Jason Abbruzzese
@JasonAbbruzzese
Assistant managing editor for NBC News Digital. Tech, science, climate, health, business, memes. HTX, BOS, ACT, NYC. Signal:JasonAbb.78
NEW: The Trump administration's announcement that it will prioritize stripping people of US citizenship has sparked alarm that the process could be weaponized against political opponents. One potential target: Zohran Mamdani. More details: nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
There's a good moment in this new WSJ profile of Tim Pool where Pool complains that the Justice Dept exposed Russia's $100k-per-video payments to him. He then proceeds to gamble away $200 at lunch. wsj.com/business/media…
A Tea app spox confirmed this morning that approx 72,000 images — including 13,000 of selfies and photo ID submitted during account verification + 59,000 from posts, comments and DMs — were accessed without authorization
The Tea app has been hacked, and you can go download 59.3 gigabytes of user selfies right now. The hack is real. A picture from someone I know who signed up just to see what was on there was in it. This was an obviously vibe-coded app and was bound to be insecure.
Update: the Tea app has been hacked, and 72,000 images from the app have been leaked, including verification selfies and photos of users' driver's licenses nbcnews.com/tech/social-me….
Tea about the Tea app... The whisper network app for women, which displays photos of men with their names, was founded by a man, and has inspired backlash apps like "Teaborn," an app where men can discuss women. That app was removed from the app store. nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Maxwell's "willingness to brazenly lie under oath about her conduct, including some of the conduct charged in the Indictment, strongly suggests her true motive has been and remains to avoid being held accountable for her crimes,” prosecutors wrote. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Paramount announced Wednesday that the creators of “South Park” had agreed to produce 50 new episodes over the next five years. Hours later, “South Park” excoriated Paramount in the premiere episode of its 27th season. nbcnews.com/business/media…
If this sounds familiar, its because Trump DOJ-appointed special counsel John Durham ran a four year investigation into this already. He charged 3 people and lost two of the cases. Here's his final report: justice.gov/archives/media…
For the good of the country, Senator @JohnCornyn and I urge Attorney General Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the extent to which former President Obama, his staff and administration officials manipulated the U.S. national security apparatus for a political…
New: The White House tightens its grip on Epstein messaging as Dems feel they’ve finally “got [Trump’s] ass on something for real and it’s just a clean, clean hit.” W/ @jonallendc @Mdixon55 @HenryJGomez @natashakorecki nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
White House tightens up on Epstein messaging From @jonallendc + the team. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
FIRST TO @NBCNews: This congressman wants to ban companies from using your search history to set personalized prices w/ @KyleAlexStewart nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
I judged my father too harshly for falling asleep on the couch at 8pm after work
NEW: Investigation underway after Vietnamese national in ICE custody died in the hospital nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…
The rare story in the Trump era that just won't die ... Deputy attorney general to meet with Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, via @nbcnews nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Ozzy Osbourne, pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman, dies at 76 nbcnews.com/news/obituarie…
NEW: A former Pentagon employee says xAI’s $200 million contract was a late addition made under Trump to a set of AI contracts that had been in the works since Biden was President. Through March, he said, xAI had not been part of the funding plan.
Welp, it was worth saying up for Jon Stewart tonight