Technology

Twitter hack: staff deceived by phishing phone scam

Image copyright Reuters The hacking of celebrity Twitter accounts this month was caused by human error and a phishing attack on Twitter employees, the company confirmed. Spear-phishing is a targeted attack designed to trick people into giving up information such as passwords. Twitter said its staff was attacked through their …

Read More »

Apple: Q3 blowout and stock split (NASDAQ: AAPL)

After Thursday’s bell, we received third-quarter fiscal results from tech giant Apple (AAPL) for its final period in June. Over the past few months, there has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the name, as the coronavirus pandemic prompted management to retain any formal guidance. While stocks had come together …

Read More »

“But it will be a while before we can buy Google”

Four top technology CEOs from Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon filed against US lawmakers at a video conference antitrust hearing. One of the highlights of the session is a couple of old emails from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg was confronted by Colorado Democrat Joe Neguse over emails discussing Facebook’s …

Read More »