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US arrests an Ethereum Foundation researcher, claiming he participated in discussions about how N. Korea can avoid sanctions during a crypto conference there — On Friday, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced criminal charges against a cryptocurrency researcher …
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Facebook complies with Singapore's fake news law and adds a label that is visible to local users, under the users' post, saying the post contains false info — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) said on Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user's post at the request …
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Singapore orders Facebook to correct a post by an Australian user, as part of a new “fake news” law; Facebook faces a fine of up to $365K if it does not comply — Singapore has ordered Facebook to correct a post by a user in Australia, marking the first time it has tried … | Alex Danco: |
How angel investing for social status is a core part of Bay Area tech ecosystem, and is critically missing from other cities trying to grow their tech scenes — Michael Seibel of YC posted a short video the other day about a topic that's near and dear to my heart: Why Fundraising is Different in Silicon Valley.
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Court filing: Intel says it has sold smartphone modem chip business to Apple at “a multi-billion dollar loss”, blames Qualcomm for forcing it out of the market — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) sold its smartphone modem chip business to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) at “a multi-billion dollar loss …
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With chips like Threadripper 3960X and 3970X, AMD is now comfortably beating Intel in the high-end desktop/workstation CPU market, and is getting further ahead — When AMD launched its third-generation Zen 2 Ryzen processors earlier this year, Intel had to be sweating.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary investigation into Google's data collection practices — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Only seven out of 21 US presidential candidates have implemented DMARC on their domains' email, a basic security feature that could have prevented the DNC hack — Just one-third of the 2020 U.S. presidential candidates are using an email security feature that could prevent a similar attack … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Adobe: Black Friday online sales grew 19.6% YoY to $7.4B, as Thanksgiving sales rose 14.5%, to $4.2B; Cyber Monday sales are expected to reach $9.4B, up 18.9% — Following swiftly on the heels of a Thanksgiving that broke records with $4.2 billion in online sales, Black Friday also hit a new high …
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Researchers say multiple telcos are deploying RCS in ways that expose users to text and call interception, spoofed phone calls, and location data leaks — A standard used by phone carriers around the world can leave users open to all sorts of attacks, like text message and call interception …
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China's new rules, effective Jan. 1, require videos created using AI or VR tech to be clearly marked, make distribution of deepfakes a possible criminal offense — BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have announced new rules governing video and audio content online …
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An overview of crisis in India's telecom sector, after a Supreme Court ruling that sided with the government saddled mobile carriers with $13B in fresh debt — (Reuters) - India's telecoms sector has been rocked by a Supreme Court ruling last month that sided with the government in a dispute …
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