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Netflix fires a leader of the trans employee resource group who was organizing a walkout, for allegedly leaking metrics related to the Dave Chappelle special — The company suspects they leaked metrics about the Dave Chappelle special to the press — Netflix has fired a leader …
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Valve quietly updates Steam's rules to ban games “built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs” — Your move, Epic Games Store — Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won't be allowed on Steam …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Twitch downplays last week's hack, saying it had minimal impact and user login credentials, full credit card numbers, and bank information were not exposed — In an update regarding this month's security incident, Twitch downplayed the breach saying that it had minimal impact and only affected a small number of users.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Seven former employees detail Twitch's 2014 hack that forced it to rebuild much of its code infrastructure, and that hack's knock-on effects — Former Twitch employees shared details of the hack the company suffered in 2014, and how the company's approach to security evolved after it.| James Clayton / BBC: |
Apple took down a Koran app in China citing “content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities”; another developer removed their Bible app — Apple has taken down one of the world's most popular Koran apps in China, after a request from officials, the company has confirmed to the BBC.| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Janneke Parrish, a leader of the #AppleToo movement, says she was fired for deleting files off her work devices before handing them over for an investigation — A leader of an activist movement within Apple said she was fired by the company on Thursday. — Janneke Parrish …
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Sources: the SEC is poised to let the first Bitcoin futures ETFs, from Proshares and Invesco, trade in the US as early as next week — - Cutoff for action on ProShares, Invesco filings is next week — Tacit approval is seen after an almost decade-long push
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Tweets: @sec_investor_ed and @jeffjohnroberts
| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering building an open source Bitcoin miner, using custom silicon, for individuals and businesses — Square Inc (SQ.N) Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon …
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
CFTC files and settles charges against Tether and Bitfinex, ordering them to pay a total of $42.5M for making “untrue or misleading statements” about USDT — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) simultaneously filed and settled charges against Tether and Bitfinex today …
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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
US Treasury says there was $590M in suspicious activity related to ransomware in H1 2021, exceeding the entire amount in 2020, when $416M was reported — Suspicious activity reports related to ransomware jumped significantly in 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
White House details its plan for the federal government to adopt phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication methods, such as using hardware security keys — An Office of Management and Budget official explained the large scale plan to move the federal government to phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication.
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @josephfcox, @yubico, @bradmossesq, @royalhansen, @joebgrech, @jasonabbruzzese, and @josephfcox
| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Tesla starts offering insurance in Texas using drivers' “real-time driving behavior” and a “safety score” — Tesla has now officially launched its insurance product using “real-time driving behavior.” — The product is only available in Texas for now.
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Tweets: @hardmaru, @lwazimbk, and @benasdzimidas
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Clarifai, which uses AI to help companies manage unstructured data, raises a $60M Series C led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing its total raised to $100M — Clarifai wants to bring artificial intelligence into the lives of developers, business operators and data scientists …
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| David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
At the White House's ransomware summit, 32 countries pledged to share cyberattack info, push firms to improve security, and disrupt hackers' financial tools — Officials from 31 countries and the EU say uneven enforcement allows hackers to cash in — Officials from 32 governments …
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The White House, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Decrypt, The Register, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @jenniferjjacobs and @knash99
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spot AI, which makes software that can search through video footage, raises $22M, including a $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures — Security cameras, for better or for worse, are part and parcel of how many businesses monitor spaces in the workplace for security or operational reasons.
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| Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian: |
Moscow introduces Face Pay in its metro system, which Russia says is the world's first mass-scale facial recognition payment system, across 240 stations — Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
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