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December 9, 2022 | Katabella Roberts

Twitter Software Update Will Let Users See ‘True Account Status,’ Appeal Shadowbans: Musk

Elon Musk announced more changes to Twitter on Thursday after releasing the second volume of the “Twitter files” revealing the social media platform’s “secret blacklists.” The billionaire businessman, who finalized his purchase of Twitter in October for $44 billion, said the company will now start telling users if their content is being made undiscoverable. Twitter will also […]

October 5, 2022 | Aldgra Fredly

Election Software CEO Arrested Over Data Theft, Storing Data on Servers in China

The head of Konnech Corporation, a Michigan-based software company, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing and storing personal data of Los Angeles County election workers on servers in China. Konnech’s CEO Eugene Yu, 51, was arrested on charges of stealing “the personal identifying information” of LA County election workers, according to the LA County District […]

September 16, 2022 | Reuters

Amazon Hands Out Shipping Software to Merchants, Including on Rival Sites

Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said it would give merchants free software for managing shoppers’ orders on and off its platform, as the retailer extends its e-commerce reach. The company is ending monthly fees of Veeqo, a shipping software firm it recently bought, for sellers including when they fulfill orders via rival platforms like Shopify Inc., […]

July 14, 2022 | The Associated Press

Ex-CIA Engineer Convicted in Massive Theft of Secret Info

NEW YORK—A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a scapegoat for an embarrassing […]

April 1, 2022 | Reuters

Ford Recalls 737,000 Vehicles Over Software and Fire-Risk Issues

WASHINGTON—Ford Motor Co. is recalling 737,000 vehicles in the United States over a part that could develop an oil leak and a software error that could hinder braking, it said on Friday. The automaker is recalling 345,451 of its 2020–2022 Ford Escape and 2021–2022 Ford Bronco Sport vehicles with 1.5L engines because the engine oil […]

March 9, 2022 | Reuters

Startup Pony.ai Agrees to Automated Driving System Software Recall

WASHINGTON—Startup technology firm Pony.ai agreed to issue a recall for some versions of its autonomous driving system software after an October crash, U.S. regulators said Tuesday The recall covers three vehicles that have been repaired, the company told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The agency said Tuesday this was the “first recall of […]

December 14, 2021 | Web Staff

US Warns Hundreds of Millions of Devices at Risk Over New Software Vulnerability

Hundreds of millions of devices around the world could be exposed to a newly revealed software vulnerability, as a senior Biden administration cyber official warned executives from major U.S. industries Monday that they need to take action to address “one of the most serious” flaws she has seen in her career. As major tech firms […]

August 24, 2021 | Reuters

Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Self-Driving Software Update ‘Not Great’

Tesla Inc’s Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday said that the electric-car maker was working on improving the much-awaited update to its self-driving software “as fast as possible.” The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted that the Full Self-Driving Beta version 9.2 is “actually not great imo [in my opinion], but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve […]

June 26, 2021 | Reuters

Tesla Recalls Vehicles in China for Online Software Update

Chinese regulators said on Saturday Tesla Inc would ‘recall’ nearly 300,000 China-made and imported Model 3 and Model Y cars for an online software update

June 9, 2021 | The Associated Press

Fastly Blames Global Internet Outage on Software Bug

LONDON—Fastly, the company hit by a major outage that caused many of the world’s top websites to go offline briefly this week, blamed the problem on a software bug that was triggered when a customer changed a setting. The problem at Fastly meant internet users couldn’t connect to a host of popular websites early Tuesday […]

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