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On Monday officials in Pinellas County, Florida held a press conference in which they made an announcement that an unidentified hacker had remotely gotten into a panel that controls the water treatment system for the city of Oldsmar, and then greatly bumped up the amount of sodium hydroxide (a.k.a. lye) in the water supply. Pinellas County Sheriff […]
In the future you may be able to customize your Twitter profile or tip your favorite influencer on the app, as the company looks to diversify its revenue stream. In an effort to move away from advertising sales as its main source of income, Twitter is exploring a number of ways it can profit off the […]
Tesla, fresh off impactful cryptocurrency-centered tweets from CEO Elon Musk, has announced a sizable investment in bitcoin. In an SEC filing shared to the Tesla website on Monday, the company noted it had updated its investment policy in January to provide for greater flexibility in further diversifying and maximizing returns on its cash “that is […]
SpaceX has announced the first all-commercial astronaut mission to orbit, which marks an objectively awesome milestone for the expansion of space travel. Per a press release shared on Monday, SpaceX is targeting “no earlier than” the fourth quarter of 2021 for the Falcon 9 launch of Inspiration4 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in […]
Apple would like you to update your iPhone and iPad software as soon as possible due to possible security problems. The iOS 14.4 update, which was made available on Tuesday, is aimed at patching what 9to5Mac notes was “a security vulnerability in the kernel” that potentially affected models iPhone 6s and later, as well as iPad […]
Pharrell has teamed up with Amazon and Georgia Tech to promote and teach coding to today’s youth. Pharrell’s education equity nonprofit, YELLOW, announced on Tuesday that it would be creating an educational collaboration with Georgia Tech called “Your Voice is Power.” This initiative will teach middle and high school students how to share their positions on […]
Tesla is being asked to recall about 158,000 cars over a touchscreen display issue that could cause an increased risk of crashes, BBC News reports. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a letter to Tesla requesting that the company issue a recall on Model S cars made from 2012 through 2018, and Model X SUVs built between 2016 and 2018 over a defect with […]
GoDaddy is receiving backlash after sending its employees a holiday work bonus email that ended up being fake just to test them to see if they would fall for phishing scams. Obtained by 12 News, the contents of the email clearly describe its employees receiving a holiday bonus, despite this not being true. “Happy Holiday […]
This week news broke that Apple is aiming to manufacture its own passenger vehicle by 2024. But instead of taking 10 years to design an electric vehicle from scratch, the company apparently had the opportunity to scoop Tesla during its “darkest days,” according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. “During the darkest days of […]
Twitch COO Sara Clemens announced earlier today at the company’s town hall that starting next month, the words “simp,” “incel,” and “virgin” will be banned when used as an insult. How does Twitch plan on enforcing this rule? We’ll let them try and explain. “We will take action against the use of terms like ‘simp,’ ‘incel’ or ‘virgin’ specifically when they are […]
