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N. Korea-linked Lazarus Group stole ~$240M in crypto in the past 104 days, as it ramps up hacks and shifts focus from decentralized services to centralized ones — The elite North Korean hacking group Lazarus appears to have recently ramped up its operations, conducting a confirmed four attacks against crypto entities since June 3rd.
More: Chainalysis, Decrypt, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, The Record, DL News, Cointelegraph, and Inside Bitcoins
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Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children's data and gives three months to comply — It's been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation …
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LinkedIn: Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Lee A Bygrave, and Omer Tene
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/technology, and r/europe
| Taylor Lyles / IGN: |
Q&A with Apple executives Jeremy Sandmel and Tim Millet on the company's gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro, MetalFX's upscaling, game controllers, and more — Apple is really leaning into the “Pro” aspect of the iPhone 15 Pro. — Apple finally announced the iPhone 15 earlier this week, and pre-orders are now live.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
One year after Ethereum's Merge, developers approve a change to slow down staking, which has emerged as one of a few reliable ways to earn returns in crypto — - With validators piling in, the network risks getting clogged — Ethereum developers approved a software fix to that Thursday| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, whose OpenAI-or-bust strategy rankled some staff who found their AI projects pushed aside and their resources curtailed — Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott spearheaded the tech titan's unlikely partnership with OpenAI — In the tech industry's artificial-intelligence race,
More: Wall Street Journal. Threads: @dseetharaman. X: @cityofthetown, @hadip, @schrep, @livemint, and @wsjtech
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TikTok's US staff complain about a new internal app to track office attendance; TikTok requires most staff to be in the office three times a week from October — The company is requiring many employees to use an app that tracks their in-person attendance. — TikTok employees …
More: Insider and Fortune
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Thoughts on Apple's Wonderlust event, including the Mother Nature skit, FineWoven iPhone cases and Watch straps, the iPhone 15 lineup, and the AirPods Pro 2 — Was Tuesday's “Wonderlust” event mostly predictable? Yes. Does that mean it was boring? For some people, yes.
| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
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| Max Hoppenstedt / Washington Post: |
German prosecutors say Elon Musk's X has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests; Twitter used to push back if requests threatened free speech — The social media company has complied with hundreds of hate-crime user data requests from German authorities since Musk's purchase, prosecutors say| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
A look at SBF's ~250 pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, which signal how he may defend himself at his October criminal trial — The FTX founder wrote hundreds of pages of reflections and self-justifications while under house arrest, shedding light …
More: Bitcoin News, Decrypt, The Information, CryptoSlate, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, Fortune, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, New York Post, Insider, crypto.news, Crypto Daily, CoinGeek, Bloomberg, and Bitcoinist.com
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Forums: r/amcstock, r/law, r/Buttcoin, r/CryptoCurrency, and Beehaw
| Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the proliferation of pirated movies and TV shows on TikTok, posted as small clips by accounts that don't appear to make any money from the content — The videos violate copyright laws, but they remain available—for now — “Barbie” just hit streaming platforms. It was on TikTok first.| Niket Nishant / Reuters: |
Instacart raises its proposed IPO price range to $28 to $30, up from $26 to $28, seeking to sell 22M shares at an up to $10B valuation after Arm's stellar debut — Grocery delivery app Instacart on Friday raised the proposed price range for its initial public offering …
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| Karen Naundorf / Wired: |
A look at Buenos Aires' legal battle to turn back on a facial recognition system that activists criticized for its misuse and the city shut down in March 2020 — A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place.| Bloomberg: |
TikTok Shop is planning steep Black Friday deals from October 27 to November 30 by offering to subsidize discounts by up to 50% to entice sellers' participation — - Viral video app launched its Shop tab earlier this week — Social platform is luring sellers ahead of shopping rush
More: The Verge and Insider Intelligence
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users for commercial gain even after they turned off Location History — Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices.
More: State of California, The Guardian, PCMag, The Hill, The Verge, Mercury News, Gizchina, BleepingComputer, The Record, Engadget, The Register, TechStartups, Daily Breeze, Associated Press, The Hacker News, Cybernews.com, TechCrunch, Associated Press, socaltech.com, Android Headlines, and BigTechWire
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