Mark Zuckerberg’s best fortune is Elon Musk. As Musk rebrands Twitter to X, Facebook’s Meta rebrand seems less bad. Zuckerberg can lift weights now, but he needs to help Meta recover from a rough few years. After rebranding to Meta in 2021, Facebook spent $13.7 billion on VR and AR …
Read More »Google claims Apple employee found zero-day but did not report it
According to the official bug report, Google fixed an Apple employee-discovered Chrome zero-day. The bug is unremarkable, but how it was found and reported to Google is. A Google employee said an Apple employee participating in a March Capture The Flag (CTF) hacking competition discovered the bug. However, that Apple …
Read More »Businesses can now preview GitHub Copilot Chat
GitHub launched Copilot X, a code-centric chatbot, earlier this year to expand its Copilot code completion tool. Copilot Chat is now a limited public beta for all GitHub business users on Visual Studio and VS Code. “This new evolution turns GitHub Copilot into a context-aware conversational assistant right in the …
Read More »Amazon’s palm-scanning payment technology is coming to all 500+ Whole Foods
Amazon One, a palm-scanning payment system, is set to expand nationwide. The retailer announced this morning that the payment tech will be in all 500+ Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market stores by year-end. Hovering a palm over a reader device activates the biometric payment system. The device then matches the customer’s …
Read More »TheTruthSpy’s millions from fake passports and real bank accounts
Benjamin, 44, lives near the park in a trendy downtown Dallas neighborhood. He avoids social media. Fort Worth neighbor Dulce, 42, lives in a gated community with terraced houses and green lawns. They look like online entrepreneurs with modest incomes. The two make huge profits by selling access to TheTruthSpy, …
Read More »YouTube testing an easy way to watch videos at 2x speed
YouTube is testing a 2x speed mode for Premium subscribers. According to YouTube’s experiments page, long-pressing the player sets playback speed to 2x. Mobile users can opt into the test by holding down anywhere on the screen until the top of the window says, “Playing at 2x speed.” It’s online …
Read More »OnlyFans CEO Ami Gan resigns
After 2.5 years as CEO, Ami Gan is leaving OnlyFans. Keily Blair will become CEO. Gan tweeted, “Spending nearly 3 years at OnlyFans while it echoed throughout the cultural zeitgeist, has been beyond rewarding. OnlyFans, the most prominent creator platform for adult content, paid out $10 billion to creators while …
Read More »The US launches its long-awaited IoT security labeling program, Cyber Trust Mark
The Biden administration launched its long-awaited Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity labeling program to protect Americans from internet-connected device security risks. The “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark” helps Americans buy internet-connected devices with strong cyberattack protections. Fitness trackers, routers, baby monitors, and smart refrigerators make up the Internet of Things, a …
Read More »Tesla directors settle overpayment claims for $735M
According to a Monday court filing, Tesla directors will pay $735 million to settle shareholder claims that they overpaid themselves. A Tesla stock-holding retirement fund settled its 2020 lawsuit. Starting in June 2017, the Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System criticized Tesla directors’ stock options, including CEO Elon Musk, his …
Read More »Twitter expands creator revenue-sharing access, raises rate limitations
Twitter started paying creators a part of the ad money offered in their answers last week to keep its most prominent tweeters in the face of rising competition from Instagram Threads and others. Despite the program’s large payments, some designers complained to Twitter owner Elon Musk over the weekend. Musk …
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