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They took away Linda Yaccarino’s blue check!

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-08-02 15:00:49

Update, 9:00 PM ET, 7/10/25: She has been graced with a blue check once more. Ex-CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino, seems to have left the company on good terms. That is to say, Elon Musk has not disparaged her yet, and we know that he is not known to mince words about his adversaries. But now we have the teeniest, tiniest morsel of evidence that — maybe, perhaps, possibly, if we squint our eyes really, really tight — something else could be going on. Yes, reader. They took away Linda Yaccarino’s blue

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Linda Yaccarino briefly loses verified X checkmark after stepping down as CEO

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-08-03 01:27:21

X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino is still @lindayaX on the social media site, but she briefly lost the blue checkmark next to her account name. The X Help Center notes that the site "may remove the checkmark of an account at any time without notice." Yaccarino announced she was leaving the position on Wednesday. The blue che

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Measles Cases Hit the Highest Number in 33 Years. Do You Need a Measles Vaccine Booster?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-03 13:25:00

The measles outbreak that started in West Texas has now spread to nearly every US state and infected 1,288 people, according to NPR. That's the largest number of measles cases since 1992. With measles still infecting many people, you might be wondering about your own vaccination status and whether you are adequately protected from the potentially deadly disease. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine are 97% eff

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T-Mobile follows orders from Trump FCC, ends DEI to get two mergers approved

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-03 14:19:48

T-Mobile is ending DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies in an attempt to obtain the Trump administration's approval for two mergers. "As T-Mobile indicated earlier this year, we recognize that the legal and policy landscape surrounding DEI under federal law has changed and we remain fully committed to ensuring that T-Mobile does not have any policies or practices that enable invidious discrimination, whether in fulfillment of DEI or any other purpose," T-Mobile General Counsel Mark N

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Linda Yaccarino loses verified X checkmark after stepping down as CEO

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-08-03 22:27:56

X Corp's CEO Linda Yaccarino looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino is still @lindayaX on the social media site, but she's lost the blue checkmark next to her account name. The X Help Center notes that the site "may remove the checkmark of an account at any time without notice." Yaccarino announced she was leaving the position on Wednesday. The blue checkmark

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US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-03 21:56:41

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Elon Musk Says Grok Is Coming to Tesla EVs

wired.com Jeremy White 2025-08-04 18:48:42

“Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles very soon. Next week at the latest,” Elon Musk stated Thursday in a post on X. The EV brand would catch up with the likes of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, which have already integrated ChatGPT into their vehicles as voice assistants. The announcement follows a livestream late Wednesday that Musk held with xAI colleagues where the billionaire unveiled Grok 4, the latest AI model from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google. The timing

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Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse”

news.ycombinator.com Monica Ayhens-Madon 2025-08-02 13:31:00

Welcome to Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” The wait is over! Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” has reached totality. From all of us at the Thunderbird project, from MZLA staff and the Thunderbird Council to our global community of contributors, we’re excited to announce the latest Extended Support Release has arrived. Eclipse not only builds on Thunderbird 128 “Nebula,” but also the recent features and improvements from the Monthly Release channel. This latest release transforms your email experience with a

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Mighty mitochondria: Cell powerhouses harnessed for healing

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-05 07:10:31

James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called mitochondria from cells when researchers on his team rushed in. They’d been operating on a pig heart and couldn’t get it pumping normally again. McCully studies heart damage prevention at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and was keenly interested in mitochondria. These power-producing organelles are particularly important for organs like the heart that have high energy needs. McCully had been wondering whether t

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$180 Off KitchenAid Promo Code | July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-08-05 06:10:00

KitchenAid’s strategy is one that maybe we should all live by—if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Remaining nearly unchanged since its introduction in 1914, KitchenAid’s stand mixer has become such a legendary kitchen staple that we called the KitchenAid Artisan 7-Quart Lift Stand Mixer an “everlasting” kitchen must-have and put it on our Buy It For Life guide. KitchenAid’s heralded and beloved kitchen appliances luckily run regular sales so that you can get these great, but pricey, essentials for

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This smart lock is feature-rich, solves a common problem - and it's 43% off

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-08-05 10:24:00

ZDNET's key takeaways You can buy a Philips Home Access 4000 Series smart lock for the MSRP of $210 This smart lock is very responsive, taking quick action when commanded, and features plenty of unlocking options in the user-friendly app The lock is a bit slow in the process of locking itself and then being receptive to a code or fingerprint and makes some errors with fingerprint unlock. View now at Amazon The Philips Home Access 4000 Series smart lock is available for $90 off during Amazon P

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T-Mobile ends DEI programs in attempt to win deal approvals from the FCC

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-05 12:22:39

T-Mobile has abandoned all of its programs for diversity, equity and inclusion. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, the telecom said that it "is ending its DEI-related policies [...] not just in name, but in substance." T-Mobile conveniently waited to dismantle its DEI efforts until it was awaiting FCC approval for two major deals. The company needs regulatory backing to purchase extensive assets from United States Cellular in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. It's also looking t

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Microsoft Authenticator on iOS moves backups fully to iCloud

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-05 14:37:27

Microsoft is rolling out a new backup system in September for its Authenticator app on iOS, removing the requirement to use a Microsoft personal account to back up TOTP secrets and account names. Previously, the Microsoft Authenticator app required iOS users to sign in with a personal Microsoft Account to enable backups, regardless of whether they were using the app for personal or enterprise credentials. This created problems in enterprise environments where organizations often like to keep p

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino is now X’s ex-CEO

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-08-05 22:20:42

Linda Yaccarino has announced that she’s stepping down as CEO of X, a little over two years after being tapped by Elon Musk to lead the platform formerly known as Twitter. Here’s what she had to say. ‘Two incredible years’ In a post on X earlier today, Yaccarino reflected on her time at the company, thanking users, business partners, and the team for what she described as “two incredible years” at the helm: After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of 𝕏. When @elonmusk a

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino: My Work Here Is Done

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-08-05 17:39:44

Linda Yaccarino announced Wednesday she was stepping down as CEO of X in a tweet that showed no sign of bad feelings toward X owner Elon Musk. But the timing is certainly interesting after Musk’s AI chatbot Grok promoted genocidal Nazi ideas on Tuesday, praising Adolf Hitler and suggesting a second Holocaust against Jews was needed. “After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as CEO of X,” Yaccarino wrote in a tweet Wednesday morning that immediately got flooded with questions about

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Verizon’s request to lock phones supported by police, opposed by users

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-06 02:30:50

With Verizon seeking permission to lock phones to its network for six months or longer instead of the current 60 days, a coalition of advocacy groups yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject the cellular carrier's petition. "Phone locking distorts market competition, raises switching costs, and contributes to unnecessary e-waste," the groups said in a filing. "It impedes consumers' ability to take full advantage of the devices they already own, forces them to purchase new

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X’s ad business improved under departing CEO Linda Yaccarino, but it’s still tough times ahead

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-06 02:41:09

Former NBCU ad exec Linda Yaccarino’s tenure at X may have been fairly short — just two years from start to finish — but she did manage to make an impact on the social network’s ad business, new data from ad intelligence firm Guideline shows. Yaccarino will be leaving X in a better position with its advertisers than she found it, it says. In the U.S., ad spending was up 62% year-over-year in the first half of 2025, Guideline notes. In addition, Yaccarino previously claimed that 96% of X’s adver

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All digital Xbox games now carry standardized accessibility tags

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-06 10:09:45

Microsoft just announced that all digital games and experiences are now accompanied by clearly labeled and standardized accessibility tags . These Accessible Games Initiative tags are designed to "provide players with clear and consistent information about the accessibility features in video games." They are found on top of the store page. As you can see below, the game South of Midnight includes 13 accessibility features . Clicking "More" leads to a description of each. In this case, the game

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Linda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO

wired.com Caroline Haskins 2025-08-06 14:09:47

Linda Yaccarino, who has served as CEO of X since Elon Musk appointed her to the role in June 2023, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down. Her departure comes less than four months after Musk announced that X would be absorbed into xAI, the billionaire’s existing artificial intelligence startup. In a post on X, Yaccarino thanked Musk for “entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.” Under her l

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Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk's X

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-08-06 18:36:33

Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk's X Musk has posted a brief reply, saying only: "Thank you for your contributions." In a post on the platform , she said was "immensely grateful" to Musk for "entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App". Ms Yaccarino has been in the role since June, 2023. Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk's social media site X, has announced she is stepping down. Ms Yacca

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-06 18:46:42

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X, apparently effective immediately. She posted the news, naturally, on X, saying "I’m immensely grateful to [Elon Musk] for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App." She went on to say that "the historic business turn around we have accomplished together has been nothing short of remarkable." Reasonable minds can differ on if any of those things have happene

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Ruckus Networks leaves severe flaws unpatched in management devices

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-06 18:42:07

Multiple vulnerabilities that remain unpatched in Ruckus Wireless management products could be exploited to fully compromise the network environment they serve. The issues affect Ruckus Wireless Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) and Ruckus Network Director (RND), and range from uauthenticated remote code execution to hardcoded passwords or SSH public and private keys. Ruckus vSZ is a centralized wireless network controller that can manage tens of thousands of Ruckus access points and clients, allowing c

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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-08-06 18:04:59

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, stepped down from her role on Wednesday morning after two years. “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to carry out the extraordinary mission of this company,” Yaccarino wrote. “I’m immensely grateful to him for entrusting me with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the Everything App.” After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down a

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Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk's X

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-08-06 22:59:26

Linda Yaccarino, CEO, X/Twitter speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, California. Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she is stepping down as CEO of Elon Musk's social media site X after two years in the role. Yaccarino's departure comes one day after Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok repeatedly made antisemitic comments on Tuesday and referenced Hitler in response to posts about the Texas flo

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New ServiceNow flaw lets attackers enumerate restricted data

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-06 21:00:00

A new vulnerability in ServiceNow, dubbed Count(er) Strike, allows low-privileged users to extract sensitive data from tables to which they should not have access. ServiceNow is a cloud-based platform that enables organizations to manage digital workflows for their enterprise operations. It is widely adopted across various industries, including public sector organizations, healthcare, financial institutions, and large enterprises. The flaw was discovered by Varonis Threat Labs in February 2025

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-08-06 22:56:05

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years running the company, she announced today. She was appointed its CEO in the year after Elon Musk bought and renamed the company previously known as Twitter — so far, there is no word on who will replace her. “When @elonmusk and I first spoke of his vision for X, I knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime to car

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How to protect your cell phone number from SIM swap attacks

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-08-07 06:00:00

It’s 2025, and cell phone numbers are ubiquitous. We use our phone numbers to sign up for websites and online services, from retail and banking to social media and health providers. You can use your phone number to reset a forgotten password, and even for receiving two-factor authentication codes for securely logging in to your accounts. But if someone can steal your phone number, they can effectively become you. With your phone number, a hacker can start gaining access to your online accounts

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ESIM Security

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-07 13:13:10

In a result of its research investigation efforts, Security Explorations, a research lab of AG Security Research company, conducted security analysis of eSIM technology. This section of our website presents initial information regarding the project. Notes We broke security of Kigen(*) eUICC card with GSMA consumer certificates installed into it. The eUICC card makes it possible to install the so called eSIM profiles into target chip. eSIM profiles are software representations of mobile subsc

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The Earth's Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-07 22:17:57

The Earth's Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today I Want to Get Off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride "The cause of this acceleration is not explained." Spin Cycle The Earth's rotation is about to accelerate significantly. According to scientists, July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in recent memory as a result, slicing well over a millisecond off the usual 24 hours, Timeanddate.com reports. That's despite the Earth's

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RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-07 21:53:55

After US health secretary and hardline anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 highly respected vaccine experts from the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) last month, he vetted their replacements not by medical and scientific expertise, but by their political leanings, according to a lawsuit filed by medical organizations Monday. Under Kennedy, to qualify to be on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's nationally influential and historically

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