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Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more — In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges …
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Experts say Elon Musk's legal team could use Peiter Zatko's whistleblower complaint to bolster its arguments or seek more time in its suit against Twitter — Twitter's former security chief alleges that the company is hiding the ball when it comes to spam and bots
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Peiter Zatko's whistleblower complaint alleges India forced Twitter to hire one of its agents, who could have accessed sensitive user data due to weak security — A former Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put …
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A profile of Peiter Zatko, who worked at DARPA, Google, and Stripe before working at Twitter, and was a member of hacker groups L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow — From the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow to DARPA and Google, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko took unorthodox approaches to ‘make a dent in the universe’
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Amazon unveils Alexa Game Control, a natural language voice tool for gamers to perform in-game actions, launching Feb. 2023 on Xbox and PC with Dead Island 2 — Dead Island 2 will be the first game to feature Alexa Game Control, but only on Xbox and PC — Amazon is launching …
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| Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Orange DAO, a group of over 1,000 Y Combinator alumni that backs Web3 startups, raises $80M, mainly from strategic investors Algorand and Near — Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework.
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Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results — Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics …
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Court filing: the FTC agrees to drop Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in a suit to block Meta's Within acquisition after Meta vowed he wouldn't buy it personally — The agency said it made the decision after Meta promised Mr. Zuckerberg would not try to personally purchase the start-up his company wants to acquire.| Forbes: |
Flow's Adam Neumann seems to have a conflict of interest given he is the largest investor in real estate tech startup Alfred and had board seats there until May — In 2020, Adam Neumann's family office became a lead investor in real estate tech company Alfred.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing a new “Nearby” feed with select users in Southeast Asia that displays local content to users, alongside a location tag feature for creators — TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed that is designed to display local content to users.
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Capitol Music Group severs ties with FN Meka, a virtual “robot rapper” powered partly by AI with 10M+ TikTok followers, after backlash over racial stereotypes — The record company apologized to “the Black community” for insensitivity in promoting an AI-backed artist that critics said was …
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Binance's CCO says hackers used an “AI hologram” to impersonate him during video calls to scam crypto projects into believing they would be listed on Binance — A set of hackers managed to impersonate Binance chief communications officer (CCO) Patrick Hillmann in a series …
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