Possibly anticipating some new regulations, America’s Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating “gamification and behavioral prompts used by online brokerages that encourage trading,” reports CNBC. And SEC chairman Gary Gensler has specifically requested public input on two questions: First, the SEC chair wants to know how the financial regulator should protect investors against a potential…

Legal filings suggest Holmes plans to defend herself by accusing ex-Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani of psychological abuse. Balwani’s lawyers call the allegation “outrageous.” …read more Source:: CNet

Apple TV Plus spends top dollar for big-name stars and hefty budgets on its original shows and movies, but it’s a little different from the rest. Here’s what to know. …read more Source:: CNet

Peacock streams free movies and TV shows, and paid accounts unlock WWE, The Office, Premier League, and more. Here’s everything to know. …read more Source:: CNet

Disney Plus is streaming Cruella at no added cost now, and Jungle Cruise and Black Widow are available for a fee. Here’s what you need to know. …read more Source:: CNet

“The director of a tiny UK company has apologised after sending letters to businesses suggesting they had infringed his patents that he claimed covered an age-old web standard,” writes The Register. LeeLynx shares their report: The tech in question is the content security policy (CSP) mechanism that websites use to protect their visitors from cross-site…

Paramount Plus is stream shows, movies and originals, plus some new films in theaters now like Paw Patrol: The Movie. Here’s everything to know it. …read more Source:: CNet

HBO Max streams everything that’s on regular HBO, plus originals, a large library of extra stuff and some big-screen flicks while they’re in theaters. Here’s what to know. …read more Source:: CNet

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Mr. President,” Code.org founder Hadi Partovi told President Joe Biden and tech CEOs from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, and IBM at Wednesday’s Presidential Summit on Cybersecurity, “America’s cybersecurity problem is an education problem. I loved [Microsoft CEO] Satya Nadella’s wonderful analogy to the car industry, and like Satya said, we…

Infosecurity magazine reports: Some of the world’s biggest tech companies have committed tens of billions of dollars to improving supply chain security, closing industry skills gaps and driving security awareness among the public, according to the White House. As reported by Infosecurity yesterday, the Biden administration welcomed the CEOs of Microsoft, Apple, Google, IBM and…