Author: Zach_Wilson
How to cross-post your Threads posts to the fediverse
It looks like the fediverse is opening up. In late March, Meta’s Threads introduced a beta feature that allows users from the US, Canada, or Japan to cross-post and view likes from Mastodon and, presumably, other federated social networks. If you’re a Threads user from one of these three countries…
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Meta Quest Pro 2: everything we know about the Apple Vision Pro competitor
Meta’s Quest 3 may be less than a year old, but Meta appears to be working on a few follow-ups. Leaks and rumors point to the existence of a Meta Quest 3 Lite – a cheaper version of the Meta Quest 3 – and a Meta Quest Pro 2 –…
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Not a joke: LG’s stunning C3 OLED TV drops to a record-low price at Best Buy
A stunning big-screen OLED display packed with premium features for an incredible price of $1,599.99 must be an April Fool’s joke, right? It’s not. Best Buy has LG’s brilliant 65-inch C3 OLED TV on sale for a record-low price of $1,599.99 (was $2,499.99). That’s a massive $900 discount and an…
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Protecting digital integrity in the age of deepfakes and identity fraud
Has identity fraud experienced a coup? AI-powered synthesized media attacks, commonly referred to as deepfakes, have turned the fraud landscape on its head, spiking 3000% in 12 months and dominating discussions around what may destabilize digital integrity and trust in the years to come. Deepfakes are fast becoming the tactic…
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AT&T resets thousands of user passwords as it confirms breached data was its own after all
American telecommunications behemoth AT&T has finally confirmed the authenticity of the 2021 data breach that spilled sensitive user information on the dark web, and has initiated a mass reset of user passcodes. Roughly three years ago, privacy blog RestorePrivacy broke the news of a hacker selling sensitive data belonging to…
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Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar explains why an email company makes sense for Intuit
Today, I’m talking to Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar, who took over as CEO in 2022 after a pretty rough patch in the company’s history. See, Mailchimp was founded in 2001. It was a startup that learned a lot of lessons from that first dotcom boom and bust, and it…
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