Twitter said Friday that a security flaw in its system allowed a hacker to collect the phone number and email address information associated with some user accounts.
Why it matters: Twitter said the security flaw was on its system for six months before it was discovered in January 2022, potentially exposing the information tied to pseudonymous accounts — some of which may have belonged to whistleblowers, human rights activists and other dissidents.
Michael Saylor would most like to be remembered for his contribution to societyas an educator, the CEO tells Axios in his last days as chief of the software company he co-founded in the 1980s.
The big picture: But what stands out from Saylor's 33-year tenure at the helm of MicroStrategy is its $4 billion bet on bitcoin that started with one large purchase in Aug. 2020 — the largest acquisition of bitcoin by a publicly-traded company at the time.
Amazon is buyingiRobot for $1.7 billion, the companies announced Friday morning.
Why it matters: The acquisition is Amazon's fourth-largest ever and reflects the tech giant's ambitions to entrench itself inside homes with smart devices.
Washingtonians might leave museums to tourists, but D.C. resident Noelle Harada set out to visit every museum in town in just one year. So far, she's crossed 73 off her list and has about ten left to go.
What’s happening: Harada, who works in the Office of the Surgeon General, is documenting her journey on TikTok where she includes facts and tips about each museum and rates them.
There's a lot to love about Kia's first electric vehicle, the EV6: the SUV's daring design, roomy interior and, of course, the satisfying response you get from hitting the accelerator.
The $56,195 GT all-wheel-drive version I drove has a 274-mile driving range and recharges in about 20 minutes at a 350-kW fast charger.
Steven Yang left his job as a software engineer writing algorithms at Google in 2011 to solve what he saw as a product gap: the lack of inexpensive, high-quality laptop batteries and chargers. A decade later, the company he started — Anker — has become a multibillion-dollar business.
The big picture: Though many people recognize Anker as a significant name in the world of charging cords and battery packs, few realize just how large a company Yang has created.
The green screen of the future is essentially a massive computer monitor, powered by video game software that can generate almost any environment a filmmaker might want in a TV show or movie.
The tech, pioneered by visual effects (VFX) firms like Pixomondo, ARwall and Industrial Light & Magic, is called "virtual production."
Meta announced Thursday that it shut down a troll farm with links to a sanctioned Putin ally and Russia's Internet Research Agency that spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign.
The big picture: The action was part of a wider social media crackdown on cyber espionage operations and other bad actors detailed in the Facebook and Instagram owner's Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report.
DoorDash and Lyft are the latest companies to show just how much they're benefitting from sustained consumer demand.
Driving the news: Couriers for DoorDash delivered 426 million orders in the second quarter — an all-time high — the company reported on Thursday. Lyft, also on Thursday, reported that ridership rose to its highest point since the pandemic began.
The intense focus on a single franchise can backfire badly, as Activision Blizzard is now demonstrating quarterly in the wake of the unusually poorly received Call of Duty: Vanguard, released last November.
Driving the news: Earlier this week, the publisher announced financial results for the spring quarter that were significantly lower than those of spring 2021 — and blame is squarely on Call of Duty.
Photographers, designers and other creative types turned off by Instagram's pivot to TikTok-like features are tentatively moving to alternative platforms.
Why it matters: Instagram has long been a digital gallery space for artists of all kinds, helping them find an audience, connect with other creatives and land paid gigs.
Online learning platform Varsity Tutors launched Thursday what it calls a first-of-its-kind subscription bundle offering one-on-one tutoring, live classes, self-study programs and more.
The program, called "Learning Memberships," starts at $249/month.
Google's proposed program to help keep campaign emails out of users' spam folders wouldn't violate campaign finance laws, the Federal Election Commission said Wednesday.
Driving the news: Google in June asked the commission to rule on whether its plan would be considered a sort of contribution to politcial campaigns, as Axios reported.
General Motors' hands-free driving tech will soon work on many more North American roadways.
Why it matters: No one can buy a self-driving car yet — not even from Tesla, which falsely markets its partially automated, assisted-driving beta feature as "full self-driving."
The federal online privacy bill approved by a key House committee last month — which is farther than any such proposal has previously advanced — is still a long shot to become law.
That's thanks tolobbying by companies over details they don't like, disagreements over whether the law should pre-empt state rules, and tensions between the House and the Senate.
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