Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its community-driven content moderation program, to half of all US users on Wednesday. Twitter first launched Birdwatch last year with the goal of empowering users to provide additional context to potentially misleading tweets. Members of the program are asked to write notes contextualizing posts or provide…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A cybercriminal group containing former members of the notorious Conti ransomware gang is targeting the Ukrainian government and European NGOs in the region, Google says. The details come from a new blog post from the Threat Analysis Group (TAG), a team within Google dedicated to tracking state-sponsored…
The petitioner in a case challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that affirmed a Texas court’s dismissal of copyright claims over Texas A&M’s unauthorized reproduction of portions of his manuscript filed a reply brief Monday, arguing that the opposition provides “no escape hatch… for states’ particularly egregious intellectual property violations.”…
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Add that tab to the $87 million Juul already agreed to pay in a separate lawsuit. Fallon Michael/Unsplash The e-cigarette industry‘s long history of questionable health claims and controversial marketing tactics appear to be finally catching up with it. Yesterday, Connecticut’s Office of the Attorney General announced it has reached a historic, massive settlement with…
The newest top-of-the-line version of Lenovo’s 2-in-1 Yoga line, the 9i is a dynamic productivity-focused laptop. Brandon Russell Lenovo has introduced excellent new features to its Yoga series over the years but has yet to find the perfect formula for its 2-in-1 devices. With the newest high-end rendition, the Lenovo Yoga 9i, the company has…
“Morbius” was one of the most talked-about films of the summer for internet denizens, but not for the reason you’d think. Now, “Morbius” is getting its third (yes, third) act as it debuts on Netflix for viewers in the U.S. and India. A new installment in the Marvel Comics Universe, “Morbius” was probably expected to…
Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch, which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite…
On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite-only fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, the company is today announcing the program will expand to users across the U.S. — with a few changes. The rollout will add 1,000 more contributors to this program every week,…
InterContinental Hotels Group, also known as IHG Hotels & Resorts, has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack that downed its booking systems and mobile apps. U.K.-headquartered IHG operates some of the world’s largest hotel chains, including the Holiday Inn, Crown Plaza and Regent hotels. The company runs more than 6,000 hotels in more than…