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July 23, 2024, 4:15 AM

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CNBC:
Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz walks away from Google's $23B acquisition; CEO Assaf Rappaport tells staff that Wiz would pursue an IPO as originally planned  —  Wiz has walked away from a $23 billion deal to be acquired by Google, in what would have been the search giant's largest ever deal …
Reuters:
Reeling from CrowdStrike-related outages, Delta has canceled 4,000+ flights since Friday, including 900+ flights on Monday, according to FlightAware  —  Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover …
CrowdStrike:
Sarah Wynn / The Block:
The US SEC approves some spot ether ETFs, including from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, and Fidelity, and says they can begin trading on Tuesday  —  - Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel says elevated voltage is causing the ongoing “instability issues” in some Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors, and plans to release a fix in August  —  Patch is on the way.  —  Intel has announced that it has found the root cause of the crashing issues plaguing its CPUs.
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A Telegram for Android zero-day, patched on July 11, let attackers send malicious Android APK payloads as video files; the exploit was for sale from June 6  —  A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed ‘EvilVideo’ allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files.
Bloomberg:
An investigation shows how pedophiles groom children using Roblox, a problem exacerbated by Roblox not collecting any personal information beyond a user's age  —  DoctorRofatnik, known to fans as “Doc,” looked almost mayoral in a tall white hat, a red tie and an American flag pin.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
The EU tells Meta its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta until September 1 to propose changes  —  The European Union says it has notified Meta that its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram might violate consumer protection laws.
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
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