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WhatsApp says it has fixed an issue that caused a major outage worldwide, lasting from around 3AM to 5AM ET — WhatsApp went down in a major outage affecting the communications app for two hours today. The service started experiencing issues at around 3AM ET, with users greeted with a “connecting” message.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's new App Store guidelines say that social networking apps that sell “boosts” for posts must use in-app purchases for the transactions — With the release of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1, Apple is updating the App Store review guidelines that are provided to developers who create apps for iPhones and iPads.
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Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to begin selling DALL-E 2-generated stock imagery “in the coming months” and launches a Contributor Fund to reimburse creators — Will AI image generators kill the stock image industry? It's a question asked by many following the rise of text-to-image AI models in recent years.
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An in-depth look at crypto and blockchains: the underlying tech, its uses and meaning, the crypto financial system, and trust, money, and community — - What If You Don't Like It? — Digital Cash — Part II — What Does It Mean? — A Store of Value — A Distributed Computer| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, and macOS Ventura, with iCloud Shared Photo Library, Continuity Camera, Stage Manager for the Mac and the iPad, and more — Apple has released iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and macOS 13, as it announced it would do last week.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
macOS Ventura review: Stage Manager has some good ideas and runs much better on the Mac than on the iPad, the new System Settings app is inconsistent, and more — A pleasantly surprising new multitasking UI and app redesigns define macOS 13. — If you asked me to tell you all the most exciting things …
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| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Microsoft stocks up on Chinese games to emulate Sony's success with Genshin Impact; filings show Microsoft paid $4.8M for Snail Games' ARK and ARK 2 — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is stocking up on Chinese video game content to emulate Sony Group Corp's (6758.T) success with “Genshin Impact” …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 9 review: 120Hz display, 5G, and 1080p camera, but pricey without accessories, slow apps, and just two USB ports — Exceptional hardware is still marred by incompatibilies … Video calling. — After several days of using the Qualcomm-powered Surface Pro 9 …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5-inch) review: strong single-core performance, thin and light, and 3:2, but 720p camera, few ports, and average battery life — Microsoft made a few updates to the Surface Laptop, and I'm very sad about one of them … I'm a big fan of Microsoft's laptop hardware …
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| Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
NEAR Protocol shuts down USN, its stablecoin launched in April 2022, “to safeguard USN holders” after USN exhibited risky characteristics like those of TerraUSD — To avoid another LUNA debacle, the undercollateralized USN will be phased out. — NEAR Protocol's stablecoin …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
The FTC sanctions Uber-owned alcohol delivery company Drizly and its CEO for data privacy abuses; Drizly will have to implement new data controls and training — The agency's rare decision to single out Drizly CEO Jason Rellas signals a new approach to data security abuses
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| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
Purdue University expands semiconductor education as some estimates say the US' chip reshoring effort needs 50,000+ new engineers over the next five years — Purdue University races to expand semiconductor education to fill yawning workforce gap that threatens reshoring effort
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| Kari McMahon / The Block: |
BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner steps down as CEO of the crypto exchange with immediate effect, replaced by CFO Stephan Lutz; Höptner joined BitMEX in 2021 — - Alexander Höptner is departing from his role as CEO of crypto exchange BitMex with immediate effect.| Financial Times: |
A look at TSMC's efforts to build ever-smaller, more powerful, and energy efficient semiconductors, as competitors race to catch up and erode its edge — Taiwan chipmaker ‘could stumble’ as industry is forced to develop new transistor technology — Smartphone chip design house MediaTek … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A book excerpt details US law enforcement efforts to catch Alpha02, who created AlphaBay, the largest online drug and crime bazaar, in 2014 and ran the service — The notorious Alpha02 oversaw millions of dollars a day in online narcotic sales. For cybercrime detectives, he was public enemy number one—and a total mystery.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
The UK's FCA plans to investigate Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta's moves into retail financial services over competition and consumer harm concerns — Financial Conduct Authority says Silicon Valley's resources might harm competition and disadvantage others
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
The Competition Commission of India fines Google $113M over alleged anti-competitive Play Store practices, following a $161.9M fine over Android from last week — India's antitrust watchdog has hit Google with $113 million fine for abusing the dominant position of its Google Play Store …
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A look at delivery startup Gopuff's rise, reaching 165 warehouses covering 600 US cities by 2020 and a $15B valuation by 2021, and fall, as pandemic trends fade — Gopuff's 10,000-square-foot warehouse in downtown Philadelphia sits right at the intersection of hedonism and sloth.
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The US DOJ charges two Chinese intelligence officers with trying to obstruct a criminal probe, sources say into Huawei, by offering bribes to a US double agent — Failed scheme included an effort by two alleged Chinese intelligence officers to bribe a U.S. law-enforcement official who acted as a double agent, government says
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| Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: |
Japan tells its citizens to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to public health insurance, as many worry their data might be misused or stolen — Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs … Sponsor Posts
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