CrowdStrike sends $10 Uber Eats gift cards as apology for global IT meltdown: report
CrowdStrike will reportedly offer customers $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for the disastrous software update that caused a global tech meltdown last week. On Friday, a CrowdStrike glitch caused millions of computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system to experience a “blue screen of death,” rendering them unable to boot. CrowdStrike is […]
Meta deletes 63K Instagram accounts tied to ‘sextortion’ schemes
Meta announced on Wednesday that it had removed about 63,000 Nigerian Instagram accounts that were operating a “sex blackmail” scam targeting mostly adult men and some children in the United States. Scammers used “sextortion” tactics on Instagram and Facebook, threatening to make explicit sexual photos and messages to users unless they received payment. Among those […]
Tesla stock falls 8% as growing competition squeezes profits
Tesla shares fell more than 8% in premarket trading on Wednesday after Elon Musk’s electric car maker reported a second consecutive quarterly loss, raising concerns that increased competition is hurting sales and profit margins. The Austin, Texas-based company said on Tuesday that sales at its automotive division fell 7 percent in the three months ending […]
Rugged new robot delivery vehicle promises ‘ultra-fast’ service
But is a tip required? Self-driving delivery vehicles powered by artificial intelligence are the latest robotic technology that could soon be on the roads in your neighborhood, even as other self-driving car makers face scrutiny over the dangers of their vehicles. Technology company Vayu Robotics has entered the fray with a sky-blue Volkswagen mini-van-like machine […]
Tesla revenue misses estimates as price cuts dent profit
Tesla Inc said on Tuesday its second-quarter profit margins fell as price cuts and stimulus measures to combat sluggish demand continued to weigh on profits even as it stepped up efforts to push self-driving technology. Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc.’s second-quarter gross profit margin for its auto division was 14.65% excluding regulatory deductions, beating expectations of […]
Schumer tees up vote on major online kids safety bills after months-long battle
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to introduce two major bills this week aimed at protecting kids online, following months of pressure from parents who are victims. Schumer’s office confirmed that the two bills, the Child Online Safety Act and a related bill called COPPA 2.0, will receive their first procedural votes as early as […]
Google scraps plan to remove cookies from Chrome after advertiser uproar
After years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code that track users across the internet, Google announced on Monday that it plans to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. The major shift comes after advertisers, the company’s biggest source of revenue, expressed concern that the loss of cookies from the world’s […]
30 worst messages to send someone on a dating app revealed
These are more than pick-up lines. While it may seem tempting to say something to your date, it often ends up pushing romantic feelings away. A recent survey of singles revealed the top 30 worst messages to send to a potential partner, and the most hated was “send me a picture” accompanied by an eggplant […]
Left-leaning Silicon Valley donors divided on Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of the Democratic presidential field has opened up rifts among the tech industry’s biggest left-leaning donors, while a growing number of Silicon Valley tycoons are voicing their support for Republican nominee Donald Trump. Biden quickly endorsed Harris as the Democratic nominee, but some deep-pocketed donors from the […]
CrowdStrike shares continue to tumble after causing global outage
CrowdStrike shares plunged 13% on Monday, extending losses as Wall Street analysts downgraded the company’s shares due to concerns about the economic impact of last week’s global cyber outage. A faulty update to CrowdStrike’s security software crashed computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system and disrupted internet services around the world, affecting a wide range of […]