Technology

Got rejuvenation? Better call security

June 17, 2023
It’s not every day that police storm through the doors of a scientific session and eject half the audience. But that is what occurred on Friday at the Boston Convention Center during a round of scientific presentations featuring Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, a specialist in “rejuvenation” technology at a secretive, wealthy, anti-aging startup called Altos…

Meta says it’s totally fine for 10 year olds to wear its VR headset, probably

June 16, 2023

Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a blog post, the tech giant says that there’s “a vast array of engaging and educational apps, games, and more” for the kiddos, even if the […]

Meta says it’s totally fine for 10 year olds to wear its VR headset, probably by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims

June 16, 2023

The U.S. government has confirmed that multiple federal agencies have fallen victim to cyberattacks exploiting a security vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool. In a statement shared with TechCrunch, CISA confirmed that “several” U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, an enterprise file transfer tool […]

US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes

June 16, 2023

In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped that Twitter was “expensive” and […]

Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings

June 16, 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. The new US border wall is an app Keisy Plaza, 39, left her home in Colombia seven months ago. She walked a 62-mile stretch of dense mountainous rainforest and swampland with her two…

Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator

June 16, 2023

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” Amazon first revealed plans to buy robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion last August, though the megabucks deal was always likely to draw scrutiny from regulators. The […]

Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

The new US border wall is an app

June 16, 2023
A few minutes before 9 a.m. on a day in late March, Keisy Plaza, 39, leans against a wall on the corner of Juárez Avenue and Gardenias Street in Ciudad Juárez. It’s the last intersection before Mexico turns into El Paso, Texas, and a stream of commuters drive past on their way to work and…

Fireside chat with Comcast: Transforming service experience with smart data replication

June 15, 2023
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” In this video, Pavel Müller, SnowMirror creator and co-founder of GuideVision – an Infosys company, chats with Steve Zadroga, senior automation engineer at Comcast, on how they have overcome Comcast’s business challenges, accelerated their transformation to the cloud, and delivered exceptional…