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As state laws limiting abortion kick in, tech companies could be forced by law enforcement to hand over users' search histories and other pregnancy-related data — The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
After SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, Apple, Meta, Google, and other tech companies announce or reaffirm policies supporting staff seeking abortion services — A number of tech and media companies are responding to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by offering to pay …
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| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is looking to raise $2B from investors to buy up distressed assets from troubled crypto lender Celsius in the event of a bankruptcy — The Wall Street firm is seeking $2 billion in commitments from investors to buy distressed assets at steep discounts if the crypto lender goes bankrupt.
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| Brian Newar / Cointelegraph: |
Harmony stops its Horizon bridge between Ethereum, Binance Chain, and Bitcoin after a theft of ~$100M in altcoins; Harmony says its BTC bridge was not impacted — The layer-1 blockchain's main bridge between Ethereum, Binance Chain, and Bitcoin has been exploited for nine figures, but says its BTC bridge has not been affected.
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| Finextra: |
Crypto trading platform Bitpanda, which has 1,000+ staff per LinkedIn and raised $263M at a $4.1B valuation in 2021, says it is cutting its headcount to ~730 — Vienna-based Bitpanda is the latest crypto player to make job cuts, informing staffers that it will axe hundreds of positions as it face up to a dramatically altered market.
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| Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
US judge rules that Pinterest must face a suit by digital marketing strategist Christine Martinez, who says she co-created Pinterest but was never compensated — Pinterest Inc. must face a lawsuit from a digital marketing strategist who says she helped conceive the social media platform, a California judge ruled.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
How TikTok is cashing in on its exploding popularity; source: TikTok plans to grow its e-commerce gross merchandise volume to $2B in 2022 and $23B in 2023 — Alyssa McKay used to work part-time at a frozen yogurt store in Portland, Oregon, making minimum wage to cover her college tuition.
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| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
Report: Twitter gave Elon Musk more user data, including real-time API information, after he complained the large historical data he received wasn't enough — The company reportedly provided Musk with a new tranche of data after his team claimed they couldn't properly run tests to discover evidence of bots.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: FTX is in talks to acquire a stake in BlockFi but no equity agreement has been reached; FTX gave the crypto lender a $250M credit line this week — FTX gave crypto lender a $250 million credit line this week — Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has become a lender of last resort to his beleaguered industry.
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| FinSMEs: |
Tapcheck, a financial wellness service that works with companies like McDonald's to let workers access their earnings before payday, raised a $20M Series A — Tapcheck, a Los Angeles, CA-based financial wellness benefit company, raised $20m in Series A funding. — The round was led by PeakSpan Capital.
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
The CISA and the US Coast Guard Cyber Command warn companies of Log4Shell exploits in the wild, citing one incident of threat actors exfiltrating 130GB+ of data — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United States Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER) … | Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis plans to restart its bridge and reimburse ~$216.5M in USDC and ether on June 28 to the victims of the $625M Ronin bridge hack — A total of $216.5 million in USDC and ethereum at today's prices will be returned to users. — Sky Mavis, the developer behind …
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