Stacy Rasgon has been on Twitter since 2011, but she recently realized that her tweets were a bit boring. “These are pictures of children and airline seats,” he thought, noting that his employer, global asset management firm Bernstein, does not allow him to tweet about semiconductor companies or most of …
Read More »The Republican senator demands answers after the attack: “Did this attack threaten the security of the President’s own Twitter account?”
“ ‘A successful attack on your system’s servers represents a threat to the privacy and data security of all its users. … Did this attack threaten the security of the President’s own Twitter account? “ – Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri The above lines came Wednesday from Republican Sen. …
Read More »The new Virgin Galactic CEO made a Star Wars attraction at Disney. Wall Street is stumped.
Text size George Whitesides, left, will become Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer. Michael Colglazier takes over as CEO. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. Shares of Virgin Galactic, a pioneer of space tourism, shot up after the company named a new CEO. He comes from Disney and the former CEO stays. The …
Read More »Twitter regains control after major accounts hijacked to tweet bitcoin scams
Twitter Inc. accounts belonging to top U.S. executives, lawmakers and celebrities were compromised on Wednesday and appeared to be used in an attempt to divert bitcoin from its followers on social media until the company regained control of your site hours later. After a series of cryptocurrency-related Twitter accounts were …
Read More »Moderna’s stock falls due to the report of the delay in the Covid-19 vaccine trial
Text size Joseph Prezioso / Getty Images Shares of Modern biotechnology fell 6.2% on Thursday afternoon after health news website Stat reported that the company was delaying the start of a Phase 3 trial of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine. The report, based on quotes from unidentified sources described as “investigators,” …
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