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Latest Post Apple opens its revamped bug bounty program to the public Apple has opened its bug bounty program to all security researchers, offering rewards of $1 million or more for discoveries of major flaws in its operating systems. The program, which had been open by invitation only since its launch in 2016, now includes operating systems beyond iOS. Apple first announced at the Black Hat conference in August that it was opening the program to the public, and that iCloud, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS would be on the bug bounty list. Researchers have to submit a detailed description of the issue, and enough detail to allow Apple to reproduce it. The top payouts will go to researchers who discover bugs that affect multiple Apple platforms, especially if the issue affects the latest Apple devices and software. Any bug discovered in a beta version will earn the researcher a 50 percent bonus in addition to the standard reward. Among the potential payou

Latest Post Apple opens its revamped bug bounty program to the public Apple has opened its bug bounty program to all

Latest Post Apple is developing satellite technology to support its devices A new report from Bloomberg claims Apple is working on satellite technology to beam data to users’ devices, and could launch a new initiative using the tech within five years. There are a lot of unknowns and caveats, though. The project is “still early and could be abandoned,” says Bloomberg, and it’s not clear what Apple’s end goal is. It’s also not known if the company wants to develop its own satellites or simply utilize others’ satellite data. With the technology in hand, though, the iPhone maker could do a number of useful things. It could improve its maps service and location tracking, or boost mobile reception and internet coverage for its devices, making the firm more independent of carriers. Bloomberg says Apple currently has around a dozen engineers working on the project, but is steadily staffing up. The team is reportedly led by a pair of aerospace engineers, Michae

Latest Post Apple is developing satellite technology to support its devices A new report from Bloomberg claims Apple

Latest Post Facebook and Twitter pro-Trump fake accounts that pushed pro-Trump messages On Friday, Facebook and Twitter shut down a network of fake accounts that pushed pro-Trump messages all while “masquerading” as Americans with AI-generated faces as profile photos. In a blog post, Facebook said that it connected the accounts to a US-based media company called The BL that, it claims, has ties to Epoch Media Group. In August, NBC News first reported that Epoch Media Group was pushing messages in support of President Donald Trump across social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Epoch has extensive connections to Falun Gong, an eccentric Chinese spiritual community that has faced significant persecution from the country’s central government. While the Epoch Times denied any connection to The BL in a statement to The Verge, Facebook begs to differ: “With all due respect to the publisher of the Epoch Times, he may not know executives at The BL were a

Latest Post Facebook and Twitter pro-Trump fake accounts that pushed pro-Trump messages On Friday, Facebook and Twitt

Latest Post The high and low points of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed to answer big questions about the entire Skywalker Saga. But it also raised a lot of new ones, including how well director J.J. Abrams handled its breakneck pacing and huge plot reveals. We offered our spoiler-free impressions earlier this week. But with the film now in theaters, it’s time to take a closer (and, it should go without saying, spoiler-heavy) look at what worked and what didn’t. Adi Robertson, Senior Reporter: I had to corner you with a few dozen lore-related questions about this movie, Chaim, so I might as well start with Rise of Skywalker’s big spoiler-y reveals. Rey is a Palpatine! Palpatine is chilling in a spooky lab full of Snoke clones! The spooky lab is on a secret Sith planet! Also Poe was a drug runner at some point, I guess! How well did you think all these twists worked? Chaim Gartenberg, News Editor: So many twist

Latest Post The high and low points of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed

Latest Post Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga Facebook has acquired the Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga, which previously offered its services across Italy, Argentina, Chile, and Spain. The purchase was confirmed by Facebook to CNBC, following reports last week from Cinco Dias which claimed that the deal was imminent and was valued at 70 million (around $78 million). In a tweet confirming the news, Facebook Gaming’s official twitter account said “We’re thrilled to welcome @PlayGigaOficial to the Facebook Gaming team. We’ll decline further comment for now.” A message on PlayGiga’s website says that the team is “moving on to something new” but confirmed that it would be continuing its work on cloud gaming. Facebook’s acquisition comes as the cloud gaming market is growing thanks to the entry of some big new players. Last month, Google launched its Stadia service, while Microsoft is previewing its own xCloud platform ahead of its official

Latest Post Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga Facebook has acquired the Spanish cloud gaming company Pl

Latest Post Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard that’s meant to ensure that devices work together, make the development of new devices easier, and keep everything secure in the process. The project is meant to guarantee that any supported smart home device you buy will work in your home, regardless of which smartphone or voice assistant you’re using. If the group succeeds, “customers can be confident that their device of choice will work in their home and that they will be able to setup and control it with their preferred system,” the companies write. Google adds that you’ll be able to “choose between Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri or other platforms.” The three tech giants have support from the smart home industry at large. They’re forming a group called Project Connected Home over IP, which will also be jo

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Latest Post Google employee was fired for sending internal pop-ups about labor rights Google has fired another employee following a showing of internal activism, marking the latest in a series of controversial terminations at the search giant. Kathryn Spiers, a security engineer at Google, told The Verge she was fired from the company last week after two years. As part of her duties at Google, Spiers was responsible for sending web browser notifications within the company. While Google employees navigated the web, relevant informational pop-ups would appear as employees viewed certain sites. Spiers, who worked on internal data security, had deployed similar notifications to discourage employees from acting irresponsibly with data, among other projects. After news broke last month about Google employing a law firm known for its anti-union activities and firing four employees involved in internal activism, Spiers took it upon herself to set up a new notific