Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster

Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic’s Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of the WordPress.com parent company, according to a screenshot of the message seen by TechCrunch, which was confirmed by two sources. The post arrives only days after Automattic’s board voted to oust Mullenweg as CEO for unknown reasons. … Read more

Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions

Meta says it’s making changes to the prompts suggested by its AI chatbot after a viral video showed it digging for personal information about a woman’s young daughters, as reported earlier by Futurism. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby says the company “missed the mark,” adding that “the feature never should … Read more

Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider

Hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor is warning customers for the second time in as many months that one of the companies it relies on was hacked, exposing the data of Trezor’s customers to hackers. In a blog post this week, the hardware wallet maker said a cyberattack on Brevo, a marketing tech company that Trezor … Read more