Category: Tech News

Scammers Steal Huge Food Shipments Using Online Technique

Multiple federal agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) warning the food and agriculture sector about incidents of criminal actors using business email compromise (BEC) tactics to steal food shipments. The advisory was issued on Dec. 15 by the FBI, the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the U.S….


Majority Vote ‘Yes’ for Elon Musk to Step Down as Head of Twitter

Expectations are building that Elon Musk will step down as CEO of Twitter after a poll that he launched and vowed to “abide by” showed the majority voting “yes” to his departure from the helm of the social media giant. Musk launched the poll on Sunday, asking whether he should step down as head of…


Twitter Bans ‘Free Promotion’ of Other Social Media Platforms, Then Loosens New Rule

Twitter announced on Dec. 18 that it will no longer allow for “free promotion” of certain social media platforms on the site, including Facebook and Truth Social, before appearing to make a U-turn on the decision. The announcement came shortly after Twitter suspended the accounts of several corporate news reporters for allegedly violating the company’s policy against “doxxing.”…


Aviation Startup Picks Engine Designer for Supersonic Plane

DALLAS—Aviation startup Boom Technology says it will power supersonic passenger jets with engines designed by a company better known for making small engines used on drones and cruise missiles. Boom said Tuesday that Florida Turbine Technologies, or FTT, will design the engines. The company says the plane could be making test flights in 2026 and…


US Opens Probe of Cruise Robotaxi Braking, Clogging Traffic

DETROIT—U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by General Motors’ Cruise LLC can stop too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers. Three rear-end collisions that reportedly took place after Cruise autonomous vehicles braked hard kicked off the probe, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). At the time,…


Virginia Joins Dozens of US States Banning TikTok on State Devices

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Friday issued an executive order to ban TikTok and WeChat from state government devices. The move adds Virginia to a growing list of more than a dozen U.S. states that have moved to ban TikTok in recent weeks. “Applications and websites such as TikTok and WeChat provide foreign governments, such…


Elon Musk Polls Twitter Users on Restoring Accounts of Journalists Banned for Doxxing Policy Violations

Elon Musk has clarified Twitter’s recently revised doxxing policy after running a poll that asked users to weigh in on when to reinstate the suspended accounts of journalists who allegedly violated the policy by sharing Musk’s real-time location and “endangering” his family. Twitter on Thursday announced changes to its Private Information policy—commonly referred to as its…


Gates, Bezos Invest in Australian-Designed Brain Implant

Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are betting on the New York-based Synchron as the answer to Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Founded by Australian professors Tom Oxley and Nick Opie, the company on Dec. 16 announced it had closed a $110 million Series C funding round involving Bezos Expeditions, Gates Frontier, and ARCH Venture Partners. The Synchron…


Microsoft to Roll Out ‘Data Boundary’ for EU Customers From Jan. 1

LONDON/STOCKHOLM—Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday its European Union cloud customers will be able to process and store parts of their data in the region from Jan. 1. The phased rollout of its “EU data boundary” will apply to all of its core cloud services—Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power BI platform. Big businesses have…


NetChoice Suing California for ‘Subjective’ Online Safety Law for Kids That Violates First and Fourth Amendments

Tech industry group NetChoice has filed a complaint challenging California’s Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273) law that is aimed at protecting kids from online harm. AB 2273, passed in August and signed into law by state Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom a month later, requires companies to analyze and address how their products impact…