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X delays its Ads Revenue Sharing program's payouts that were set for the week of July 31, saying the volume of people signing up “has exceeded our expectations” — In news that isn't very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Krakow-based Android phone monitoring app LetMeSpy plans to shut down by the end of August 2023 after a hacker breached and deleted its server data in June — Poland-based spyware LetMeSpy is no longer operational and said it will shut down after a June data breach wiped out its servers … | Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Microsoft fixes an Azure flaw that could have let hackers access sensitive data, after criticism from the CEO of cybersecurity risk management company Tenable — Microsoft has resolved a vulnerability that allows threat actors to gain access to information managed by Azure AD … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge rules former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky must face New York AG Letitia James' lawsuit accusing him of defrauding investors by hiding Celsius' risks — Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, must face a lawsuit …
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| Harmeet Singh Walia / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone revenue fell 8% YoY and 15% QoQ to under $90B in Q2 2023; Apple had a record 45% share of global smartphone revenue and an 85% share of profit — - Apple led global smartphone revenues and operating profit with record June-quarter shares of 45% and 85% respectively.
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Smartphone shipments in India fell 10% YoY in H1 2023 to 64M; in Q2 2023, Apple and OnePlus grew 61% YoY each, Xiaomi fell 39% YoY, and Realme fell 30% YoY — For more information, contact: — ujoshi@idc.com — mcarreon@idc.com — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker …
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| Bloomberg: |
How members of the Community, a group of teenage SIM swappers who met on the forum OGUsers, stole millions in crypto in 2018 before turning on each other — Michael Terpin lost a fortune to a phone “SIM swap.” When he went to war to get it back, he found some surprising allies.
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| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Some designers say AI tools have made them anxious about the YouTube thumbnail microeconomy's future; creators like MrBeast pay up to $10K for a video thumbnail — Creators like MrBeast pay up to $10,000 for a single YouTube video thumbnail, but the rise of AI tools have some designers anxious about the microeconomy's future.
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
Nansen: payouts to NFT creators fell 98% from a peak of $269M in January 2022 to $4.3M in July 2023, as OpenSea and Blur cut royalty rates amid a bear market — - Payouts to NFT content creators sank 98% from a peak in 2022 — Exchanges for NFTs chopped royalty rates amid a bear market| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
People have few options for protection or recourse when hallucinating AI chatbots create and spread falsehoods about them that threaten their reputations — People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
A profile of Window Snyder, who helped secure the early internet while at Microsoft and Mozilla, and pushed Apple to enable encryption by default in its devices — Snyder has made Windows, Mac computers, iPhones, and other technologies more secure for almost 25 years.
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| The Economic Times: |
Zomato reports Q1 revenue up 71% YoY to ~$292.2M and its first consolidated quarterly net profit at ~$241.9K, vs. a ~$23.4M loss in Q1 2023; ZOMATO jumps 10%+ — On August 3, Zomato reported its first-ever consolidated quarterly net profit at Rs 2 crore, on the back of higher order frequency from subscribers of its loyalty programme.
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