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September 9, 2022, 11:10 AM

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Tonya Riley / CyberScoop:
Some ex-staff say Patreon laid off its entire security team this week, raising concerns among users, but Patreon says the layoffs will not impact its security  —  Patreon laid off its security team this week, according to several former employees, sparking cybersecurity concerns among users …
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.
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” …
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Streaming television is going through an existential crisis as users cancel services and creators fear having their show or movie deleted on an executive's whim  —  Missing archives, less ambitious programming, higher prices: Creators and subscribers say they're seeing the fallout from television's big revolution
Financial Times:
Citing national security risks, GOP lawmakers warn Apple against procuring memory chips for iPhones from China's YMTC; Apple says it's evaluating usage in China  —  Tech company accused of ‘playing with fire’ if it buys data storage components from YMTC  —  Republican lawmakers have warned Apple …
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 …
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Michael McSweeney / The Block:
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.
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs  —  Last fall, movie director Quentin Tarantino announced that he would auction ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs to the public.  —  These NFTs would unlock handwritten scripts …
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook partner to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, a website featuring emails, videos, and historical materials tied to Jobs  —  CodeCon 2022 held an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs on Wednesday.

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