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The Securities and Exchange Commission is sending a letter to U.S. public companies asking firms evaluate their disclosure obligations, including a “specific tailored disclosure,” about how recent crypto bankruptcies and broader financial distress across the digital asset market may have hit their business. The letter is intended to illustrate the type of comments the securities agency might send to public companies. “In meeting their disclosure obligations, companies should consider the… Source link

Illustration: Quartz Anti-government protests flared in several Chinese cities and on college campuses over the weekend. But the country’s most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to manage without a crucial communication tool, because Apple restricted its use in China earlier this month. AirDrop, the file-sharing feature on iPhones and other Apple devices, has helped protestors in many authoritarian countries evade censorship. That’s because AirDrop relies on direct… Source link

Former Twitter (TWTR) security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to testify about what he says are widespread security failures at the social media company. The hearing, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. E.T., will focus on the allegations Zatko made in a whistleblower complaint filed in July with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, and Federal Trade Commission, which alleges that Twitter’s overall… Source link

Reports flooded in from Twitter on Monday evening as Google experienced a rare, widespread outage. Searchers around the world were met with this error message for a brief period when using Google:   According to Down Detector, the outage occurred around 9:39 p.m Eastern and lasted for a little over ten minutes. Image Credit: Screenshot from downdetector.com/status/google/, August 2022. Image Credit: Screenshot from downdetector.com/status/google/, August 2022. By all accounts the outage is… Source link

Democrats have an inflation problem with voters. And they’ve been pointing in a range of directions to deflect the blame for consumer prices that have increased at the highest rate in 40 years. Targets include supply chain woes, the stalled Build Back Better plan, the gas tax, and lower immigration rates. Some Democrats also contend that across the economy, big corporations have spurred skyrocketing inflation — and that means you could hear the phrase “price gouging” a lot between now and… Source link

Updated Apr 12, 2021, 12:07pm EDT Topline Google Drive is now running smoothly again after the service experienced a widespread disruption Monday that included Google Docs and Sheets, Google said Monday, after an issue that kept users from opening new documents though they could still access the platform. Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS Key Facts The issue with Google Drive “has been resolved,”… Source link

Updated Apr 12, 2021, 11:59am EDT Topline Google is experiencing a widespread disruption with its Google Drive service including Google Docs, the company said Monday, keeping users from opening new documents though they can still access the platform. Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS Key Facts Google reported at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time it was “investigating reports” having to do with Google Drive,… Source link

Women have made major strides toward careers in medicine in America over the last few decades but continue to face stifling sexism throughout their careers. “It’s a very well-kept secret,” Roberta Gebhard, the former president of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), told Yahoo Finance. “We find ourselves trying not to poison our young when they’re coming up. We try and educate them on what to do if you find yourself in a position where you’re either being sexually… Source link

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.] Think about how fast Google search results arrive. “Practically instant” has long been a company goal, and in that same instant Google often pairs results with targeted ads. Sometimes, those ads are political. University of… Source link

Internet users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread outages Tuesday. In an emailed statement 90 minutes after the outage was first reported, Verizon said it was working on the problem hurting Fios service “throughout the Northeast corridor” and that some service had already been restored. The telecom giant had reported a cut fiber in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it’s not clear if that issue was responsible for the outage. Verizon didn’t give any estimate in… Source link