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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network using Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens — Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) launched Base, a layer 2 network built using Optimism's OP Stack, to attract millions of new crypto users in the coming years.| Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: |
Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, asking staff to uninstall the app by March 15 — The EU executive's IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
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| CoinDesk: |
A US court unseals a superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried containing 12 charges, up from the initial eight, including alleged bank fraud — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges, including bank fraud allegations, under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning.
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The Information, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Block, Bloomberg, Reuters, ABC News, Bitcoin News, crypto.news, and PYMNTS.com
| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance shut down the derivative trading accounts of retail users in Australia after an investigation found customers were misclassified as wholesale investors — Binance closed the derivative trading accounts of some wholesale investors in Australia after an investigation found that they didn't meet the criteria for such investors.
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CoinDesk, CoinGape, Ethereum World News, Bitcoinist.com, and Cointelegraph
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @emilyjnicolle, @bitfinexed, @emilyjnicolle, @leomschwartz, @leomschwartz, and @jeffjohnroberts
| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists”, letting some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in select countries — Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens …
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TechCrunch, Metaverse Post, Bitcoinist.com, International Business Times, Blockworks, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, Music Ally, The Block, and Forkast
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| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by third-party cheating clients, created a honeypot to catch them, and banned over 40,000 accounts — The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters — Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used …
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Dota 2, The Verge, Game Developer, KnowTechie, Kotaku, GameSpot, and PCMag
Tweets: @dota2updates and @skiter
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal FAQ: Google asks Cloud employees and partners in its five largest US locations to share desks starting in Q2 and work from an office on alternate days — - The company's cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations.
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| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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Tweets: @uredditor, @ianzelbo, @t3mporarybl1p, @parkerortolani, @kantrowitz, @vadimyuryev, @techhighest, and @maxwinebach
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube rolls out multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide; creators saw 15%+ of their watch time from the video's non-primary language in January — After initial testing over the last few months, YouTube is rolling out access to multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide …
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YouTube Official Blog, Creator Insider on YouTube, TechCrunch, CNET, The Verge, 9to5Google, Engadget, Social Media Today, Mashable, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @reneritchie and @youtubeliaison
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China's Luxshare takes over the Shanghai AR development team for Apple's headset from Taiwan's Pegatron; Foxconn will make a cheaper second-gen device — Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker — TAIPEI — Apple has chosen China's Luxshare …
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MacRumors, iClarified, MacDailyNews, BGR, Wccftech, Financial Times, Tom's Guide, T3, The Apple Post, Patently Apple, iMore, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, and Appuals.com
| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft appears to have updated the new Bing to end chats following prompts mentioning “feelings” or “Sydney”, after adding tighter controls on February 17 — Microsoft Corp. appeared to have implemented new, more severe restrictions on user interactions with its …
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Insider, gHacks Technology News, Voicebot.ai, Search Engine Roundtable, WinBuzzer, TweakTown, and CoinGape
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| Jon Haidt / After Babel: |
An analysis of 100+ studies finds that social media is a major cause of mental illness in teen girls, not just a tiny correlate, especially after 2012 — Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational — A big story last week was the partial release …
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9to5Mac. Tweets: @benlovejoy, @jonhaidt, @drantbradley, @dieworkwear, @chris_said, @tedchris, @blythebrum, @kschlenker, @dieworkwear, and @jonhaidt
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel's images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection — Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …
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The Verge, Process Mechanics, United States Copyright Office, PetaPixel, The Overspill, Fortune, CNET, Music Ally, and Forbes
Tweets: @agibsonccc, @lessig, @mmitchell_ai, @mtrc, @technollama, @vanl, @reuterslegal, @tariqkrim, and @glenngabe
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung announces a standardized 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) modem that will enable two-way communication between smartphones and satellites — There was speculation that Samsung could use smartphone-to-satellite technology in its Galaxy S23 much like Apple has for the iPhone 14, but that didn't happen in the end.
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Samsung, PCMag, CNET, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, CNBC, SamMobile, T3, TechCrunch, Huawei Central, Android Authority, Appuals.com, Sammy Fans, and SamNews 24. Tweets: @benwood
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto — After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.
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a16z crypto, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and The Block
Tweets: @pythianism, @benfoxrubin, and @martinsfp
| Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix cut subscriptions prices on certain tiers in more than 36 countries globally, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries — Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
Documents suggest Ruja Ignatova, co-founder of the OneCoin fraud and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted, was murdered by a notorious drug lord as long ago as 2018 — New documents suggest that infamous crypto scammer Ruja Ignatova, co-founder of the OneCoin fraud and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted … | Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Filings: the SEC and NYDFS oppose Voyager's plan to sell assets to Binance.US for $1.02B, alleging the sale of unregistered securities, like Voyager's VGX token — A $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager has been opposed by New York …
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Gizmodo, The Block, Reuters, CoinGeek, Tech Startups, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, Watcher Guru, Ethereum World News, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptopolitan, CryptoPotato, and Decrypt
Tweets: @mayazi, @voyagerucc, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @simondixontwitt, @coindiva_sniper, and @vgx_heroes
| Mozilla Foundation: |
Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels — The apps' privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers … | Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone: |
Twitter under Elon Musk is yet to publish transparency reports detailing content removal demands from governments; its last report was published in July 2022 — “That shit went out the window right after Elon came in,” one former staffer says of Twitter's previously routine transparency reports
Tweets: @noahshachtman, @aaschapiro, @ronchusid, @ngrossman81, and @ubiquity75
| New York Times: |
After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers have turned cutthroat to secure federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy — Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors.| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: DOJ officials have met with Google's competitors and customers for an antitrust lawsuit over Google Maps and location data that could be filed in 2023 — Justice Department antitrust lawyers are homing in on yet another Google target: the company's vast mapping business.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EC opens a consultation on Europe's telecom sector, which could see Google, Apple, Meta, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft, and others help cover network costs — The European Commission on Thursday launched a consultation on the future of Europe's telecoms sector, starting a process that could lead …
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Euractiv, 9to5Mac, Total Telecom, RTÉ, and European Commission
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ProsperOps, which makes software that automatically optimizes cloud resources, raised $72M led by H.I.G. Growth Partners, after previously raising just $800K — The cloud is growing expensive. According to a recent survey from ESG, more than half of companies say that their spending …
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and ProsperOps
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