Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A second Twitter whistleblower told the FTC and Congress last year that engineers can access “GodMode” and tweet from any account, supporting Mudge’s complaint — Too many people can still access a program that lets them tweet under any account, he says in a complaint
Read MoreBerber Jin / Wall Street Journal: New York-based VC firm Thrive sells a 3.3% stake for ~$175M to Disney CEO Robert Iger and others, valuing Thrive at $5.3B, a rare move to expand its reach — Group of five investors is paying about $175 million for 3.3% of venture firm — Venture firm Thrive Capital
Read MoreNew York Times: A look at Sam Bankman-Fried’s $400M investment in obscure hedge fund Modulo, shortly before FTX collapsed; Modulo’s executives had close ties to SBF and FTX — After the collapse of FTX, prosecutors and lawyers have scrutinized its discredited founder’s huge investment in Modulo Capital.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: increased SEC scrutiny of Circle, eToro, Galaxy Digital, and other crypto companies have blocked them from going public in the US over the past year — Companies including Circle Internet Financial and eToro have failed to secure the regulator’s approval — Crypto’s Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
Read MoreThe history of astronomy has been all about recognizing that our place in the universe isn’t all that special. We’ve gone from the center of all existence to just another planet orbiting an average star in one of billions and billions of galaxies. It turns out there might be something special about our galaxy, though.
Read MoreAfter seven years and 300 episodes, the podcast’s host tells WIRED about his nine favorite episodes.
Read MoreLithium sulfur batteries are often touted as the next major chemistry for electric vehicle applications, if only their cycle life wasn’t so short. But that might be changing soon, as a group of researchers at Drexel University has developed a sulfur cathode capable of more than 4000 cycles. Most research into the Li-S couple has
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Garmin announced a new clinically-tested ECG app with FDA approval. The app will be available on the Garmin Venu 2 Plus to users in the US. With on-the-spot ECG recording capabilities, the app will help users check for signs of atrial fibrillation (aFib). Garmin is after users’ hearts with
Read MoreInstalling protected routes tends to boost local shops. But many store owners remain attached to their street parking—and fight to protect it.
Read MoreGoogle Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases.
Read MoreWhen you hear leaders talk about the power of great cultures, you often hear talk of communication, integrity, and openness, and these are all important dimensions. Of course, there are as many definitions of healthy cultures as there are opinions about Kubernetes. Even though we can’t define them precisely, we all want great cultures. So
Read MoreWired: Researcher: for over a year, India’s education ministry app Diksha exposed the names, phone numbers, and email IDs of over 1M teachers via an unsecured server — A mandatory app exposed the personal information of students and teachers across the country for over a year.
Read MoreEmily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Binance acknowledges mistakenly storing collateral for some of its tokens in the same wallet as customer funds; reserves for around 47 coins are in one wallet — Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest crypto platform, acknowledged that it mistakenly keeps collateral for some of the tokens …
Read MoreThe notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs.
Read MoreExperts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US.
Read MoreIt’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when it comes to climate change.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google could soon bring support for user profiles to the Messages app. Apps like WhatsApp and Telegram have supported profiles for years now. Google Messages is the company’s flagship messaging and texting app, coming preloaded on phones from a variety of manufacturers. The app already supports a host of
Read MoreHannah Murphy / Financial Times: How Esther Crawford, Twitter’s director of product management, became one of the most influential leaders from the old guard in Elon Musk’s “hardcore” Twitter — Days after Elon Musk had completed his $44bn buyout of Twitter, Esther Crawford shared a picture of herself sleeping …
Read MoreCredit: David Imel / Android Authority A Reddit user claims they fitted a Pixel 5a battery into a Pixel 4a for 17% more battery life. The modified phone has a slight bulge at the back, which the Redditor says is unnoticeable. What do you do when your phone’s battery starts showing its age? You definitely
Read MoreWe’ve always known, in theory, there are ways to bend wood, but weren’t really clear on how it worked. Now that we’ve seen [Totally Handy]’s recent video, we’ve learned a number of tricks to pull it off. Could we do any of them? Probably not, any more than watching someone solder under a microscope means
Read MoreTiernan Ray / ZDNet: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun says ChatGPT is “not particularly innovative” in its underlying techniques and other research labs are doing similar work — Much ink has been spilled of late about the tremendous promise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT program for generating natural-language utterances in response to human prompts.
Read MoreGood morning and welcome to Tuesday’s Daily Authority! This week we’re having a bit of a heatwave in Scotland, with a balmy 10°C predicted for tomorrow, so while it might not quite be beach weather, it’s finally not below zero anymore… Android 14 ‘s tough sideloading restrictions
Read MoreApple’s latest HomePod is already facing preorder shipping delays in the USA, UK, and Europe.
Read MoreJason Schreier / Bloomberg: A manager at Activision Blizzard’s Blizzard unit, who oversaw World of Warcraft Classic, departs after internally criticizing the company’s stack ranking system — A manager at video game developer Blizzard Entertainment said he was ousted after refusing to give a low evaluation to an employee …
Read MoreCredit: Smartprix Apparent Galaxy S23 Ultra night mode samples have leaked online. The shots tentatively show a huge upgrade in low-light picture quality. We’ve already seen a ton of Galaxy S23 series leaks and teases, and one claimed upgrade teased by Samsung is that we’ll see much better low-light photography. Now, it turns out that
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