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IT pros still losing jobs in the US as salaries stagnate: security experts in better position
The US job market can’t absorb all unemployed IT pros. The job market shrunk by 22,300 positions last year, marking a second year of declines. Median salaries barely increased by 1.87% when the annual inflation rate was 2.9%, and overall wage growth was twice that. Demand for security professionals is somewhat stronger.
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Charlie Hebdo checks Musk’s idea of free speech with unflattering caricatures
Charlie Hebdo, the famous French satire magazine, decided to challenge Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” with a series of indecent caricatures posted straight on X, the platform he owns.
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The QR code you got via WhatsApp hides a dark Russian secret
From emails to encrypted chats, the Russian hacker group Star Blizzard is evolving. Their latest phishing campaign weaponizes QR codes on WhatsApp, signaling a new era of cyber warfare.
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Musk's SpaceX starship explodes in test flight forcing airlines to divert
In its 7th round of test flights, a SpaceX Starship rocket broke up just minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing flights over the Gulf of Mexico to change course to avoid debris.
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Trump gives TikTok three days to 'make a deal' or face its end, and more updates
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would keep TikTok alive, but only if the Chinese-owned ByteDance has a viable deal on the table by the time he is sworn into office on Monday morning. Plus, all the latest TikTok developments of the day.
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In farewell address, Biden warns about new gilded age of tech robber barons
With nothing to lose, outgoing US President Joe Biden finally took the gloves off in his farewell address from the Oval Office and warned Americans that a tech-fuelled oligarchy might destroy democracy in the country.
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French woman falls for faux Brad Pitt, loses $850K, gets cyberbullied
For a year and a half, Anne, a 53-year-old interior decorator, believed she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt. According to the “Seven to Eight” show on the French TV network TF1, scammers behind AI mockery stole nearly a million dollars.
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TikTok, Xiaomi, and other Chinese tech firms hit by EU privacy complaints
TikTok, Xiaomi, Shein, and other Chinese tech companies are unlawfully sending European Union user data to China, a new privacy complaint filed on Thursday says.
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Trump mulls executive order to save TikTok
US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday afternoon that he would consider extending ByteDance’s deadline to divest from its TikTok app by either 60 or 90 days.
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TikTok refugees are rushing to Rednote to live under Chinese censorship laws
It’s 2025, the TikTok ban is looming, and American users – who say they love their freedom of speech so much – are flocking to join Rednote, a Chinese app promoting communist values and censoring sensitive topics.
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Cyberstorm rising: China’s aggressive hacking on Taiwan’s infrastructure doubled in 2024
China ramped up its cyberwarfare in 2024, targeting Taiwan with 2.4 million attacks per day – twice as many as last year.
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TikTok getting ready to shut down in US on Sunday, report says
TikTok is preparing to completely shut off its app for US users on Sunday, which is when a federal ban on the platform could come into effect, The Information reports. Unless, of course, the Supreme Court blocks it.
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Musk, Bezos, and Zuck will attend Trump inauguration
New tech buddies Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg will be at the White House on January 20th to witness US President-elect Donald Trump sworn in as the 47th President of the US.
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Cybertrucks donated to help LA fires: heroic act or poor marketing ploy?
Tesla Cybertruck deliveries have stalled in California as the electric vehicles are helping first responders and civilians during the LA wildfires. Some owners commend Musk’s heroic act, while others are calling it a marketing ploy.
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TikTok’s last dance: the ‘spy’ you can’t quit
As TikTok nears its US ban, users are saying goodbye to their “Chinese spy” with a viral farewell. But with new apps on the rise, the party’s far from over.
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Snapchat CEO’s LA childhood home burned to the ground, firm’s employees displaced
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, a native Angeleno, has revealed the impact of the Los Angeles wildfires on his childhood home and what his company is doing to help.
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China might try to sell TikTok to Musk to avoid ban in US
It’s still not clear whether TikTok will be banned in the United States. But China, where the app’s parent company ByteDance is based, has an idea: to sell TikTok to Elon Musk.
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Academics abandoning X en masse, as it’s “incompatible” with fundamental values
While X becomes increasingly more political and radical, academia is cutting ties with Elon Musk’s polarizing algorithms.
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Right-wing collective operating on Telegram designated as global terrorist group
The US Department of State on Monday handed down a global terror designation to an online group of violent white supremacists operating on Telegram, otherwise known as ‘The Terrorgram Collective.’
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Microsoft MFA issue resolved, cause of outage unknown
Microsoft has resolved an outage after users were unable to log into certain Microsoft 365 apps due to issues affecting multi-factor authentication (MFA).
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