Instead of reaching for your chats all the way at the top of the app, WhatsApp is shifting that tab, along with the options for updates, communities, and calls to the bottom of the app. There are some new icons to go along with the change, too.
This WSJ report details the chaos that went on behind the scenes when hackers broke into MGM’s network using social engineering techniques, bringing down its systems for days.
As executives scrambled to lock out the hackers, MGM decided to rebuild its entire system rather than pay the over $30 million ransom requested by hackers:
The company’s task had become more daunting. Instead of simply cleaning up infected parts of the computer systems, now they’d have to rebuild the thousands of servers the company used from scratch, installing clean versions of the operating system and other software. The cost would far exceed the ransom request. MGM decided to do it anyway.
The FTX founder is in court now, waiting to see whether Judge Kaplan hands the 40 to 50 years in prison prosecutors recommend — or if his decision is closer to the more lenient five- to six-year sentence that Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are pushing for.
LinkedIn confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s testing a short-form video feed housed within a new “video” tab on the app, which one user shows off here.
This comes as part of Amazon’s deal to invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, starting with an initial $1.25 billion last September. Anthropic is the AI company behind the Claude 32 family of models, which the company claims outperforms ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Both sides came to an agreement on Wednesday that would end a nearly two-year-long legal battle over the self-governed special district that DeSantis took over from Disney.
Disney agreed to recognize its last-minute rule change in the district in 2023 as “null and void.” The company also agreed to drop its public records lawsuit against the district.
[POLITICO]
