An anonymous reader quotes a report from Nextgov: The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a cyberattack that exposed the personal information of approximately 387,000 current and former prisoners at the end of last year, according to an agency official. “The attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the system to extract sensitive personally identifiable information on approximately 387,000 individuals,” a Marshals…
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Elon Musk Restarts Tesla Factory In Defiance of County Orders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday that the company’s factory in Fremont, California is open and has restarted production despite a stay-at-home order issued by Alameda County. TechCrunch reports: Musk said in tweet Monday afternoon that he will “be on the line,” a reference to the assembly line at the factory where Tesla makes the Model X, Model S, Model 3…
Elon Musk Threatens to Move Tesla’s HQ After County Blocks Its Reopening
Saturday Elon Musk announced he’d “immediately” relocate Tesla’s headquarters and “future programs” to Texas and Nevada, reports Ars Technica. While California lifted its restrictions on manufacturers and businesses, the county of Alameda (where Tesla is located) says the company’s manufacturing plant does not yet meet the county’s requirements for safely reopening. “Frankly, this is the final straw,” Musk tweeted. Musk also…
Walmart Is Piloting a Pricier 2-Hour ‘Express’ Grocery Delivery Service
Walmart confirmed today it’s launching a new Walmart Grocery service called “Express,” which promises orders in two hours or less for an upcharge of $10 on top of the usual delivery fee. TechCrunch reports: The service has been in pilot testing across 100 Walmart stores in the U.S. since mid-April. Walmart says it plans to expand the service to nearly 1,000…
Discover is Facebook’s New Effort To Help People Access Websites for Free — But With Limits
Facebook has a new connectivity app called Discover to help those who can’t afford to get online access information on the web. From a report: The service, available through mobile web and Android app, allows users to visit any website in text format (no video, images, audio and other elements that eat up large amounts of data) and consume a few…
Airbnb Is Laying Off a Quarter of Its Workforce
Airbnb announced that it is laying off around a quarter of its workforce, citing revenue declines and a need to curtail costs. TechCrunch reports: In the note, written by Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky, the company said that 1,900 employees will be laid off, or 25.3% of its 7,500 workers. The layoffs will impact a number of internal product groups,…
Arm Offers Free Access To Its Chip Designs To Early-Stage Startups
An anonymous reader quotes Techcrunch:
Arm — the U.K. company behind the designs of chips for everyone from Apple to Qualcomm to Samsung — is hoping to kickstart developing by offering up access to around 75% of its chip portfolio for free to qualified startups. The move marks an expansion of the company’s Flexible Access program. With it, Arm will open access…
Tesla’s Stock Drops Billions After Elon Musk’s Tweetstorm Friday
Friday Techcrunch reported Elon Musk tweeted to his 33.4 million followers that Tesla’s stock price “was ‘too high’ in his opinion, immediately sending shares into a free fall and in possible violation of an agreement reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year.” Tesla’s shares plummetted nearly 12% over the next 30 minutes, which reduced Tesla’s valuation by over…
New Bill Threatens Journalists’ Ability To Protect Sources
A draft bill, first proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in January, intends to combat online child exploitation but could introduce significant harm to journalists’ ability to protect their sources. TechCrunch reports: Under the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (or EARN IT) Act, a government commission would define best practices for how technology companies should combat this type…
Fairphone 3 Now Available With ‘de-Googled’ Android /e/OS
joestar writes: Fairphone, the European manufacturer of mobile phones with a reduced environmental impact, has announced a partnership to offer /e/OS, the most “de-Googled” and pro-privacy Android OS, on their latest model Fairphone 3. An interesting move that reminds me of the recent introduction of the Google-free Huawei Mate 30. A pithy explainer of its “privacy by design ecosystem” — and…