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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting — Officials said the gunman broadcast the attack live on Twitch, the livestreaming site owned by Amazon that is popular with gamers.
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| Peter White / Deadline: |
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, alongside live voting for competition series and talent contests — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going live for the first time. — Deadline understands that the streamer is exploring the launch of live streaming.
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Wall Street Journal, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Benzinga, AppleInsider, Engadget, BGR, The Verge, PCMag, Mashable, iMore, and Tom's Guide
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
OpenSea tries “improving authenticity” by revamping account verification and debuting a system to detect, remove, and prevent copies of authentic NFT content — The updates are an attempt to cut down on plagiarism and fakes — OpenSea is rolling out features to “improve authenticity” …
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OpenSea Blog and OpenSea Blog. More:
Engadget, Gizmodo, Protos, and Blockonomi
Tweets: @carnage4life, @opensea, @shivar, @brianromero, @sneakerboxclyde, @opensea_support, @rjcc, @seanbonner, @jonshelleyio, @opensea, @kis_iri, @mdudas, and @opensea_support
| Caitlin Harrington / Wired: |
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement that emerged from #AppleToo to provide support for Apple employees organizing in retail, AppleCare, and more — A solidarity movement called Apple Together has provided tools and support as the company's retail employees organize.
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Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @moreperfectus, @caitharr, @sunrisemvmt, @evanderburg, @acoreunion, @banana_genius, @allinoniphone, @machinistsunion, @tnewmstweet, @katiebindley, @applelaborers, @carnage4life, @dannygroner, @aparanjape, @applelaborers, @applelaborers, @wgawest, @wsj, @greg_shill, @fatemehx2, and @jones_lucia
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Retail traders after Terra's crash: some say they lost their life savings, others shared suicidal ideation on forums, and some now realize it's a Ponzi scheme — It took less than a week for the third largest stablecoin and its ecosystem to become virtually worthless, wiping out countless traders' savings.| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
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Elliptic Blog, Bloomberg, Terra Research Forum, With TAI, Bitcoin News, Decrypt, Blog Tien So, CoinDesk, Ethereum World News, Cryptopolitan, BuzzFeed News, and TradingBTC.com
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Opinion: Apple should acquire EV startup Canoo, which says it is running out of cash to operate and whose former CEO is a top executive on Apple's car project — Apple could take a look at struggling electric-vehicle startup Canoo to help it build up its car project.
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MacRumors, The Mac Observer, PhoneArena, iLounge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, Notebookcheck.net, and GSMArena.com
Tweets: @raunofreiberg, @apple_tomorrow, @vijayshekhar, @vadimyuryev, and @impastaw
| Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News: |
Germany's Ministry of Finance confirms that selling crypto assets is tax-free if they are held for over a year, even if they are used for staking and lending — The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year …
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CoinDesk, CoinGeek, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @epro, @btctn, @johnedeaton1, @artusvanfrahm, @diogomonica, and @btctn
| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Several women who attended Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference were harassed and say the conference didn't enforce its anti-harassment policies — For some women, inappropriate conduct from other conference-goers continued to haunt them online. — Miami's annual gathering of Bitcoin zealots began with a bull.
Tweets: @wired, @technollama, @basedkarbon, @gregarious, @ralexjimenez, @do82nic, @mslopatto, @morganmeaker, @jasonfugate98, and @pardesoteric
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more — When an aide told me that “one of our drivers” would pick me up for my lunch with Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagined a hulking black SUV … | Michael Schroeder / MedCity News: |
Turquoise Health, a free search engine that lets patients compare hospital prices for various medical procedures in the US, raises a $20M Series A led by a16z — Pulling back the curtain on healthcare pricing is easier said than done, acknowledged Chris Severn, the company's co-founder and CEO.| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Material Security, which helps enterprises protect sensitive info stored in email accounts even if they are hacked, raises a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — A growing wave of tech layoffs have given rise to remorseful CEOs' lamentations that they hired too quickly during the pandemic.
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Material Security, GovInfoSecurity, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @material_sec, @kenrickcai, and @traestephens
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Texas' content moderation law is clearly unconstitutional and forces social media services to allow a torrent of spam or face a deluge of frivolous litigation — So, I already had a quick post on the bizarre decision by the 5th Circuit to reinstate Texas' social media content moderation law …
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CNN, PC Gamer, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @gaberivera, @txag, @simonw, @espinsegall, @jelenawoehr, @david_ingram, @philnobilejr, @popehat, @jesselehrich, @sethabramson, @soonergrunt, @kevinmkruse, @4l0ts, @4l0ts, @jesselehrich, @edroso, @agraybee, @bkabak, @antonio, @xor, @steveklabnik, @jamesrbuk, @haircut_hippie, @theophite, @anamardoll, @theophite, @hippiegeekgirl, @theophite, @law_comedy, @szhang_ds, @errantstrategry, @enternodecs, @ericgarland, @willoremus, @jason_kint, @b_fung, and @willoremus
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