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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the last few years, the US has enacted just two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years — Federal privacy bills, security legislation and antitrust laws to address the power of the tech giants have all failed to advance in Congress …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Stripe will let companies pay users in cryptocurrency via USDC, starting with Twitter, which will pay some Ticketed Spaces and Super Follows creators in crypto — - Online payments firm Stripe says it will start offering merchants the ability to pay their users in cryptocurrency through the stablecoin USDC.
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Tweets: @stripe, @wongmjane, @jerallaire, @jessepollak, and @ryan_browne_
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In a speech on disinformation, Obama said social media firms' design choices contribute to polarization, and called for more transparency and Section 230 reform — - Former President Barack Obama criticized social media companies for contributing to polarization through design choices on their platforms.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Mandiant: one-third of all hacker groups exploiting zero-days in 2021 were financially motivated criminals as opposed to government-backed cyberespionage groups — The most valuable hacking tools were once the domain of governments. Not anymore. — Organized cybercriminals with money …
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| Reuters: |
Investigation details Binance's efforts to build ties with the Russian government, including handing over data on opposition leader Alexei Navalny in April 2021 — In April 2021, Russia's financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange.
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: after churning out 500+ original programs last year, Netflix is looking to add fewer new titles and focus more on quality, while reining in spending — Streaming service spent lavishly on productions to win subscribers, but now growth has slowed — For Netflix Inc., NFLX -3.47% ▼ the era of carefree spending is over.
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Gizmodo, The A.V. Club, and Netflix & Chiffres
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Jane Manchun Wong: Twitter is working on a feature codenamed “Vibe” that lets users set status updates that appear on tweets or on profiles — Status updates could appear on tweets or on profiles — Twitter is reportedly working on a feature that allows users to set a status, codenamed “Vibe.”
Tweets: @wongmjane, @caseynewton, @tonyromm, @brianroemmele, @dansolomon, @oysterfake, @scottnover, @mmasnick, and @wongmjane
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US OCC says Anchorage Digital, the first US chartered digital asset bank, failed to adopt a BSA/AML compliance program and has “begun corrective action” — The company must appoint a compliance committee and hire a Bank Secrecy Act officer.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Leaked chat logs: Lapsus$ hacked T-Mobile multiple times in March and stole some projects' source code; T-Mobile says no customer or government info was stolen — KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group …
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BleepingComputer. Tweets: @brettcallow, @gibsongrantm, @gi7w0rm, @williamturton, and @briankrebs
| BBC: |
The UK's Department for Transport outlines rules for self-driving vehicles, including letting drivers watch TV on the go, ahead of a full framework in 2025 — People using self-driving cars will be allowed to watch television on built-in screens under proposed updates to the Highway Code.
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google plans to effectively block third-party call recording apps from the Play Store on May 11 after placing further restrictions to its Accessibility API — A new Google Play Store policy coming into force is set to block third-party call recording apps from the online storefront from May 11.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Andreessen Horowitz launches a16z Crypto Research, a lab focused on Web3 breakthroughs that can contribute to deployable code, led by academic Tim Roughgarden — Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is diving deeper into the crypto market with the launch of a new academic lab dedicated … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank expects to retain a controlling stake in Arm and sell a smaller portion of shares than originally expected in Arm's planned IPO — SoftBank Group Corp. expects to retain a controlling stake in Arm Ltd. after the planned initial public offering of the chip business …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Glide, a no-code service that lets businesses create apps based on Google Sheets, Excel, or Airtable, raises a $20M Series A led by Benchmark — When Glide came out of Y Combinator in 2019, it was looking to help people with absolutely no coding ability to build a simple, but functional mobile app from data in a spreadsheet.
Tweets: @dvdsgl, @ycombinator, and @sandykory
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
A group of 18 House Republicans asks Twitter's board to preserve all records related to Musk's bid, setting up a potential probe if GOP wins back the majority — - A group of House Republicans is asking Twitter's board to preserve all records related to Elon Musk's offer to buy the company.
Tweets: @drjasonjohnson and @deanobeidallah
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @apompliano, @laurenshirsch, @exec_sum, @sonalibasak, @mr_james_c, @joyannreid, @housegop, @supremedreams_1, @jasonhirschhorn, @markgongloff, @marisakabas, @elonjames, @tante, @samfbiddle, @rmac18, @matthew_d_green, @cgasparino, @danielnewmanuv, @modestproposal1, @axios, @jtemple, @neontaster, @michaelssmithii, @laurenshirsch, @louispeitzman, @crtrud, @alexhern, @alexhern, @martinsfp, @pkafka, @danprimack, @pkedrosky, @nkulw, @alexstamos, @iowahawkblog, @rabois, @garyblack00, @danprimack, @anthony, @anthony, @ivanthek, @stockmktnewz, @anthony, @sridinats, @stevekovach, @kantrowitz, @caseynewton, @liamkillingstad, @tonyromm, and @mehdirhasan
| Suman Bhattacharyya / Wall Street Journal: |
CompTIA: US employers posted 1.1M tech jobs in Q1, up 43% YoY; Mondo: average salaries rose 25% for cloud architects and 11% for engineers from 2020 to 2022 — Many technology workers are commanding compensation increases of 20% or more, corporate tech chiefs say
Tweets: @cornoisseur
| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
A look at Douban, a Reddit-like social network that China has targeted in its crackdowns; Douban was fined $1.65M in 2021 and has shut down popular forums — Douban's tight-knit communities have finally made it a target of Beijing's tech crackdown. — • HONG KONG
Tweets: @mvzelenks, @restofworld, @sauteesquid, and @violazhouyi
| Rebecca Torrence / Fierce Healthcare: |
Levels, whose software pairs glucose monitors to its app to give users insights and track their metabolic health, raises a $38M Series A at a $300M valuation — A16z-backed startup Levels has landed $38 million in series A funding for its metabolic health software, the company announced Wednesday.
Tweets: @vickerysec
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Ethereum scaling project Polygon launches a dedicated blockchain network called Supernets and says it will invest $100M in initiatives that use it — Polygon has launched a new kind of dedicated blockchain network dubbed Supernets and said it will invest $100 million in projects that use it.
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CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Jarvis ML, which offers an AI-powered personalization engine for brands to engage customers and boost sales, raises a $16M seed led by Dell Technologies Capital — Jarvis ML, a platform offering an AI-powered personalization engine to brands selling products, services and experiences …
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Jarvis ML, Business Wire, and FinSMEs
| Nina Zdinjak / Benzinga: |
Treez, a cloud commerce platform that powers retail and supply chain operations for the cannabis market, raises a $51M Series C at a $260M+ valuation — Seed-to-sale and cannabis retail software platform Treez completed a $51 million Series C funding at a valuation in excess of $260 million.
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