By Brian Fung, CNN US lawmakers sent Twitter more than a dozen questions about its security practices Monday, on the eve of a company whistleblower’s testimony before Congress in which he is expected to outline damning allegations of security and privacy vulnerabilities at the embattled social media company. In a letter addressed to CEO Parag
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, Brian Fung and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN that another outage elsewhere could result in the service going dark for some of its users. Twitter, like all major
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple on Monday released its next-generation mobile software, iOS 16, with new features that allow users to personalize their iPhone lock screens and change how they text friends through iMessage. Among the most anticipated changes is the ability to edit and unsend recently sent iMessages, or mark the messages
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is set to testify before Congress Tuesday in his first public appearance since his bombshell allegations against the social media company were reported last month by CNN and The Washington Post. Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are expected to question Zatko on
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter on Monday pushed back at a new attempt by Elon Musk to walk away from their $44 billion acquisition deal over a payment the company is said to have made to a former employee who later turned whistleblower, calling the billionaire’s move “invalid and wrongful.” Musk on Friday sent
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elon Musk may be fighting tooth-and-nail to get out of his deal to buy Twitter, but the social media company’s shareholders plan to hold him to it. The vast majority of Twitter shareholders on Tuesday voted in favor of Musk’s $44 billion takeover deal, a value of
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business A Blue Origin rocket experienced a “booster failure” during an uncrewed launch of its New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Monday morning, triggering an abort system that allowed the capsule to parachute to Earth. “This was a payload mission with no astronauts on board. The capsule escape system functioned
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business The unveiling of the latest iPhone 14 lineup earlier this week has already spurred a flurry of new promotions from wireless giants including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. All three of the major US carriers have announced deals that allow qualifying customers to get the latest Apple smartphone for free, under
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business The days of using a paper clip to perform microsurgery to extract a tiny SIM card from a little tray in your iPhone may be coming to an end. At its closely-watched press event this week, Apple revealed that it is ditching the physical SIM cards and trays on its
Continue ReadingCNN By Reuters Tesla Inc (TSLA) is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles. The potential battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility, which Tesla touted as the first of its kind in
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Tesla Inc (TSLA) is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles. The potential battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility, which Tesla touted as the first of its kind in North
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture, announced Friday it will avoid an imminent liquidation. Digital World failed to receive shareholder approval by Thursday’s deadline to extend its merger agreement. However, the shell company said in a Friday filing it
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung and Frank Pallotta, CNN Disney’s analysis of Twitter in connection with a potential 2016 acquisition led the entertainment giant to conclude that “substantial” numbers of accounts on the social media service were fake, according to former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The revelation prompted Disney to lower its estimated value
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA has two new dates in mind — September 23 or September 27 — for the next attempt at launching its massive new moon rocket on an uncrewed test mission. But there are still several things that could stand in the way of getting the Artemis I mission off the
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung and Frank Pallotta, CNN Disney’s analysis of Twitter in connection with a potential 2016 acquisition led the entertainment giant to conclude that “substantial” numbers of accounts on the social media service were fake, according to former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The revelation prompted Disney to lower its estimated value for Twitter, said
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung and Frank Pallotta, CNN Disney’s analysis of Twitter in connection with a potential 2016 acquisition led the entertainment giant to conclude that “substantial” numbers of accounts on the social media service were fake, according to former Disney CEO Bob Iger. The revelation prompted Disney to lower its estimated value for Twitter,
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Swati Gupta, CNN Business Amazon will halt the sale of devices that can disable seatbelt alarms in India following a request from the government. The Transport Ministry told CNN Business on Thursday that it had sent a notice to Amazon, ordering it to take down listings of replacement seatbelt clips that
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon CEO Andy Jassy isn’t looking to force the company’s workers back into the office anytime soon. “We don’t have a plan to require people to come back,” Jassy said at the Code Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “But we’re going to proceed adaptively as we learn.” The online
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Apple announced a forthcoming satellite connectivity feature called Emergency SOS via Satellite at its iPhone 14 launch event. The tool is intended to help people using the company’s next-generation phones to communicate when their cell service isn’t working — a process that Apple said took years to
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple unveiled its new iPhone 14 lineup at a press event on Wednesday, along with three new Apple Watch models, an update to its popular AirPods product line and a feature that could save lives when cell service isn’t available. At a closely-watched event from its headquarters in Cupertino,
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