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This Google Pixel bug fix could have spelled trouble for all Android phones

A vulnerability impacting “seemingly all” Google Pixel phones could reportedly have allowed unwanted entrants access to a locked Pixel device. According to a blog post by cybersecurity researcher David Schütz, whose bug report convinced Google to take action, the bug was only patched for the Android phones in question following a November 5 2022 security…

Who is Donald Trump’s new billionaire son-in-law Michael Boulos?

Michael Boulos and Tiffany Trump wait for the arrival of US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in Orlando, Florida, on June 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images Tiffany Trump, 29, married billionaire Michael Boulos, 25, in Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. Boulos is the billionaire heir to a motorcycle distribution company called Boulos Enterprises….

Twitter employees publicly slam Elon Musk for criticizing the app: ‘Like did you even bother to learn?’

David Odisho/Getty Images; Gotham/Getty Images Several Twitter employees slammed Elon Musk on social media after he criticized the app. Musk said he fired one of the engineers who pushed back on his criticism. One employee said he worries the app will experience outages as a result of Musk’s plans. Twitter employees are taking to social…

I worked on Netflix’s ‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ and the experience was so bad it broke me. The aftermath proved there are no safe spaces for Black women to talk about Hollywood.

Kim Alsup said she reported her experiences to the production and to HR, but it ultimately didn’t help. Courtesy of Kim Alsup Kim Alsup was the covid coordinator on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” She tweeted about microaggressions she experienced on set, a couple days before the series premiered. After receiving death threats, Alsup…

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals it built a $4 billion stake in Taiwan Semiconductor – and added Jefferies to its stock portfolio

Warren Buffett. Getty Images / Michael Buckner Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a new, $4 billion stake in Taiwan Semiconductor. Berkshire boosted its Chevron and Oxy bets, and slashed its wagers on US Bancorp and BNY Mellon. Buffett’s company invested in Jefferies and Louisiana-Pacific stock, and exited Store Capital. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway quietly built a…

Crypto lender BlockFi will ‘explore all options’ to deal with the fallout from FTX’s bankruptcy after it took a $250 million loan from the exchange

BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince. BlockFi Crypto lender BlockFi said Monday that it had “significant exposure” to the bankrupt exchange FTX. FTX had given BlockFi an emergency $250 million loan in June after the summer’s crypto crash. BlockFi announced on Friday that it was putting a hold on customer withdrawals. The crypto lender BlockFi said…