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| The Verge: |
A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack that crashed the Trump interview; another X employee said there was a “99 percent” chance Musk was lying — Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.
More: New York Times, The Guardian, Semafor, Moneycontrol, TechIssuesToday.com, CoinDesk, Reuters, USA Today, The Information, TweakTown, Deadline, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, NBC News, New York Post, The Crypto Times, The San Francisco Standard, Benzinga, Bloomberg, TMZ.com, Wired, Cryptonews, Business Insider, and NPR
Threads: @danseifert, @reckless1280, @crumbler, @karissabe, @reckless1280, @reckless1280, @technicallymims, @technicallymims, @brianstelter, and @fredericl
Bluesky: @anidealhusbando.bsky.social and @howelloneill.bsky.social
Forums: r/politics, r/inthenews, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: |
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack” — Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed …
More: The Register, TechCrunch, New York Times, Proactive, Cointelegraph, Associated Press, The Cyber Express, Cryptopolitan, Cyber Daily, USA Today, Washington Post, CoinGape, New York Post, Reuters, Livemint, New York Post, Cybernews.com, The Hill, The Wrap, Business Insider, Newsweek, ABC, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Benzinga, CNN, Business Today, Telegraph, BBC, Forbes, Politico, Engadget, Semafor, NBC News, and Bitcoin Insider
Threads: @snazzyq, @moskov, @matthewfacciani, @mattnavarra, @mac_ryan_, @reckless1280, and @seancolarossi
X: @elonmusk, @u_n_l_0_c_k_e_d, @rmac18, @levynews, and @u_n_l_0_c_k_e_d
Forums: r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/USNewsHub, r/CyberStuck, r/NewsAndPolitics, r/uspolitics, r/politics, r/inthenews, and r/democrats
| Financial Times: |
More: Decrypt, Associated Press, The Atlantic, Politico, CryptoPotato, New York Times, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social. X: @elonmusk, @danieldimartino, and @carnage4life. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing — Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
More: Patreon, Eshu Marneedi, The Verge, Mobile Marketing Magazine, On Substack, MacRumors, Engadget, Pixel Envy, Birchtree, Daring Fireball, Daring Fireball, OSnews, The Beat, Geek News Central Podcast, Daring Fireball, Digital Music News, The Register, MacStories, The Information, Macworld, mjtsai.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Fast Company, PYMNTS.com, NewsBytes, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Pixel Envy, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer
Threads: @quillmatiq. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @thomholwerda@exquisite.social, @matt@isfeeling.social, @caseyliss@mastodon.social, @janl@narrativ.es, @marioguzman@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @jsnell@zeppelin.flights, @mathowie@xoxo.zone, @robnich@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @viticci@mastodon …, @khaost@mastodon.tz.is, @viticci@mastodon …, @jsq@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @dalias@hachyderm.io, @stroughtonsmith …, @ambulephabus@mastodon.social, @chockenberry@mastodon.social, @rene@social.fouquet.me, @iKyle@mastodon.social, @quillmatiq@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, and @ThePlant@mastodon.social
X: @timsweeneyepic, @kenneynl, @balancecrafting, @mattmcmuscles, @patrickwardle, @kylebrussell, @jonlamart, @timsweeneyepic, @darlingstrawbie, @t3dotgg, @iriscompietart, @zachhazard, @florian4gamers, @drbarnard, @austen, @taylor_titmouse, @paulg, @samaaron, @gaijingoombah, @_daddydisco, and @galoogamelady
LinkedIn: Patrick Wardle and Sarah Perez
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/technology
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
On August 6, hackers leaked ~2.7B data records of people in the US containing SSNs and names, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data — Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
More: Mashable, Hackread, Tom's Hardware, ITPro, Malwarebytes, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo News, Digital Trends, Tech Monitor, Digital Trends, SC Media, Dave's Newsletter, Android Headlines, BGR, and PCMag
Mastodon: @paul@oldfriends.live and @BleepingComputer …
| Washington Post: |
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris — Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
More: CNN, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Reuters, TIME, The Record, Vox, Politico, The Guardian, The Verge, New York Post, The Stack, NBC News, DigiTimes, SiliconANGLE, and Associated Press
X: @dnvolz, @mattyglesias, @zcohencnn, @jackmjenkins, @nakashimae, @dfriedman33, @kendilaniannbc, @zcohencnn, and @bretbaier. Forums: r/politics
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appeared at DEF CON to accept the “Most Epic Fail” award, saying “we got this horribly wrong” and CrowdStrike “own it” — CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appears at DEF CON's annual Pwnie Awards to accept … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds group chats, with support for up to 32 people, available to all users over 15 years old, and adds safety measures specifically to protect teens — TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta's WhatsApp and Apple's Messages, as the company announced on Monday … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tally, which helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; the startup had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M — Tally, a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt, has shut down, according to the company.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders …
More: US Securities …, The Block, The Cyber Express, Cryptopolitan, Crowdfund Insider, Cybernews.com, TechCrunch, CryptoSlate, PYMNTS.com, Cryptonews, Decrypt, CoinDesk, crypto.news, Quartz, Coinpedia Fintech News, and CoinGape
Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/Economics, and r/news
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the US plans to remove lidar maker Hesai from a list of Chinese military-affiliated companies, after judging that Hesai did not meet the legal criteria — U-turn on world's biggest laser sensor maker is embarrassing reversal for the Pentagon — The Pentagon has decided to remove Hesai … | Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous cars with no safety driver on freeways in the Bay Area this week, after getting regulatory approval in March — Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week.
More: Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, New York Post, PCMag, Benzinga, and Business Insider
X: @suzkp, @venturetwins, @brianwilt, @waymo, @daviscmitchell, and @collision
Forums: Hacker News and r/technews
| Bloomberg: |
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