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A White House report proposes outright restrictions on proof-of-work mechanisms if US crypto mining companies fail to reduce the industry's environmental impact — - The White House encouraged a broad policy push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and urged the use of clean energy by U.S. crypto mining companies.| Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal: |
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint — Peiter Zatko pact over lost pay didn't prevent him from filing complaint now part of Elon Musk case| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel reveals its Arc Alchemist desktop GPU specifications for demanding, budget, and casual gamers; the top model will have 32 Xe cores and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM — Specifications of Intel's A770, A750, and A580. — the specifications of all of its Arc Alchemist A-series discrete graphics cards for desktop PCs.
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| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
The White House unveils six proposals for tech policy reform aimed at competition, algorithms, and safety on social platforms, and suggests Section 230 changes — The White House on Thursday praised “bipartisan interest in Congress in passing legislation to protect privacy” …
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team set up to address concerns about its products' downsides, but says the company remains committed to the same goals — Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company's products; Meta says efforts will continue
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited the Log4j flaw in VMware Horizon servers of energy providers in the US, Canada, and Japan from February to July 2022 — Security researchers have linked a new cyber espionage campaign targeting U.S., Canadian and Japanese energy providers … | CoinDesk: |
Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked hackers Lazarus Group earlier in 2022 — Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year. — Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis announced Thursday it helped …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous vehicles for Uber Eats deliveries in Mountain View, California, and Houston, Texas, in fall 2022 — Nuro's delivery pods are big enough to drive in the street — Uber Eats customers in California and Texas may soon …
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Ultra's app ecosystem challenges Garmin, which dominates the $699+ premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position — Apple begins slow-rolling its way onto Garmin's lucrative turf — I had a funny feeling watching yesterday's announcement …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
YouTube launches a video player for Google Classroom and other education apps, removing ads, external links, and recommendations to help “avoid distractions” — Plus creator tools for courses and quizzes — YouTube is introducing a handful of new features for creators …
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YouTube Official Blog, Engadget, Social Media Today, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, and Android Central. Tweets: @mattnavarra
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other users' posts in the Feed and plans to test the feature “soon with a small number of people” — Instagram is gearing up to give users the ability to repost other users' posts, the social network confirmed to TechCrunch.
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| Rob Davies / The Guardian: |
UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in the scandal-hit AI and cybersecurity company — Private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in scandal-hit British AI and cybersecurity firm — Shares in Darktrace …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
TigerEye, an enterprise sales tools startup founded by Tracy Young who previously founded PlanGrid, raised a $30M Series A led by Initialized Capital and Next47 — TigerEye, a stealthy San Francisco-based startup working on enterprise sales tools it plans to publicly launch next year … | The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max hands-on: iPhone 13 Pro design without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; the always-on display looks great — A first look at the new always-on display, camera, and more — Apple just announced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
The US DOJ says Google spends “enormous numbers” to be the default search engine on browsers and phones, in the first substantive hearing in its antitrust case — Alphabet Inc.'s Google pays billions of dollars each year to Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and other telecom giants …
Tweets: @leah_nylen
| Financial Times: |
Used car marketplace Cazoo plans to wind down European operations and focus on the UK, cutting 750 jobs; Cazoo expects the move to save £100M by the end of 2023 — Company cuts 750 jobs and will attempt to end sponsorships of region's biggest football clubs
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Business Wire, Benzinga, The Guardian, WalesOnline, Sifted, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @petercampbell1 and @petercampbell1
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Apple keeps US prices for iPhone 14 on par with iPhone 13, but raises them globally, including in the UK, Australia, Japan, and Germany, due to a strong USD — - Apple raised the price of its iPhone 14 series versus the iPhone 13 in key markets including the U.K., Japan and Germany …
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