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Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more — In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges …
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Source: Elon Musk scheduled a deposition with Peiter Zatko before the complaint became public; Zatko's complaint accuses Twitter of “lying” to Musk about bots — Twitter's former security chief alleges that the company is hiding the ball when it comes to spam and bots
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| Reuters: |
Peiter Zatko's whistleblower complaint alleges India forced Twitter to hire one of its agents, who could have accessed sensitive user data due to weak security — A former Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put …
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Sources: Apple plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its release, shortening the production gap between India and China — Apple Inc. plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product's initial release out of China …
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| Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Orange DAO, a group of over 1,000 Y Combinator alumni that backs Web3 startups, raises $80M, mainly from strategic investors Algorand and Near — Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) structure for a collective decision-making framework.| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results — Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics …
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Flow's Adam Neumann seems to have a conflict of interest given he is the largest investor in real estate tech startup Alfred and had board seats there until May — In 2020, Adam Neumann's family office became a lead investor in real estate tech company Alfred.
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Insider. Tweets: @brianmcc, @amy_k_nelson, @eastdakota, @lockdownurlife, @dgmandell, @mattschaar, @hkanji, @katiedjennings, @forbes, @forbes, @mc_of_a, @davidjeans2, @n_sportelli, @forbes, @alexrkonrad, and @alexrkonrad. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Sergio Goschenko / Bitcoin News: |
Binance's CCO says hackers used an “AI hologram” to impersonate him during video calls to scam crypto projects into believing they would be listed on Binance — A set of hackers managed to impersonate Binance chief communications officer (CCO) Patrick Hillmann in a series …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Intel signs an unusual $30B agreement with Canadian asset manager Brookfield to help fund its factory expansion plans; the companies will split future revenue — Funding arrangement could be first of a series of such partnerships as chip maker builds new plants — Chips Act Will Create More Than One Million Jobs, Biden Says| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Estonia-based Ready Player Me, which helps build cross-world animated avatars, raised a $56M Series B led by a16z, following a $13M Series A in January 2022 — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg was roundly mocked for the bad graphics in his preview of a new expansion of Horizon Worlds, Meta's metaverse effort.
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Twitch lifts its long-standing partner exclusivity requirement, letting partners stream on YouTube, Facebook Live, and other platforms with some conditions — Partners will be able to stream on other platforms but multicasting will be limited to mobile platforms like TikTok
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| Bloomberg: |
Celonis, which helps enterprises discover inefficiencies, raised $1B at nearly a $13B valuation, after raising $1B in June 2021 at an $11B valuation — Celonis, a software company based in Munich and New York, secured $1 billion in funding from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority …
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FinSMEs, Celonis, Crunchbase News, and SiliconANGLE
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing a new “Nearby” feed with select users in Southeast Asia that displays local content to users, alongside a location tag feature for creators — TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed that is designed to display local content to users.
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @brendangahan, and @bradmichelson
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta learned the FTC opposed its Within acquisition via a tweet; the FTC says Meta met with each of the commissioners before the complaint was filed — Meta Platforms Inc. learned that the US Federal Trade Commission was suing the company over one of its smaller acquisitions via a Twitter post.
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