By Rachel Metz and Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business In a rare and lengthy interview, Mark Zuckerberg spoke with controversial comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan about Meta’s plans to release a new virtual-reality headset, his newfound love of jiu-jitsu and his company’s decision to limit the reach of an article about Hunter Biden that came
Continue ReadingCNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk’s legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a month in light of the whistleblower disclosure alleging that the company has serious security vulnerabilities. The case is currently set to go to trial in the Delaware Chancery Court
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A stunning whistleblower disclosure from Twitter’s former head of security accuses the company of having a reactive approach to misinformation and platform manipulation, a disconnect between product and safety teams, content moderation shortcomings and a lack of controls to prevent foreign interference, all of which could raise questions about the
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX and T-Mobile want to beam cell service to “most places in the US,” including some of the most remote areas of the country that traditionally have not been touched by wireless connectivity. The idea, which the companies plan to roll out in beta testing by the end next year,
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA and Boeing are now targeting early 2023 for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner spacecraft, officials said during a joint press conference Thursday. Launch officials say the mission could take off as early as February, according to Steve Stich, the manager for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Starliner
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn Google said on Thursday it will begin prominently labeling health care facilities that offer abortion services in its search and maps products to help reduce confusion for women looking up nearby clinics that perform the procedure. The move follows pressure from Democratic lawmakers to rethink its abortion-related search results in the wake
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon on Wednesday said it is shuttering its telehealth service, Amazon Care, as the company rethinks its approach for expanding into the health care industry. Launched in 2019, Amazon Care promised to virtually connect patients with a clinician “24/7, 365 days a year,” according to its website, and also offered
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Mark Zuckerberg has bet his company’s future on an ambitious long-term vision of people carrying out greater portions of their lives in virtual spaces through digital alter egos. But an image Zuckerberg recently posted to his Facebook page served as a reality check of sorts for virtual reality, at least
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business An explosive whistleblower disclosure by Twitter’s former head of security this week exposes the company to new federal investigations and potentially billions of dollars in fines, tougher regulatory obligations or other penalties from the US government, according to legal experts and former federal officials. Twitter faces tremendous legal risks stemming
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter’s former head of security, who filed a whistleblower disclosure about the company, will testify in a Senate hearing next month, the same day that Twitter shareholders are set to vote on whether to approve Elon Musk’s takeover deal. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, whose disclosure was first reported
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk’s lawyers repeatedly referenced claims from a Twitter whistleblower in court on Wednesday, in an early preview of how the billionaire’s side might use the new allegations in his legal battle with the social media company over their $44 billion acquisition agreement. The hearing, which was focused on how
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business After years of users clamoring for such a feature, Twitter is finally testing edited tweets. Twitter said in — where else? — a tweet Thursday morning that some users may start seeing edited tweets in their feed because it is testing the long-awaited edit button. “This is
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Twitter’s executives defended the company, and themselves, in a meeting with employees on Wednesday, one day after news broke that a former executive had blown the whistle on the company. CEO Parag Agrawal opened the company-wide meeting by pushing back on claims made by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko,
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Twitter’s executives defended the company, and themselves, in a meeting with employees on Wednesday, one day after news broke that a former executive had blown the whistle on the company. CEO Parag Agrawal opened the company-wide meeting by pushing back on claims made by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple customers could soon get a look at the next generation of iPhones. Apple sent out press invites on Wednesday for an event on September 7, where the company is widely expected to unveil the new iPhone 14 lineup. The company’s invite, which is always closely scrutinized for hidden meanings,
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business Nearly 25 years ago, a young computer programmer named Peiter “Mudge” Zatko told Congress that the internet was woefully insecure. A big part of the issue, Zatko told a Senate panel, was that software and e-commerce companies “want to ignore problems as long as possible. It’s cheaper for them.” Now,
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Twitter’s former head of security is blowing the whistle on company practices that he says have jeopardized US national security and misled investors and regulators. With a nearly 200-page disclosure to the US government, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko has become the latest whistleblower to come forward from the tech industry. Zatko levels
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to remove Mark Zuckerberg from a lawsuit the agency filed last month to stop Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring a virtual reality technology company, Within Unlimited. Zuckerberg will no longer be a named defendant in the suit, according to a joint court filing by Meta and
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Yelp on Tuesday said it is introducing a new label to more clearly identify crisis pregnancy centers, which do not perform abortions and typically attempt to persuade people from terminating pregnancies, in the latest example of tech companies adapting their policies in the wake of the demise of Roe v.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Twitter is exceptionally vulnerable to exploitation by foreign governments in ways that threaten US national security, and may even have foreign spies currently active on its payroll, according to Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the whistleblower at the center of a massive public disclosure effort reported Tuesday by CNN and The Washington Post.
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