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Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is working on a downvoting feature to improve reply rankings. Although the company hasn’t officially announced its plans, recent findings suggest the downvote feature may resemble a “dislike” button rather than a traditional downvote icon. Code references found in the X iOS app now show a button that appears as a broken heart icon next to X’s heart-shaped “like” button, along with direct references to a “downvote” feature. As Twitter, the company tested downvoting in 2021, before Musk’s acquisition. During the original experiment, Twitter tested both upvoting and downvoting buttons across all posts.…
Customer Service Emails Dating Back to 2014 Exposed in May Breach A significant data breach at mSpy, a phone surveillance operation, has compromised millions of its customers’ data, exposing personal information accumulated over the past decade. The breach also affected the Ukrainian company behind mSpy. In May 2024, unknown attackers stole millions of customer support tickets, including emails, personal documents, and other sensitive information, from mSpy. While hacks of spyware companies are becoming more common, they are particularly concerning due to the highly sensitive nature of the data involved. The stolen data includes customer service records dating back to 2014,…
The comprehensive EU AI Act, which aims to regulate artificial intelligence based on risk, has been officially published in the European Union’s Official Journal. Starting from August 1, the new law will come into force, marking the beginning of a phased implementation process. By mid-2026, most provisions will be fully applicable to AI developers. However, various deadlines are set between now and then, with some extending even further as different legal requirements gradually take effect. EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the AI rulebook in December of last year. The framework imposes different obligations on AI developers based on…
India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, CoinDCX, is making a significant international move by acquiring BitOasis, a digital asset platform based in the Middle East and North Africa. The announcement was made on Wednesday by both companies. CoinDCX, headquartered in Bengaluru, stated that the BitOasis team would be joining their ranks. The original leadership of BitOasis will continue to manage the platform, which currently offers trading in over 60 tokens. Despite the acquisition, BitOasis will retain its branding. BitOasis, based in Dubai, has secured over $40 million in funding over its eight-year history. While the financial terms of the deal were not…
Starting in 2026, cryptocurrency platforms will be required to report transactions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). However, decentralized platforms that do not hold assets themselves will be exempt from these regulations. These regulations, finalized by the IRS and the U.S. Department of Treasury on Friday, implement a provision of the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacted in 2021. While gains from selling cryptocurrencies and other digital assets are already taxable, there has been no standardized method for reporting these gains to investors and the government. Beginning in 2026, covering transactions from 2025, crypto platforms must provide a…
On Tuesday, health tech services provider HealthEquity revealed in a filing with federal regulators that it had experienced a data breach, resulting in hackers stealing the “protected health information” of some customers. In an 8-K filing with the SEC, the company reported detecting “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.” HealthEquity concluded that the partner’s account had been compromised and used to access members’ information. On Wednesday, HealthEquity provided more details of the incident. HealthEquity spokesperson Amy Cerny stated in an email that this was “an isolated incident” and not connected to other recent breaches,…
Last week, a hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. On Tuesday, Twilio confirmed that these “threat actors” were able to identify the phone numbers of people who use Authy, a popular two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio. In a post on a well-known hacking forum, the hacker or group known as ShinyHunters claimed they had hacked Twilio and obtained the cell phone numbers of 33 million users. Twilio spokesperson Kari Ramirez stated that the company “detected that threat actors were able to identify data associated with Authy accounts, including phone numbers, due…
European regulation is making ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting a mandatory requirement, providing a significant boost for startups like Paris-based Apiday. This company’s platform is designed to assist private equity funds and blue-chip companies in tracking and managing their sustainability practices. Asset management firms, particularly those in Europe, have become a primary focus for Apiday. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) means that it’s not just impact funds that need to closely monitor sustainability metrics; a wide range of firms are now paying attention to ESG reporting. This marks a significant change from when Apiday was founded in 2021.…
Cloudflare, the well-known cloud service provider, has unveiled a new, free tool aimed at preventing bots from scraping websites hosted on its platform for data to train AI models. Some AI vendors, including Google, OpenAI, and Apple, provide website owners the option to block their data-scraping bots by modifying their site’s robots.txt file. This file instructs bots on which pages they can access on a website. However, as Cloudflare points out in a blog post announcing the new tool, not all AI scrapers respect these directives. “Customers don’t want AI bots visiting their websites, especially those that do so dishonestly,”…
In the aftermath of Apple’s WWDC 2024 keynote, where the company introduced Apple Intelligence and confirmed a partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, Senior Vice President Craig Federighi revealed plans to work with additional third-party AI models. During a post-keynote discussion, Federighi mentioned that Apple is exploring a partnership with Google’s Gemini. “We’re looking forward to doing integrations with other models, including Google Gemini, for instance, in the future,” Federighi stated. He added that while there is no specific announcement at this time, this direction aligns with Apple’s broader strategy. Later this year, OpenAI’s ChatGPT will be the…