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Crowdstrike Hands Out $10 UberEats Gift Cards -- Like their Update, Those Don't Work Either
CrowdStrike is offering its partners a $10 Uber Eats gift card as an apology.
When TechCrunch checked the voucher, the Uber Eats page provided an error message that said the gift card “has been canceled by the issuing party and is no longer valid.” https://t.co/4UshB92ntP
- TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) July 24, 2024
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Global Cyber Outage Causes Chaos, Disrupting Airlines, Banks, Media, Telecoms and More
A massive technology outage has disrupted businesses and institutions in multiple countries on Friday, throwing airports, airlines, rail companies, government services, banks, stock exchanges, supermarkets, telecoms, health systems and media outlets into chaos.
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Hacker Group steals 1TB (A lot) of Data from Disney and threaten to spill it
Disney is investigating a hack of the entertainment company’s internal Slack channels.
A "hacktivist" group called Nullbulge claims to have obtained and leaked more than 1 terabyte of data from Disney’s internal Slack channels. https://t.co/YvEPWk7f3D
- Variety (@Variety) July 15, 2024
A hacker group called Nullbulge claims to have obtained and ( Read more... ) -
It's Joever: Redbox To Shut Down After 22 Years
The days of heading to the red kiosk to rent a DVD are ending as Redbox announced that after 22 years, it is officially shutting down.
Read more here: https://t.co/DvufZ7umXd pic.twitter.com/Ou5n7RmCmY
- IGN (@IGN) July 12, 2024
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Sony is slowing production of optical discs (including Blu Rays) in Japan
Sony will gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs.
(Source: https://t.co/VvgwQ1ZleE) pic.twitter.com/DrCRpAfZ0D
- DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) June 29, 2024
So says Mainichi (which they link to); this comes from a decline in blu-ray (and other disc) sales, "With streaming being the norm", and ( Read more... ) -
McDonald's is Ditching it's drive-through AI system
McDonald’s is ditching its drive-through AI ordering system after too many customers wound up with totally incorrect orders like a handful of butter, hundreds of chicken nuggets, and ice cream loaded with bacon https://t.co/svb3EhTpY1
- philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 24, 2024
Humans: 1, AI: 0
- Implemented in 2021, AI is struggling to hear people ( Read more... )
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Tiktok say they offered the US Government a 'Kill Switch' offer
TikTok confirms US 'kill switch' offer https://t.co/xC91B564FQ
- BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 21, 2024
- Tiktok says it offered the US government the option to have the power to shut down the platform in order to address security concerns ( Read more... ) -
As Streaming Becomes More Expensive, Tubi Cashes In On The Value Of Free
💅💅💅 https://t.co/yEzHz3fdRf
- Tubi (@Tubi) June 14, 2024
As “streamflation” continues to hit consumers, one streaming service is enjoying ratings success by staying free (with ads): Tubi. Nielsen data showed that May was Tubi’s most-watched month ever, with an average audience of 1 million viewers, up 46% from a year ago ( Read more... ) -
Twitter Sees a Surge In Miiverse Yeah's! Since Disabling Likes Tab
Twitter staff thinking about why half their total used disk space on their image servers is of the Miiverse "Yeah" button pic.twitter.com/eTSzwfmsPw
- stuartt 🦋🍉 (@stuartwith2ts) June 14, 2024
A follow up this post.
Ever since Elon Must disabled the likes tab on Twitter, users are pushing back sharing Miiverse Yeah! images to show they publicly ( Read more... )
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