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Jack Schickler / CoinDesk:
FTX, Genesis, and BlockFi customer data is compromised after a SIM swap against an employee of Kroll, which manages creditor claims for the bankrupt companies  —  A ‘cybersecurity incident’ affected Kroll, which gathers customer claim data on behalf of bankrupt companies.  —  Register Now
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The EU's DSA goes into effect, forcing platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to let users opt out of profiling-based content recommendations  —  Internet users in the European Union are logging on to a quiet revolution on mainstream social networks today: The ability to say ‘no thanks’ to being attention hacked by AI.
Jonathan Greig / The Record:
Cisco Talos: North Korea's Lazarus is using a new malware variant to target internet backbone infrastructure and healthcare entities in Europe and the US  —  A notorious hacking group working on behalf of the North Korean government is using a new strain of malware to attack healthcare entities …
Wall Street Journal:
The US Treasury proposes new rules that would treat crypto exchanges more like stockbrokers, requiring them to report gross proceeds to the IRS starting in 2026  —  Long-delayed regulations would treat crypto platforms more like brokers who handle stocks and mutual funds
Dan Primack / Axios:
Instacart files for a US IPO, reports 2022 revenue up 39% YoY to $2.55B, $428M net income, up from a $73M loss in 2021, and H1 2023 revenue up 31% YoY to $1.48B  —  Grocery delivery giant Instacart on Friday filed for its initial public offering, with expectations that its shares will begin trading on the Nasdaq next month.
Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD announces new Radeon RX 7000 series video cards, the $449 RX 7700 XT and the $499 7800 XT, based on its new Navi 32 GPU and aimed at the 1440p gaming market  —  With the Gamescom convention taking place in Germany this week, AMD is using Europe's largest video game trade show as the venue …
Washington Post:
How Meta and YouTube, battered by content moderation wars, are following X in retreating from policing political misinformation, raising US 2024 election fears  —  Facebook and YouTube are receding from their role as watchdogs against conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential election
New York Times:
Sources: a company spending $800M+ to buy thousands of acres to build a new Bay Area city is backed by Michael Moritz, Reid Hoffman, Marc Andreessen, and others  —  A mysterious company has spent $800 million in an effort to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land.
Eri Sugiura / Financial Times:
Huawei and Ericsson renew a multiyear global patent cross-licensing deal for 5G and other technologies; Huawei owns 20% of global 5G patents  —  Agreement gives Chinese group a boost after being subject to bans in Europe and the US  —  Huawei has sealed a multiyear patent cross-licensing deal …
Ariel Bogle / The Guardian:
The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, and other outlets block OpenAI's GPTBot web crawler from accessing their content; some have also blocked Common Crawl's CCBot  —  Chicago Tribune and Australian newspapers the Canberra Times and Newcastle Herald also appear to have disallowed web crawler from maker of Chat GPT

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Associated Press:
A federal judge ruled the DOD violated his earlier order undoing most of the Pentagon's press pass policy and failed to reinstate NYT reporters' credentials

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ is probing whether the NFL uses anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers; regulators and others have raised concerns about streaming deals

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump says Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have “Low IQs” and “their views are the opposite of MAGA” after they blasted him over Iran

More News

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
E-commerce marketing company Klaviyo files for a US IPO and reports H1 2023 revenue of ~$321M, vs. ~$208M YoY, and $15.2M net income, vs. a $24.6M net loss YoY
David Jeans / Forbes:
NYC-based digital lender Better.com closed down 94% in its Nasdaq debut on August 24, after a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp
Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
Citizen suspends sales of its $350+ CZ Smart smartwatch, launched on May 1; review units had serious issues, like screen freezing and inaccurate tracking data
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Grocery delivery startup Zepto raised a $200M Series E led by StepStone at a $1.4B valuation, India's first 2023 unicorn and taking its total funding to ~$560M

Earlier Picks

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
Microsoft says Flax Typhoon, a hacking group active since mid-2021 with suspected Beijing ties, is targeting dozens of organizations in Taiwan, and elsewhere
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Mastercard and Binance plan to end their Latin America and Middle East card partnership on September 22; Visa stopped issuing Binance cards in Europe in July
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Dropbox ends its unlimited option, capping its “all the space you need” storage plan to 5TB, after some abused the tier by pooling storage, reselling, and more
Brendan Case / Bloomberg:
Walmart partners with Alphabet's Wing to test drone deliveries of up to six miles at two stores in the Dallas area, dropping off food and household essentials
Emilia David / The Verge:
Meta debuts Code Llama, which can generate code and debug human-written work, under the same community license as Llama 2, free for research and commercial use
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
To comply with the EU's DSA, Google plans to expand its Ads Transparency Center and offer more info on EU targeted ads, give researchers more access, and more
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