From The Verge: An internal investigation at TikTok parent company ByteDance found that several employees accessed the TikTok data of at least two US journalists and a “small number” of other people connected to them, according to internal emails obtained by The Verge that were first reported by The...

From PC Mag: It’s now possible for anyone on Twitter to see how many users viewed your tweets, as the platform rolls out its new “View Count” feature.

In a tweet(Opens in a new window), Elon Musk said, “Twitter is rolling out View Count, so you can see how many times a tweet has been seen! This is...

From CNET: After several US states moved to ban TikTok, some universities have followed suit, preventing access to the social media app on computers and Wi-Fi networks out of concern that the app reports user data to the Chinese government. 

Thus far, several universities in Alabama, Georgia and...

From The Verge: Now that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is back in the US, he has been released from federal custody. The New York Times and CNBC report the co-founder of the failed and allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange FTX was released on $250 million bail, secured by his parent’s home, ahead...

From ExtremeTech: The CES trade show takes place in a few weeks, and AMD’s CEO will be delivering the opening keynote. Dr. Lisa Su will take the stage in Vegas, and is expected to deliver the company’s vision for the future. That should include the highly-anticipated Zen 4 CPUs with 3D Cache, as...

From Forbes: Apple’s iPhone 14 launch has been far from smooth, with sales and stock issues and numerous bugs ranging from the bizarre to the serious. Now another major problem has struck owners.

Out of nowhere, large numbers of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max owners have suddenly started...

From The Verge: YouTube will be the new home of NFL Sunday Ticket, Google and the NFL announced, ending the months-long question of where the major broadcasting package would end up. NFL Sunday Ticket has been available in the US exclusively via DirecTV since 1994, but the satellite provider won’t...

From CNET: wo former top associates of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty to federal criminal fraud charges and are cooperating with investigators, prosecutors said Wednesday, the same day the disgraced crypto market entrepreneur was extradited to the US to face criminal charges of...

From ExtremeTech: Before Intel’s new Raptor Lake chips launched, we were impressed that someone could get a Core i9-13900K up to 6.2GHz with a liquid chiller. Now that level of performance has been shattered by the overclocking team at Asus. The team has successfully taken a 13900K over 9GHz...

From Forbes: AirTags are useful devices to help you locate your keys and other items. However, there has been some concern over AirTags being used for stalking—after all, it’s pretty easy to slip one into someone’s bag.

This was the subject of an article in The Washington Post, which found by...