Tag: Tech

Amazon.com’s Ring Gave Police Data Without User Consent 11 Times in 2022

WASHINGTON—Amazon.com’s Ring doorbell unit, which makes videos of the outside of an owner’s home, gave footage to law enforcement without the user’s consent 11 times so far this year, the company said. Amazon said it provided the video under emergency circumstances. Senator Edward Markey, a lawmaker interested in privacy, on Wednesday released a letter from…


‘We’re Giving People Their Voice Back’: Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes

Truth Social, a platform created by Trump Media & Technology Group, is tuning up and getting ready to go to the next level, the platform’s CEO Devin Nunes told The Epoch Times. About the official launch in mid-April, he said that “there’s a lot of fake news out there,” and that in reality they are…


Twitter Back Up for Many Users After Global Outage

Twitter was coming back online on Thursday after an hour-long outage kept thousands of users across the globe from accessing the social media website. The outage affected nearly 2,000 users as of 9 a.m. ET, down from the peak of 50,000 incidents an hour earlier, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The incident comes days…


Achieve Peak Productivity with the Help of This $13 Course

Sponsored Content We’ve all been there at some point: you start a workday feeling hopeful that you’ll cross out all your tasks and achieve inbox zero, only for you to end up becoming distracted, focusing on things that aren’t important, or worse, procrastinating. It’s normal to go astray from your work goals once in a…


Cyber Hackers Sent Scam Texts to Nearly 10,000 Deakin University Students

Deakin University has confirmed a hacker has mass spammed nearly 10,000 students and downloaded the contact details of almost 47,000 past and present students. The cyber attack took place on July 10 when someone managed to hack a University staff member’s credentials and used them to access student information held by an unnamed third-party provider….


Fintech Startup Klarna Faces Pressure as Consumers Take Micro-Loans to Pay for Necessities

A Swedish fintech company with a novel premise is facing complications as a wave of consumers taking micro-loans to pay for necessities such as rent and groceries threatens the company’s business model. Klarna Bank AB, the above-mentioned fintech company, has seen a rapid drop in its valuation after a disappointing round of financing drew in…


Semiconductor Crunch Becomes a Glut In Some Sectors Amid Slowdown in Demand, Hoarding

The semiconductor crunch, which has haunted the electronics and car industry since the start of the pandemic, has now become a glut in some sectors, as demand for chips slows and companies start to hoard chips. The two-year pandemic had caused a severe supply chain shortage of computer chips for manufacturers of computers, smartphones, and…


Semiconductor Crunch Becomes a Glut Amid Slowdown in Demand, Hoarding

The semiconductor crunch, which has haunted the electronics and car industry since the start of the pandemic, has now become a glut, as demand for chips slows and companies start to horde chips. The two-year pandemic had caused a severe supply chain shortage of computer chips for manufacturers of computers, smartphones, and cars. In three…


Former Software Engineer Convicted in Largest Leak of Classified Info in CIA History

A former software engineer for the CIA was convicted by a jury in New York on Wednesday on all nine federal charges he faced that accused him of causing the largest leak of classified information in the agency’s history. Joshua Schulte defended himself at a retrial in New York City, where he told jurors that the…


Ex-CIA Engineer Convicted in Massive Theft of Secret Info

NEW YORK—A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing…