Month: January 2023
The Morning After: TikTok’s CEO will testify before a congressional committee
The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23rd. Chew will discuss the app's privacy and data security measures, its impact on kids and ties to China (where parent company ByteDance is headquartered). This is Chew's first appearance in front…
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Hacking groups are going all-out to hire new workers
Audio player loading… The dark web is home to a growing number of job offers relating to cybersecurity and developing, however many of these are said to be treading the line of the law. A report from Kaspersky (opens in new tab) analyzed the dark web job market between January…
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Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M paid subscribers
The earnings release comes a week after Spotify announced layoffs affecting six percent of its company, or a little under 600 employees. But, much like other tech companies facing the same economic downturn, Spotify’s latest earnings release suggests its financial situation hasn’t significantly worsened in recent months. But as my…
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GM has started producing the Hummer EV SUV
General Motors has started production on the Hummer EV SUV at its Factory Zero in Michigan, according to Nicole Schmitz, a spokesperson for the company. The Detroit Press reported Monday that customers could start receiving their orders by the end of Q1. That lines up with GM’s FAQ stating that…
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Paramount Plus and Showtime become ‘Paramount Plus with Showtime’
Team, Almost one year ago, we announced that ViacomCBS would become Paramount — harnessing the power of our combined portfolio to become one, integrated company. Since then, I have been tremendously proud of the many ways we have worked together across platforms, brands, and continents to consistently deliver as global…
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Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony are reportedly all skipping E3 2023
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all skipping the revitalized E3 convention in June, according to a new report from IGN. E3 will be back as an in-person conference in Los Angeles after not happening at all in 2022, and I personally was hopeful that the big three console makers would…
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