Daily Archives: November 22, 2019

T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data (but no financial or password data) was exposed to a malicious actor. The company alerted the affected customers but did not provide many details in its official account of the hack. The company said in its disclosure to […]

More than 1 million T-Mobile customers exposed by breach

This entry was posted in hack Mobile Security on November 22, 2019 by Devin Coldewey

Facebook is building its own version of Instagram Close Friends, the company confirms to TechCrunch. There’s a lot people that don’t share on Facebook because it can feel risky or awkward since its definition of “friends” has swelled to include family, work colleagues, and distant acquaintances. No one wants their boss or grandma seeing their […]

Facebook prototypes Favorites for close friends microsharing

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on November 22, 2019 by Josh Constine

The FCC has finally put the seal of approval on its plan to cut funding to hardware from companies it deems a "national security threat," currently an exclusive club of two: Huawei and ZTE.

FCC bans spending on Huawei, ZTE and other ‘national security ...

This entry was posted in Asia China Government huawei Mobile on November 22, 2019 by Devin Coldewey

The creators of BlueMail, who are suing Apple, take their case directly to Tim Cook in the name of “fairness and empathy.”

BlueMail Creators to Apple: Let Us Back Into the Mac ...

This entry was posted in business on November 22, 2019 by Julian Chokkattu

The option, now available everywhere, is supposed to help nudge Twitter in a less toxic direction.

Twitter’s ‘Hide Replies’ Option Gives Users More Control

This entry was posted in Gear on November 22, 2019 by Arielle Pardes

The former Facebook executive talks about his 13 years at the company and who he’s working with now.

Gadget Lab Podcast: Chris Cox on Life After Facebook

This entry was posted in Gear on November 22, 2019 by Wired Staff

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has waded into the debate about social media regulation. In an award-acceptance speech to the Anti Defamation League yesterday the creator of Ali G and Borat delivered a precision takedown of what he called Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s “bullshit” arguments against regulating his platform. The speech is well worth watching in […]

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