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How Telegram, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter were used to boost election fraud claims in Brazil before riots hit Congress and government buildings — Researchers detected a surge in agressive rhetoric from election denialists in far-right channels online ahead of Sunday's rioting
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| Eric Wallerstein / Wall Street Journal: |
FTX's bankruptcy executives are seeking to recoup Sam Bankman-Fried's and FTX's charitable donations; FTX's Future Fund pledged $160M+ to over 110 nonprofits — Nonprofits struggle to decide how to handle money received from bankrupt crypto exchange — Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX doled out millions in charitable donations.
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John Deere signs an MOU with the American Farm Bureau Federation, promising farmers the right to repair their equipment or go to an independent technician — The American Farm Bureau Federation and machinery manufacturer Deere & Co (DE.N) signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday …
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SteamDB: Valve's Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January 7 and recently exceeded 33M concurrent online users — Valve's game distribution platform Steam had a record-breaking weekend, exceeding 10 million concurrent in-game players for the first time …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Exploring the impact of the emerging AI epoch, led by DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and ChatGPT, on Apple, Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft — The story of 2022 was the emergence of AI, first with image generation models, including DALL-E, MidJourney, and the open source Stable Diffusion …
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SCOTUS lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug to install spyware, allowing surveillance on 1,400 people — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting …
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LinkedIn posts and Apple job listings suggest Apple plans to open its first flagship stores in India, likely beyond the reported 22,000 square foot Mumbai store — Smartphone maker wants to expand in the country and diversify manufacturing away from China — Apple has started hiring …
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| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
The EFF, iFixit, Consumer Reports, and other advocacy groups say companies with buzzy CES demos failed to address how customer data is collected and protected — CES brings a flood of new gadgets with dangerous technology and little vetting — LAS VEGAS — American shoppers …
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Q&A with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in the role since December 2007, on acquiring Figma for $20B, the state of the industry, hybrid work, longevity, and more — For all the turmoil in the technology industry in 2022, Adobe Inc. ADBE 1.31%increase; green up pointing triangle Chief … | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Up until late December 2022, hackers were using a flaw in Experian's site to get anyone's entire credit report using only their name, address, birthday, and SSN — Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus.
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| Jesse Pound / CNBC: |
Vista Equity Partners plans to acquire insurance tech company Duck Creek for ~$2.6B in cash, or $19 per share, a 46% premium on Friday's close; DCT jumps 45%+ — Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT — Insurance tech company Duck Creek Technologies has reached a takeover deal …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: UK PM Rishi Sunak met Arm CEO Rene Haas and Masayoshi Son in December to revive talks of London sharing Cambridge-based Arm's IPO listing with New York — Officials and London Stock Exchange face uphill battle to secure UK role for chip designer's IPO
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People's Bank of China official Guo Shuqing says the government's two-year clampdown on financial units at Alibaba, Tencent, Didi, and 11 others is winding down — Alibaba, Tencent, Didi and Meituan can expect normalized supervision — China's more than two-year clampdown … Sponsor Posts
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