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SEC sues Ripple Labs, its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Chairman Chris Larsen, alleging they violated federal securities laws in selling XRP to retail consumers — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes Ripple Labs violated federal securities laws in selling the XRP cryptocurrency to retail consumers.
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Biden transition team says Twitter told it current followers of @POTUS won't carry over to Biden, whose @POTUS account will start at zero, a reversal from 2017 — - Followers were transfered to Trump from Obama in 2017 — First lady, press secretary accounts also reset to zero
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| Alex Gallagher / NME: |
The COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress includes the Felony Streaming Bill, which makes illegal streaming for profit a felony, with up to 10 years jail time — Targeting illegal for-profit streaming providers, not individual users — The US Congress has passed a COVID-19 stimulus bill …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Three VPNs popular with criminals and active for over a decade have had their servers and web domains seized by law enforcement from US, Germany, France, others — The three VPN services provided safe haven for cybercriminals to carry out ransomware attacks, web skimming operations, spearphishing, and account takeovers.
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Explaining its content moderation policy, Substack says it will “resist public pressure to suppress voices that loud objectors deem unacceptable” — Building a system that puts readers and writers in charge — As Substack grows, there is increasing interest in the stance we take on content moderation.
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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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Internally, Facebook staff have voiced skepticism over the company's campaign to portray itself as a defender of small businesses in its fight against Apple — Last Tuesday, Facebook launched what it portrayed as a full-throated defense of small businesses.| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Investigation details Amazon's campaigns over the years to steamroll rivals and partners, including those on its marketplace, sometimes with Bezos' involvement — CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of a startup trying to survive, and that strand of its corporate DNA is becoming a liability| John Harney / Bloomberg: |
DHS has issued an advisory to US businesses, warning of data security risks with using communication equipment and services from China-linked companies — - Homeland Security warns of trade secret, competition risks — Advisory comes after hack that Trump advisers blame on Russia
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Amazon says it will delay a planned raise in merchant fees for storing and shipping items until June 2021 in the US, EU, and Japan — - Largest online retailer to hold fees steady in U.S., EU, Japan — UPS, FedEx had already announced shipping price increases| Shoshana Wodinsky / Gizmodo: |
An explainer on digital advertising's header bids, third-party brand safety vendors, and “evercookies”, illustrated by a ubiquitous pajama onesie ad — If you're reading this, you might have read the juicy piece that Elle dropped this weekend chronicling how a former Bloomberg reporter torched … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Group of 19 security firms and tech companies including Microsoft and McAfee form Ransomware Task Force to develop a standard framework to deal with ransomware — The newly-founded Ransomware Task Force will work to put together a standard framework for dealing with ransomware attacks.
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A look at India's booming dark data economy: stalkerware and spyware apps, databases about parents, cable customers, pregnant women, mutual fund investors, more — Thanks to lax privacy laws and high consumer demand, details on everything from how you shop to who you date are all for sale.| Laura Kreutzer / Wall Street Journal: |
Mobile app marketing optimization service Liftoff says Blackstone Group has made a majority investment in the company; source: the amount is close to $400M — Liftoff Mobile uses machine learning to help app marketers improve and track performance — Blackstone Group Inc. is betting … | Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC approves NYSE's plan to let companies raise capital and issue new shares via direct listings, potentially helping startups save on bank fees — Proposal lets companies raise capital through direct listings — The Securities and Exchange Commission will allow companies …
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| Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Testing suggests Verizon's dynamic spectrum sharing tech, which reuses parts of 4G channels for 5G, often produces slower speeds on 5G than its LTE network — Verizon's DSS 5G can be slower than 4G. We explain why, and how to turn off or disable 5G on your iPhone.
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Study: tens of thousands of sellers use Shopify to scam consumers and sell counterfeit goods, with ~21% of sampled merchant sites posing a risk to shoppers — Ecommerce platform's rapid growth during the pandemic has left it exposed to con artists — Tens of thousands of sellers are using … | Zach Dorfman / Foreign Policy: |
US intelligence officials have struggled to respond to China's hacking efforts over the past decade, finding themselves one step behind China — It was a radically mistaken assessment. But even inside the U.S. government, knowledge of China—and its intensions—was at a low point.
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