Month: June 2022
Is Apple about to launch its very own search engine?
Audio player loading… As Apple gears up for its annual WWDC showcase, a rumor the company is preparing to launch its own search engine is doing the rounds. The source of the rumor is a tweet (opens in new tab) from blogger Robert Scoble, which features at the end of…
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Disgraced OpenSea engineer arrested for insider trading
Former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an insider trading scheme. Chastain was arrested Wednesday morning in New York City and is expected to be presented in court later today. Chastain was publicly accused of insider trading in September…
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Sonos is offering up to $180 off refurbished soundbars and smart speakers today
Everyone might be talking about the recent release of Sonos voice control or the Sonos Ray, but if Sonos’ entry-level soundbar doesn’t seem like a good fit, you can currently find discounts on a range of refurbished speakers in the Sonos catalog. Some of the current deal highlights include the…
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Instagram adds AMBER Alert system to help find missing children
Audio player loading… Instagram is incorporating AMBER Alerts into its app. AMBER Alerts, which is short for American’s Missing: Child Broadcast Emergency Response, were launched 26 years ago as a nationwide system to help find lost and abducted children by sharing alerts on TV, radio, highway signs, and via SMS…
Read MoreTwitter’s reportedly shifting teams away from Spaces, newsletters, and communities
Twitter is pulling employees off of working on major consumer-facing features like audio Spaces, communities, and newsletters and instead plans to refocus their efforts on user growth and personalization, according to Bloomberg. The changes come as a pending buyout by Elon Musk is already casting a shadow on every move…
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Millions of MySQL servers found exposed online – is yours among them?
Audio player loading… Millions of MySQL servers (opens in new tab) were recently discovered to be publicly exposed to the internet, and using the default port, researchers have found. Nonprofit security organization, The ShadowServer Foundation, discovered a total of 3.6 million servers are configured in such a way that they…
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