After nearly three years of regulatory scrutiny, the fine is seen as a sign that Beijing is wrapping up its crackdown on technology firms.
MOVEit app mass-exploited last month patches new critical vulnerability
Enlarge (credit: Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance via Getty Images) MOVEit, the file-transfer software exploited in recent weeks in one of the biggest cyberattacks ever, has received yet another security update that fixes a critical vulnerability that could be exploited to give hackers access to vast amounts of sensitive data. On Thursday, MOVEit maker Progress Software published...
How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality
The superstar quarterback is among the celebrities dealing with the fallout from the crypto crash. Others, like Taylor Swift, escaped.
F.B.I. Searched the Home of Kraken’s Jesse Powell
Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App as Twitter Threatens Meta
Instagram’s new app was downloaded more than 30 million times in 16 hours. Twitter threatened legal action against its rival.
Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri
Instagram Threads — it’s like Twitter, except it’s not run by Elon Musk.
Ford’s U.S. Sales Rose 10% in the Second Quarter
The automaker saw a big jump in deliveries of pickup trucks as demand from consumers and businesses remained strong.
Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking
Enlarge The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of separate servers known...
Threads: What to Know About Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer’ App
Here’s what to know about Instagram’s new app for public conversations and how it differs from Twitter.
To Build A.I. Technology, Start-Ups Turn to Bigger Rivals for Help
Creating a new A.I. system requires lots of money and lots of computing power, which is controlled by the industry’s giants.