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ByteDance fired four employees after finding in a probe they accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)

Emily Baker-White / Forbes: ByteDance fired four employees after finding in a probe they accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story — ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

President Jair Bolsonaro signs into law Brazil’s first crypto framework, which defines digital assets and provides ground rules for crypto brokerages (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: President Jair Bolsonaro signs into law Brazil’s first crypto framework, which defines digital assets and provides ground rules for crypto brokerages — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law the country’s first framework for cryptocurrency, with ground rules for brokerages …

Hackers stole encrypted LastPass password vaults, and we’re just now hearing about it

Pictured: the encrypted vault with your passwords. | Illustration by Beatrice Sala LastPass has a doozy of an updated announcement about a recent data breach: the company — which promises to keep all your passwords in one, secure place — is now saying that hackers were able to “copy a backup of customer vault data,”

Apple officially loses NFL Sunday Ticket to YouTube

Google and the NFL have announced that YouTube and YouTube TV will be the new home of Sunday Ticket.

You Can Make Ferrofluid On The Cheap With VHS Tapes

Ferrofluid is a wonderous substance. It’s a liquid goop that responds to magnetic fields in exciting and interesting ways. It’s actually possible to make it yourself, and it’s cheap, too! The key is to get yourself some old VHS tapes. The only fitting end for a copy of Speed II. The trick is to separate the

Research: tens of thousands of Twitter poll bot votes can cost less than $100, potentially undermining Elon Musk’s move to rely on polls for company decisions (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: Research: tens of thousands of Twitter poll bot votes can cost less than $100, potentially undermining Elon Musk’s move to rely on polls for company decisions — New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk has outsourced several controversial decisions — like whether to reinstate former US President …

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is blamed for eight-car pileup in California

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Tesla driver is blaming Full Self-Driving software for having caused an eight-car pileup in the Yerba Buena Tunnel in California last month, according to a police report obtained by CNN Business. According to the December 7th report obtained by CNN Business, California Highway Patrol (CHP) reviewed tunnel

LastPass says a threat actor stole a backup copy of its customers’ encrypted vault data using cloud storage keys stolen from a LastPass employee in August 2022 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: LastPass says a threat actor stole a backup copy of its customers’ encrypted vault data using cloud storage keys stolen from a LastPass employee in August 2022 — Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults …

Crypto exchange Bullish, backed by Peter Thiel, and Far Peak, a SPAC led by ex-NYSE President Thomas Farley, call off their planned $9B merger announced in 2021 (Joanna Ossinger/Bloomberg)

Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: Crypto exchange Bullish, backed by Peter Thiel, and Far Peak, a SPAC led by ex-NYSE President Thomas Farley, call off their planned $9B merger announced in 2021 — Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish and special-purpose acquisition company Far Peak Acquisition Corp. have called off their planned merger.

How to take control of macOS notifications

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Are you annoyed by how quickly the macOS notification banners that appear in the upper-right corner of the screen disappear? Has it ever annoyed someone you know? Is that person so frustrated with macOS notifications and multitasking that they write an 826-word attack against the preferred platform of

Old Robotic Vacuum Gets a New RC Lease on Life

To our way of thinking, the whole purpose behind robotic vacuum cleaners is their autonomy. They’re not particularly good at vacuuming, but they are persistent about it, and eventually get the job done with as little human intervention as possible. So why in the world would you want to convert a robotic vacuum to radio

New OpenAI Tool Turns Text Into 3D Models

It’s unusual for an innovation to make equally large waves in the art and artificial intelligence communities, but that’s what OpenAI accomplished with the release of the DALL-E image generator. Simply type in a description, and DALL-E can make it real. The company’s new algorithm has a similar pitch, but instead of making a 2D

Apple suppliers rush to build Indian facilities amid Chinese disruption

Some Apple suppliers are already working to build facilities in India as the company looks to reduce its reliance on Chinese manufacturing.

A 1974 US privacy law that prevents the sharing of citizens’ data between US agencies is forcing the government to use and pay millions annually to data brokers (Alfred Ng/Politico)

Alfred Ng / Politico: A 1974 US privacy law that prevents the sharing of citizens’ data between US agencies is forcing the government to use and pay millions annually to data brokers — How an old privacy law and new security demands force Washington to rely on an industry in the crosshairs.

Google might be hitting the panic button to protect Search from ChatGPT

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google sees the sudden rise in the popularity of AI tools as potentially the biggest threat to its Search business in years. CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly stopped the work of numerous groups within the company to address this threat. Google’s own chatbot could rival competitors like ChatGPT, but

MIT: Taxing Robots Might Stave Off Job Loss, Income Inequality

(Photo: Arseny Togulev/Unsplash)As useful and impressive as robots can be, they present one ubiquitous concern: Will they take our jobs? Robots and other autonomous technologies are rapidly gaining prevalence across a variety of industries, from fast food and transportation to shoe shining and bartending. While some say it’s necessary to integrate robots into the workforce,

Fans can sue over trailer that featured a cut character, says court

Himesh Patel in Yesterday | Image: Tribeca Film Festival A trailer for Danny Boyle’s film Yesterday might count as false advertising for including a character — played by Ana de Armas — who was cut from the film. As reported by Variety yesterday, a California court is allowing parts of a lawsuit against Universal City

Here’s what’s driving the frigid storm that’s messing up holiday plans across the US

Miguel Salazar clears sidewalks of Sherman St. in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022. | Photo by Hyoung Chang / The Denver Post Frigid temperatures are expected to sting two-thirds of the continental US this week as a powerful storm system races eastward. The timing couldn’t be worse, hitting right before the holidays, when

New NY state law takes aim at warehouse work quotas like the ones Amazon uses

Image: Shutterstock Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which protects warehouse distribution workers from undisclosed or unlawful work speed quotas. In addition to protecting warehouse workers from unreasonably demanding work quotas, the law will require distribution centers to inform workers of their performance and rights in the workplace.

See inside your Steam Deck with JSAUX’s $30 transparent backplate

JSAUX’s Steam Deck transparent backplate. | Image: JSAUX JSAUX might sound like just another alphabet soup electronics brand, but it’s quickly developed a reputation as the foremost accessory vendor for the Steam Deck — and today, it’s announced what (I’m fairly sure!) is the very first transparent shell for the system. And you know how

Avatar Sequel’s Crazy Frame Rate Crashed Some Theater Projectors

Just like Icarus, James Cameron has flown his $250 million Avatar: The Way of the Water budget a little too close to the sun. (That’s how the story goes, right?) Not only is the director’s latest film—which comes a decade after the first Avatar—over three hours long, but it’s offered in a high frame rate

TikTok’s parent company reportedly accessed US journalists’ data

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge An internal investigation at ByteDance found that several employees accessed TikTok data for two US journalists and a “small number” of other people connected to them, according to internal emails obtained by The New York Times. That data reportedly included the reporters’ IP addresses, which were used to

Tesla’s in-car navigation will get friendlier to non-Superchargers

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tesla’s Superchargers have been the most convenient charging network for owners of its electric cars, but this week, the automaker announced it will begin to better integrate other compatible fast charging networks as well. Non-Tesla fast charging stations that meet certain criteria over a 60-day period, like

How does AirDrop work? Our experts have answers

Most of us know and use Apple’s AirDrop feature to wirelessly share files, photos, and more between nearby Mac and iOS devices. But how does it work? It’s not like those files are literally dropped through the air, after all. Although, the name creates a concept close enough to the truth for people to grasp

2022 FPV Contest: A Poor Man’s Journey Into FPV

FPV can be a daunting hobby to get into. Screens, cameras, and other equipment can be expensive, and there’s a huge range of hardware to choose from. [JP Gleyzes] has been involved with RC vehicles for many years, and decided to leverage that experience to do FPV on a budget. Early experiments involved building a

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