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A rundown of Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko's testimony before US Senate Judiciary Committee lawmakers — Twitter shareholders voted Tuesday to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to acquire it, setting the world's richest man on a collision course with the social media company …
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| Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: |
A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former colleagues for info — Many of Peiter (Mudge) Zatko's former colleagues have received offers of payment for information about him.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ignoring hackers' ongoing efforts to access its systems, how the FTC let the company “grade its own homework”, and more — A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities. Covering up security failures. Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.| David McCabe / New York Times: |
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an email to developers, Apple says that new App Store ad placements will be available for the 2022 holiday season — - Apple is planning to release new ad “placements” as soon as the holiday season of this year. — The new ad units represent a significant expansion in Apple's advertising inventory … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to test Discord-like “Community Chats” in Messenger and Facebook Groups, offering categories, audio and video channels, admin-only chats, and more — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning that “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Twitter says that a preliminary count shows that shareholders have voted to approve Elon Musk's proposed $44B buyout — Twitter's shareholders have voted to approve a proposed $44 billion acquisition by Elon Musk. Reports yesterday suggested that a wide margin of approval was expected for the vote …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Alongside iOS 16, Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Monterey 12.6, and macOS Big Sur 11.7 to fix 2022's eighth actively exploited iOS and macOS zero-day — Apple has released security updates to address the eighth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones and Macs since the start of the year.
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| CNBC: |
After surprising CPI data, the Nasdaq closes down 5.16%, Nvidia down 9.47%, Meta down 9.37%, Coinbase down 8.84%, Amazon down 7.06%; BTC fell 9%+ in 24 hours — WATCH NOW — Four experts react to August's key inflation report — Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Twitter rolls out its redesigned Spaces tab to Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS, which includes live and recorded Spaces, podcasts, and themed audio stations — Twitter has begun rolling out its redesigned Spaces tab. Starting today, Twitter Blue members on iOS can check …
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| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet: |
Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the US NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs — Chips used to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices oftentimes have a large price tag, posing a big obstacle for innovation.| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
The Linux Foundation plans to form the OpenWallet Foundation, building open-source interoperability for digital wallets, supported by Okta, Accenture, and more — The Linux Foundation has announced plans for a new collaborative initiative designed to support interoperability across digital wallets, built on an open source bedrock.
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Bob Iger, the CEO of Walt Disney from 2005 to 2020, joins VC firm Thrive Capital, founded by Joshua Kushner, as a venture partner to advise on day-to-day work — As a venture partner, Iger will identify new investments and mentor founders in day-to-day role — Netflix Hit a Subscriber Peak, Here's How It Plans to Keep Growing
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| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
Nikhil Wahi, a brother of ex-Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleads guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge, in the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency — The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager pleaded guilty on Monday to a wire fraud conspiracy charge …
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| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
TCG invests $100M in Night Capital, co-founded by Mr. Beast's manager Reed Duchscher, which plans to buy DTC businesses and pair them with influential creators — Reed Duchscher, the manager of the YouTube megastar “Mr. Beast,” is teaming up with the investment firm TCG to bankroll businesses led by online creators.
Tweets: @jarroddicker and @bentwitr
| Maria Gracia Santillana Linares / Forbes: |
Doodles, an NFT profile picture maker, raised $54M at a $704M valuation from Alexis Ohanian's 776, FTX, and others, and plans to expand to music and gaming NFTs — Amid generally somber conditions in the non-fungible token (NFT) market, colorful-profile-picture maker Doodles raised $54 million …
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| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Amazon updates its entry-level Kindle with USB-C, 16GB of storage as standard, a blue color option, and an improved 300ppi display, available for $100 with ads — Amazon's most basic Kindle still squeaks in at under $100, with some compromises. — Alerts
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| CNN: |
Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes down its Sacramento data center region; another data center outage could mean downtime for some users — Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Tel Aviv-based Zesty, which helps cut cloud costs by automatically scaling resources to demand, raised a $75M Series B led by B Capital and Sapphire Ventures — Spending on the cloud shows no signs of slowing down. In the first quarter of 2021, corporate cloud services infrastructure investment increased …
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| Eva Szalay / Bloomberg: |
Crypto lending rates sink below three-month US Treasury yields; DeFiLlama data shows DeFi platforms' total value locked fell from $182B in December 2021 to $60B — Cryptocurrencies are facing a new threat: the lure of Treasuries offering a similar payout for a whole lot less risk.| Reuters: |
A close look at Twitter's China business, one of its largest non-US revenue streams: local governments and state media buying ads, internal tensions, and more — Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site …
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