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Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines — Apple's (AAPL.O) offer to open its tap-and-go mobile payments system to rivals is set to be approved by EU antitrust regulators as soon …
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Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets — US stock markets suffer their worst run since October 2022 as investors pull back from AI bets — Nvidia's share price plunged … | James Hunt / The Block: |
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020 — - Bitcoin's fourth halving event has completed, ushering in a new epoch for the network. — Bitcoin's block subsidy reward for miners has dropped from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.
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Hacking group GhostR claims it stole 5.3M records from World-Check screening database, used for KYC checks for sanctions and financial crime links, in March — The stolen database contains 5.3 million records — A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the phone — Following the launch of Nothing Ear and Ear (a) this week, Nothing is also rolling out a new update for Nothing Phone (2) which delivers quite a few upgrades, including ChatGPT integration.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough” — Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover, is shutting down.
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Pornhub, Stripchat, and XVideos will have to comply with additional obligations, such as submitting risk assessment reports, under the EU DSA starting next week — Adult content companies Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will have to do risk assessment reports and take measures …
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Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain — Stablecoin Tether and Circle's USDC dominate the market. — Telegram users can now start making stablecoin USDT payments to each other through the encrypted messaging service's linked blockchain.
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China publishes measures to boost foreign investment in its domestic technology sector, including encouraging tech companies to raise money via bond issuance — China published measures on Friday aimed at promoting overseas investment in its technology sector, in a latest bid … | Bloomberg: |
Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX — - Pact would release crypto exchange co-founder from claims — In return he would help them pursue celebrities who pushed FTX| New York Times: |
Sources describe Nigeria's detention of two Binance officials, including US compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan, on charges of tax evasion and money laundering — Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, flew to Nigeria in February for a planned two-day business trip.
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Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview — Impressive lip-syncing — A new AI research paper from Microsoft promises a future where you can upload a photo …
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