HackerOne lays off 12% workforce as ‘one-time event’

[ad_1] HackerOne, a widely known bug bounty and penetration testing platform, is cutting up to 12% of its workforce as the global economic slowdown continues to impact the tech community. The San Francisco-based startup announced its layoffs on Wednesday, TechCrunch learned and confirmed with the startup. The decision will impact the startup’s employees worldwide, including … Read more

Reddit is down, per user reports

[ad_1] User morale isn’t the only thing that’s down at Reddit. More than 30,000 people have reported outages on Reddit since about 4:30 PM ET, according to Downdetector. While many users have been able to access the platform again, not all issues have been resolved yet. Reddit has not yet commented on the outage via … Read more

DJI’s new GoPro competitor launches at $399

[ad_1] The DJI/GoPro relationship has been an uneasy one ever since planned drone collaboration fell back down to earth some eight or so years back. After the deal fell through, GoPro launched its Karma drone, but ultimately failed to find purchase in a category that DJI continues to dominate. DJI, on the other hand, has … Read more

What if room temperature superconductors were real?

[ad_1] Hope springs eternal. For decades, there have been claims that researchers have created room-temperature superconductors. The materials promise to conduct an electric current with zero resistance while throwing off powerful magnetic fields. They’re a holy grail of materials science. Last week, a team from South Korea claimed to have created one — and not … Read more

Ask Sophie: Any tips for F-1 student visa approval amid the rising denial rate?

[ad_1] Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Ask Sophie: Which US visas … Read more

Mondee security lapse exposed flight itineraries and unencrypted credit card numbers

[ad_1] Travel giant Mondee has secured an exposed database that was spilling sensitive customer information, including detailed flight and hotel itineraries and unencrypted credit card numbers. Anurag Sen, a good-faith security researcher known for discovering inadvertently exposed data on the internet, found the database and shared details with TechCrunch to alert the company. According to … Read more

X, formerly Twitter, streamlines its crowdsourced fact-checking system Community Notes

[ad_1] Elon Musk-owned X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is streamlining its crowdsourced fact-checking feature Community Notes. The feature historically has provided information to users about why they were seeing a fact check appended to a tweet, er, post. Now, after three years of development, the company says this extra context will be removed … Read more