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Whistleblower delivers liver shot to Twitter with new accusations about lax security
Twitter Inc.’s former head of security Peiter Zatko has accused the company of having “extreme, egregious deficiencies” when it comes to spam and dealing with hackers. Zatko, a well-known figure in the hacking community, was let go from the company earlier this year sometime after the new chief executive, Parag Agrawal, took the reins from ...
Tesla introduces a price increase for its Full Self-Driving software
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday that the cost of his company’s Full Self-Driving software, FSD, will go up from $12,000 to $15,000. Musk said the increase will be for cars bought after Sept. 5. He didn’t mention anything about the $199 subscription fee, but it’s expected to remain at the same ...
Nintendo America is investigating if female contractors were sexually harassed and discriminated against
An investigation is currently underway at Nintendo America following allegations that female game testers faced discrimination and were sexually harassed, it was reported today after gaming site Kotaku viewed internal documents. Earlier this week, the same website published a report that described a “frat boy” culture at Nintendo, in which female game testers faced years ...
Meta has a plan for the US midterm elections, but it sounds a bit familiar
Meta Platforms Inc. today revealed its plans for the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, telling everyone not to worry because it has a team of hundreds of folks working hard to ensure nothing happens that might taint the event. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said his large team will work around the clock to ...
Lyft launches an electric self-driving taxi service in Las Vegas
Ride-hailing giant Lyft Inc. and the autonomous vehicle firm Motional today launched an all-electric robotaxi service that will hit the streets of Las Vegas. Motional, a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai Motor Co. and auto parts maker Aptiv PLC, will provide Lyft with Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 electric sport utility vehicles. The cars feature more ...
Elon Musk gets cozy with China by penning an article for Communist Party regulator
Free speech advocate Elon Musk is currently turning heads after writing an article in a magazine of the Cyberspace Administration of China – the mighty agency dedicated to censoring the internet in China. Musk is currently being sued by Twitter Inc. after he pulled out of a $44 billion acquisition. Sometime later, the acquisition started ...
Facebook undergoes revamp and comes out looking like TikTok
Meta Platforms Inc. seems to have embraced the “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” adage as it announced today that people are about to see something new when they use the Facebook app – something like they see when they open their TikTok app. The revamped Facebook app will feature a Home tab that, ...
House panel votes to pass landmark privacy bill
A 53-2 bipartisan vote today means a privacy bill that could change how tech companies deal with users’ data in the U.S. is closer to coming to fruition. Democrats and Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce Committee greenlit the American Data Privacy and Protection Act in what is being called a giant leap for ...
Netflix says it isn’t concerned about losing almost a million subscribers
The king of streaming didn’t seem overly concerned today when it talked about losing close to 1 million subscribers from April to July on an earnings call. Chief Executive Reed Hastings said the company was prepared to lose more subscribers than that, perhaps even close to 2 million. Still, this is the biggest loss of ...
Meta tries to ascertain its impact on society in its first human rights report
Meta Platforms Inc. today released its first human rights report, an 83-page document that covers the years 2020 and 2021. According to the Facebook parent company, the report includes “insights and actions from our human rights due diligence on products, countries, and responses to emerging crises.” Over the years, the company has been criticized for ...