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Ethereum Merge may not ‘fix everything,’ but it could boost institutional adoption

Chainlink’s new platform lets web3 projects connect to Web 2.0 systems like AWS and Meta

March 1, 2023 Jacquelyn Melinek 24 Viewsapi, APIs, AWS, Chainlink, crypto, developers, meta, smart contracts 3 min read

Chainlink, a web3 services platform, is launching a self-service, serverless platform to help developers connect their decentralized applications (dApps) or smart contracts to any Web2.0 API, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. The new platform, Chainlink Functions, also lets builders run customizable computations on Web 2.0 APIs within minutes through its network, Kemal El Moujahid, chief […]

Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA

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Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA

January 30, 2023 Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 59 Viewsbug bounty, cybersecurity, Facebook, hacker, infosec, Instagram, meta 2 min read

A bug in a new centralized system that Meta created for users to manage their logins for Facebook and Instagram could have allowed malicious hackers to switch off an account’s two-factor protections just by knowing their email address or phone number. Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, realized that Meta did not set up […]

The mixed messaging of mixed reality

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The mixed messaging of mixed reality

January 13, 2023 Brian Heater 86 ViewsCES, ces 2023, HTC, HTC Vive, Magic Leap, meta, Meta Quest Pro, psvr 6 min read

I vividly remember my first Vive experience. It was many CESes ago. I was managing a different site. Budgets were tight and I had the most on-the-ground experience, so I went solo. I had a different kind of fire back then, writing 100 stories over five days and walking every possible inch of the show […]

Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking

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Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking

January 9, 2023 Carly Page 84 Viewsmeta, NSO Group, Spyware, WhatsApp 2 min read

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block a lawsuit brought by WhatsApp challenging the alleged mass phone hacking by Israeli spyware maker NSO Group. Meta-owned WhatsApp first filed a suit against NSO Group in 2019 claiming the spyware maker exploited an audio-calling vulnerability in WhatsApp to stealthily deliver its Pegasus phone spyware onto users’ […]

Meta launches Sphere, an AI knowledge tool based on open web content, used initially to verify citations on Wikipedia

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Meta acquires Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company

December 30, 2022 Amanda Silberling 70 ViewsAR, luxexcel, meta 1 min read

As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is purchasing Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company headquartered in the Netherlands. The terms of the deal, which was first reported in the Belgian paper De Tijd, have not been […]

Meta’s first human rights report is largely self-congratulatory

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Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M

December 23, 2022 Paul Sawers 88 ViewsCambridge Analytica, Facebook, meta 3 min read

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. First reported by Reuters earlier today, the deal follows nearly four months after news first emerged that Meta had proposed a settlement in the Northern District of California where the suit was […]

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January

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Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January

December 6, 2022 Natasha Lomas 93 Viewsbehavioral advertising, forced consent, GDPR, meta, noyb 8 min read

Major privacy complaints targeting the legality of Meta’s core advertising business model in Europe have finally been settled via a dispute resolution mechanism baked into the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The complaints, which date back to May 2018, take aim at the tech giant’s so-called “forced consent” to continue tracking and targeting users […]