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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Crypto market maker Wintermute says hackers stole $160M from its DeFi operations but the firm remains solvent; in total, 90 assets were stolen, most worth <$1M — - Crypto market making firm Wintermute has been hacked. — The firm maintains that it is solvent.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple plans to increase the price of apps and IAP on the App Store in all territories that use the euro and some Asian countries, starting October 5 — Apple announced on Monday that it will soon raise App Store prices in multiple countries, including Japan, South Korea, and many others in Europe.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @rsgnl, and @bytebot
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A study by Mozilla using YouTube recommendation data from 20,000+ users and 500M+ videos finds the “dislike” and “not interested” buttons have little impact — Even when users tell YouTube they aren't interested in certain types of videos, similar recommendations keep coming, a new study by Mozilla found.
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Mozilla, TechCrunch, Android Authority, Wired UK, Engadget, Digit, and New York Times
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Sources: Nasdaq is exploring an institutional crypto custody service, pending regulatory approval, and a crypto-focused division called Nasdaq Digital Assets — - Nasdaq has been plotting a move into crypto custody, according to several sources. — The move is in line with its broader mission …
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Bloomberg, Decrypt, CoinDesk, CoinGape, and Bitcoin Magazine
Tweets: @mayazi, @fintechfrank, and @defisurfer808
| Uber Newsroom: |
Responding to last week's hack, Uber says a contractor's account was breached by Lapsus$-linked hackers and exposed HackerOne bug reports were remediated — While our investigation is still ongoing, we are providing an update on our response to last week's security incident. — What happened?
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Tweets: @vxunderground, @nucleartux, @vxunderground, @gazthejourno, @videotech_, @racheltobac, @b_fung, and @margimurphy
| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
An in-depth look at AI image-creation tools like Imagen, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney; Midjourney users are making concept art for clients and using stock art less — How we work — even think — changes when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
In a federal lawsuit against crypto influencer Ian Balina, the SEC claims the entire Ethereum network falls under the US government's purview — In a civil complaint against a crypto influencer, the SEC suggested that it believes the U.S. government has jurisdiction over all Ethereum transactions.
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Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, The Block, Micky, CoinGape, Coinpedia, CryptoSlate, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, Ethereum World News, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @thecryptolark, @digperspectives, @naomibrockwell, and @thomastthai
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Court filing: Alameda Research plans to repay ~$128M in bitcoin and ~$70M in ether to bankrupt crypto lender Voyager and will reclaim ~$160M in collateral — - Crypto trading firm Alameda Research will repay two large loans demoninated in bitcoin and ether. — Once repaid, Alameda will reclaim some $160 million in collateral.
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Decrypt, crypto.news, Blockchain News, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, and Stablecoin Vs Fiat Currencies
Tweets: @fatmanterra, @adamscochran, @ledgerstatus, @tier10k, @alistairmilne, and @bitfinexed
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Sequence, which offers APIs and other tools for pricing, billing, and related services, raised a $19M seed led by a16z — When it comes to fintech, consumers have commanded the most attention in the last decade, with banking, credit, investing and other legacy services getting the disruption treatment.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says a software update is coming next week to fix the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max camera shake issue in third-party apps — Apple will be releasing a software update to fix the camera shake issue affecting iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models.
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Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, NextPit, iPhone Hacks, CNBC, XDA Developers, CNET, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @lukemiani, @halidecamera, @macrumors, @zollotech, @daniel_rubino, @rsgnl, @halidecamera, @samifathi_, @donglebookpro, and @ztivom
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Tweets: @lukemiani, @drewthaler, @patrickmoorhead, @tjl, @chancehmiller, @caseynewton, @dsilverman, @chancehmiller, @pedrodias, @mattmcgee, and @donglebookpro
| Kyle Wiens / iFixit News: |
A teardown of the iPhone 14 reveals a redesigned internal metal midframe, allowing access from the front and the back, which should make repairs easier — The best feature of the iPhone 14 is one that Apple didn't tell you about. Forget satellite SOS and the larger camera, the headline is this …
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Tweets: @kwiens, @mkbhd, @joannastern, @mcwm, @kwiens, @bcmerchant, @steipete, @shortformernie, @geoffreyfowler, @robpegoraro, @bzamayo, @anthony, @tapbot_paul, @benedictevans, @kwiens, and @kwiens
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Google plans to launch a pilot program this week to keep political campaign emails from going to Gmail's spam folder, following pressure from GOP politicians — Google is launching a pilot program to keep emails from political campaigns from going to users' spam folders this week, the company told Axios.
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AppleInsider, The Verge, The Economic Times, TechRadar, Neowin, Android Police, Slashdot, and 9to5Google
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Amazon saw the “biggest three hours for US Prime signups ever” in its first exclusive stream of Thursday Night Football — Amazon is already seeing some fruits from its massive investment in live NFL streaming. — The company reported the “biggest three hours … | Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: |
Rockstar confirms a “network intrusion” by “an unauthorized third party”, leading to the GTA VI leak, and says the game's development will continue “as planned” — Rockstar Games has publicly commented on this weekend's huge leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage.
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @rstaruniverse, @crusty783, @jasonschreier, @okami13_, @wario64, @firstadopter, and @nibellion
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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