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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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| Washington Post: |
Legal docs: Twitter subpoenaed information about Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, Steve Jurvetson, Marc Andreessen, and others in its Elon Musk lawsuit — Twitter has subpoenaed information about elite Silicon Valley investors Chamath Palihapitiya, David Sacks, and Steve Jurvetson
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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 …
Tweets: @leokelion, @aulia, @oliverjhaslam, @atbwebb, @janinegibson, and @quinnypig
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet: |
IDC reports global Chromebook shipments fell 51.4% YoY to 6M units in Q2 2022, still above pre-pandemic levels, and tablet shipments rose 0.15% YoY to 40.5M — The second quarter of 2022 showed a sharp decline in Chromebook shipments — When the world went online because of the pandemic …
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $666M, vs $667M est., global MAUs down 5% YoY to 433M, vs 431M est., and a net loss of $43M; the stock jumps 21%+ — - Pinterest posted disappointing financial results and gave guidance that missed Wall Street expectations, but user numbers were better than expected.
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| 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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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.
Tweets: @shonaghosh and @rinachandran
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
The CXL consortium plans to absorb the OpenCAPI consortium's assets and standards, setting CXL to become the dominant server CPU-to-device interconnect standard — With the 2022 Flash Memory Summit taking place this week, not only is there a slew of solid-state storage announcements in the pipe … | Politico: |
On top of chip subsidies, the US must reform its immigration policies for high-skilled workers and invest in STEM education to become a manufacturing hub again — JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — Just 15 minutes outside of downtown Columbus, the suburbs abruptly evaporate.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Leaked docs: how Roblox handles child grooming, automatic image scanning, mass shooting simulators, and more; Roblox says it has 2,600+ working on moderation — Internal documents reveal how exactly the platform played by half of all children in the U.S. is tackling grooming …
Tweets: @karlssonmax, @motherboard, @josephfcox, @motherboard, and @motherboard
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Microsoft extends the useful life of its cloud server assets from four to six years, citing improved efficiencies and tech, and expects to save $3.7B in FY 2023 — Banks billions by making servers last even longer than AWS or Google — Microsoft has extended the life of the machines powering … | Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Bolt Mobility, co-founded by Usain Bolt, seems to have ceased operations and vanished from at least five US cities, leaving unusable e-bikes; Bolt raised $40.2M — Bolt Mobility, the Miami-based micromobility startup co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, appears to have vanished without …
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SlashGear, JOMO, Engadget, Electrek, and Slashdot
Tweets: @moderaterepand1, @mcwm, @ranjanxroy, @zdroberts, @peterkrupa, @carnage4life, and @maxwellstrachan
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says its 2021 carbon footprint rose 18% YoY and 40% from 2019 to ~71.54M metric tons of CO2 equivalent, despite its plans to be “net zero carbon” by 2040 — Amazon.com Inc. said its carbon footprint grew 18% in 2021, as the company's rapid growth during …
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Tweets: @ron_miller, @kyweise, and @business
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