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Hackers steal ~$25M worth of cryptocurrency from Lendf.Me, a dForce-based decentralized lending platform, likely using a well-known exploit of an Ethereum token — DForce, a Chinese decentralized finance protocol, today lost $25 million worth of its customers' cryptocurrency due to a well-known exploit of an Ethereum token.
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| Seth Schiesel / New York Times: |
Facebook to launch a dedicated gaming app to let users create and watch live game streams, available on Android on Monday and on iOS when Apple approves it — Video games are surging in popularity in the pandemic. So Facebook is rolling out an app designed for creating and watching live gameplay.
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The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, SlashGear, Japan Today, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, Mashable, MSPoweruser, and CNET
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| Nour Haydar / ABC: |
Australia orders the creation of a mandatory code of conduct requiring platforms like Google and Facebook to pay media businesses for news content — The Federal Government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news media companies.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Cloudflare debuts Is BGP Safe Yet, a site that checks if your ISP has added security protections and filtering that make Border Gateway Protocol less vulnerable — “Is BGP Safe Yet” is a new site that names and shames internet service providers who don't tend to their routing.
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Tweets: @cloudflare, @wired, @eastdakota, @cloudflare, @gossithedog, and @grittygrease
| Mara Hvistendahl / Wired: |
As Amazon and eBay crack down on listings for masks and PPE, suppliers, brokers, and even scammers are reaching out to prospective buyers via LinkedIn — With face masks and other protective gear in short supply, speculators and popup brokers are finding customers on LinkedIn.
Tweets: @marahvistendahl, @ourobororoboruo, @wired, and @chinalawtransl8
| Sarah White / Reuters: |
Amazon says its six French warehouses will remain closed until after April 21, the date of its appeal of a court order to limit deliveries to “essential goods” — PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least April 22 after a stand-off … | Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
The idea that the pandemic has made the internet better is tempting but premature, as major platforms struggle to adapt to a surge in activity and new use cases — The weekend before bars and restaurants closed in New York, I sat on the ground in the park with three friends in a creepy circle …
Tweets: @dittrichmiro, @adriennelaf, @theatlantic, @theatlantic, @policyr, @russellbrandom, and @tarletong
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Greenbits, a San Jose-based cannabis retail platform provider, raises $23M Series B led by Tiger Global Management and Casa Verde — Greenbits, a San Jose, CA-based cannabis retail platform provider, raised $23m in Series B financing. — The round was co-led by Tiger Global Management … | David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Profile of Stacy Mitchell, the driving force behind Athena, a coalition of ~50 labor, small business, and social justice groups aiming to curb Amazon's power — Stacy Mitchell knew that taking on a trillion-dollar company would be a lopsided fight. But the pandemic has not only made Amazon more essential.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Rt.live, an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each US state — Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have teamed up to launch their first product together since leaving the Facebook mothership.
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Rt: Effective Reproduction Number, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, BGR, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Verge, Bloomberg, Daring Fireball, Engadget, Beebom, ClickItorNot, and New York Post
Tweets: @sfermigier, @misterhoonlee, @hrbrmstr, @jpstephens, @bfeld, @emilychangtv, @ryan_lanham, @miurbanchicago, @ianmulvany, @carlosdelrio7, @antoniogm, @hypervisible, @expresstechie, @jacksonkernion, @bloombergquint, @thebestsophist, @kottke, @emilychangtv, @raymuzyka, @sebmck, @slightlylate, @thebasepoint, @robertwrighter, @bjorn, @joshconstine, and @kevin
| Benedict Evans: |
The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of tech and e-commerce that will impact the lives of people who aren't online, especially in the developed world — At the beginning of this year (which now feels like 100 years ago), I gave a presentation on macro trends in tech, at an event in Davos.
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Christopher Wan's Newsletter and The Guardian
Tweets: @rossdawson, @jrichlive, @ow, @fgraillot, @valaafshar, @manoushz, @samuelgil, and @drjackuk
| Ian Walker / Kotaku: |
Riot launches one of the biggest bug bounty programs in gaming, offering up to $100K for finding security flaws in its controversial Vanguard anti-cheat system — Riot has posted one of the biggest—if not the biggest—bounties in gaming, offering people up to $100,000 if they can find …
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