The importance of application security cannot be overstated, as software applications are responsible for processing and storing sensitive data, maintaining business continuity, and protecting valuable intellectual property. Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) is a powerful method for identifying vulnerabilities that other forms of testing may not detect. By integrating DAST into the development process from
Read MoreSlack has become increasingly vital as businesses operate more remotely. Whether that’s a necessity for outfits such as Android Authority that have team members across the globe, or a local operation forced to work from home during a pandemic, it’s critical to have a way to communicate in a free-flowing and less formal way than email.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we looked at a video showing water “solving” a maze. [AlphaPhoenix] saw the same video, and it made him think about electrons “finding the path of least resistance.” So can you solve a maze with foil, a laser cutter, a power supply, and some pepper? Apparently, as you can see in
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Bluesky for Android is now available on the Play Store, after first launching on iOS in February 2023, but the service is still invite-only — Bluesky, the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized Twitter alternative, now has an Android app. The launch follows the release of the service’s iOS app, which came out
Read MoreMatt Novak / Forbes: Twitter suspends Wired’s Dell Cameron for reporting on hack of Matt Walsh’s account; Wired says it does not believe Cameron’s account violated Twitter’s policy — A reporter at Wired magazine has been banned from Twitter after he wrote about the fact that anti-trans activist Matt Walsh had his Twitter account hacked.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, we looked at a video showing water “solving” a maze. [AlphaPhoenix] saw the same video, and it made him think about electrons “finding the path of least resistance.” So can you solve a maze with foil, a laser cutter, a power supply, and some pepper? Apparently, as you can see in
Read MoreImage: Getty Tesla will have a delivery event for its long-delayed Cybertruck in the third quarter of 2023, Elon Musk said during an earnings call with investors Wednesday. After more than three years since its initial announcement, Cybertruck production is expected to start this summer — though Musk has said that volume production won’t begin
Read MoreUniversal The Fast and Furious franchise is all about family, but it is also about enormous action set pieces that even make Tom Cruise say “neat,” and in the second trailer for Fast X, the 10th — 10th! — installment in the Fast and Furious franchise, Jason Momoa appears to blow up the Vatican. I
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter reiterated today that it’s going to remove legacy verified checkmarks tomorrow, April 20th. Yes, that does mean Elon Musk’s Twitter intends to remove the last vestiges of what he once deemed the “lords & peasants system” on 4/20, ha ha. The thing is, I won’t believe Twitter
Read MoreJeff John Roberts / Fortune: Coinbase says it received a license to operate in Bermuda; source: the company plans to launch an offshore derivatives exchange in Bermuda as soon as next week — Coinbase has received a license to operate in the off-shore haven of Bermuda, signaling that the company is doubling-down on plans …
Read MoreHow do we define power? Do we look for strength? Speed? Longevity? Some combination of the three that’s almost impossible to nail down? To make life even more challenging, our expectations for “power” aren’t nearly the same for a budget-friendly Android phone compared to a premium flagship. Motorola knows this better than almost everyone, with
Read MoreKaren Freifeld / Reuters: Seagate agrees to pay $300M to settle with the US Department of Commerce for shipping $1.1B+ worth of hard drives to Huawei, violating US export control laws — April 19 Reuters) – Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX.O) has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement with U.S. authorities
Read MoreMichael Kan / PCMag: After Microsoft Advertising said it was dropping Twitter support, Elon Musk tweeted that it’s “lawsuit time” over training “illegally using Twitter data” — Microsoft is winding down support for Twitter on its advertising platform, likely because the social media platform wants …
Read More[Old Alaska] had a problem. He needed a second remote for his apartment garage door, but was quoted a fee in the hundreds of dollars for the trouble of sourcing and programming another unit. Realizing this was a rip-off given the cheap hardware involved, he decided to whip up his own sneaky solution instead. It’s
Read MoreIllustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images Elon Musk is threatening to take legal action against Microsoft over claims that the company “trained illegally using Twitter data.” The billionaire’s statement came in response to a tweet noting that Microsoft’s advertising platform announced it would stop supporting Twitter, reportedly due to Twitter’s changes requiring
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: IBM reports Q1 revenue up 0.4% YoY to $14.25B, vs. $14.35B est., net income up 26% YoY to $927M, and software revenue up 2.6% YoY to $5.92B, vs. $5.83B est. — – IBM’s first-quarter earnings surpassed expectations even as revenue was weaker than expected. — Parts of the company’s infrastructure business
Read MoreMatt Binder / Mashable: Microsoft plans to drop Twitter support from its ad platform on April 25; users won’t be able to access their account nor create, manage, or schedule tweets — Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter’s new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B
Read MoreOracle’s Java 8 Enterprise Performance Pack, a drop-in replacement for JDK 8 that promises to bring Java 17 performance to Java 8 workloads, is being made available on public download pages on Oracle.com, the company announced on April 18. Previously, the package was offered only through My Oracle Support for existing customers. To read this
Read MoreJane Lee / Reuters: EdgeQ, which makes chips that power the base stations for 5G telecom towers, 5G access points, and more, raised a $75M Series B at a valuation of less than $1B — Silicon Valley 5G chip startup EdgeQ Inc said on Wednesday it raised $75 million to help fund a ramp up
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Stability AI, the company behind the AI-powered Stable Diffusion image generator, has released a suite of open-source large language models (LLMs) collectively called StableLM. In a post shared on Wednesday, the company announced that its models are now available for developers to use and adapt on GitHub. Like
Read MoreTom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft starts naming threat actor groups after weather events, like typhoon, sandstorm, and blizzard; each name represents a nation state or a motivation — Microsoft has started naming hackers after the weather in a new naming taxonomy update. Hackers will now be named after events like storms …
Read MoreIllustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla published its first quarter earnings report in which the company said it earned $2.9 billion in net income on $23.3 billion in revenue. That represents a 24 percent increase year over year compared to $18.7 billion in revenue in Q1 2022. Most importantly, the company’s gross margins fell
Read MoreIf young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gonna… tie you up in a decade of fair use litigation. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe streaming giant is killing its video-by-mail service. These are the final words of one of its longest-serving discs.
Read MoreAlex Heath / The Verge: Snap expands My AI to all users for free and says the chatbot can now be added to group chats and recommend AR filters or places, and will soon generate photos — The OpenAI-powered chatbot is also being added to group chats, gaining the ability to make recommendations for things
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