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Twilio gets hacked, teens ditch Facebook, and SpaceX takes South Korea to the moon

TechCrunch

The most read story this week is on a Pew study that suggests this generation of teens has largely abandoned the platform in favor of Instagram/YouTube/TikTok/etc.; whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. other stuff.

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Amazon and Better.com’s unlikely pairing

TechCrunch

Amazon employees in Florida, New York and Washington State will be the first to try the tool. million, according to an SEC filing. Better.com also made headlines last July when it appeared to still be moving forward with its SPAC filing despite lackluster performance of blank-check combination debuts.

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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

I t's a platform where millions of monthly users the company has declined to say how many are children and teens, but it's clearly a dominant portion of its audience engage in immersive conversations with AI chatbots designed to act like real-life celebrities, beloved fandom characters, and original personas. is striking.

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Teen ‘mastermind’ behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison

The Verge

Teenage Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark has pleaded guilty to last summer’s unprecedented bitcoin scam attack that involved the takeover of dozens of high-profile accounts on the social network, according to paperwork filed in Florida court on Tuesday. Shortly after the hack, Clark was arrested at his home in Hillsborough, Florida.

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Twitter hack conspirators may include a 16-year-old from Massachusetts

The Verge

The others include 19-year-old Mason John Sheppard of the UK and 22-year-old Nima Fazeli of Orlando, Florida. NYT has not named the individual because he is a minor and because prosecutors have not filed charges. The teenager has not yet been charged, but he is believed to have been directly involved.

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Why Are Nonprofits Experiencing An Insurance Crisis? And What Can the Nonprofit Sector Do About it?

Blue Avocado

We have worked and/or are presently working on legislation with nonprofit associations in California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Florida. Once the agencies with which to file grievances opened up and backlogs started clearing in the courts, those employees sued for wrongful termination. This is not insurable.

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Three people have been charged for Twitter’s huge hack, and a Florida teen is in jail

The Verge

Early on July 31st, the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service, and Florida law enforcement placed a 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida, under arrest. It’s not clear if the Tampa teen is Kirk#5270, though it sounds like that’s possible. The Sheppard complaint is dated July 22nd, and the Tampa teen wasn’t arrested until today.

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