July 2023

Hackers exploit Citrix zero-day to target US critical infrastructure

July 24, 2023
Thousands of companies could be at risk from an actively exploited Citrix zero-day that hackers have already abused to target at least one critical infrastructure organization in the United States. Citrix last week sounded the alarm about the critical-rated flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-3519 with a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10, which impacts NetScaler […]

TikTok is adding support for text posts

July 24, 2023
As Twitter shoots itself in the foot with a rebrand this morning, TikTok has announced that it’s rolling out support for text posts. Although TikTok started off as a platform for short-form video, it later added support for images in an attempt to take on Instagram. It’s now adding text posts, likely to take on […]

Announcing the second group of judges for Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

July 24, 2023
In less than two months, 20 of the world’s most impressive startups will compete in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Which companies will make the finals, and which standout startup will claim the Disrupt Cup and the $100,000 equity-free prize? Obviously, we don’t know the answer, but […]

The Download: what’s next for the moon, and facial recognition’s stalemate

July 24, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for the moon It’s been more than 50 years since humans last walked on the moon. But starting this year, an array of missions from private companies and national space agencies…

How face recognition rules in the US got stuck in political gridlock

July 24, 2023
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. This week, I published an in-depth story about efforts to restrict face recognition in the US. The story’s genesis came during a team meeting a…