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Sources: Apple is planning to manufacture a car by 2024 which may include self-driving tech, internally developed lidar sensors, and “breakthrough” battery tech — (Reuters) - Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce …
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Ripple CEO says the SEC will file a suit against the company over the alleged sale of unlicensed securities, calls it a parting shot by the Trump administration — Ripple, one of the most important companies in the cryptocurrency industry, said Monday evening that the Securities … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
The omnibus funding bill Congress is set to vote on contains the controversial CASE Act, which may ratchet up copyright trolling, and the Felony Streaming Bill — from the but-why? dept — As we warned about earlier this month, it appears that Congress has in fact put …
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Draft lawsuit filed by ten US states last week says Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” against possible antitrust action — Draft lawsuit quotes Facebook's Sandberg saying Google pact was a ‘big deal strategically’
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| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Microsoft, Alphabet, Cisco, LinkedIn, GitHub, VMware, and the Internet Association file an amicus brief in support of WhatsApp in the WhatsApp v. NSO Group case — (Reuters) - Tech giants Microsoft, Alphabet , Cisco, and VMware on Monday joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO …
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Sen. Ron Wyden says the US Treasury Department acknowledged that its email system used by senior leadership was breached by SolarWinds hackers beginning in July — The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack.
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Analysis finds 24+ organizations that installed SolarWinds code, including Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware, Belkin, a CA hospital, and Kent State university — A Wall Street Journal analysis identified at least 24 organizations that installed software laced with malicious code by Russian hackers
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| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
The US government's proposal for crypto exchanges to collect identity data from users with self-hosted crypto wallets will expand the US' financial surveillance — One of the most important aspects of cryptocurrencies from a civil liberties perspective is that they can provide privacy protections for their users.
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CoinDesk, CoinGeek, Compliance Week, JD Supra, and CoinGeek
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| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
SoftBank files to launch its SPAC, planning to raise $525M in the IPO — - SoftBank filed for an initial public offering for its special purpose acquisition company on Monday. — The firm plans to raise $525 million to invest in a technology company. — SoftBank Group filed to launch … | Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Personal info including emails, home addresses, and phone numbers of 272K+ users of hardware cryptocurrency wallet Ledger are freely available on hacker forums — A threat actor has leaked the stolen email and mailing addresses for Ledger cryptocurrency wallet users on a hacker forum for free.
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TechCrunch, Decrypt, Ledger Support, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, Gizmodo, The Block, Amy Castor, BitcoinExchangeGuide, CoinDesk, Threatpost, Bitcoinist.com, Decrypt, TechRadar, InsideBitcoins.com, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @ledger, @ledger, @oddslotcom, @ledger, @ledger, @ledger, @cointracker, @ledger, @adeldmeyer, @bleepincomputer, @rsrfren, @ledger, @timccopeland, @ledger, @lunoglobal, @yellowblock_io, @ourielohayon, @isafepal, @ledger, and @doncryptodraper
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Facebook says it had to remove some features in EU, including some child abuse detection tools, due to new rules banning automatic scanning of private messages — Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Ironclad, which helps companies create and manage business contracts, raises $100M+ Series D led by Bond Capital, valuing it at $950M+ — Ironclad, which develops software that helps companies such as Dropbox and Mastercard create and manage business contracts …
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TikTok launches its first personalized annual recap feature, “Year on TikTok”, which highlights what sort of videos were watched the most, favorite tracks, more — Spotify users have Wrapped and Instagram users have their Top 9. And now TikTok users will have their own year-in-review feature, too.| Zach Dorfman / Foreign Policy: |
Interviews with 36+ current and former US officials describe China's strategy of analyzing vast quantities of stolen US personal data to identify CIA operatives — Around 2013, U.S. intelligence began noticing an alarming pattern: Undercover CIA personnel, flying into countries in Africa … | Simon Parkin / New Yorker: |
Q&A with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto on what excites him about his work, his strengths and weaknesses as a boss, not abusing power, ambitions, and more — The legendary designer on rejecting violence in games, trying to be a good boss, and building Nintendo's Disneyland.
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IGN, Gamasutra, USgamer.net, Game Rant, Destructoid, GameSpot, and Game Rant
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
UK grocery franchise Southern Co-op is using London-based Facewatch's facial recognition tech in 18+ stores to prevent shoplifting, raising privacy concerns — Branches of the British grocer Southern Co-op are using surveillance technology to look for potential shoplifters.
Tweets: @wired
| Reuters: |
Opendoor goes public through a merger with a SPAC, as shares rose 5.9% in their Nasdaq debut on Monday, giving Opendoor a market capitalization of $17B — (Reuters) -Shares of Opendoor Technologies Inc, a home-selling platform backed by SoftBank Group, ended 5.9% higher in their Nasdaq debut on Monday …
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The Information, Opendoor, Bloomberg, The Real Deal New York, Forbes, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @justindross
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