March 2023

Twitter alternative T2 launches new verification program, hires Discord engineering head as CTO

March 30, 2023

As Twitter begins its shift to a “pay to play” business model, a new Twitter alternative is preparing to take flight. T2, the seed-funded Twitter rival developed by Google and Twitter veterans, is ready to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval with the launch of a verification program specifically targeting those who are poised to lose their […]

Twitter alternative T2 launches new verification program, hires Discord engineering head as CTO by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

There’s a new supply chain attack targeting customers of a phone system with 12 million users

March 30, 2023

Multiple security firms have sounded the alarm about an active supply chain attack that’s using a trojanized version of 3CX’s widely-used voice and video-calling client to target downstream customers.  3CX is the developer of a software-based phone system used by more than 600,000 organizations worldwide, including American Express, BMW, McDonald’s and the U.K.’s National Health […]

There’s a new supply chain attack targeting customers of a phone system with 12 million users by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Meta tries to keep denying EU users a free choice over tracking — but change is coming

March 30, 2023

After major privacy enforcement finally hit Meta’s tracking ads business in Europe earlier this year, the tech giant has confirmed it will be changing the legal basis it claims for microtargeting users in the region. It’s still not going to ask people for their up-front consent to its data-fuelled behavioral advertising. But it will have to […]

Meta tries to keep denying EU users a free choice over tracking — but change is coming by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

New Twitter API tiers still miss the mark, developers say

March 30, 2023

A number of Twitter developers are expressing their disappointment with Twitter’s new API structure after recently announced changes that some say will still not meet their needs. On Wednesday evening, Twitter revealed its new API pricing plans, weeks after initially announcing its plan to shut down its free API. Now, there will be three new […]

New Twitter API tiers still miss the mark, developers say by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch