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John McAfee has died in a Spanish jail cell by suicide according to his lawyer, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US — Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona after the Spanish high court had authorised …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
In a new report, Apple says letting iOS users sideload apps would undermine privacy protections, complicate parental controls, and potentially expose user data — Company says allowing users to download software onto their iPhones without using the App Store jeopardizes protections
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| Bloomberg: |
Two South African brothers who founded crypto investment firm Africrypt vanished with ~69,000 bitcoins, worth $3.6B+, after informing clients of an alleged hack — - Lawyers hired by investors piece together funds' disappearance — Africrypt loss would rank among biggest-ever crypto heists
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram says it will test mixing suggested posts throughout primary feeds, even above posts from people users follow, and adds new controls — A priority on algorithm-chosen content — Instagram says reception to its “suggested posts” feature has been so positive that it's launching a new test …
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| Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Peacock had fewer than 10M paid subs as of May; Comcast is considering a deal with ViacomCBS or acquiring Roku as it seeks to become a streaming giant — CEO Brian Roberts is out to prove that having content and distribution under one roof can make his cable colossus a winner
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Tweets: @harrymccracken, @hedgeyecomm, @jbflint, @jbflint, @asharma, @danrayburn, @carnage4life, and @benmullin
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Bitmain, the largest producer of crypto mining equipment, suspends sales of machines for spot delivery globally, as top-tier rig prices drop ~75% since April — - Bitmain takes step to help prop up second-hand prices — Cost of a top-tier rig plunged by about 75% since April
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Tom's Hardware, Bitcoin Magazine, Cryptonews, and Decrypt
Tweets: @dewitt, @mattpaulsonsd, and @iansherr
| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Profile of Twitter's Machine Learning, Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team, as Responsible ML becomes one of the company's top priorities in 2021 — Machine learning engineer Ari Font was worried about the future of Twitter's algorithms. It was mid-2020, and the leader … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect from Microsoft's “next generation” Windows event on Thursday: new Windows 11 UI, updated Windows Store, and a focus on productivity and gaming — Microsoft's “next generation” of Windows event is taking place later this week, on June 24th at 11AM ET.
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Tweets: @waltmossberg, @gartenberg, @harrymccracken, and @tomwarren
| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN: |
Adobe: total US e-commerce sales during Prime Day exceeded $11B; Amazon says Prime Day was the biggest two-day sales period for 3rd party sellers in its history — New York (CNN Business)Shoppers aren't showing any signs of getting tired of Amazon Prime Day, even though some sellers …
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Tweets: @wsbconsensus, @laurenthomas, and @californialabor
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher: counterfeit packages on the official Python repository, downloaded ~5,000 times, contained code that installed cryptomining software — Open source repositories can be vectors for badness, so look before you run. — Counterfeit packages downloaded roughly 5,000 times … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snackpass raises $70M Series B led by Craft Ventures at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering service surpasses 500k users across 13 college towns — While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Adobe launches Substance 3D, a suite of 3D design tools Adobe says has applications in video games and VFX and uses AI to ease technical complexity of 3D design — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out.
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Tweets: @timoni, @jadel4w, @scottbelsky, @nvidiadesign, @ddiakopoulos, @choy, @80level, @dusanwriter, and @robotbrush
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
International coalition of consumer groups, digital and civil rights organizations, and data protection experts call for ban on “surveillance-based advertising” — An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Bird to add e-bikes to its fleet and will open up its app to local shared operators in select cities this year; Spin launches its first e-scooter built in-house — Bird, the original scooter company, is finally branching out into electric bike-share — Two of the top shared electric scooter companies …
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SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Electrek, Electrek, Engadget, Forbes, and Bird
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Tim Berners-Lee defends his decision to auction an NFT representing the web's source code, comparing it to the sale of an autographed book or a speaking tour — Creator of the world wide web says digital asset is ‘totally aligned with the values of the web’
Tweets: @martinsfp, @ruskin147, @alexhern, @bengrosser, @shonaghosh, and @ruskin147
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Morning Consult poll of 2,000 US voters: 53% at least somewhat support Congress' Big Tech antitrust bills; 44% rank tech regulation as their lowest priority — - A new poll commissioned by tech industry-funded group shows 53% of voters favor at least some tech regulation.| Politico: |
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| Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
Kuaishou now has 1B monthly active users globally, including users of its Kwai and Snack Video apps, joining rivals ByteDance and Tencent — China's No 2 short video-sharing app operator joins rival ByteDance and Tencent as internet platforms with 1 billion monthly active users Kuaishou's tally covers …
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Sources: Ant Group is in talks with Chinese state-owned companies to create a credit scoring company that will put Ant's vast data under Chinese control — The fintech giant is in discussions to start a new credit-scoring business with Chinese state-owned enterprises| Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post: |
Breakdown of officials in Biden's administration who have worked at tech giants: Facebook leads with 11 officials, followed by Alphabet at 10 and Microsoft at 8 — Technology and cybersecurity policy researcher — Dozens of top Biden administration officials have professional ties … | Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Uber will add labels to Uber Eats in PA and DC saying app menu prices might be higher than those charged by restaurants, after pressure from the states' AGs — - New disclosure will be included in the checkout page — The addition will only apply to D.C. and Pennsylvania| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Anjuna Security, whose Confidential Cloud isolates and encrypts workloads and data to protect against bad actors, raises $30M Series B led by Insight Partners — Enterprise enclaves startup Anjuna Security Inc. announced today it has raised $30 million to bring its Confidential Cloud Software Platform …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Stack Overflow launches Collectives, branded communities where companies can organize discussions around broad topics and interact directly with developers — Developer-focused Q&A platform Stack Overflow has launched a new product called Collectives, branded communities where companies …
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Tweets: @pchandrasekar, @psawers, and @venturebeat
| David Cox / Wired UK: |
DeepMind partners with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, after its AlphaFold AI had considerable success in finding new treatments for sleeping sickness — In 2020, DeepMind solved one of biology's biggest challenges. Now it's working on using its AI to find drugs to target neglected diseases
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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust experts say the biggest obstacle to Lina Khan's agenda will be a conservative judiciary, which has made it difficult for regulators to win big cases — The fiercest foes of America's technology giants cheered when Lina Khan, a professor at Columbia Law School …
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