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Twitter Leak Exposes 235 Million Email Addresses From Hack

January 7, 2023
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Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal—making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance. Gal, who is the co-founder and chief technology officer at…

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New York City Public Schools Block AI Chatbot Over Cheating Concerns

January 6, 2023
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The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) has blocked OpenAI’s ChatGPT service access on its networks and devices amid fears that students will use it to cheat on assignments and other school tasks. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot capable of producing content mimicking human speech. Accessible for free, the service can be used…

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Checking Social Media Habitually May Affect Adolescent Brain Development: Study

January 5, 2023
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Habitual checking of social media could be affecting neural development in adolescents’ brains, leaving them sensitive to the social feedback of the tangible world, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. Published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics, the study (pdf) explored what the long-term effects could be for adolescents who frequently…

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Apple Looses $1 Trillion in Market Value in a Year

January 4, 2023
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Apple has lost $1 trillion in market value over the last year, as the tech company faces its worst decline in months. The tech giant’s market cap dipped below $2 trillion on Jan. 3 for the first time since May 2021, one year to the day after it became the first publicly traded Silicon Valley company to…

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Apple Loses $1 Trillion in Market Value in a Year

January 4, 2023
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Apple has lost $1 trillion in market value over the last year, as the tech company faces its worst decline in months. The tech giant’s market cap dipped below $2 trillion on Jan. 3 for the first time since May 2021, one year to the day after it became the first publicly traded Silicon Valley company to…

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‘Canadian Officials’ Surface in ‘Twitter Files’, With Accounts Flagged by US State Department

January 4, 2023
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Twitter accounts used by the Canadian government have been caught in the U.S. government dragnet attempting to counter online disinformation, a recent iteration of the “Twitter Files” released by journalist Matt Taibbi reveals. Taibbi published a new thread on Jan. 3 which provides further details on how the U.S. government and its agencies interacted with…

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‘Canadian Officials’ Surface in Twitter Files, as Accounts Are Flagged by US State Department

January 4, 2023
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Twitter accounts used by the Canadian government have been caught in the U.S. government dragnet attempting to counter online disinformation, a recent iteration of the so-called Twitter Files released by journalist Matt Taibbi reveals. Taibbi published a new thread on Jan. 3 which provides further details on how the U.S. government and its agencies interacted…

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Social Media Negatively Affecting Young People’s Body Image: Study

January 4, 2023
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Social media are driving youngsters to have a low sense of self-worth and be dissatisfied with their appearances, according to a study published by London-based mental health charity stem4 on Jan. 3. “Social media is definitely negatively affecting me. As young people, we constantly compare ourselves to good-looking people online. On sites like TikTok, the…

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Salesforce to Cut 10 Percent of Workforce in Latest Tech Layoffs

January 4, 2023
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Salesforce Inc. plans to cut its workforce by 10 percent and close some offices, saying it needs to cut costs after rapid pandemic hiring left it with “too many people” amid an economic slowdown, sending its shares up 5 percent. The cloud-based software company said on Wednesday it expects between $1.4 billion and $2.1 billion…

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New Twitter Files Reveal How Company Allowed Intelligence Agencies to Influence It

January 4, 2023
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A series of tweets by investigative reporter Matt Taibbi has revealed how Twitter came under the influence of American intelligence agencies after concerns about foreign influence put the company under the spotlight. Until August 2017, Twitter was not on many people’s radars with regard to the Trump–Russia foreign influence scandal. In September that year, Twitter…

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