January 17, 2025news After SCOTUS upheld the TikTok law, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeals to Trump in a TikTok video to find a solution that keeps the app available in the US (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) Trump has a “warm spot” for TikTok. Read More »
January 17, 2025news Google has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript to use Google Search, says to “better protect” Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript in order to use Google Search, possibly in an effort to […]
January 17, 2025news The US sanctions a China-based cybersecurity company involved in the Salt Typhoon hacks and a Shanghai-based hacker involved in the recent US Treasury breach (Caitlin Webber/Reuters) The US sanctions a China-based cybersecurity company involved in the Salt Typhoon hacks and a Shanghai-based hacker involved in the recent US […]
January 17, 2025news Instabase, which lets companies process unstructured data from different document types, raised a $100M Series D led by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch) Instabase, a company that creates software for extracting processing unstructured data from myriad document types, has raised $100m. Read More »
January 17, 2025news SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg) SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a […]
January 17, 2025news Sources: Chinese hackers breached US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer and accessed fewer than 50 unclassified files; two deputies were also hacked (Bloomberg) Sources: Chinese hackers breached US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer and accessed fewer than 50 unclassified files; two deputies were also hacked […]
January 17, 2025January 17, 2025Firefox How to Clear a Single Site from Cache in Firefox If you need to remove cached data for a specific website in Firefox, follow these steps: By following these steps, you can […]
January 17, 2025news Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on January 15 to handle TikTok users (New York Times) Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on January 15 to […]
January 16, 2025news CFPB announces a $175M settlement with Block, including $120M in refunds to consumers, saying Cash App allowed rampant fraud while misleading its customers (Leo Schwartz/Fortune) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the order on Thursday in the waning days of the Biden administration. Read More »
January 16, 2025news Doc: FBI leaders have warned that they believe the hackers who broke into AT&T’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs (Bloomberg) Doc: FBI leaders have warned that they believe the hackers who broke into AT&T’s system last year stole months of their agents’ […]
