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Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter is unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” September 2022 four-day trial and ask for a court date in February 2023 or later — Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter Inc. officials are unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” trial over claims …
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| Moneycontrol: |
Report: in emails sent to three creators, Coinbase says it is “temporarily shutting down” its US affiliate program on July 19 and plans to relaunch it in 2023 — According to a Business Insider article, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will “temporarily shut down” its US affiliate-marketing programme on July 19.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in the currently deadlocked FCC — Pai FCC said 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up was enough—Rosenworcel proposes 100/20Mbps. — Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman …
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Tweets: @adamnash, @mrbrown, @fcc, @brianweeden, @jrosenworcelfcc, and @karlbode
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Experts say archiving TikTok videos is challenging and urge the platform to preserve and provide access to its content for war crime investigations in Ukraine — The Chinese-owned video app is a trove of digital intelligence that lawyers are attempting to mine and archive| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
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Slashdot and The Economic Times
Tweets: @bostonjoan, @lydiaon10, @washingtonpost, @moonalice, and @willoremus
| Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a national ban on using digital assets for payments, but allows investing in digital assets like bitcoin — The drastic move comes after mixed signals from Russia's leaders and regulators. — Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed …
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| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Rapid delivery startups, which surged during the pandemic, have either retreated from some cities or shut down after struggling to make the economics work — Companies that promise groceries delivered in 15 minutes surged during the pandemic—but are now in retreat.
Tweets: @solsona, @victoria_agago, @harrymccracken, and @carnage4life
| Sabah Gurmat / Rest of World: |
An app for India's largest public employment program is jeopardizing the livelihood of 82M+ due to technical glitches, an English-only UI, and poor connectivity — Poor connectivity and an English-only interface make the app unusable for many who rely on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
Tweets: @restofworld, @restofworld, @vickiturk, @_sabahgurmat, and @restofworld
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
MakeMyMove: at least 71 US cities and towns now offer cash grants and other perks to attract remote workers, mostly in tech, up from at least 24 in October 2021 — Incentives are drawing high-paid tech workers, and challenging how we think about local economic development| Christopher Mathias / HuffPost: |
New Gab accounts seem to automatically follow the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor Doug Mastriano, after he paid Gab $5K in April for “campaign consulting” — The GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania paid the far-right platform a $5,000 “consulting” fee.
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Slate, 90.5 WESA, and Rolling Stone
Tweets: @letsgomathias, @letsgomathias, @pt, @jonbjohns, and @alkapdc
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sydney-based Hivery, whose software helps retailers select the right mix of products to stock on store shelves, has raised a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Hivery, a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million …
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Digital Nation, Business Wire, and PitchBook
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Seattle-based Phaidra, whose AI software automates building controls for industrial facilities like power plants, raised a $25M Series A led by Starshot Capital — Industrial production is one of the dirtiest corners of the corporate world. A startup from former Google engineers thinks … | Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
An interview with MetaMask co-founders who say “we can't stop people from making Ponzis on blockchains” and “putting your money in cryptocurrencies is gambling” — Co-founder Aaron Davis says in his first joint interview with Dan Finlay that “it feels too little too late …
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Tech.co and Inside Bitcoins
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