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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney announces Disney+ Basic, its ads tier for $7.99 per month, launching in the US on December 8, and raises the ad-free price from $7.99 to $10.99 per month — Disney has set pricing and date for the U.S. launch of the version of Disney+ with ads, while also hiking the monthly price of the Disney+ tier with no ads.
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @film_girl, @xpangler, @hillitech, @hillitech, @kfury, @sherman4949, @exameter, @davidfowl, @nixxin, and @grady_booch
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Disney hit 221.1M global streaming subscribers in Q3, surpassing Netflix's 220.7M in Q3; Disney+ had 152.1M subscribers, Hulu had 46.2M, and ESPN+ had 22.8M — The Walt Disney Company reported on Wednesday that total Disney+ subscriptions rose to 152.1 million during the company's third-quarter, posting better-than-expected results.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cisco confirms the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its network in May 2022; Yanluowang claimed to have stolen 2.75GB of data, or ~3.1K files including NDAs — Cisco confirmed today that the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and that the actor tried …
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Cisco Talos Intelligence Group. More:
tools.cisco.com, CSO, Forbes, Bloomberg, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, The Record, and DataBreaches.net
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Ethereum's third and final proof-of-stake test merge goes live on the Goerli test network, a dress rehearsal for the mainnet merge planned for September 2022 — - Ethereum has passed the final test for proof of stake merge on Goerli. — The event served as a dress rehearsal for the eventual mainnet merge planned in September.
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft and CISA warn users about DogWalk, a now-patched actively exploited RCE vulnerability in Windows 7, 10, 11, and Server 2008 through 2022 — The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two more flaws to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, based on evidence of active exploitation.
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BleepingComputer, PCMag, Security Affairs, The Stack, MyBroadband, IT PRO, SC Media, TechRadar, GovInfoSecurity.com, HotHardware, and The Record
Tweets: @spoofyroot, @windowsupdate, @wdormann, @brdpoker, and @j00sean
| Felix Krause: |
A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram opening links in a custom in-app browser on iOS lets Meta track every interaction, including entering passwords — The iOS Instagram and Facebook app render all third party links and ads within their app using a custom in-app browser.
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Adrian Holovaty, MacRumors, Social Media Today, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google says Search will use its AI model Multitask Unified Model to find consensus among results for info snippets and expands its “About this result” tool — You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information?
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Following the Nebraska abortion case, Meta tests expanded E2EE for Messenger, including backups, and promises a global rollout for messages and calls in 2023 — The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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Meta, Engadget, The Verge, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @lilyhnewman, @andymstone, @metanewsroom, @fightfortheftr, @evan_greer, and @session_app
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
In documents filed with Brazil's competition regulator, Microsoft says Sony pays for “blocking rights” to “prevent developers from adding content to Game Pass” — An explosive claim from Microsoft — Microsoft has claimed Sony pays for “blocking rights” …
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @zhugeex, @twthereddragon, @xboxthebestbox, @bansama, @m00chtv, @nextgenplayer, @xcloudtimdog, and @directfeedgames
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple signed a Futuro Studios deal to fund podcast development and production in exchange for the first look to turn any podcast into a film or TV show — Apple Inc., stepping up its spending on original podcasts, signed an agreement with a Pulitzer Prize-winning studio …
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Engadget, The Verge, Silicon Republic, iThinkDifferent, Patently Apple, MacRumors, iMore, CNET, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @newsynick, @lucas_shaw, and @pabloreports
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC rejects SpaceX's application for an $885M subsidy to provide Starlink broadband to rural America over 10 years, after tentatively approving it in 2020 — The FCC has rejected the application of Starlink to provide broadband to rural America at a cost of $885 million over ten years, nullifying a tentative approval back in 2020.
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Federal Communications …. More:
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Tweets: @timkarr, @merrdiff, and @mikeddano
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase disclosed in its latest quarterly filing that the US SEC is investigating its token listing processes, staking programs, and yield-generating products — The company told investors it has received “investigative subpoenas” from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bloomberg, Barron's Online, Crypto Briefing, Blockworks, CoinGape, Watcher Guru, PYMNTS.com, Protocol, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @frances_coppola, @joelight, @crypto, and @mdudas
| Malavika Kaur Makol / Bloomberg: |
India's central bank releases guidelines for digital lending, which is projected to reach $350B in India by 2023, after complaints over harsh recovery tactics — India's central bank released guidelines for digital lending, targeted at bringing transparency and data protection to the business …
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Reserve Bank of India. More:
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Tweets: @rbi, @vijayshekhar, @srikrishnalavu, and @dugalira
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
In its first known crypto investigation, the FTC seeks information from crypto exchange BitMart about a December 2021 hack that led to $150M-$200M in losses — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the operators of the BitMart cryptocurrency exchange over a December 2021 hack that led …
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Blockworks, Washington Post, CryptoSlate, and CoinGape
| Pew Research Center: |
An in-depth look at US teenagers and social media in 2022: 95% say they use YouTube, 67% use TikTok, 62% use Instagram, 59% use Snapchat, and 32% use Facebook — TikTok has established itself as one of the top online platforms for U.S. teens, while the share of teens who use Facebook has fallen sharply| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Elliptic: cross-chain bridge RenBridge has been used to launder $540M+ in crime-related crypto cash since 2020, including 53M+ by the Conti ransomware group — - RenBridge has been used to launder at least $540 million in crime-related crypto cash since 2020, according to new research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic.| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker keep his verified account with 2.1M followers, despite being implicated in a plot to recruit employees — Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine, which uses machine learning to identify potential drug targets, raised $35M from Prosperity7, bringing its Series D to $95M — Hong Kong-based drug discovery and development company Insilico has secured fresh capital at a time that its CEO described as a “biotech winter.”
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk's lawyers asked the judge in the Twitter case to compel the company to hand over the names of employees who count spam and bot accounts — Elon Musk is accusing Twitter Inc. of hiding key witnesses in their legal battle over whether he must consummate a $44 billion buyout of the company …
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Insider, Reuters, Gizchina, Livemint, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @kurtwagner8 and @ubiquity75
| Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
| Financial Times: |
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already popular in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe — Manrika Khaira regularly broadcasts live on TikTok to her following of more than half a million people. She uses the social media platform …
Tweets: @aulia, @mattnavarra, and @astaniscia86
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC plans to begin writing online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children — Lack of a broad federal law has become a growing concern as online platforms and others amass troves of consumers' search data and other information
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