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Sources: Google has proposed splitting parts of its ad-tech business into a separate entity under Alphabet, to head off a possible US antitrust lawsuit — Tech giant's offers stop short of the asset sales preferred by Justice Department antitrust enforcers
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Sources: Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter is in serious jeopardy as his team concluded that spam account figures aren't verifiable using Twitter's data firehose — Talks with investors have cooled in recent weeks and Musk's camp believes it can't confirm Twitter's claims about spam accounts
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Sources: Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has become more vocal and aggressive internally; ex-executive: “Twitter is willing to go to war” to make the Musk deal happen — The $44bn takeover of Twitter has been punctuated by public clashes between two executives with wildly differing styles …
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A former investment manager sues Celsius for fraud, saying the crypto lender ran a Ponzi scheme by using customer deposits to rig the price of its crypto token — A former investment manager at Celsius Network sued the crypto lender on Thursday, saying it used customer deposits to rig …
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Microsoft rolls back blocking VBA macro scripts by default in Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, and Word, “based on feedback” and “to make improvements” — While Microsoft announced earlier this year that it would block VBA macros on downloaded documents by default … | Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
In a shareholder letter, CEO Peter Smith says Blockchain.com could lose ~$270M in loans to Three Arrows Capital, but that the exchange “remains liquid, solvent” — Blockchain.com “remains liquid, solvent and our customers will not be impacted,” wrote CEO Peter Smith in a letter to shareholders.| The Verge: |
Rogers is experiencing a major outage, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada, and is “working hard to restore services” — Rogers confirmed the outage but has no ETA for a fix — Canadian telecom Rogers is suffering …
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Hidden Road, a global credit network for institutional investors providing real-time risk management, raised a $50M Series A led by Castle Island Ventures — - Castle Island Ventures led the $50 million raise which included a host of well known names such as Citadel Securities, FTX Ventures, Wintermute and more.
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SpaceX debuts Starlink Maritime, a yacht-focused satellite internet service with speeds up to 350 Mbps, priced at $5K per month and $10K for the dual terminals — Having conquered orbit, SpaceX's next venue seems to be the high seas, through a special yacht-focused sub-brand of its satellite internet service called Starlink Maritime.
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A New York state law passed last week will require concealed carry gun permit applicants to submit a list of social media accounts from the previous three years — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy … | Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: |
Glassnode: Bitcoin blockchain activity has dropped 13% from November 2021 highs to early July 2022; balances at exchanges are down 20%+ from a January 20 peak — As the crypto winter deepens, only the staunchest Bitcoin investors are still holding onto their tokens — but not on the exchanges.
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Tweets: @tax, @crypto, @glassnode, @glassnode, and @wublockchain
| Tim Keary / VentureBeat: |
Coalition, which offers cyber threat insurance and a real-time risk assessment tool, raised a $250M Series F at a $5B valuation, up from $3.5B in September 2021 — As provider of what it calls “Active Insurance,” Coalition not only offers insurance coverage against cyberthreats … Sponsor Posts
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