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Why Twitter whistleblower's testimony was 'terrifying' for Capitol Hill staffers
When they're not fetching coffee or talking policy, many Congressional staffers 𝓀use Twitter’s direct messages to gossip with each other and leak information to reporters. ✃
Chuck Schumer pushes for vote on Congress stock trading bꦚan before midtermౠs
Proposals are floating around the House and Se♉nate and key details still need to be ironed-out — including whether lawmakers’ spous♛es would also be barred from trading.
NYC music startup poaches new execs from Twඣitt♐er, Uber and Adobe
“We are growing fast and these new additions to o🌳ur leadership team will help us continue to scale and democratize the music industry,” said Un💝itedMasters founder and CEO Steve Stoute.
As Congress waffles on stock trading𓂃 ban, new funds aim to copy their trades ꦜ
𒊎 As members of Congress waffle on plans to ban themselves from buꦿying and selling individual stocks, two new exchange-traded funds named after House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen....
🌸 Shake, rattle and roll: New iPhone 14 Pro models hit with bizarre camera issuesꦓ
🌳 It appears the problem is only affecting the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Ma𒆙x cameras when users open social media apps like Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
Justice Department antitrust chief wants to 'unplug' tech monopolists
Jonathan Kanter wants to “unplug” monopolistic Big Tech firms and drove home support♉ for a stalled bill intended to rein in Google, Amazon, Meta and Apple during a fiery speech...
Twitter could face billi♊oꦗns in fines over not protecting minors from porn: ex-FTC officials
If Twitter can’t “control” which users view or upload porn, the ex-FTC official said, “then it’s reasonable to conclude that they🗹 would be in violation of the 2011 prohibition not...
How to recover 'recently deleted' text messages with new iPhone iOS update
The newest version of iMessage stores deleted texts for 30 days, similarly to the “recently deleted” feature 🎉in the iPhone’s camera roll.
Twitter waꦛs warned by FBI that it employed a Chinese agent, whistleblower Peiter Zatko says
The whistleblower claimed in his testimony that thousands of Twitter employees -- potentiallꦕy inꦏcluding spies -- have access to sensitive user data.
Thousands defend professor who wished Queen an 'excruciating' death
Prof. Uju Anya, a Nigerian-American language professor, had tweeted Thursday that “the chief monarch of a thieving raꦛping genocidal empire is finally dying.”
Whole ⛎lot of green:🎐 NYC startup raises $310 million for indoor farms
Gotham Greens🍒’ model involves🍨 growing produce in greenhouses close to or within large cities, rather than shipping food across the country.
Laurene Powell Jobs funds project to 'encourage civil online conversation': report
Liberal billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs reportedly has a new mission: making the internꦰet nicer.
Apple 'playing with fire' buying iPhone 14 parts from Chinese supplier: lawmakers
Apple told the Financial Times that it did not use YMTC chips in any products but that it was “evaluating sourcing f🎐rom YMTC for Nand ch𝐆ips to be used in...
Apple aims for dominance🍒 of smartwatch market with flashy Ultra Watch 💖
Apple's upgraded smartwatches have fitness buffs and hardcore outdoorsmen buzzing -- even if the tech giant's𒆙 new line of iPhone's failed to cause much of a stir.
Jeff Bezos slams professor for wishing Queen Elizabeth an 'excruciating' death
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slammed a university professor on Twitter Thursday after the academic wished Queen Elizabeth an “excruciating”๊ death.
Apple China datacenter workers stuck in 'dire' lockdown: report
Six of Guiyang’s 10 districts are currently on lockdown, meaning that the many of the city’s 6 mil🦩lion residents are barred from leaving their homes for any reason except to...
'Buy your mom an iPhone': Apple's Tim Cook shrugs off green text bubble gripes
Cook’s flippant comment comes as Apple’s critics have g🀅riped that A🉐pple makes texting non-iPhone devices more difficult in order to boost its own iMessage service.
'Positive shocker': Apple unveils new iPhones but doesn't raise prices despite inflation
The biggest reveal at Apple's𒅌 much-anticipated e✤vent on Wednesday wasn't any gadget -- it was that the tech giant won't raise iPhone prices despite rampant inflation and supply chain issues....
Elon Musk can amend Twitter suit to include whistleblower's claims but can't delay trial: judge
Musk, who is gunning to get out of his agreement to buy Tw♍itter for $44 billion, will be allowed to add claims made by whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his...
Controversial Uber founder scores Microsoft investment for new startup 🔯
Microsoft believes in second chances — at least for Travis Kalanick. Less than five🍷 years after he stepped down as CEO of Uber amid a string of scandals, Kalanick has...