Month: January 2025
EV startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy
Canoo announced yesterday it is ceasing operations “immediately” and that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware. The EV startup estimates in its filing that its assets are worth $126 million and that it owes over $164 million to its creditors, TechCrunch noted yesterday. Now, the US will…
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Racing against time on a menacing caldera: survey finds majority of organizations take days to tackle critical vulnerabilities, each of them a potential open goal for cybercriminals
Survey finds nearly 70% of orgs leave critical vulnerabilities unresolved for 24 hours or more Managing vulnerability fog is a major challenge, as AI promises to make it easier for criminals to identify targets Zero-day and unpatched legacy vulnerabilities remain a major cause of cybercriminal proliferation Over two-thirds (68%) of…
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Instagram Reels can be 3 minutes long now
Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. He credits today’s change to users’ feedback saying that the 90 seconds “is just too short.” That’s a big turnaround…
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Donald Trump appears to have launched a meme coin
Donald Trump has launched a new meme coin, according to posts from his X and Truth Social accounts last night. The posts, which have come just days before Trump’s inauguration, were initially met with suspicion by many that his accounts had been hacked. Skeptics highlighted by Decrypt last night pointed…
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You can still save on Pixel devices as a part of Google’s New Year promo
The clock is ticking if you want to save on the Pixel Watch 3, the Fitbit Charge 6, and other Google gadgets. The company kicked off the year with a solid New Year’s sale, which is set to expire at 11:59PM PT today, January 18th. Other retailers, including Amazon and…
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Severance’s creators explain the art of a great cliffhanger
After a long wait, Severance is back. Season 2 premiered on Apple TV Plus on January 17th, more than two years after the first season wrapped up. The wait was particularly hard because of how the season 1 finale ended — a massive cliffhanger that would completely upend the lives…
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