Samsung phones are being targeted by some seriosuly shady zero-days

Three Samsung smartphone models have been found carrying vulnerabilities that were allegedly abused by a commercial surveillance vendor to spy on people and probably steal their sensitive data. Researchers from Google’s Project Zero security team said that the Samsung S10, A50, and A51 models were affected, and that only devices powered by Samsung’s home-made Exynos…

Carl Icahn warns inflation isn’t over – and reveals he was building an activist stake in Twitter before Elon Musk’s takeover

Carl Icahn. REUTERS/Henny Ray Abrams Carl Icahn brushed off Thursday’s stock surge, warning inflation remains a grave concern. He cautioned the FTX fiasco could hit other assets, and teased previous bets against crypto. Icahn revealed he was building an activist stake in Twitter before Elon Musk came along. Carl Icahn shrugged off the stock market’s…

Elon Musk tells Twitter employees to return to the office or their resignations will be accepted

Elon Musk said he wanted to be “crystal clear” about Twitter’s office policy. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Elon Musk has told Twitter employees to return to the office or “resignation accepted.” On Wednesday, Musk had emailed staff to announce the end of remote working. Musk has hinted at his desire to introduce a more intense work…

Elon Musk persuaded Twitter’s top sales executive to stay after she and other senior leaders quit, report says

Twitter owner Elon Musk. Win McNamee/Getty Images Elon Musk persuaded a top Twitter executive to stay after she resigned, Bloomberg reported. Reports said Robin Wheeler had quit, but she tweeted later on Thursday “I’m still here.” Various top executives and managers have left Twitter since Musk joined. Elon Musk persuaded a senior executive at Twitter…

Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to reach out to YouTubers and lure them over to Twitter with 10% higher pay

Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk told Twitter staff to coax YouTubers onto the platform with 10% pay increases. This is despite Twitter just laying off more than 1,000 workers as part of cost-cutting measures. Musk said that Twitter was considering introducing video monetization and allowing longer videos. Elon Musk told Twitter staff to…

Twitter has re-rolled out its ‘official’ badges for some accounts after previously saying it would not add them

Some ‘official’ badges reappeared, despite Elon Musk saying they were an “aesthetic nightmare.” Andrew Kelly/Reuters Twitter’s “official” badges seem to have been re-rolled out after appearing, then vanishing. Elon Musk previously claimed he had “killed” the gray badges, calling them an “aesthetic nightmare.” Twitter’s support account confirmed on Friday the badges had been added to…

War in Ukraine and weather-related disasters have disrupted climate action. Here are 6 ways the private sector can mobilize sustainable transformation.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, addresses the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 8, 2022. Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images War in Ukraine and a slew of weather-related disasters have slowed government progress towards climate action.  Facing economic and other pressures, government and business leaders need to…