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| Javier E. David / CNBC: |
Elon Musk and SEC settle; Musk admits no guilt, will remain Tesla CEO, has to resign as Chairman for 3 years, appoint 2 new independent directors, pay $20M fine — The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled charges with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to court documents filed on Saturday …
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| Tim Berners-Lee: |
Tim Berners-Lee unveils Solid, an open source project to decentralize the web and give users control of their data, and Inrupt, a startup to guide the project — I've always believed the web is for everyone. That's why I and others fight fiercely to protect it.
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| Guy Rosen / Facebook: |
Facebook says it discovered a security issue, now patched, on September 25 affecting ~50M users that let hackers steal access tokens and take over user accounts — On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts.
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| Wired: |
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| Eric Adams / Wired: |
Inside Bentonville UP, a secretive conference attended by reps from Airbus, Google, Uber, NASA, US Air Force, and more to discuss innovation in flying cars — MOST DAYS, THE Bentonville Municipal Airport in Arkansas is a pretty quiet place, servicing the occasional small private airplanes that pass through …
Tweets: @wired
| Wall Street Journal: |
WSJ found ~$90M in criminal proceeds from fraud or hacks like WannaCry, laundered via 46 crypto exchanges; US-based ShapeShift processed $9M in suspect funds — Journal investigation documents suspicious trades through venture capital-backed ShapeShift — A North Korean agent … | Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Instagram co-founders, dubbed by some at Facebook as not “team players”, were needed at the company to challenge Mark Zuckerberg and its groupthink culture — Kevin Systrom, a founder of Instagram, wasn't a “team player.” That was exactly what the company needed.| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Bytedance, a China-based social news and video startup that may soon surpass Uber in valuation if rumored $1.5B SoftBank investment at $75B closes — - Bytedance's said to be valued at over $75 billion in new round — SoftBank is said to plan an investment of about $1.5 billion
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| The Verge: |
A look at how HSI, the investigative arm of ICE, used a New Deal-era warrant called the customs summons to help shutdown South Korean spycam porn site Soranet — How did US customs officials get involved in taking down a South Korean porn site? — Over the course of this summer … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Profile of Kathryn Haun, a former prosecutor who created US' first federal “digital currency task force” and now an a16z partner investing in crypto startups — “Let's settle this!” an announcer rumbles over loudspeakers. — The “this” in question is one of the more important business disputes …
Tweets: @rhhackett and @katie_haun
| Tarmo Virki / Reuters: |
Estonia sues Gemalto for €152M over security flaw that made the country's citizen ID cards vulnerable to hacking last year — Estonian police are seeking to recover 152 million euros ($178 mln) in a lawsuit filed on Thursday against digital security firm Gemalto, following a recall …
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| Jane Wakefield / BBC: |
Linus Torvalds shares thoughts on his decision to step away from Linux, the controversy behind the Code of Conduct, and the problems in the Linux community — Linux founder Linus Torvalds has told the BBC that he is seeking professional help to become more empathetic towards fellow developers …
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| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Satellite communications company Iridium partners with AWS to develop CloudConnect, a satellite-based network for IoT applications, expected to launch in 2019 — - Iridium is partnering with AWS to develop a satellite-based network called CloudConnect for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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