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| The Verge: |
A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack that crashed the Trump interview; another X employee said there was a “99 percent” chance Musk was lying — Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.
More: New York Times, PCMag, Silicon Republic, The Guardian, Blockonomi, Semafor, The Information, TweakTown, Deadline, Associated Press, CoinDesk, NBC News, New York Post, TechIssuesToday.com, Reuters, The San Francisco Standard, Benzinga, The Crypto Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired, USA Today, Moneycontrol, TMZ.com, Cryptonews, Business Insider, and NPR
Threads: @danseifert, @reckless1280, @crumbler, @karissabe, @reckless1280, @reckless1280, @technicallymims, @technicallymims, @brianstelter, and @fredericl
Forums: r/politics, r/inthenews, and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: |
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack” — Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed …
More: The Register, New York Times, TechCrunch, WHDH-TV, Cointelegraph, USA Today, The Cyber Express, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, Proactive, Washington Post, Cyber Daily, New York Post, New York Post, Cybernews.com, The Hill, The Wrap, Business Insider, Newsweek, ABC, Gizmodo, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Benzinga, CNN, Business Today, Telegraph, BBC, CoinGape, Forbes, Livemint, Politico, Engadget, Semafor, NBC News, and Bitcoin Insider
Threads: @snazzyq, @moskov, @matthewfacciani, @mattnavarra, @mac_ryan_, @reckless1280, and @seancolarossi
X: @elonmusk, @u_n_l_0_c_k_e_d, @rmac18, @levynews, and @u_n_l_0_c_k_e_d
Forums: r/USNewsHub, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/CyberStuck, r/NewsAndPolitics, r/uspolitics, r/politics, r/inthenews, and r/democrats
| Financial Times: |
More: Decrypt, Politico, Associated Press, The Atlantic, New York Times, Bloomberg, CryptoPotato, and Business Insider
Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social. X: @elonmusk, @danieldimartino, and @carnage4life. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing — Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
More: Patreon, MacRumors, Silicon Republic, Eshu Marneedi, Daring Fireball, The Verge, iMore, On Substack, Engadget, Pixel Envy, Birchtree, Daring Fireball, Mobile Marketing Magazine, Geek News Central Podcast, Daring Fireball, Digital Music News, The Register, OSnews, The Beat, MacStories, The Information, Macworld, mjtsai.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Fast Company, PYMNTS.com, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, Wccftech, Pixel Envy, 9to5Mac, NewsBytes, and The Mac Observer
Threads: @quillmatiq. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @matt@isfeeling.social, @thomholwerda@exquisite.social, @janl@narrativ.es, @marioguzman@mastodon.social, @caseyliss@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @jsnell@zeppelin.flights, @mathowie@xoxo.zone, @robnich@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @viticci@mastodon …, @khaost@mastodon.tz.is, @viticci@mastodon …, @jsq@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, @dalias@hachyderm.io, @ambulephabus@mastodon.social, @chockenberry@mastodon.social, @rene@social.fouquet.me, @iKyle@mastodon.social, @quillmatiq@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @stroughtonsmith …, and @ThePlant@mastodon.social
X: @timsweeneyepic, @balancecrafting, @mattmcmuscles, @patrickwardle, @jonlamart, @timsweeneyepic, @darlingstrawbie, @t3dotgg, @iriscompietart, @zachhazard, @florian4gamers, @drbarnard, @austen, @taylor_titmouse, @paulg, @samaaron, @gaijingoombah, @_daddydisco, @galoogamelady, @kenneynl, and @kylebrussell
LinkedIn: Patrick Wardle and Sarah Perez
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
On August 6, hackers leaked ~2.7B data records of people in the US containing SSNs and names, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data — Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
More: Mashable, Hackread, Tom's Hardware, ITPro, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo News, Malwarebytes, Digital Trends, Tech Monitor, Digital Trends, SC Media, Dave's Newsletter, Android Headlines, BGR, and PCMag
Mastodon: @paul@oldfriends.live and @BleepingComputer …
| Washington Post: |
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris — Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
More: CNN, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Reuters, Vox, The Record, Politico, The Guardian, The Verge, Metacurity, New York Post, The Stack, NBC News, and SiliconANGLE
X: @dnvolz, @mattyglesias, @zcohencnn, @jackmjenkins, @nakashimae, @dfriedman33, @kendilaniannbc, @zcohencnn, and @bretbaier. Forums: r/politics
| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appeared at DEF CON to accept the “Most Epic Fail” award, saying “we got this horribly wrong” and CrowdStrike “own it” — CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appears at DEF CON's annual Pwnie Awards to accept … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tally, which helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; the startup had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M — Tally, a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt, has shut down, according to the company.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds group chats, with support for up to 32 people, available to all users over 15 years old, and adds safety measures specifically to protect teens — TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta's WhatsApp and Apple's Messages, as the company announced on Monday …
More: TikTok, MacRumors, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, The News International, TechRadar, Social Media Today, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, The Verge, BGR, Neowin, Engadget, and NewsBytes
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI, the UK's NCA, and others seize the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation; since August 2023, the gang targeted 43 SMBs — The FBI announced on Monday that it seized the servers and websites of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware operation following a joint international investigation.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders …
More: US Securities …, The Block, Blockonomi, Cryptopolitan, The Cyber Express, Crowdfund Insider, Cybernews.com, CryptoSlate, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Cryptonews, Decrypt, CoinDesk, crypto.news, Quartz, Coinpedia Fintech News, and CoinGape
Forums: r/Buttcoin, r/Economics, and r/news
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the US plans to remove lidar maker Hesai from a list of Chinese military-affiliated companies, after judging that Hesai did not meet the legal criteria — U-turn on world's biggest laser sensor maker is embarrassing reversal for the Pentagon — The Pentagon has decided to remove Hesai … | Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
Inside Worldcoin's Orb factory in Germany and a profile of Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania; 6M+ people now have a World ID, and WLD's market cap is $550M+ — The startup, co-founded by Sam Altman, is determined to verify every human on Earth, one iris at a time.Sponsor Posts
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