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DC's AG sues Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy, alleging he evaded $25M+ in taxes by claiming to live in Florida or Virginia and the firm conspired to help him — The attorney general's office is also suing the business software company for allegedly helping him evade taxes on his earnings in the district.
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Arm sues Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia for using licenses without approval, asking Qualcomm to destroy designs developed under Nuvia's agreements with Arm — Chip technology firm Arm Ltd, which is owned by Softbank Group Corp (9984.T), said on Wednesday it has sued Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) …
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Nvidia and AMD say the US imposed export restrictions on chips used for AI applications to Russia and China, affecting chips like Nvidia's A100 and AMD's MI200 — The U.S. has begun to impose fresh restrictions on exports of advanced chips necessary for AI-related applications to Russia and China …
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Memo: on top of cutting ~20% of its staff, Snap cancels its original shows, in-app games, and Zenly and Voisey apps; the layoffs could save $500M annually — Snapchat's original shows, in-app games, and camera drone are no more — Snap is laying off around 20 percent of its more than 6,400 employees …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Meta is setting up a New Monetization Experiences division to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — A new team will be tasked with building paid experiences across Meta's apps — Meta is setting up a product organization … | Joseph Cox / VICE: |
After an outcry over serving anti-trans stalking forum Kiwi Farms, Cloudflare says denying security services due to “despicable” content is the wrong policy — The company has faced mounting pressure to stop providing security services to Kiwi Farms, whose users regularly dox and stalk trans people.
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| Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony and Tencent's Sixjoy acquire a combined 30.34% of Elden Ring game company FromSoftware; FromSoftware's parent Kadokawa retains the remaining 69.66% — FromSoftware says the investment may help it publish games globally - Elden Ring studio FromSoftware has announced that it's selling shares …
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| Corin Faife / The Verge: |
Microsoft reveals a now-patched “high severity vulnerability” in TikTok for Android that could let attackers take over accounts that clicked on a malicious link — Hackers could have used the exploit to post videos, send messages, and edit account details
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Ticketing service SeatGeek raised a $238M Series E at a ~$1.2B valuation after terminating a SPAC deal with Forbes in early June — SeatGeek has raised $238 million privately from investors including Wellington Management after recently terminating a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company …
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
a16z releases free “Can't Be Evil” licenses for NFTs, inspired by Creative Commons, on GitHub; NFT licensing has been attempted before, including by Dapper Labs — Andreessen Horowitz's crypto arm is releasing a free licensing system, aiming to help the NFT sector fulfil its “economic potential.”
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| Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
Crypto.com sues an Australian woman after erroneously sending her AU$10.5M in May 2021 instead of a AU$100 refund; the woman reportedly bought a AU$1.35M house — A woman asked for a $100 refund from the crypto platform but instead received $10.5 million—and then went on a spending spree, according to reports.
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Netflix seeks to charge brands a CPM of about $65 on its ad-supported tier, more than most other services, with an annual $20M brand spending cap — Streaming giant aims for Nov. 1 launch of ad-supported tier, ad buyers say — Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.32%▲ … | ProPublica: |
An investigation details an Instagram verification scheme using fake profiles on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and more; Meta removes badges from 300+ accounts — To his more than 150,000 followers on Instagram, Dr. Martin Jugenburg is Real Dr. 6ix, a well-coiffed Toronto plastic surgeon posting images … | Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Q&A with Chris McKillop, the former director of engineering for Google's Fuchsia project, on the past, present, and future of the OS, Nexus Q failures, and more — The former director of engineering for Google's Fuchsia project, Chris McKillop, has shared with us some insights …
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