Microsoft relied on China-based engineers to maintain SharePoint “OnPrem”, which was recently exploited by Chinese hackers to breach US government systems (Renee Dudley/ProPublica)

Renee Dudley / ProPublica: Microsoft relied on China-based engineers to maintain SharePoint “OnPrem”, which was recently exploited by Chinese hackers to breach US government systems  —  Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular SharePoint software …

Aug 3, 1596: David Fabricius discovers Mira

David Fabricius was born in modern-day Germany in 1564. He became a Lutheran pastor, but maintained a strong interest science throughout his life, also working as a cartographer and even corresponding with Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. It’s his discovery of Aug. 3, 1596, that he’s best known for, though: […]

A profile of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, whose personal fortune has surged 6x over the past year to $6.1B, as the company leans into tokenized stock derivatives (Nina Bambysheva/Forbes)

Nina Bambysheva / Forbes: A profile of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, whose personal fortune has surged 6x over the past year to $6.1B, as the company leans into tokenized stock derivatives  —  First Vlad Tenev blew up the brokerage industry’s fee model.  Now, thanks in part to his full-on crypto […]