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Roblox sues Ruben Sim, a YouTuber it banned over harassment and sexual content, for leading a “cybermob” that it says terrorizes its platform and developers — The banned Roblox user is also a popular and controversial YouTube creator, Ruben Sim
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Pinterest settles discrimination lawsuits by releasing former employees from NDAs and pledging $50M to overhaul its corporate culture and promote diversity — Pinterest pledged $50 million to overhaul its corporate culture and promote diversity as part of an agreement to resolve allegations …
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| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
EU proposes broad disclosures about political ads and banning targeting based on sensitive data, but not microtargeting, and fines of up to 5% of global revenue — Proposed measure would ban targeting political ads based on categories such as religious views, sexual orientation
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Sources: Chinese regulators asked Didi Global's management to devise a plan for delisting from the NYSE over concerns about leaking sensitive data — - Regulators asked Didi brass to devise a plan to go private — Forced delisting will be severest action against China Tech| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israel reduces the countries approved for export of cyber tools from 102 to 37, most of which are in the West, after the US sanctioned NSO Group and Candiru — The Ministry of Defense has reduced the number of countries approved for export of cyber tools by Israeli companies from 102 to 37| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify confirms it is testing Discover, a TikTok-like vertical feed of music videos that appears to repurpose Canvas videos, in its iOS app — TikTok has seen its short-form video feed copied by a host of competitors, from Instagram to Snap to YouTube and even Netflix.| Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: |
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads raises a $313M Series A co-led by Source Code Capital, Shanghai Guosheng Group, and Bohai Sheng Industrial Fund Management — Moore Threads, a Chinese semiconductor player which provides graphics processing units (GPUs), announced on Thursday that it has raked …
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A look at some key design challenges in crypto and Web3, from onboarding to wallet security, that need to be addressed for the next generation of users — It's still early days in crypto. — That's what you'll hear everywhere when you start digging into crypto and web3 today.
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| Nathaniel Mott / PCMag: |
Check Point details MediaTek DSP firmware vulnerabilities in some Android smartphones that could be exploited to eavesdrop; MediaTek released patches in October — Check Point Research discovers a vulnerability in the digital signal processor found in MediaTek's system-on-chip offerings.
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UMC and Micron agree to withdraw their IP complaints against each other, with UMC paying Micron a one-time undisclosed sum, following a years-long legal battle — United Microelectronics Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have settled a civil lawsuit in which the U.S. memory chipmaker accused … | Olatunji Olaigbe / The Record: |
How one Nigerian university student turned to cybercrime during the pandemic to pay his bills, driven by high unemployment, few well-paying jobs, and boredom — ILORIN, Nigeria—Around November 2020, Kayode said he was invited to a house party—the kind attended mostly by others involved in the country's illicit digital economy.
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Everstox, which offers product management and monitoring software for logistics operators, raises a €20M Series A led by Acton Capital — Logistics-as-a-service tech company everstox has just secured a €20 million boost to expand across Europe. The Munich-based startup … Sponsor Posts
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