Month: December 2022
Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica class action lawsuit
Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a years-long class action lawsuit triggered by disclosures in 2018 that the company shared user data with consulting firm Cambridge Analytica that was used for political advertising. The settlement (which can be read in full here, via Reuters)…
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I Baked ‘Fabulous Modern Cookies’ With My Mom—and She Approves
To try out the recipes in the new cookbook Fabulous Modern Cookies, I asked the baker I trust the most to join me in the kitchen. Source
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Twitter says paying Blue subscribers now get ‘prioritized rankings in conversations’
Twitter has updated its list of features for Twitter Blue, saying subscribers paying for the $8-a-month service will now get “prioritized rankings in conversations” and the ability to upload videos up to 60 minutes in length. Twitter owner Elon Musk has long promised to make Twitter Blue users more visible…
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LastPass confirms customer password vaults were stolen
Audio player loading… The data breach incident that hit password manager (opens in new tab) LastPass earlier this year saw the thieves crooks steal encrypted password vaults belonging customers, the company has confirmed. The password vault is where people keep their passwords, so should the attackers find a way to…
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DuckDuckGo is now blocking one of Google’s most annoying pop ups
Audio player loading… DuckDuckGo – a search engine and browser that has long been associated with privacy and data protection – has announced a new feature that will block one of the most common pop ups web users are likely to see: Sign in with Google. The company cites Reddit…
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TikTok Owner ByteDance Has Condemned Employees Who Improperly Obtained Journalists’ User Data
TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance said on Thursday that a small group of employees inappropriately obtained personal data of US TikTok users and are no longer employed at ByteDance. The New York Times reported that some of the users whose data was accessed included two journalists, one at BuzzFeed News…
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