Twilio hack leaves Authy users exposed to text-messaging scams

If you use Authy, update your app immediately. Twilio, the messaging company that owns the two-factor authentication service, confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday that hackers breached Twilio and acquired mobile phone numbers for 33 million users. Twilio published a statement on its website also confirming the hack. “Twilio has detected that threat actors were able … Read more

What Meta should change about Threads, one year in

It’s been a year since Meta pushed out Threads in an attempt to take on the platform now known as X. At the time, Mark Zuckerberg said that he hoped it would turn into “a public conversations app with 1 billion+ people on it.” Meta’s timing was good. Threads launched at a particularly chaotic moment … Read more

The Morning After: Google’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AI

The Morning After:  Google’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AI

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions spiked by nearly 50 percent in the last five years, due to data centers required to power artificial intelligence, according to the company’s 2024 Environmental Report. The report shows the company’s progress towards meeting its self-proclaimed objective of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 – despite this additional challenge.  Using AI features … Read more

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