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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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Six Colors, ZDNet, and 9to5Google
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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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WREG-TV, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, Newsweek, CNN, Fox News, and Bloomberg
| 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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Darktrace Investor Relations, Tech Monitor, Financial Times, Infosecurity, IG, Yahoo News, GovInfoSecurity.com, IT PRO, London Evening Standard, Dow Jones Newswires, Proactiveinvestors UK, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Channel Futures, Dark Reading, FXStreet, UKTN, Agence France-Presse, and The Register
| 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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Geekbench, The Verge, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, DealNTech, The Mac Observer, ZDNet, CNET, AppleInsider News, and TechSpot
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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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