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Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023 — ‘Advanced Data Protection’ will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos and other services—a step that may draw ire from law enforcement
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Apple won't launch its CSAM detection tool for iCloud photos, instead focusing its anti-CSAM efforts on the Communication Safety features launched in 2021 — The company plans to expand its Communication Safety features, which aim to disrupt the sharing of child sexual abuse material at the source.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated TerraUSD and LUNA markets, triggering the cryptocurrencies' collapse in May — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried and his hedge fund orchestrated trades in a way that led to the collapse of two cryptocurrencies in May.
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| Kollen Post / The Block: |
The US Senate Banking Committee calls on SBF to testify on December 14, one day after a similar House hearing; House lawmakers are also weighing a subpoena — - The Senate committee wants Sam Bankman-Fried to testify the day after he's been told to testify in the House of Representatives …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue's pricing to $11 per month for iOS users, likely due to Apple's App Store fees, and to $7 per month on the web — Twitter has informed some employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $7 if users pay …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Epic launches Cabined Accounts, a new type of account for kids under 13 that needs parental consent, rolling out in Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys — It says ‘cabined accounts’ offer a ‘new way for kids to join the metaverse.’ — Epic Games is rolling out a new type of account …
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How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources say Benioff was frustrated about how Taylor was spending his time — Exit of Bret Taylor from role he has shared for about a year wasn't long planned — The Tech Sector Is Taking a Beating. Here's Why.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Debunking claims on Twitter handling the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment — from the just-helping-you-out-here dept — Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you've said something quite wrong … | Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: |
A US bankruptcy judge orders Celsius to return ~$50M crypto deposits in non-interest bearing custody accounts, pending a decision on interest-bearing accounts — US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn ordered Celsius Network LLC to return cryptocurrency that never touched the lender's interest-bearing accounts to its customers.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The Pentagon awards Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle cloud contracts worth up to $9B in total through 2028 under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability — - Of the four companies receiving cloud-computing contracts from the Pentagon, all of them had received requests for bids from the U.S. federal agency last year.
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Sources: in January 2018, Alameda took loans worth $116M from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and philanthropist Luke Ding, both backers of “effective altruism” — The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers …
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to merge Waze's 500+ employees with its Maps group, starting on December 9; Waze will remain a standalone service and its CEO plans to leave — Search giant to keep navigation apps separate, says no layoffs are planned — How Google Remapped the World: The Tech Behind| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022: on the first day, participants earned $400K total for new exploits targeting Samsung Galaxy S22, printers, routers, and NAS devices — On the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $400,000 for new exploits targeting phones, printers, routers and NAS devices.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Plaid lays off approximately 260 employees, or 20% of its workforce, citing macroeconomic conditions; the company was valued at ~$13.4B in April 2021 — CEO says the fintech company ‘hired and invested ahead of revenue growth’ — Fintech decacorn Plaid is laying off 260 employees …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, raised a $200M Series C led by Iconiq Growth and GGV Capital at a $2B valuation — Drata, a security compliance and automation platform that helps companies adhere to frameworks such as SOC 2 and GDPR … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its Account Status hub to add transparency tools to help users with professional accounts learn if their content is eligible to be recommended — Instagram announced today that it's introducing new transparency tools so you can see whether your photos and videos are recommended in the app.
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Instagram, TechRadar, BGR India, The Verge, The Atlantic, Social Media Today, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @signalapp, @andymstone, @andymstone, @liahaberman, and @liahaberman
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Indiana's AG sues TikTok for allegedly deceiving users on China's data access and for exposing kids to mature content, the first state lawsuits against TikTok — The lawsuits are the first by an American state against TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, in a sign of mounting legal pressure.| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Masayoshi Son's SoftBank stake grew from 32.2% in end-September to 34.2%, up from 26.7% in March 2019, granting additional rights over mergers and more — Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group Corp. during a tumultuous market downturn … | Mark Matousek / The Information: |
Sources: the SEC is investigating whether messaging app IRL misled investors; IRL raised $170M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $1.17B valuation in June 2021 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating whether SoftBank-backed messaging app IRL violated securities laws … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based Setpoint, whose software helps companies close loan transactions faster, raised a $43M Series A led by a16z and aims to be the “Stripe for credit” — Setpoint, a startup that has built software to help other companies close loan transactions faster … | Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop: |
The annual US defense policy bill contains significant spending increases for US Cyber Command and other efforts to bolster national cybersecurity defenses — Congress is poised to vote in coming days on an $858 billion annual defense policy bill that contains significant spending increases …
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