Hack reveals the phone farm flooding TikTok with Al influencers. “The hacker also shared a list with me of more than 400 TikTok accounts Doublespeed operates. Around 200 of those were actively promoting products on TikTok, mostly without disclosing the […]
“Thousands of online stores running Adobe Commerce and Magento software have been hacked starting this summer and infected with digital payment skimmers.” ~ learn more
Friendly reminder that the existence of blockchains with value creates a permanent incentive for people to steal that value. “This hack totals almost $625 million at current value, making it the largest decentralized finance hack to date…” | learn more
You may have seen some headlines about China managing to slip extra chips onto servers operated by Apple, Amazon and other US tech companies. This is a link to the Bloomberg piece with the original reporting that’s worth a read. […]
As humans, we are genetically prone to be distractable. Based on an interview with Hooked author Nir Eyal, this First Round Review article offers concrete tactics to staying focused. |learn more
Alex is the MD of Techstars NYC, and formerly sat on the other side of the table as an entrepreneur. He’s been writing throughout that time. Now he’s curated many of his great posts in to a collection of startup […]
OK, I’m being a bit dramatic. But seriously, the internet is not a safe place. Techstars NYC Managing Director Alex Iskold teaches us basic precautions to avoid being an easy target. After reading this, I realize how un-good my security […]