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Hackers drain nearly the entire $190.7M in crypto from the Nomad token bridge, which raised an April 2022 seed from Coinbase, OpenSea, and five other companies — Hundreds of potential exploiters appear to have drained all of the bridge's $190 million in TVL in just a matter of hours. — 57 Total views
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| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
New York's State Department of Financial Services fines Robinhood's crypto unit $30M for allegedly violating anti-money laundering and cybersecurity regulations — The New York State Department of Financial Services alleges that Robinhood violated anti-money-laundering and cybersecurity regulations
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Samsung launches its iFixit repair program, covering Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7+ devices; S22 flagships are not supported and the number of repairs are limited — But not its latest phones and tablets — Samsung and Fixit have launched their repair program that lets Galaxy S20, S21 …
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| Sofia Pitt / CNBC: |
Uber reports Q2 revenue rose 105% YoY to $8.1B, above $7.39B estimates, a $2.6B net loss, and mobility gross bookings up 55% YoY to $13.4B; stock jumps 15%+ — - Uber reported a net loss of $2.6 billion for the second quarter, $1.7 billion of which was attributed to investments and a revaluation of stakes in Aurora, Grab and Zomato.
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| Sofia Pitt / CNBC: |
Airbnb reports Q2 revenue up 58% YoY to $2.1B, vs $2.11B est., $379M net income, up from a loss of $68M YoY, and a $2B stock buyback program — - Revenue jumped 58% year-over-year to $2.1 billion helping to drive the company's most profitable second quarter to date.| Washington Post: |
Legal docs: in its Elon Musk lawsuit, Twitter subpoenaed info about Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, Steve Jurvetson, Marc Andreessen, Jason Calacanis, others — Twitter has subpoenaed information about elite Silicon Valley investors Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, and Steve Jurvetson
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| Bloomberg: |
The Chips and Science Act bars companies that get US federal funding from adding production of advanced chips in China, impacting Intel, TSMC, and others — As the US Congress passed an historic $52 billion federal program to boost domestic chipmaking capabilities, it included one significant caveat …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Adam Mosseri plans to temporarily relocate to London and build out Instagram's presence over the coming months at Meta's King's Cross offices — UK capital will effectively become social media app's base as parent Meta battles TikTok — Instagram head Adam Mosseri is moving to London …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: e-commerce marketing automation service Klaviyo raised $100M from Shopify; Klaviyo has raised ~$775M to date and was valued at $9.5B in May 2021 — Ecommerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has received a $100 million strategic investment from Shopify … | TechCrunch: |
LA-based MarqVision, which uses AI to monitor marketplaces for counterfeits, including of NFTs, raised a $20M Series A led by DST Global and Atinum Investment — As of 2020, the clothing sector lost about $27 billion in annual sales due to counterfeits, an illicit trade that results in huge losses to both brands and buyers.
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| Insider: |
As TikTok grows in the Middle East and North Africa, its regional content moderators complain of psychological distress and pay of around $2 to $3 per hour — - As TikTok gains in popularity in the Middle East and North Africa, it's ramping up its content moderation operation in the region.
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| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: despite a November 2019 pledge to slow down, Masayoshi Son pushed SoftBank staff into investing $38B out of Vision Fund 2 across 180+ companies in 2021 — CEO Masayoshi Son pledged to curb his aggressive investment bets yet plunged into startups last year at the market top
Tweets: @eliotwb, @mattzeitlin, @alexfrangos, and @wsj
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
CloudSEK researchers find 3,207 mobile apps exposing Twitter API keys to the public, potentially letting hackers take over associated users' Twitter accounts — Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a set of 3,207 mobile apps that are exposing Twitter API keys to the public …
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| Shubham Saharan / Bloomberg: |
Parafin, which builds financing arms for companies to lend to SMBs, raised a $60M Series B led by GIC, bringing its valuation to $520M and total funding to $94M — Parafin, a financial-technology startup run by former Robinhood Markets Inc. staffers, raised $60 million in its second funding round.
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