Meta has been fined $264 million for a 2018 security breach in Facebook's "View As" feature which exposed the data of around 29 million users. Read more at [@cnet]( ). #Meta #CyberSecurity #Facebook #Ireland #Tech #Technology
Databricks, the data analytics platform, has raised $10 billion that values the company at $62 billion — one of the largest venture rounds in history. Read it at [@Techcrunch]( ). #Databricks #IPO #VentureCapital #Tech #Technology
Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant discount from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the startup in 2018. Read more at [@Techcrunch]( ). #BlackBerry #Cylance #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology
A new survey suggests that Apple Intelligence matters to iPhone buyers, but the majority say that the initial features do little to impress. Read more at [@9to5mac]( ). #AI #AppleAI #iPhone #Tech #Technology
Snapchat is tweaking how people earn money on the platform by introducing a new, unified monetization program. Read it at [@theverge]( ). #Snapchat #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology
The “designer sweatpants” of cars? [@Techcrunch]( )‘s Rebecca Bellan test drove the 2025 Lucid Air Pure, a $69,000 all-electric car with room for tech upgrades. But does fancy equal value? Here’s more of what Bellan said: #Tech #Cars #Driving #ECars #LucidAir
From [@theverge]( ): "When RaMell Ross signed on to direct the adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 'Nickel Boys,' he wanted nearly the entire film to be shot from the first-person perspective. Here’s how he pulled off one of the year’s best and most ambitious movies." Read more: #Tech #Technology #Film #Movies #Culture #NickelBoys
Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 made the list. Frostpunk 2 did, too. Here’s [@TechRadar]( )'s top 10 games from 2024, a year that brought many stellar games in an industry that also saw thousands and thousands of layoffs: #Tech #Games #Gaming #VideoGames #Technology
From the first flickers of internet exploration, Black people have searched for their own online oasis. It continues today with Blacksky, the curated feed serving as the meeting ground for hundreds of thousands of Black users on Bluesky. It’s nothing life Black Twitter. But is it ready to meet the moment? Read more from [@WIRED]( ): #Tech #Technology #BlackSky #BlackExperience #AfricanAmerican
An Apple Intelligence-powered summary made it appear BBC News had published an article claiming Luigi Mangione, the man arrested for the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself. He has not. Read it at [@BBCNews]( ). #LuigiMangione #AI #AppleNews #AppleIntelligence #BBC #Journalism #Tech #Technology