Monthly Archives: August 2022

Security pros are rallying to defend the Twitter whistleblower

Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the former Twitter security chief who has alleged that the company covered up negligent security practices and lied to regulators about data management, was a credible, capable, and brutally honest security expert, according to peers and colleagues. The assessment of Zatko’s work and…

Congress is investigating Twitter whistleblower claims

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Congress is investigating new whistleblower claims made by Twitter’s former head of security following two bombshell reports published on Tuesday — and some are calling on top federal law enforcement officials to follow suit. This morning, The Washington Post and CNN published dual reports into alarming new safety…

Devs are making progress getting macOS Ventura to run on unsupported, decade-old Macs

Enlarge / OpenCore Legacy Patcher lead Mykola Grymalyuk has macOS Ventura running on Macs as old as the 2008 Mac Pro tower. (credit: Mykola Grymalyuk) Skirting the official macOS system requirements to run new versions of the software on old, unsupported Macs has a rich history. Tools like XPostFacto and LeopardAssist could help old PowerPC…

Sony enters the high-end custom controller arena with the DualSense Edge

Sony’s DualSense Edge controller for the PlayStation 5. [credit: Sony ] As long rumored, Sony has announced details about its plans to enter the high-end controller game with the DualSense Edge, an advanced cousin to the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller with added customization options and features. If you’ve seen or used Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Series…

Twitter whistleblower claims Musk was right about bots; FTC reviewing report

Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) The pressure on Twitter to talk publicly about how it monitors and removes spam accounts continues to mount. Reports from CNN and The Washington Post reveal an 84-page whistleblower complaint alleging that Twitter isn’t motivated to track the true number of spam accounts and hid security vulnerabilities from…

Yelp will flag anti-abortion pregnancy centers in its local listings

Yelp wants users to know the fundamental differences between crisis centers and actual abortion providers. Deposit Photos In the wake of Roe v. Wade‘s reversal earlier this year, Yelp has implemented a new policy that flags so-called crisis pregnancy centers’ misleading, often medically inaccurate services. Now, users receive the following alert whenever clicking such a…