Jason Abbruzzese

“We have no information to suggest a specific credible cyber threat against the U.S. homeland, but it is our responsibility to be prepared,” Mayorkas said in a video tweeted Tuesday night.

President Joe Biden is set to announce further sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow as the Ukrainian leader said Russia was attempting to seize Chernobyl.

The stock-buying revelation comes as Musk has emerged as one of the loudest and most prominent critics of Twitter’s moderation efforts.

Maj. Serhiy Volyna said there were about 500 wounded troops and many civilians with them at the Azovstal steel plant, which has become the last stand for Ukrainians in the port city.

The deal brings arguably the internet’s most influential platform under the control of one of the world’s richest people.

Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was hit by Russian missile strikes just after the head of the United Nations met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Moscow’s Donbas offensive made limited progress.

Russia is struggling to make gains in its combat operation in the east of Ukraine amid poor morale and logistical challenges, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense

Expectations for change were almost everywhere, with many conservative influencers already celebrating what they saw as a tectonic shift.

A flood of sexually explicit images followed the outbreak of protests, internet researchers say, in what appears to be a coordinated campaign.

CEO Elon Musk posted poll asking, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” and says he’ll abide by the results.

The nomination of Gigi Sohn, who would be the FCC’s first openly gay commissioner, languished in a Senate committee. Now, she’s the subject of articles from The Daily Mail and Fox News that even her some of her rivals say are out of bounds.

The Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. government’s primary business regulator, sued Amazon on Tuesday, alleging it has used its market power to warp e-commerce across the internet. The allegations, which focus on the company’s primary marketplace, Amazon.com, paint a picture of a company able to use its size and power to pressure sellers to agree to its terms and warp the prices of goods. “There is immediate harm that is ongoing here,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said at a news conference ahead of the…

Before early October, Motaz Azaiza’s Instagram account documented life in Gaza to about 25,000 followers with a mix of daily life and the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. That began to change in the days after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and the retaliation on Gaza. Since then, more than 12.5 million people have begun following Azaiza’s feed, which has become a daily chronicle of Israeli strikes. Many other journalists, digital creators and people active on social media based…

Apple said it plans to adopt a messaging standard next year that will allow for a smoother texting experience between iPhones and Android devices. The company had been resisting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard for more than a year, with Alphabet’s Google and others pushing for the iPhone maker to adopt the technology. Apple said the new technology would work alongside iMessage and offer better interoperability than SMS or MMS. RCS, considered an industry standard for messaging, al…

The CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will step down after the company pleaded guilty Tuesday to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, an anti-money laundering law, among other charges. The company will pay more than $4.3 billion to settle the charges, the largest penalty in the history of the Treasury Department. In prepared remarks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Binance was guilty of “consistent and egregious violations of U.S. anti-money laundering and sanction…

Sam Altman is back as the chief executive of OpenAI. The hot tech startup behind ChatGPT said late Tuesday that Altman and the board of the nonprofit group that oversees the company came to an agreement in principle for Altman to return as CEO with a new board to replace the one that ousted him Friday. Altman’s return should quell what was an all-out revolt by OpenAI employees against his removal and mark the beginning of the end of one of the most-watched corporate sagas in tech history. The…

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said Wednesday that he is not donating to either Joe Biden or Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening that Musk had recently met with Trump, noting that the Trump campaign is looking to raise money to close a funding gap with the Biden campaign. NBC News has not confirmed that meeting. In September, Musk met with Biden Administration officials. Musk has in recent months regularly circulated far-right conspiracy theor…

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Former President Donald Trump’s social media company got off to a quick start in its stock market debut Tuesday. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, shot up more than 50% in its first minutes of trading. The quick move triggered a trading halt of five minutes, which exchanges use to put a check on volatile stock moves. Shares cooled slightly after trading resumed. The stock was up about 40% on the day as of an hour into trading. Trump appeared to celebra…

The U.S. government is mounting an emergency response in an effort to save a unique and endangered fish found off the coast of Florida. The details are strange. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had received reports of “abnormal fish behavior, including spinning and whirling” affecting roughly 40 species of fish, and that there had also been reports of fish deaths. Concerns center on the smalltooth sawfi…