Journals

Rebecca Falconer / Axios: Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte, who was convicted for leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on February 1 for espionage and more  —  A former CIA software engineer who was convicted… Read More »Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte, who was convicted for leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on February 1 for espionage and more (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future”  —  Google might add links to the Wayback Machine in place… Read More »Google dropped the cache link from Search results snippets last week and plans to remove the cache functionality entirely “in the near future” (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The FTC settles with Blackbaud, ordering the cloud software company to delete consumers’ data and boost security after a May 2020 data breach affected millions  —  Blackbaud has settled with the Federal Trade Commission after being… Read More »The FTC settles with Blackbaud, ordering the cloud software company to delete consumers’ data and boost security after a May 2020 data breach affected millions (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Intel delays the construction of its $20B Ohio chip fabs amid a slow rollout of US government grant money; sources: the fabs are now set to finish in late 2026  —  Construction on two… Read More »Intel delays the construction of its $20B Ohio chip fabs amid a slow rollout of US government grant money; sources: the fabs are now set to finish in late 2026 (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Tim Cook says that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time and effort” on AI features that the company plans to announce “later this year”  —  Tim Cook says that Apple is spending “a tremendous… Read More »Tim Cook says that Apple is spending “a tremendous amount of time and effort” on AI features that the company plans to announce “later this year” (William Gallagher/AppleInsider)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: In Meta’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg described Apple’s new DMA rules as “so onerous” that he doubts any developer, including Meta, would adopt them  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added his voice to those criticizing… Read More »In Meta’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg described Apple’s new DMA rules as “so onerous” that he doubts any developer, including Meta, would adopt them (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple reports Q1 sales in Greater China fell 13% YoY to $20.82B, vs $23.5B est., its weakest December quarter in the region since Q1 2020  —  – The iPhone helped boost revenue during holiday quarter  —… Read More »Apple reports Q1 sales in Greater China fell 13% YoY to $20.82B, vs $23.5B est., its weakest December quarter in the region since Q1 2020 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider: Tim Cook says Apple doesn’t intend to license Masimo’s blood oxygen detection to end the Apple Watch import ban  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook says there isn’t any intention to license Masimo’s blood oxygen detection to… Read More »Tim Cook says Apple doesn’t intend to license Masimo’s blood oxygen detection to end the Apple Watch import ban (Wesley Hilliard/AppleInsider)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has more than 130M MAUs and is “growing steadily”  —  Instagram Threads now has more 130 million monthly active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings today. … Read More »Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has more than 130M MAUs and is “growing steadily” (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Cloudflare says it was hacked in November 2023 by a suspected “nation state attacker” who used auth tokens stolen in Okta’s breach from October 2023  —  Cloudflare disclosed today that its internal Atlassian server was breached… Read More »Cloudflare says it was hacked in November 2023 by a suspected “nation state attacker” who used auth tokens stolen in Okta’s breach from October 2023 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)