Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million for using users' security data to target ads, violating a 2011 order by the Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced along with the Department of Justice Wednesday.
Driving the news: The complaint, filed by the DOJ on behalf of the FTC, stated that starting in 2013 through 2019, Twitter asked users for their phone numbers or emails for account security, but did not tell users the information would be used by advertisers to target messages.
Spoiler alert, this story offers hints to the answer of the Wordle game for May 25.
Driving the news: If you struggled to answer Wednesday’s Wordle, you’re not alone, and this puzzle is ending some players' winning streaks, according to social media posts.
Players in the booming mobile gaming market are warming to in-game video ads but are much more into interactive ads, according to a new report on the sector compiled by Data.ai.
Why it matters: Mobile gaming is setting the standard for how games operate, so what’s accepted or successful in it may shape gaming overall.
Details: He sent messages saying he was going to shoot his grandmother, that he had shot his grandmother, and that he was going to "shoot an elementary school," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday in a press conference.
One-click checkout company Bolt Financial on Wednesday announced layoffs, just months after raising $355 million in new venture capital funding at nearly an $11 billion valuation.
Why it matters: Tech startup jobs aren't being protected by strong balance sheets, with Bolt just the latest in a spate of recent "unicorn" cuts.
Jack Dorsey is leaving the board of Twitter, effective today. The move had been telegraphed last fall, when he stepped down as the social media company's CEO.
The big picture: Dorsey is friendly with Elon Musk, who's in the midst of a controversial takeover of the social media giant and has discussed rolling over his 2.4% ownership stake into the deal.
The price of the world's largest digital asset is down nearly 40% so far this year, extending declines amid the recent crypto market rout. But market observers say that bitcoin is holding up better than the rest.
Why it matters: Bitcoin has been moving in tandem with other crypto as well as stocks lately, begging the question of what role it should play in investors' portfolios.
A coalition of human rights groups called Wednesday for a moratorium on the use of spyware, saying that tools such as NSO Group's Pegasus threaten democracy itself by allowing the monitoring and suppression of political dissent.
Driving the news: "Spyware kills. Spyware silences. Spyware imprisons." Amnesty international Secretary General Agnes Callamard said in a press conference on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. "Spyware is the tool of autocracy."
Like everything else shipped around the world on huge, diesel-hungry cargo vessels, your morning cup of joe comes with a significant environmental cost. But what if there were a greener way to move coffee beans from port to port — say, for instance, by sailboat?
Why it matters: Shipping emits over 2% of the world's total carbon emissions, per TIME, and they're in the midst of a major, industry-wide push to reduce that figure.
As the tech industry's reputation continues to sink, hardware-producing companies are faring much better than social media firms, according to data from this year's Axios Harris Poll 100.
Why it matters: One group is seen as making things of value for society, while the other makes social trouble.
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