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June 19, 2023, 11:00 AM
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Carly Page / TechCrunch:
The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; Reddit confirms BlackCat's claims relate to a February 9 incident  —  Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand - and reverses its controversial API price hikes.
Nikou Asgari / Financial Times:
Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little known fact since its 2016 launch  —  Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves  —  Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon …
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg:
Benjamin Netanyahu says Intel agreed in principle to build a $25B chip plant in Israel, slated to begin operations by 2027 and remain active until at least 2035  —  Intel Corp. has agreed in principle to build a new manufacturing plant in Israel, part of a push by the US semiconductor giant …
Tim Hakki / Decrypt:
Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 bot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023  —  The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot's content on Twitter.
John Carreyrou / New York Times:
A look at the orchestrated downfall of Kyle Roche, co-founder of Roche Freedman LLP, known for suing crypto companies and getting a verdict against Craig Wright  —  Kyle Roche was a rising star in the field of cryptocurrency law — until his career imploded.  Who orchestrated his downfall?
Zephin Livingston / Wired:
How the fighting game community, or FGC, a broad term for those who play games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, became a safe haven for LGBTQ+ gamers  —  Players of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat make up some of the most diverse communities in esports, inviting queer gamers and characters to the arena.
Twitter: @zephinl
Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
Sources: Meta plans tighter content rules in Vietnam, its seventh largest market, after government requests and keeps a list of officials not to be criticized  —  HANOI — When Facebook took off in Vietnam about a decade ago, it was like a “revolution,” said two of the company's early employees in Asia.

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Alex Ritman / Variety:
In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel said “tyranny is booming” in the US and, on his ABC suspension, “We won, the president lost”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump says Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic trainwreck” and “CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW”, after CBS aired a Late Show rerun in which Colbert mocked Trump

Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney crosses the $6B milestone at the box office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic; no other studio has managed to reach $6B since 2015

More News

Washington Post:
Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta's Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts
Lisa Bannon / Wall Street Journal:
A look at US hospitals using sometimes flawed AI-based diagnosis tools, as some clinicians say they feel pressure from administrations to defer to the algorithm
More: The Hill.  LinkedIn: Srinivasan Iyengar.  Bluesky: @hypervisible.bsky.social.  Twitter: @nationalnurses and @calnurses.  Forums: r/singularity

Earlier Picks

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Investors in Bengaluru-based Mojocare say they found “financial irregularities” at the health care startup, which has raised ~$23M from Sequoia India and others
Michael Holden / Reuters:
The UK names Ian Hogarth to lead its AI Foundation Model Taskforce; Hogarth co-founded concert discovery service Songkick, which Warner Music acquired in 2017
Stanford CRFM:
Researchers find that major foundation model providers can feasibly comply with the EU's draft AI Act, which would improve transparency in the entire ecosystem
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Microsoft says hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan' DDoS attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of Azure, Teams, Outlook, and more services in early June 2023
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