, but users' master passwords are safe — Password management firm LastPass was hacked two weeks ago, allowing threat actors to steal the company's source code and proprietary technical information.| New York Times: |
A federal judge ruled Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used monitoring software to scan a student's bedroom before a remote test — A federal judge said Cleveland State University violated the Fourth Amendment when it used software to scan a student's bedroom … | Twitter: |
Twitter rolls out a redesigned Spaces Tab with podcasts integrated, to a group of English-speaking users globally on iOS and Android — Twitter helps people connect with unique and compelling voices around the world. With podcasts, we're taking that connection to a whole new level.
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Alameda Research CEO says FTX Ventures absorbed Alameda's VC operations; FTX's Amy Wu says the transition began in January 2022, when FTX Ventures raised $2B — Crypto exchange FTX absorbed the venture capital operations of Alameda Research, an effort to consolidate parts …
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A judge orders Twitter to give Elon Musk data from 9,000 accounts sampled in Q4 to estimate spam and bot users but rejects his other demands as “absurdly broad” — A Delaware judge on Thursday ordered Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) to turn over some data sought by Elon Musk in his legal battle …
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will debut its next VR headset in October with better eye- and facial-tracking features to bolster users' feeling of “social presence” — - Zuckerberg discussed the new headset during an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
Coinbase launches a voter registration tool; Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad says lawmakers elected in the US midterms will make “key decisions” on crypto — Faryar Shirzad said staying engaged and informed was critical, given candidates who win in the 2022 U.S. midterms …
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DoorDash says hackers accessed some of its internal tools and customer information after compromising a third-party vendor as part of the recent Twilio breach — Hackers accessed DoorDash customer information and some partial payment data — Food delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed … | Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
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Heroku plans to stop offering free plans and shut down free services on November 28 and begin deleting inactive accounts on October 26, due to “fraud and abuse” — After offering them for over a decade, Heroku today announced that it will eliminate all of its free services — pushing users to paid plans.
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The iPhone's Lockdown Mode disables several features, including loading custom fonts, making it easy for websites to identify that a visitor is using the mode — Lockdown Mode disables a series of features that can be used to hack iPhone users. But the lack of these features also makes …
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Instagram defaults new users under 16 to its most restrictive content setting, will prompt existing teen users to pick the setting, and adds a settings check-up — In December, just ahead of Instagram head Adam Mosseri's testimony before the U.S. Senate over the impacts of its app on teen users …
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A look at Truth Social's content moderation issues: inconsistent decisions, filtering innocuous posts, and calls to violence after the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search — In the wake of the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's residence, some users of the social media platform he helped start urged people to respond with violence.
Tweets: @mattsheffield and @mmasnick
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