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A Massachusetts student has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of hacking and extortion at one of the largest education technology companies in the United States, prosecutors confirmed Tuesday. Matthew D. Lane, 19, has been accused of using stolen login credentials to access a network of unknown software companies that serve schools in North America and elsewhere, stealing the identity of more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers. Stolen personal information included name, address, phone number, social security number, medical information and school grades. In some cases, hackers stole decades of historic student data. The company…

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the impact on innovation across all types of companies. As businesses continue to embrace AI and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human…

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Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had stolen personal and financial information during a number of months of data breaches disclosed last week. The Crypto giant saw the number of affected clients filed with Maine's Attorney General on Wednesday, as required by the state's data breaches notice law. Coinbase's filing said the violation dates back to December 26, 2024 and continues until earlier this month, receiving a “reliable” ransom memo from hackers who claimed the company had stolen customer data. In a blog post, Coinbase said the hackers deleted the data by asking for $20 million in ransom payments. The…

Christian Selig, an iOS developer who ran his beloved third-party Reddit client Apollo, is taking part in Digg's new iteration as an advisor. Earlier this year, Digg's original founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian acquired Digg's leftovers to activate what was previously known as the “internet homepage.” Rose and Ohanian were already a fascinating pairing. The two were previously considered rivals to each other. By adding Selig to the mix, Rose and O'Hanian also show that the new digg wants to shake things up. Selig played a prominent role in the 2023 rebound against the rise in API…

The popular battle royal game Fortnite has finally returned to the US app store amid a long legal skirmish with Apple from game maker Epic Games. As of Tuesday, Fortnite is also available in the EPIC Games store and the EU's Altstore. It will soon be visible in the App Store search, Epic said in an X post. Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store in 2020 after EPIC added the option to purchase in-game using Epic's cryptocurrency. Epic then attacked and sued Apple. The judge ruled in favor of Epic, finding it was a “willful violation” of the rules…

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Google I/O 2025, Google's biggest developer meeting, will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View. We bring you the latest updates from the event to you. I/O presents product announcements from across Google's portfolio. There's a lot of news about Android, Chrome, Google Search, YouTube, and of course, Google's AI-powered chatbot, Gemini. Google hosted an independent event exclusively for Android Updates: The Android Show. The company has announced new ways to find lost Android phones and other items, additional device-level features for advanced protection programs, security tools to protect against fraud and theft, and a…

Google is rolling out a series of Play Store upgrades to help Android app developers sell their software and services better to consumers. Highlights include new tools for managing subscription apps, topic pages that allow users to explore specific subjects in the Play Store, new capabilities that allow users to sample audio from developer apps, and a more flexible checkout experience that allows developers to easily sell add-ons and more. Last week, Google shared many Android-related announcements at the pre-show before the start of its annual developer conference. Google I/O. However, he saved the play store improvements in Tuesday's keynote…