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At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from Silicon Valley employees
Dec 21, 1:17AM
Thousands of people trusted Blind, an app-based “anonymous social network,” as a safe way to reveal malfeasance, wrongdoing and improper conduct at their companies. But Blind left one of its database servers exposed without a password, making it possible for anyone who knew where to look to access each user’s account information and identify would-be […]
Defense Secretary James Mattis steps down
Dec 20, 11:28PM
The man who led the Department of Defense for the first two years of the Trump administration will wrap up his tenure early next year. Retired Marine General James Mattis will leave his post by February 28, 2019. Mattis, who retired from the Marine Corps in 2013, received a special congressional waiver to serve as […]
Twitter stock down after analyst calls it 'Harvey Weinstein of Social Media'
Dec 20, 10:26PM
Twitter was down 11 percent today after a Citron Research report called the platform, the “Harvey Weinstein of social media” and set a low target price of $20. As of publishing today, the stock was down more than 11 percent at $29.29 a share. In their report Citron did not mince words, basing their conclusions on […]
Zynga to acquire Small Giant Games, the maker of Empires & Puzzles, for $700M
Dec 20, 9:05PM
Social game developer Zynga will initially acquire 80 percent of Small Giant Games for $560 million.
In revamped transparency report, Apple reveals uptick in demands for user data
Dec 20, 8:46PM
Apple’s transparency report just got a lot more — well, transparent. For years, the technology giant released a twice-a-year report on the number of government demands it received. It wasn’t much to look at in the beginning; a seven-page document with only two tables of data. Once in a while, Apple would tack on a […]
FCC fines Swarm Technologies $900K over unauthorized satellite launch
Dec 20, 8:44PM
Back in March came the surprising news that a satellite communications company still more or less in stealth mode had launched several tiny craft into orbit — against the explicit instructions of the FCC. The company, Swarm Technologies, now faces a $900,000 penalty from the agency as well as extra oversight of its continuing operations.
'Aquaman' is a ridiculous superhero epic
Dec 20, 8:18PM
Look, I get it. Even when executed well, superhero origin stories on the big screen have become depressingly formulaic — and with the exception of “Wonder Woman,” the ones in the DC Extended Universe haven’t been executed well. And although I was one of the few moviegoers who actually enjoyed last year’s “Justice League,” I’ll admit […]
Slack shuts down accounts belonging to Iranian expats and users who visited Iran
Dec 20, 8:17PM
A number of Slack users report that they have suddenly lost access to their accounts with no warning in what appears to be an aggressive implementation of U.S. sanctions on Iran. In some cases, users have reported seeing revoked their access to free, public Slack groups, while access to paid accounts remains. Administrators of the […]
Cybersecurity and human rights
Dec 20, 8:00PM
Israel is Startup Nation when it comes to innovation and development, but is behind in legislation that deals with dilemmas regarding the intersection of tech, human rights and democratic values.
An inside look at Rivian's EV ambitions from AI batteries to electric jet skis
Dec 20, 7:56PM
For a CEO who insists his electric vehicle startup doesn't want to be Tesla, Rivian founder RJ Scaringe can sound a lot like Elon Musk. Just weeks before unveiling Rivian's first vehicles — an all-electric pickup and a seven-seater SUV — at the LA Auto Show last month, Scaringe promised an impressive new battery technology […]
WhatsApp has an encrypted child porn problem
Dec 20, 7:54PM
WhatsApp chat groups are being used to spread illegal child pornography, cloaked by the app’s end-to-end encryption. Without the necessary number of human moderators, the disturbing content is slipping by WhatsApp’s automated systems. A report from two Israeli NGOs reviewed by TechCrunch details how third-party apps for discovering WhatsApp groups include “Adult” sections that offer […]
App downloads across iOS & Google Play up 10% to 113B in 2018, consumer spend tops $76B
Dec 20, 7:38PM
The app economy is continuing to grow, both in terms of app downloads and consumer spending. According to preliminary year-end data shared by App Annie, it’s predicting the number of global app downloads in 2018 will surpass 113 billion, up 10 percent from last year. Consumer spending in apps has grown even quicker — it’s […]
FBI kicks some of the worst 'DDoS for hire' sites off the internet
Dec 20, 7:38PM
The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. Several seizure warrants granted by a California federal judge went into effect Thursday, removing several of these “booter” or “stresser” sites off the internet “as part of coordinated law enforcement action […]
Firefox Focus adds support for enhanced tracking protection and Google's Safe Browsing service
Dec 20, 7:31PM
Firefox Focus for Android and iOS is Mozilla’s privacy-centric mobile browser. Today, the organization stepped up this promise of keeping its users’ data private by adding to the browser a few new features that expand on this by adding a new privacy feature, as well as a few other new tools. The main new addition […]
Apple's AI boss has been bumped up to the company's executive team
Dec 20, 6:52PM
Apple has just confirmed that John Giannandrea, the ex-Googler machine learning veteran who joined the company back in April, has joined the likes of Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Eddy Cue and Angela Ahrendts on the executive team. His role on the executive team will be “Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy,” […]
Gift Guide: 12 really useful gifts for the friends who just had a baby
Dec 20, 6:02PM
Buying the right stuff as a new parent is tough. Buying the right things for a new parent? Even harder. There's just way, way too much junk out there marketed at new parents. A lot of it seems useful until you realize it's just taking up space.
Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire
Dec 20, 6:00PM
Lyft today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of vehicle safety research at the U.S. Department of Transportation, to lead its autonomous vehicle safety and compliance efforts. At Lyft, Maddox will be the company’s first senior director of autonomous safety and compliance. “I've dedicated […]
eMarketer: Amazon took 2/3 of smart speaker sales in 2018, but Echo will feel the squeeze in 2019
Dec 20, 5:56PM
Smart speakers that let you control services and other connected devices in your home will continue to be a popular gift choice during the holiday season and into next year, when usage is set to rise by 15 percent, to 74.2 million people in the U.S., working out to 26.8 percent of the U.S. population, […]
French data protection watchdog fines Uber $460,000 for data breach
Dec 20, 5:37PM
One by one, European countries are slapping Uber with a penalty for the way it handled its 2016 data breach. Today, France's data protection watchdog, the CNIL, announced it was fining Uber $460,000 (€400,000). This event was a combination of bad security with bad reaction and good timing. Back in 2016, Uber faced a data […]
Some iPad Pros could come bent out of the box
Dec 20, 5:01PM
Apple has confirmed to The Verge that some iPad Pro models come slightly bent out of the box due to a manufacturing process. According to Apple, it shouldn't impact your iPad in any way. But if you buy a new iPad Pro, please make sure that it's not bent in case you want to exchange […]
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