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A database of the FBI’s threat information sharing program InfraGard containing contact details of its 80K+ members has been up for sale since December 10, 2022 (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: A database of the FBI’s threat information sharing program InfraGard containing contact details of its 80K+ members has been up for sale since December 10, 2022 — InfraGard, a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships …

Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music

The Steam Beta in a Tesla. | Image: Tesla Tesla’s new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music. Tesla already offers a bunch of games for owners like Cuphead and Stardew Valley, and the official addition of Steam

Jack Dorsey on Musk’s Twitter files: ‘There’s nothing to hide’

Laura Normand / The Verge Jack Dorsey has responded to Elon Musk’s purported exposé known as “The Twitter Files,” and he’s done so in an essay that’s mercifully not written as a Twitter thread. In it, the social network’s co-founder and former CEO says that he believes the company has nothing to hide, contrary to

US lawmakers introduce legislation that aims to ban TikTok or any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and other US adversaries (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: US lawmakers introduce legislation that aims to ban TikTok or any social media company in, or under the influence of, China, Russia, and other US adversaries — – A new bill from a bipartisan group of lawmakers would ban TikTok in the U.S. — The bill comes after years of broad

Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads (Platformer)

Platformer: Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads — Agree to personalize your ads — or else — A month ago, when Elon Musk’s Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …

VHS-Decode Project Could Help Archival Efforts

Archiving data from old storage media can be a highly complex process. It can be as simple as putting a disk in an old drive and reading out the contents. These days, though, the state of the art is more complex, with advanced techniques helping to recover the most data possible. The VHS-Decode project is

Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Microsoft says some drivers certified by its Windows Hardware Developer Program were used to sign malware, but that no network breach has been detected — Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so. — Microsoft has once again been caught allowing …

Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey defends against attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, commits $1M/year to Signal (Jack Dorsey/Revue)

Jack Dorsey / Revue: Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey defends against attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, commits $1M/year to Signal — By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that jack’s will receive your email address.

A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia

The suit claims the company lacks adequate moderation to prevent widespread hate speech that has led to violence and death.

PHP 8.2 introduces read-only classes

A major update to the stalwart scripting language for web development, PHP 8.2 has arrived with performance, syntax, and type safety improvements along with new capabilities such as read-only classes and stand-alone types. PHP 8.2 was published December 8 and can be accessed from php.net. Support for read-only classes in PHP 8.2 means that a

YouTube will start warning comment spammers when they violate the rules

The company also said its improved its spam detection. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube says it will begin to warn users when it’s spotted and removed their comments for violating the company’s guidelines, according a post signed by “Rob” at TeamYouTube. Big creators have been increasingly drawing awareness to comment spam

Tidal is testing a new DJ session feature for HiFi Plus subscribers

The now-playing screen shows a red DJ button that enables the live streaming-like function. | Image: Tidal Tidal, the high-bitrate quality music streaming service, is testing a new feature that lets its HiFi Plus subscribers play DJ. Participants of the service’s Early Access Program can switch from playing music just for themselves to a DJ

The many lies of Sam Bankman-Fried

Turns out reading the terms of service wouldn’t have saved FTX customers. | The Verge The US government says it was fraud from the jump. The complaint made public today by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has some hair-raising details — and if it’s right, Sam Bankman-Fried hasn’t been telling the truth for quite some

TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally — TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Users who have access to the test feature will see a new “full screen” button appear on square or

Sam Bankman-Fried is denied bail in the Bahamas

Illustration: The Verge Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, was denied bail on Tuesday after a Bahamian judge deemed him a flight risk, according to Reuters. An extradition hearing is scheduled for February 8th. Bankman-Fried, nicknamed “SBF,” was arrested in the Bahamas Monday evening after US prosecutors informed the Bahamas of sweeping criminal

During a recent all-hands, Google’s AI chief said the company is moving “more conservatively than a small startup” on AI-chat tech due to reputational risks (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: During a recent all-hands, Google’s AI chief said the company is moving “more conservatively than a small startup” on AI-chat tech due to reputational risks — – Google employees asked executives at an all-hands meeting whether the AI chatbot that’s going viral represents a “missed opportunity” for the company.

The star feature of next-gen Asus laptops is from another dimension

Credit: Asus Asus is teasing its CES 2023 event and the possible unveiling of 3D OLED laptops. In three teasers we obtained, the company divulges its CES 2023 event date as well as laptop information. If you’re in the market for a 2023 laptop, future Asus models might be on the bleeding edge. CES 2023

Building a Lamp To Help With Seasonal Depression

The sun plays a big biological role in our lives, regulating our circadian rhythms and doing a whole bunch more as well. Some people find the reduced sunlight of the winter months to have negative emotional effects, and rely on artificial lighting to counteract this. [Samasrinivas] built a lamp of their own design for this

Brazil’s central bank says it aims to launch its digital currency in 2024 after a closed pilot program next year with financial institutions (Marcela Ayres/Reuters)

Marcela Ayres / Reuters: Brazil’s central bank says it aims to launch its digital currency in 2024 after a closed pilot program next year with financial institutions — Brazil’s central bank aims to launch its digital currency in 2024 after a closed pilot program next year with financial institutions …

Celebrities that promoted Bored Ape NFTs are now facing a class action lawsuit

Yuga Labs may have landed the Bored Ape Yacht Club in hot water. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Thursday, December 8th, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP filed a class action complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Adam Titcher and Adonis Real with the United States Central District Court of California, Western Division.

US Department of Energy Confirms ‘Landmark’ Nuclear Fusion Reaction

A color-enhanced image of the inside of a NIF preamplifier support structure. (Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)After a day or two of public speculation, representatives from the US Department of Energy announced Tuesday morning that scientists in Livermore, California have successfully actualized a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. The achievement, which

Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware

The company has taken measures to mitigate the risks, but security researchers warn of a broader threat.

Hell freezes over: Apple allegedly working on app sideloading for iPhones

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority A Bloomberg report suggests Apple is working on allowing for iPhone app sideloading. This would be a direct response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which is set to go into effect next year. Allegedly, Apple is also working on changes to iMessage, NFC access, and more. One of the

Apple confirms that iOS 16.2.1, released two weeks ago, fixed a zero-day security flaw in WebKit, found by Google, that allowed RCE and was actively exploited (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Apple confirms that iOS 16.2.1, released two weeks ago, fixed a zero-day security flaw in WebKit, found by Google, that allowed RCE and was actively exploited — Apple has confirmed that an iPhone software update it released two weeks ago fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that it now says was actively

Apple’s new whiteboard app gives you and up to 99 friends an ‘infinite canvas’

Image: Apple It’s not every day that Apple releases a brand new app, but you’ll likely notice a new icon in your library after updating to iOS and iPadOS 16.2 or macOS 13.1. On Tuesday, Apple launched the Freeform app, which its press release describes as “an infinite canvas” for “creative brainstorming and collaboration.” In

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