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AT&T believes the February 22 outage was “caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process” as it was expanding its network, “not a cyber attack” (ABC News)

    ABC News: AT&T believes the February 22 outage was “caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process” as it was expanding its network, “not a cyber attack”  —  AT&T says they have “restored wireless service to all our… Read More »AT&T believes the February 22 outage was “caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process” as it was expanding its network, “not a cyber attack” (ABC News)

    Meta’s Oversight Board extends its scope to Threads, letting users appeal Meta’s content moderation decisions with the same process as on Facebook and Instagram (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

      Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta’s Oversight Board extends its scope to Threads, letting users appeal Meta’s content moderation decisions with the same process as on Facebook and Instagram  —  Meta’s external advisory group, its Oversight Board, announced today that it… Read More »Meta’s Oversight Board extends its scope to Threads, letting users appeal Meta’s content moderation decisions with the same process as on Facebook and Instagram (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

      Filing: UnitedHealth says a “suspected nation-state” actor had access to systems of IT provider Change Healthcare, prompting an outage at pharmacies in the US (Jessica Lyons/The Register)

        Jessica Lyons / The Register: Filing: UnitedHealth says a “suspected nation-state” actor had access to systems of IT provider Change Healthcare, prompting an outage at pharmacies in the US  —  Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug… Read More »Filing: UnitedHealth says a “suspected nation-state” actor had access to systems of IT provider Change Healthcare, prompting an outage at pharmacies in the US (Jessica Lyons/The Register)

        Block reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.77B, Square profit up 18% YoY, Cash App profit up 25% YoY, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA above est.; SQ jumps 12%+ (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

          Hannah Lang / Reuters: Block reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.77B, Square profit up 18% YoY, Cash App profit up 25% YoY, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA above est.; SQ jumps 12%+  —  Jack Dorsey-led Block (SQ.N) on… Read More »Block reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $5.77B, Square profit up 18% YoY, Cash App profit up 25% YoY, and forecasts Q1 adjusted EBITDA above est.; SQ jumps 12%+ (Hannah Lang/Reuters)

          Sources: Nextdoor’s board discussed replacing CEO Sarah Friar with co-founder Nirav Tolia, who served as CEO between 2010 and 2018, or selling the company (The Information)

            The Information: Sources: Nextdoor’s board discussed replacing CEO Sarah Friar with co-founder Nirav Tolia, who served as CEO between 2010 and 2018, or selling the company  —  Board members at the struggling local networking site Nextdoor have been debating the… Read More »Sources: Nextdoor’s board discussed replacing CEO Sarah Friar with co-founder Nirav Tolia, who served as CEO between 2010 and 2018, or selling the company (The Information)

            S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, making him the third-largest shareholder, behind Advance Magazine Publishers, with 30.1%, and Tencent, with 11% (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

              Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, making him the third-largest shareholder, behind Advance Magazine Publishers, with 30.1%, and Tencent, with 11%  —  As the tech platform prepares for a public offering,… Read More »S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, making him the third-largest shareholder, behind Advance Magazine Publishers, with 30.1%, and Tencent, with 11% (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

              Reddit will give some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, the chance to buy shares in its IPO (The Verge)

                The Verge: Reddit will give some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, the chance to buy shares in its IPO  —  However, the company is unprofitable, with a net loss of $90.8 million in… Read More »Reddit will give some of its top users, including moderators and those with high karma scores, the chance to buy shares in its IPO (The Verge)

                Reddit files for a US IPO, says it had $804M in annual sales in 2023, up 20% YoY, and a net loss of $90.8M, compared to a net loss of $158.6M in 2022 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

                  Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Reddit files for a US IPO, says it had $804M in annual sales in 2023, up 20% YoY, and a net loss of $90.8M, compared to a net loss of $158.6M in 2022  —  – Reddit… Read More »Reddit files for a US IPO, says it had $804M in annual sales in 2023, up 20% YoY, and a net loss of $90.8M, compared to a net loss of $158.6M in 2022 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

                  Gab launched 91 chatbots over the last month, including AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, more (David Gilbert/Wired)

                    David Gilbert / Wired: Gab launched 91 chatbots over the last month, including AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, more  —  The proliferation of generative AI chatbots on extremist… Read More »Gab launched 91 chatbots over the last month, including AI versions of Hitler and Trump, several of which deny the Holocaust, call climate change a scam, more (David Gilbert/Wired)

                    Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server connecting to Bluesky’s network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

                      Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server connecting to Bluesky’s network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub  —  Social network Bluesky, a competitor to X, Threads, Mastodon, and others, is opening… Read More »Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server connecting to Bluesky’s network, which uses the AT Protocol; Mastodon uses ActivityPub (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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