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Anthropic essentially bans OpenClaw from Claude by making subscribers pay extra

2026-04-03T20:14:00-04:00

Using OpenClaw with Claude AI is about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to Anthropic's new policy changes. Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, users will "no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw," according to an email sent to users on Friday evening. Instead, if users want to use OpenClaw with Claude, they'll have to use a "pay-as-you-go option" that will be billed separate from their Claude subscription.

With OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger now employed by OpenAI, Anthropic may also be encouraging subscribers to use more of its own tools, like Claude Cowork, instead. Steinber …

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An Okta login bug bypassed checking passwords on some long usernames

2024-11-01T22:00:13-04:00

On Friday evening, Okta posted an odd update to its list of security advisories. The latest entry reveals that under specific circumstances, someone could've logged in by entering anything for a password, but only if the account's username had over 52 characters.

According to the note people reported receiving, other requirements to exploit the vulnerability included Okta checking the cache from a previous successful login, and that an organization's authentication policy didn't add extra conditions like requiring multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Here are the details that are currently available:

On October 30, 2024, a vulnerability was …

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Boeing is cutting 10 percent of its workforce

2024-10-11T18:47:35-04:00

Boeing will be laying off "roughly" 10 percent of its workforce, president and CEO Kelly Ortberg announced in an email to staff on Friday. That number equates to 17,000 jobs, Reuters reports.

The layoffs will take place "over the coming months" and will include "executives, managers and employees," Ortberg says. Leadership teams plan to share more information about how the layoffs will affect specific organizations in the company next week.

The announcement of layoffs follows what's been an extremely difficult year for the company. In January, Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded after a hole blew in one mid-flight. In July, the company acc …

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Data breach leaks SSNs of over 230,000 Comcast customers

2024-10-07T12:02:34-04:00

A data breach has exposed the names, addresses, social security numbers, and birthdates of more than 237,700 Comcast customers. The breach stems from a security incident at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency Comcast previously used, according to a filing with the state of Maine on Friday, as reported by BleepingComputer and TechCrunch.

FBCS revealed that it had suffered a breach in February, exposing the sensitive information of more than 4.2 million people. FBCS informed Comcast in July that its customer data had been affected, saying an "unauthorized party downloaded data from FBCS systems and encry …

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Meta drops restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

2024-07-12T17:03:30-04:00

President Donald Trump. | Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump will no longer be subject to extra severe penalties for content rule violations on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, Meta said on Friday.

Previously, Trump's account could be fully suspended for even a relatively small infraction that wouldn't lead to the same penalty for any other account. Now, with the Republican National Convention taking place next week, he'll be treated more like everyone else.

"In assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for President on the same basis," Meta's president of of global affair …

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Live Nation took 11 days to confirm the massive Ticketmaster data breach

2024-05-31T20:11:04-04:00

Someone going by the name "ShinyHunters" has been advertising a 1.3TB cache of data allegedly containing personal data (names, email/home addresses, and phone numbers), credit card details, and other information about 560 million Ticketmaster customers for $500,000 in hacking forums all week.

Now, Ticketmaster parent Live Nation - the company that upset an army of Taylor Swift fans and is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit - publicly acknowledged a data breach in a regulatory filing late Friday evening.

On May 20, 2024, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company" or "we") identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud datab …

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Fossil is quitting smartwatches

2024-01-26T18:30:07-05:00

The Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Fossil Group has decided to call it quits on smartwatches.

The company announced this afternoon that it would leave the smartwatch business and redirect resources to its less-smart goods instead. The company has been one of the most prolific makers of Wear OS smartwatches over the years, and its absence will leave a large gap in the market.

"As the smartwatch landscape has evolved significantly over the past few years, we have made the strategic decision to exit the smartwatch business," Jeff Boyer, Fossil executive vice President and chief operating officer, tells The Verge. "Fossil Group is redirecting resources to support our core stren …

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Microsoft ‘senior leadership’ emails accessed by Russian SolarWinds hackers

2024-01-19T17:24:12-05:00

Microsoft is revealing today that it has discovered a nation-state attack on its corporate systems from the same Russian state-sponsored group of hackers that were responsible for the sophisticated SolarWinds attack. Microsoft says the hackers, known as Nobelium, were able to access email accounts of some members of its senior leadership team late last year.

"Beginning in late November 2023, the threat actor used a password spray attack to compromise a legacy non-production test tenant account and gain a foothold, and then used the account's permissions to access a very small percentage of Microsoft corporate email accounts, including membe …

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Instagram’s co-founders are shutting down their Artifact news app

2024-01-12T17:35:46-05:00

The Artifact news app. | Image: Artifact

Artifact, the news app created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, is shutting down just a year after launch. The app used an AI-driven approach to suggest news that users might like to read, but it seems it didn't catch on with enough people for the Artifact team to continue making the app.

"We have built something that a core group of users love, but we have concluded that the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment in this way," CEO Kevin Systrom says in a blog post. The app is beginning to wind down today. Users can no longer add new comments or posts, and Artifact will still let you read …

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Halo veteran Joseph Staten is leaving Microsoft

2023-04-07T20:30:25-04:00

Joseph Staten, a Bungie veteran who worked on the first three Halo games and was brought on to help get Halo Infinite over the finish line, is leaving Microsoft, the company confirmed to IGN on Friday and Staten himself confirmed on Twitter.

"Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft," Staten said. "I'll have more info to share soon, but for now, I'd just like to thank all my @Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure."

Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft. I'll have more info to share soon, but for now, I'd just like to thank all my @Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as …

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