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| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
A jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and money laundering in the FTX trial; the judge sets SBF's sentencing for March 28, 2024 — Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty …
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| Lora Kelley / The Atlantic: |
Sam Bankman-Fried, who is unkempt, pedigreed, and awkward, replicated what VCs believe a founder should look like, and the door remains open for others like him — The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried. — Over and over during Sam Bankman-Fried's trial …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Ad blockers saw record uninstalls in October after YouTube expanded its crackdown on ad blockers, while those unaffected by the clampdown saw record installs — YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
As the EU prepared to designate Apple as a gatekeeper under the DMA, Apple argued that it has three distinct browsers: Safari for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS — And with a straight face, too. Brussels didn't buy it — Apple tried to avoid regulation in the European Union by making a surprising claim …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Mozilla's Senior Director of Content Carolyn O'Hara about joining the fediverse, technical hurdles for onboarding users, future plans, more — Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn't centralized …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google ends its deal with Lendlease to build 15K homes in the Bay Area; in 2019, Google announced plans to build houses on $750M+ worth of land the company owns — The company has ended its agreement with its real estate developer. — Google has ended its agreement with real estate developer Landlease …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Okta says hackers who breached its support system in October accessed the files of 134 customers, five of whom were later targeted in session hijacking attacks — Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
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| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
DC's AG sues RealPage and 14 of Washington DC's largest landlord firms for using RealPage's rent-setting software to allegedly collude on rent price increases — Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was “unacceptable.” — DC's attorney general has sued 14 …
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| Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal: |
The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development — The U.K. competition regulator said Meta Platforms has pledged to allow its Facebook Marketplace customers to opt out of having … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Google Play rolls out an “Independent security review” badge for apps that conduct a Mobile Application Security Assessment audit, starting with VPN apps — Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an ‘independent security reviews’ badge if they conducted …
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| Steven Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ release the source code for OpenELA, their Red Hat Enterprise Linux challenger, offering all the packages to build an enterprise Linux OS — When Mike McGrath, Red Hat's Red Hat Core Platforms vice president, announced that Red Hat was putting new restrictions … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to stop giving away Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to most of its 238K staff in January 2024; Phil Spencer was unaware and is looking into it — Microsoft is removing the free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees and some aren't happy about it.
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| Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: |
Court records show FTX advisers gave trading data and customer details to the FBI in recent months in response to subpoenas from at least five FBI field offices — - Alvarez & Marsal gave trading data, customer details to FBI — FTX has responded to subpoenas from at least five FBI offices
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple expects its revenue in the holiday quarter, normally the company's biggest sales period, to stay the same as in 2022; Wall Street had projected ~5% growth — - Sales of iPads and wearable products are expected to suffer — Even with challenges, iPhone sales slightly exceed estimates
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