FTC warns ‘no CEO or company is above the law’ if Twitter shirks privacy order

November 10, 2022

The FTC has telegraphed what appears to be a now-inevitable investigation into Twitter’s internal data handling practices, as the company continues to shed important staff and improvise new features. “No CEO or company is above the law,” the agency said in a statement — and if Elon Musk’s Twitter continues its current spree, they may […]

FTC warns ‘no CEO or company is above the law’ if Twitter shirks privacy order by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

A wrongfully terminated Chinese-American scientist was just awarded nearly $2 million in damages

November 10, 2022
It’s been almost a decade since the Chinese-American hydrologist Sherry Chen’s life was turned upside down by an unfounded accusation of spying, and this week, she finally received something like justice.  Today, Chen’s lawyers announced that the scientist won a historic $1.8 million settlement from the US Commerce Department for her wrongful prosecution and subsequent…

Google says surveillance vendor targeted Samsung phones with zero-days

November 10, 2022

Google says it has evidence that a commercial surveillance vendor was exploiting three zero-day security vulnerabilities found in newer Samsung smartphones. The vulnerabilities, discovered in Samsung’s custom-built software, were used together as part of an exploit chain to target Samsung phones running Android. The chained vulnerabilities allow an attacker to gain kernel read and write […]

Google says surveillance vendor targeted Samsung phones with zero-days by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India

November 10, 2022

Even Healthcare, an Indian “healthcare membership” company, landed new financial support in the form of $15 million to further drive its mission of providing affordable care to communities across India. Even isn’t insurance, but allows members to access primary and preventative care at any of over 100 partnered hospitals. Typically, the way Indians access healthcare […]

Even Healthcare lands additional capital to advance primary care adoption in India by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Crypto pitch-off

November 10, 2022

One of the most popular activities at a TechCrunch conference is watching top-notch early-stage founders square off in a pitch competition. Seriously, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is just one more compelling reason to go to TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s take a look at the judges […]

Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will judge the TC Sessions: Crypto pitch-off by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Who’ll get the last laugh over Musk toying with Twitter veracity?

November 10, 2022

Twitter’s painstakingly layered infosphere looks to be light-speeding back to chaotic noise under new owner Elon Musk. The billionaire is no fan of meritocratic signals nor, it seems, a friend to genuine information — preferring anyone pay him $8/m to have their account on his microblogging social network badged with a check-mark that looks like […]

Who’ll get the last laugh over Musk toying with Twitter veracity? by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch