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Elon Musk reminded his followers on Friday that owning Twitter now means he controls every aspect of the company — including what its employees said behind closed doors before he took over. Earlier this week, Musk teased the release of what he called “The Twitter Files,” declaring that the public “deserves to know what really…
Elon Musk reminded his followers on Friday that owning Twitter now means he controls every aspect of the company — including what its employees said behind closed doors before he took over. Earlier this week, Musk teased the release of what he called “The Twitter Files,” declaring that the public “deserves to know what really…
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A security flaw on the Florida Department of Revenue website exposed at least hundreds of taxpayers’ Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, a security researcher found. Kamran Mohsin said the security flaw — now fixed — allowed him, or anyone else who was logged in to the state’s business tax registration website, to access,…
Shein, the ultra-fast fashion giant that’s taken the globe by storm, has brought on another heavyweight executive to help steer its ship. It lately onboarded Jessica Liu, former co-president at the Southeast Asian ecommerce giant Lazada, as its vice president of global brand operations. Liu will be responsible for “global brand partnerships,” according to Shein’s…
Elon Musk has suspended Kanye West’s (aka Ye) Twitter account after the latter posted anti-semantic tweets and violated the platform’s rules. Image Credits: Twitter Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari. Frankly, I found those pics to be helpful motivation…
The technological advances happening within the space industry are nothing short of dramatic — from propulsion systems, heavy-lift rockets and increased payload capabilities to building commercial space stations to fill the gap when the International Space Station ceases operations in 2030. These are thrilling times, and TC Sessions: Space 2022, which takes place on December…
The internet’s favorite fantasy fantasy sports league, Blaseball has a return date at last. On January 9, the horror metagame will set out to prove that it’s more than just a viral pandemic hit. A creepy, collaborative baseball simulator, Blaseball garnered 1.75 million hits in August 2020, its first full month online. The next month,…
Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and…
