Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber said that a hacker associated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was to blame for a breach of its internal systems last week, while reiterating that no customer or user data was compromised during the attack. The hack, which was discovered last Thursday, forced the company to take…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto Show, in Detroit on September 14, 2022. (credit: Getty | Anadolu Agency) “The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden said matter-of-factly in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night. The impromptu comment immediately drew headlines, as well as criticism from health experts. It…
In the past few decades, understanding of Parkinson’s disease (PD) has greatly increased. Though we don’t fully understand many aspects of PD, there are effective treatments for many symptoms, and numerous therapies in development with the potential to slow, stop or prevent the disease from happening. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF)…
Good sleep is an important part of keeping your body and brain healthy. But, during times of stress or as you get older, good sleep may be harder to come by. Many have insomnia, or difficulty falling or staying asleep. Others have sleep apnea, or temporary pauses in breathing. Some people like Gary Rafaloff, 70,…
One of the estimated 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Egor Kamelev/Pexels Anyone who has ever had an ant infestation know how insidiously and rapidly they can take over a kitchen or home. The humble ant is one of the most successful and dominant animals on the planet. They are hyper-organized and have developed tight interaction…
Metafy, a marketplace for video game coaching, laid off 23% of its staff last week, primarily impacting product, design and engineering teams, founder Joshua Fabian confirmed in an e-mail to TechCrunch. The layoff impacted 12 full-time employees. A Notion page has been created for those looking for their next jobs. Metafy has raised over $30…
Four days ago, just a few minutes before 3 am ET, a long-anticipated upgrade to Ethereum was executed. Since then, the second most valuable blockchain’s cryptocurrency, ETH, has tumbled — and some are saying its price hasn’t bottomed out yet. When the upgrade, generally referred to as “the Merge,” transpired, ETH was priced at about…
Ride hailing giant Uber says its services are operational following a “cybersecurity incident” last week that saw a hacker break into the company’s network and access systems that store vast troves of customer data. Uber said little about the incident until Monday. Screenshots of inside Uber’s network posted to Twitter by security researchers in conversations…
Swiftly Systems entered unicorn territory after announcing today that it grabbed another round of $100 million, this time in a Series C. The new funding was led by BRV Capital Management. If you’re feeling some deja vu, you would be right: this is the second $100 million the retail technology company has raised in the…
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