🔒 Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies

Plus: Unix legend keeps fixing foundational AWK code, Facebook is broken and spamming celebrity comments everywhere, and more…

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Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies. Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users' personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure obtained exclusively by CNN and The… (Donie O'Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Video by John General, Zach Wass via CNN)

Space Rogue @spacerog

My Twitter is blowing up from this… Let me just say @dotMudge wouldn’t file papers like that unless there were legit serious issues. Twitter’s attempt to paint him as a disgruntled employee is laughable.

cnn.comEx-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policiesTwitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive whistleblower disclosure obtained exclusively by CNN and The Washington Post.

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Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code. A Princeton professor, finding a little time for himself in the summer academic lull, emailed an old friend a couple months ago. Brian Kernighan said hello, asked how their US visit was going, and dropped off hundreds of lines of code that could… (Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica)

Ars Technica @arstechnica

Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code

arstechnica.comUnix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK codeCo-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.

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Facebook is broken and spamming celebrity comments everywhere. Facebook is currently experiencing a bizarre bug that's filling user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts. Multiple Verge staffers who attempted to use the social media network this morning experienced the same issue, where their main… (Jon Porter / The Verge)

Tom Warren @tomwarren

Facebook is totally broken right now and spamming everyone’s feed with comments from celebrity’s walls. This is amazing 😂 theverge.com/2022/8/24/2331…

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TikTok is testing a new 'Nearby' feed to display local content. TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby' feed that is designed to display local content to users. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch that the new feed is being tested with select users in Southeast Asia and that the test is currently… (Aisha Malik / TechCrunch)

TechCrunch @TechCrunch

TikTok is testing a new 'Nearby' feed to display local content tcrn.ch/3pFy9r6 by @AiishaMalik1

tcrn.chTikTok is testing new ‘Nearby’ feed to display local content – TechCrunchThe short-form video app’s Nearby feed isn’t the only new feed it’s testing. TikTok is testing a dedicated “Shop” feed that lets users browse/purchase products

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YouTube TV update will reportedly let you watch four channels at once. YouTube TV, Google's take on cable TV, could soon let viewers watch up to four live streams simultaneously in a new feature called “Mosaic Mode” reports Protocol. That's according to a non-public presentation Google gave to its smart… (Jon Porter / The Verge)

The Verge @verge

YouTube TV update will reportedly let you watch four channels at once theverge.com/2022/8/23/2331…

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