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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| James Clayton / BBC: |
A Koran app developer says Apple took down their app in China over “content that is illegal”; another developer removed their Bible app in China this week — 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.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google Threat Analysis Group says it tracks 270+ state-backed threat actors, and sent 50K+ alerts for email phishing attacks to Gmail users in 2021, up ~33% YoY — The Google Threat Analysis Group said today that its security researchers are currently tracking more than 270 different …
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| 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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| Bloomberg: |
Chinese government finds hundreds of banned crypto miners siphoning power from public institutions, with some 260,000 kWh electricity stolen every day — - Two provinces discover miners using SOE, university resources — Government broadened ban on crypto transactions last month| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp starts rolling out e2e encryption for chat history backups in iCloud and Google Drive — WhatsApp is beginning to roll out a new feature that will provide its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat history backup in iCloud or Google Drive, patching a major loophole … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple hired Afrooz Family, its former employee and a co-founder of speaker startup Syng, to lead HomePod software efforts — - Apple's smart-speaker efforts have struggled since 2018 debut — Afrooz Family takes job after co-founding Syng speaker startup
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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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| 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 … | Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Security researchers say Apple and EU plans to monitor phones for illicit material are ineffective and could embolden government surveillance — A group of researchers said the “dangerous technology” was invasive and not effective at detecting images of child sexual abuse.| Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft is shuttering the Chinese version of LinkedIn and replacing it with a job board; sources say China told LinkedIn in March to better regulate content — LinkedIn cites challenging operating environment, as retreat marks the biggest departure from China by a major tech company in years
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| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Reliable Robotics, which wants to retrofit commercial cargo planes with autonomous systems, raises a $100M Series C led by Coatue Management — When flying cargo from one part of the world to another, you typically need a pilot for two parts: The take-off and the landing.| Ax Sharma / Ars Technica: |
A US hacker says he built a network of “news” sites and Facebook Groups in 2015 to push bogus stories after a company hired him to “stop Hillary Clinton” — He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right. — This is the story of the mastermind behind … | Wall Street Journal: |
Coinbase asks Congress to regulate digital assets outside of the existing financial system and to create a special regulator for digital asset markets — Crypto trading platform asks Congress to create an oversight regime separate from existing market regulators
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| Reuters: |
Banking industry body UK Finance says Britain has become a global epicenter for scams, with £754M stolen in H1 2021, up 30% YoY — It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna's life.
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Profile of Cher Scarlett, an Apple employee leading the #AppleToo campaign highlighting racism, retaliation, sexual and other forms of workplace harassment — Cher Scarlett is willing to risk a dream job at Apple to blow the whistle on alleged labor violations at the iPhone maker.
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The Verge. Tweets: @applelaborers, @mer__edith, @cherylisaacson, @cherthedev, @cherthedev, @timnitgebru, @cherthedev, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @zoeschiffer, @timnitgebru, @reedalbergotti, and @washpostbiz
| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
US Treasury says there was $590M in suspicious ransomware activity 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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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
In a letter to Zuckerberg, 14 US state AGs demand details on vaccine misinformation per Haugen's leaked docs and Facebook's XCheck, which shields VIP users — Led by Connecticut, more than a dozen state attorneys general are asking Facebook for information related to Frances Haugen's leaked documents.Sponsor Posts
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