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PayPal begins letting users in the US move cryptocurrency from and to external wallets and exchanges, after they complete a new identity verification process — 'We're in this for the long term,' says exec — In response to customer demand, PayPal announced today that its users …
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Tweets: @danielgothits, @wublockchain, @ourielohayon, @bayareawriter, @epro, and @thestalwart
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal email: Microsoft splits its HoloLens group and parts ways with the group's head Alex Kipman; a recent Insider story cited Kipman for alleged misconduct — Microsoft is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Alex Kipman, the leader of the group who was the subject …
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Windows Central, Insider, Engadget, Neowin, The Verge, and OnMSFT.com
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Shared micromobility company Bird confirms it plans to lay off 23% of its staff, which will span across the organization and regions; Bird has ~600 employees — Shared micromobility company Bird plans to layoff 23% of its staff, according to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi.| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A look at Apple's plan to debut Passkeys, passwordless login for apps and websites, in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura using Touch ID or Face ID for authentication — Apple's iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It's only the beginning.
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TechCrunch, iDrop News, Biometric Update, TechSpot, Digital Information World, PCMag, AppleInsider, TechRadar, Help Net Security, and Pocket-lint. Tweets: @wired
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Massachusetts-based Shields Health Care Group says hackers accessed its databases containing personal data like SSNs and medical info of 2M patients in March — The sensitive information of two million people was accessed during a cyberattack on Shields Health Care Group …
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In an operation led by the FBI and IRS, online marketplace SSNDOB, which sold names, SSNs and dates of birth of about 24 million US people, was taken down — SSNDOB, an online marketplace that sold the names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 24 million US people …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
In a joint advisory, the NSA, CIA, and FBI detail how China-backed hackers have exploited common vulnerabilities to snoop on network traffic — Several US federal agencies today revealed that Chinese-backed threat actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 16 will fix the issue in SMS chats where reacting with Tapbacks sends separate spammy messages, and will instead show the Tapbacks above relevant messages — The hero changes to iMessage in iOS 16 are the addition of edit button and undo send features.
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| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
An in-depth look at Apple's M2 chip: 20B transistors, up from the M1's 16B and the A15's 15B, plus a 10-core GPU, up from the M1's 8-core, and 8K video decoding — Though primarily a software-focused event, Apple's WWDC keynotes are often stage for an interesting hardware announcement or two as well …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
A coalition including Amazon, Google, and Uber urges the DHS to let kids of high-skilled visa holders stay in the US past the age of 21 without a green card — - Tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise its aging …
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| Tory Newmyer / Washington Post: |
Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand release a crypto regulation bill that would empower the industry's preferred regulator, the CFTC, over the SEC — The proposal would hand crypto oversight to the CFTC, which the sector views as friendlier than the SEC
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Tweets: @senlummis, @ben_mckenzie, @senlummis, @gillibrandny, @saylor, @kenziesigalos, @kr00ney, @gillibrandny, @finplankaluaja1, @paddi_hansen, @bettermarkets, @maxkeiser, @ss_friedman, @raypaxful, @jchervinsky, @cynthiamlummis, @fredwilson, @apompliano, @minal_hasan, @ryansadams, @ahcastor, @ben_mckenzie, and @cynthiamlummis
| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
IBM plans to wind down its business in Russia and lay off its workforce in the country, after suspending operations there in March 2022 — IBM will begin an “orderly” wind-down of its operations in Russia, according to a memo from CEO Arvind Krishna that was released publicly today.| Erin Brodwin / Axios: |
Bicycle Health, a Boston-based provider of virtual opioid addiction treatment, raises a $50M Series B, bringing its total funding to $83M — Bicycle Health, a start up focused on virtual treatment for opioid addiction, raised a $50 million Series B round, founder and CEO Ankit Gupta tells Axios exclusively … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Gantry, which aims to help developers find out how their AI models are performing and ways to improve them, emerges from stealth with a $28.3M seed and Series A — The demand for AI in the enterprise is insatiable, but the challenge lies in building the support infrastructure and its development and maintenance.| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Digital asset bank Custodia sues the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for “unlawfully” delaying its master account application — Bitcoin bank Custodia today sued the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City charging …
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Internal meeting: Twitter aims to grow its mDAUs by 13M this quarter, the highest goal the company has ever set, and is currently on track with 8.5M users — Twitter (TWTR.N) is gearing up for its most ambitious quarter of user growth, leaders of the social media company's consumer products … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Apple brings Xcode Cloud out of beta, making the CI/CD service generally available to all developers; the base plan starts at $14.99 per month for 25 hours — At its last WWDC, Apple announced Xcode Cloud, its continuous integration and delivery service (CI/CD) for building apps for all of its platforms into beta.| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Los Angeles-based Calaxy, whose Web3 marketplace lets creators mint and sell social tokens, raises $26M led by Animoca Brands and the HBAR Foundation — The success of websites like Cameo have shown that people want personalized interactions with celebrities and web3 companies are emerging …
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Calaxy, afrotech.com, dot.LA, and Decrypt
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber and Waymo form a long-term strategic partnership to bring Waymo Driver-equipped autonomous trucks to Uber's Freight brokerage after years of legal disputes — Former legal foes turned AV buddies — Waymo and Uber, former legal foes and bitter rivals in the autonomous vehicle space …
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