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An interview with 3AC founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, who may be hiding in the UAE, on its “regrettable” collapse, leverage, Luna, risk management, and more — After five weeks in hiding, the disgraced founders of Three Arrows Capital spoke extensively about the spectacular implosion …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Google fires engineer Blake Lemoine, who believed Google's LaMDA conversational technology was sentient, citing employment and data security policy violations — Google has fired Blake Lemoine, the engineer who said he believed the company's LaMDA conversational technology was sentient.
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Source: FTX is in advanced talks to acquire South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb — FTX, the crypto trading platform co-founded by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, is in advanced talks to buy South Korea's Bithumb, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
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| Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: |
FTX plans to let customers of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager create new accounts on FTX, funded by an early distribution of a part of their bankruptcy claims — The crypto exchange will allow Voyager customers to create accounts funded by an early distribution of a part of their bankruptcy claims.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Twitter reports Q2 revenue down 1% YoY to $1.18B, vs. 1.32B est., a $270M net loss, down from $66M in net income a year ago, and 237.8M mDAUs, up 16.6% YoY — - Twitter reported earnings for the second quarter on Friday that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Snap's stock closes down 39.08% following its Q2 earnings report that missed expectations, and is down 78%+ year-to-date — - Shares of Snap fell 39% on Friday, a day after the company reported disappointing second-quarter results. — Snap attributed its results to a challenging economy …
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Microsoft resumes blocking VBA macros by default in downloaded Office documents, after rolling it back earlier this month following user feedback — Microsoft announced today that it resumed the rollout of VBA macro auto-blocking in downloaded Office documents after temporarily rolling … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
T-Mobile agrees to pay $350M to settle a class action lawsuit over a cyberattack in 2021 that impacted 76M+ customers and pledges $150M in security investments — T-Mobile agreed Friday to pay $350 million to settle class-action lawsuits brought over an August 2021 cyberattack … | Mike Allen / Axios: |
Amazon SVP of global corporate affairs Jay Carney plans to join Airbnb in September 2022 as global head of policy and communications, succeeding Chris Lehane — Jay Carney, who was White House press secretary under President Obama, will move from Amazon to Airbnb as global head of policy and communications.
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
A South Carolina bill would make it illegal to host, or provide access to, a website with information that is “reasonably likely to be used for an abortion” — More states could follow, setting up a battle over the future of online speech across the country. — Listen — Gift Article| Oversight Board: |
Meta's Oversight Board Trust says the company is giving $150M to the trust as part of ongoing financial support, after its initial $130M contribution in 2019 — Today the Oversight Board Trust announced that Meta has made a commitment that provides for ongoing financial support for the Oversight Board.
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Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta, who stepped down as CEO in 2021, says he'll step down as executive chairman and leave the board once the company goes public — A year ago, Instacart co-founder Apoorva Mehta left his role as chief executive of the grocery delivery unicorn and took on an executive chairman position.Sponsor Posts
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