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| Samuel Stolton / Politico: |
EU lawmakers provisionally agree on the DMA, which mandates messaging service interoperability, limits bundling services, prohibits self-preferencing, and more — The European Union today adopted landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world's largest technology platforms …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch a monthly subscription service by 2023 for the iPhone and other hardware that could tie into Apple One bundles and AppleCare — Apple Inc. is working on a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products, a move that could make device ownership similar …
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| New York Times: |
The DOJ charges four Russian officials for alleged hacking campaigns from 2012 to 2018 on critical US infrastructure, including a Kansas nuclear power plant — The announcement covered hackings from 2012 to 2018, but served as yet another warning from the Biden administration of Russia's ability to conduct such operations.
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| Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
The EU and US announce a preliminary transatlantic data pact bur reveal few details, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020 — Agreement could assuage concerns of companies with operations on both sides of the Atlantic — BRUSSELS—The U.S. and the European Union reached …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The DOJ arrests and charges two men with wire fraud and money laundering over an alleged $1.1M NFT rug pull scheme for their collection of 8,888 “Frosties” — They'd already announced a follow-up series — US government prosecutors have charged two men with fraud and money laundering …
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment, a mobile game developer with 130 employees, its third studio purchase since sharing its gaming ambitions last summer — The acquisition is the company's third since it announced plans to move into video games last summer.| Bloomberg: |
Instacart slashes its valuation by almost 40% to ~$24B, down from $39B in March 2021 when it raised $265M, in hopes of boosting recruiting and retention efforts — Instacart Inc. is slashing its valuation by almost 40% to about $24 billion, a move it says will help the company attract talent and adapt to market conditions.
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| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Filing: Apple argues that Epic lost the Epic Games v. Apple trial because it failed to prove wrongdoing and not because of any legal errors on the judge's part — In a new brief, Apple declares that Epic Games lost the Epic v. Apple trial because it failed to prove wrongdoing — and not because of any legal errors on the judge's part.
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| BBC: |
UK police arrest seven people aged 16 to 21 as part of an investigation “into a hacking group”, but did not say if the teenager behind Lapsus$ is among them — A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$.| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
In a report, International Organization of Securities Commissions compares DeFi to dotcom bubble, says most DeFi protocols are centralized in one or more areas — Iosco report highlights conflicts and other red flags in fast-growing corner of crypto markets| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Reddit considers letting users react to videos posted by others using editing tools resembling TikTok's Stitches and Duets; the feature is not yet being tested — Reddit is exploring the idea of bringing more user-generated video content to its online discussion forums, the company has confirmed.| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Boston-based Nasuni, which provides enterprise cloud-based file storage services, raises $60M led by Sixth Street Growth, bringing its total funding to $148M — Nasuni Corp. today announced that it has closed a $60 million funding round led by Sixth Street Growth after achieving strong revenue growth in 2021.
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