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Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
The US DOJ unseals a 2019 indictment charging two Russians with stealing ~647K BTC in the Mt. Gox hack and a 2016 filing charging one of them with running BTC-e  —  One of the individuals also operated BTC-e, the DOJ alleged.  —  The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko …
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A database on Microsoft's Xandr containing 650K “audience segments” reveals how data brokers classify consumers by surveilling their online and offline activity  —  A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr's website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” …
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: Netflix gained more US subscribers from May 25 to May 28, after its password-sharing crackdown began, than in any other four days since at least 2019  —  Shortly after change, company had highest rate of sign-ups since Antenna began tracking data in 2019
MK Manoylov / The Block:
Robinhood plans to end support for Solana, Polygon, and Cardano on June 27, following a company review in light of the SEC lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance  —  - Robinhood will no longer support Solana, Polygon or Cardano after June 27, 2023 at 6:59 p.m. ET.
Jon Porter / The Verge:
Spotify is testing Your Offline Mix, a new playlist feature that automatically saves a mix of users' recently played songs for offline listening  —  / The playlist is described in the app as ‘a mix of recently played songs for when the vibe is high but your connection is low.’
Vitalik Buterin:
Ethereum must undergo three transitions while evolving from a young experimental technology into a mature tech stack: L2 scaling, wallet security, and privacy  —  Special thanks to Dan Finlay, Karl Floersch, David Hoffman, and the Scroll and SoulWallet teams for feedback and review and suggestions.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
In an AMA about Reddit's API changes, the company's CEO said Reddit can't “subsidize commercial entities”, criticized the Apollo developer's behavior, and more  —  “We'll continue to be profit-driven until profits arrive,” he said.  —  Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has finally spoken publicly …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apollo's developer plans to shut down the Reddit client on June 30, saying “Reddit's recent decisions and actions” make it impossible for Apollo to continue
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Barracuda asked its customers on June 6 to replace impacted Email Security Gateway appliances immediately, after patching a zero-day vulnerability on May 20  —  It's not often that a zero-day vulnerability causes a network security vendor to urge customers to physically remove and decommission …
Rosie Perper / CoinDesk:
Kraken launches Kraken NFT, a marketplace with 250+ NFT collections across the Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon blockchains, after a beta started in November 2022  —  Now out of its public beta test, the platform has expanded to include over 250 NFT collections.

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Interview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

Ken Vogel / @kenvogel:
Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms

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Ina Fried / Axios:
Mark Zuckerberg shared with employees Meta's plan to add generative AI text, image, and video tools to its products, such as Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Google releases a conceptual framework for companies to quickly secure their AI systems against hackers trying to manipulate AI models or steal AI training data
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
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David Pierce / The Verge:
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