technology

Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon::The company cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter, as well a desire to work with a federated network of social platforms.

Ireland's data regulator confirmed to AFP that Meta has not paid any of the ₹2 billion ($2.2 billion) in fines issued since last September. TikTok also owes hundreds of millions.

Amazon to sell cars online, starting with Hyundai::It was inevitable. Amazon, which got its start selling books, is getting into the car business. The e-commerce giant along with new partner Hyundai

Nude “before and after” photos stolen from plastic surgeon, posted online, and sent to victims’ family and friends::The FBI is investigating a data breach where cybercriminals were able to steal patients’ records from a Las Vegas plastic surgeon’s office and then publish them online.

Google warns it will delete millions of Gmail accounts in December::Google has confirmed that accounts will start being deleted next month unless users follow some simple advice.

Spread across four computer monitors arranged in a grid, a blue and green interface shows the location of more than 50 different surveillance cameras. Ordinarily, these cameras and others like them might be disparate, their feeds only available to their respective owners: a business, a government building, a resident and their...

As Coal Mines Close, Displaced Miners Find Work in Renewable Energy Boom::A battery startup in West Virginia and the mineworkers union may have a blueprint for those left behind in the energy transition.

A small UK software company which trademarked the name Threads over 10 years ago is demanding Meta stop using the name within 30 days::Threads Software Limited and its lawyers wrote to Meta to tell it to stop using the Threads name in the UK.It’s owned the British trademark for Threads since

I’ve posted about this last year. However, during this time they’ve managed to keep it up and have risen their salaries. The article is an interesting read that goes about their reasoning for paying everyone the same salary....

Green Light optimizes traffic lights to reduce vehicle emissions in cities, helping mitigate climate change and improving urban mobility

Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft::Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs....

FTX execs blew through $8B — testimony reveals how::Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations,

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Net neutrality’s court fate depends on whether broadband is “telecommunications”::We dig deep into how Supreme Court’s “major questions doctrine” could affect FCC.