• Google will let employees work from home for at least another year

    Google will let employees work from home for at least another year

    Google will keep its employees working from home for at least another full year. Staff at the search giant — who were first sent home in March due to the coronavirus pandemic — are not expected to return in a large capacity until at least July 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal. The decision …
  • Over 1,000 Twitter employees had access to hacked accounts

    Over 1,000 Twitter employees had access to hacked accounts

    More than a thousand Twitter employees had access to the tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others during a massive security breach last week. The hack, which Twitter over the weekend said was made possible when the attackers “manipulated a small number of …
  • Twitter’s user growth spikes amid COVID-19, but ad sales tank

    Twitter’s user growth spikes amid COVID-19, but ad sales tank

    Twitter reported its strongest-ever user growth as people took to the social network to chatter about the coronavirus, but its ad sales suffered. Shares of the San Francisco-based company spiked as much as 6 percent in early morning trading after Twitter said that monetizable daily active users (mDAU) increased 36 percent year-over-year to 186 million, …
  • Kanye West says he’s trying to divorce Kim Kardashian in latest Twitter rant

    Kanye West says he’s trying to divorce Kim Kardashian in latest Twitter rant

    Kanye West claimed he is trying to divorce his wife Kim Kardashian while accusing Kris Jenner of engaging in “white supremacy” in the latest rant from the outspoken rapper. “I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf [sic] for ‘prison reform,’” Kanye wrote on Twitter early Wednesday. West was …
  • Nick Cannon posts troubling Tweets following backlash over anti-Semitic comments

    Nick Cannon posts troubling Tweets following backlash over anti-Semitic comments

    Nick Cannon, who was fired by ViacomCBS this week for making anti-Semitic comments on his podcast, posted troubling tweets early Friday morning. “I hurt an entire community and it pained me to my core, I thought it couldn’t get any worse,” Cannon tweeted. “Then I watched my own community turn on me and call me …
  • Hackers targeted 130 of Twitter’s most popular accounts in shocking attack

    Hackers targeted 130 of Twitter’s most popular accounts in shocking attack

    Hackers targeted about 130 Twitter accounts in their unprecedented attack on some of the platform’s most visible users this week, the company revealed. The attackers were only able to take over a “small subset” of the targeted accounts — including those owned by Apple, Uber, Kanye West and Elon Musk — that they used to …
  • FBI reportedly probing massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

    FBI reportedly probing massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

    The FBI is reportedly investigating a major Twitter hack and bitcoin scam that compromised the accounts of big business and political figures including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Barack Obama. The bureau is looking into the hack — which was reportedly carried out with the help of a Twitter insider — to see …
  • Gov. Cuomo orders full investigation into massive Twitter hack

    Gov. Cuomo orders full investigation into massive Twitter hack

    New York is launching a “full investigation” into the massive Twitter hack that targeted big names including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. The probe will be run through the state’s Department of Financial Services. “Foreign interference remains a grave threat to our democracy and New York will continue …
  • Twitter hackers appear to net $119K from bitcoin scam

    Twitter hackers appear to net $119K from bitcoin scam

    Hackers appeared to rake in nearly $119,000 worth of bitcoin after they took over more than a dozen high-profile Twitter accounts Wednesday. One digital wallet linked to the unprecedented attack received about 12.8 bitcoin — worth roughly $117,328 as of Thursday afternoon — after the hackers tweeted its ID number from accounts owned by Elon …
  • 2020’s latest problem is this bear with fierce nunchuck skills

    2020’s latest problem is this bear with fierce nunchuck skills

    He’s Bruce GrizzLee. A bear in Japan has gone viral online after showcasing incredible “nunchuck skills” that would put “Kung Fu Panda” to shame. The stunning video was reportedly taken at Yagiyama Zoological Park on an unspecified date, but has since been posted to Twitter, where it’s amassed nearly 14 million views. In the high-flying …