The social network has been all hands on deck as it grapples with revelations that it knew the harmful effects its Instagram photo-sharing app was having on teenagers.
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Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Key Moments From Week 4
A Theranos lab director emerged as key prosecution witness during testimony focused on problems with the company’s blood tests.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Accused of Toxic Culture and Safety Issues
Blue Origin launched the Amazon founder to the edge of space in July and has another flight planned in October, but the company has experienced other setbacks this year.
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How to Find ‘Stalkerware’ on Your Devices
These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar.
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Rivian, an Electric Vehicle Start-Up, Reveals Large Losses in its I.P.O. Filing
The company, which is backed by Amazon and Ford, is seeking to sell shares in one of the biggest initial public offerings of the year.
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California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides
Enlarge / A Cruise robotaxi test vehicle in San Francisco. (credit: Cruise) The autonomous vehicle developers Cruise and Waymo both got a little closer to running true driverless robotaxi services in and around San Francisco. In May, both Waymo and Cruise applied to the California Department of Motor Vehicles for deployment permits (as opposed to...
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“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web
Enlarge (credit: Sandro Katalina) What could the future of the Internet look like? With the digital world of the 21st century becoming a pit of unwanted ads, tracking, paywalls, unsafe content, and legal threats, “Wayforward Machine” has a dystopian picture in mind. Behind the clickbaity name, Wayforward Machine is an attempt by the Internet Archive...
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Neiman Marcus data breach impacts 4.6 million customers
Enlarge (credit: Jordan Nix) American luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) has just disclosed a major data breach impacting approximately 4.6 million customers. The breach occurred sometime in May 2020 after “an unauthorized party” obtained the personal information of some Neiman Marcus customers from their online accounts. Neiman Marcus is working with law enforcement agencies...
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Facebook to Face Senate Grilling Over Instagram’s Effects on Teens
The company faces accusations that it hid research showing the mental and emotional harm that Instagram, its photo-sharing app, has on teenagers.
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Apple forgot to sanitize the Phone Number field for lost AirTags
Enlarge / Apple’s AirTags—as seen clipped to a backpack, above—allow users to attempt to find their own device via location rebroadcast from other Apple users. If all else fails, the user can enable a “Lost mode” intended to display their phone number when a finder scans the missing AirTag. (credit: James D. Morgan / Getty...