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JBS says it paid an $11M ransom in bitcoin to resolve an attack last week; the payment was made after most plants were operational to avoid further disruption — Meat supplier's U.S. chief says firm paid cybercriminals in bitcoin to avoid more disruptions — JBS USA Holdings Inc. paid …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Founders of Fanhouse, an OnlyFans-like platform, say Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the App Store — Fanhouse wants to keep sending 90 percent of payments to creators — Apple is clashing with the platform Fanhouse …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Facebook is planning to launch its first smartwatch, featuring a detachable display with two cameras and a heart rate monitor, next summer — A detachable display with cameras for capturing video without your phone — Facebook is taking a novel approach to its first smartwatch …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Biden signs an EO revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat and says his commerce secretary will investigate any risks to national security and privacy — But the apps still aren't out of hot water — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday revoking the Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Several macOS Monterey features will not come to Intel Macs, like Live Text within photos, FaceTime's Portrait mode, and unlimited, on-device keyboard dictation — While there are many great new features in macOS Monterey, several of them are not available on Intel-based Macs, according to Apple.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after lawmakers voted by a “supermajority” in favor of its new Bitcoin Law — - El Salvador's has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. — Lawmakers in the South American country's Congress voted …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: UK's competition watchdog is planning a formal investigation into Amazon, mirroring the EU probe, over how it uses the data it collects — CMA likely to follow EU's lead in investigating whether online retailer unfairly advances its own products — The UK's competition watchdog … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Jakarta-based BukuWarung, which offers digital payments and a Shopify-like e-commerce platform for SMBs, raises $60M Series A led by Valar and Goodwater Capital — BukuWarung, a fintech focused on Indonesia's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), announced today it has raised … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
In an email to podcasters, Apple says Podcasts Subscriptions will launch globally on June 15, after postponing a planned launch in May — After a month-long delay — After some major hiccups and a delay, Apple Podcasts says it's launching in-app subscriptions next week.| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Facebook says global ads chief Carolyn Everson is leaving after more than a decade; Everson was a liaison to big marketers during major controversies — - Facebook global ads chief Carolyn Everson is departing the company. — Facebook is an advertising giant that is expected to command nearly …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, raises $220M Series E led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $2.1B valuation — Eightfold AI, a startup which uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to help companies find, recruit and retain workers …
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| Wolfie Zhao / The Block: |
Red Date Technology, the developer behind China's BSN, or Blockchain-based Service Network, raises 30M Series A led by Kenetic Capital and Prosperity7 — Beijing-based Red Date Technology, the developer behind China's Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), has closed a Series A round raising $30 million.
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| Nikki Sun / Nikkei Asia: |
A vicious cycle of surveillance and overwork is leading to extreme mental stress and fatigue, pushing China's tech workers to the limit and causing backlash — A vicious cycle of monitoring and overwork is fueling productivity — and backlash — HONG KONG — Andy Wang …
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Insider and Financial Times
Tweets: @nikkeiasia, @charles_clover, @jimhandc, @hk_nikkisun, @cengizyar, @grimes_ce, @peterguest, and @plevy
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Twitter names new board member to replace Elliott Management's Jesse Cohn, who was appointed to the board in March 2020 as part of a deal to keep Dorsey as CEO — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Wednesday appointed development finance executive Mimi Alemayehou to its board of directors … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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