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US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770 suspects, and others due to a simple misconfiguration (Dhruv Mehrotra/Wired)

Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770 suspects, and others due to a simple misconfiguration — SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible.

Apple launches Business Connect, letting US businesses update and manage information across Maps and other services, something Google Maps has had since 2005 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple launches Business Connect, letting US businesses update and manage information across Maps and other services, something Google Maps has had since 2005 — Apple Maps today is gaining a new tool that will allow the decade-plus-old service to better compete with Google …

This free new iPhone tool can help put your business in front of a billion people

UGREEN DigiNest Pro Charging Station review: Powerful charging for the professional desktop

Need more than USB? The UGreen Diginest Pro has multiple AC outlets alongside 100W fast USB-C charging to keep the professional desktop all the way juiced.

Poll: How do you place your phone inside your pocket?

Credit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Today’s smartphones are pretty big devices, so we wouldn’t be surprised if your pockets are too small for your current handset. In saying so, my phones still tend to fit just fine in my huge pants pockets. That leads us to our featured poll today. How do you actually

An Ultrawide monitor does more for productivity than you’d think – particularly when you save $170

An Ultrawide monitor isn’t one of those things that you think you need – until you try one out. This deal at Amazon saves you money on one as well.

Why some of the biggest names in tech and auto are teaming up on virtual power plants

A Chevy Silverado EV. | Image: GM Some big names in smart homes, solar power, and electric vehicles launched a coalition yesterday to develop standards and policies for virtual power plants. The effort was initially funded by Google Nest and General Motors and will be spearheaded by the clean energy advocacy nonprofit RMI. The new

How Tinder changed everything

The Verge When Tinder launched in 2012, its creators didn’t think much of it. “We put together what would eventually become Tinder in about six to eight weeks and launched it,” says Jonathan Badeen, one of Tinder’s co-founders and inventor of the swipe. The swipe was kind of like Tinder’s secret weapon — it seems

Some Microsoft Teams features will move to new Premium edition

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is moving some Microsoft Teams features over to its more costly Premium edition. Microsoft Teams Premium has been available as a 30-day trial since last month and will soon have exclusive access to features like live translated captions, custom Together Mode scenes, and virtual appointment options. The Register spotted that Microsoft revealed

A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects

SweepWizard, an app that law enforcement used to coordinate raids, left sensitive information about hundreds of police operations publicly accessible.

Netflix plans to stream the SAG Awards globally starting in 2024, as part of a multi-year deal; the 2023 ceremony will stream on Netflix’s YouTube channel (Tyler Coates/The Hollywood Reporter)

Tyler Coates / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix plans to stream the SAG Awards globally starting in 2024, as part of a multi-year deal; the 2023 ceremony will stream on Netflix’s YouTube channel — The company will also livestream the 2023 ceremony on its YouTube page ahead of its multi-year partnership with the Screen Actors Guild.

A bankruptcy attorney says FTX has recovered $5B+ in cash, crypto, and securities, not including $425M held by the Bahamas or “illiquid cryptocurrency tokens” (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A bankruptcy attorney says FTX has recovered $5B+ in cash, crypto, and securities, not including $425M held by the Bahamas or “illiquid cryptocurrency tokens” — The announcement substantially raises the total FTX has recovered since filing for bankruptcy last year.

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (Jan. 11)

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use

Intel Shows Off 6GHz CPU Without Any ‘Tricks’ Involved

Intel has released a new marketing video showing off what is surely the Core i9-13900KS. The company hasn’t officially announced the CPU yet, but it’s been hinting at it for months now. The new video is a no-frills affair with two Intel employees chatting at a testing bench, and one acting surprised at hearing some

Tesla owners in China are furious over price cuts — here’s why protests became the answer

Image: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images No matter what language you speak or what part of the world you call home, one thing is certain: no one wants to miss out on a good deal. This has proven especially true in China for existing Tesla customers, who are so unhappy about recently announced price cuts

In a Discord post, OpenAI says it’s “starting to” consider monetizing ChatGPT, possibly via ChatGPT Professional, polls members on payment preferences, and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: In a Discord post, OpenAI says it’s “starting to” consider monetizing ChatGPT, possibly via ChatGPT Professional, polls members on payment preferences, and more — OpenAI this week signaled it’ll soon begin charging for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot that can write essays, emails, poems and even computer code.

Tesla is planning a $770 million expansion of its Texas Gigafactory

The Texas Gigafactory, constructed last year, serves as the Tesla global headquarters and is the “equivalent to three Pentagons,” according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. | Image: Brandon Bell/Getty Images Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has notified the state of Texas of its plans to spend upward of $770 million expanding its already immense Austin-based factory.

After Chinese researchers claimed to break RSA encryption using quantum computers, experts are skeptical and caution that any commercial benefits are years away (Richard Waters/Financial Times)

Richard Waters / Financial Times: After Chinese researchers claimed to break RSA encryption using quantum computers, experts are skeptical and caution that any commercial benefits are years away — China claims to have made a major breakthrough but western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away

Cologne-based DeepL, which offers instant translation-as-a-service to businesses and individuals, raised $100M-$125M led by IVP at a €1B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Cologne-based DeepL, which offers instant translation-as-a-service to businesses and individuals, raised $100M-$125M led by IVP at a €1B valuation — Artificial intelligence startups, and (thanks to GPT and Open AI) specifically those helping humans communicate with each other …

US Will Need 2.3 Million EV Chargers by 2030, Research Firm Says

(Image: Chuttersnap/Unsplash)The electric vehicle market is heating up. More Americans than ever before are expressing interest in purchasing an electric or hybrid vehicle sometime in the future, while two of every five personal car owners worldwide say they’d be interested in going electric. But with all these EVs on the world’s roads, we’re forced to

The deep problem with SPACs is the sponsors’ and warrant holders’ cuts, paid by the target company or the SPAC shareholders, leading to a bad deal for both (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: The deep problem with SPACs is the sponsors’ and warrant holders’ cuts, paid by the target company or the SPAC shareholders, leading to a bad deal for both — SPAC SPAC SPAC — Simplifying a bit, the way a special purpose acquisition company works is that the sponsor of the SPAC

Court upholds arrest of Andrew Tate

Andrew Tate (seen left, holding a book) and his brother Tristan (right of Andrew) lost their appeal against the decision to extend their pre-trial detention from 24 hours to 30 days. | Image: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images A court in Bucharest, Romania upheld the 30-day arrest of controversial influencer Andrew Tate on Tuesday, rejecting

Variable Width 3D Printing the Hard Way

The problem: you want to produce varying line thicknesses when 3D printing. The solution, if you are the Liqtra company, appears to be to put seven print heads together and enable one for thin lines, all of them for thick lines, and something in between for everything else. The technical details are scant, but from

As Gig Economy Companies Flee Europe, Getir Is Taking Over

Rapid grocery delivery apps are leaving the continent, putting the Turkish startup on top. But, its reign is anything but stable.

FTX Has Wrecked the Crypto Party in Paradise

The digital currency exchange’s stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot.

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