Legal Battles and Tech Updates: Whistleblowers, Software Releases, and Security Breaches

A deep dive into that Twitter whistleblower, because the allegations are getting pretty interesting, and it turns out he’s a bigger deal than I knew. Apple is breaking it’s iPadOS release cadence. Fitbit has unveiled three new wearables. And why just deciding to bring the silicon industry back onshore is not as easy as just passing billions in subsidies.

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Links:

• India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblower says (Reuters)
• Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (Washington Post)
• Twitter whistleblower won hacker acclaim for exposing software flaws (Washington Post)
• Apple delivers iPadOS 16.1 beta ahead of iOS 16 fall release (TechCrunch)
• Plex tells users to reset their passwords after potential data breach (Engadget)
• Fitbit Drops 3 New Fitness Trackers—and None Have Wear OS 3 (Wired)
• Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants (AP)

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