Category Archives: Tech News

X adds support for passkeys for US-based iOS users; the announcement comes shortly after the hack of the US SEC's X account (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X adds support for passkeys for US-based iOS users; the announcement [...]

23
Jan
The US SEC says the January 9 hack of its X account was via a SIM swap attack to reset its password; it had disabled 2FA in July 2023 over account access issues (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: The US SEC says the January 9 hack of its X [...]

22
Jan
OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company's first action against use of its tech in political campaigns (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful [...]

21
Jan
An interview with crypto skeptic James Block, whose damning critique of Signature Bank on his blog, Dirty Bubble Media, became the best short call of 2023 (Sam Potter/Bloomberg)

Top employee experience trends for 2024  —  As workplaces evolve, prioritizing employee experience (EX) becomes [...]

20
Jan
AMD says it removed the country of diffusion labels from all new CPUs and APUs, after criticism that it removed the "Diffused in Taiwan" labels to appease China (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: AMD says it removed the country of diffusion labels from [...]

19
Jan
World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Top employee experience trends for 2024  —  As workplaces evolve, prioritizing employee experience (EX) becomes [...]

18
Jan
Fujitsu says it has a "moral obligation" to compensate hundreds of UK postal employees wrongly prosecuted from 1999 to 2015 due to bugs in its Horizon software (BBC)

BBC: Fujitsu says it has a “moral obligation” to compensate hundreds of UK postal employees [...]

17
Jan
FCC filings seem to indicate Apple Vision Pro will not support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, or Wi-Fi 7 (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

FCC filings seem to indicate Apple Vision Pro will not support Ultra Wideband, Wi-Fi 6E, [...]

16
Jan
Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly, which had operated "independently within the Uber family" since its $1.1B acquisition three years ago (Dan Primack/Axios)

Dan Primack / Axios: Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizly, which had operated [...]

15
Jan
Documents show Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March (Adam Samson/Financial Times)

Adam Samson / Financial Times: Documents show Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 [...]

14
Jan