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A US judge orders Ripple to pay a $125M penalty for selling XRP to institutional investors, well below the ~$2B the SEC had sought in the case; XRP jumps 20%+ — - Regulator had sought almost $2 billion in fines, penalties — Ripple token XRP surges on court ruling but is flat this year| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Sources: Humane's Ai Pin and accessories have brought in $9M+ in sales and $1M+ worth of product has been returned; ~7,000 Ai Pins are still in customers' hands — Shortly after Humane released its $699 AI Pin in April, the returns started flowing in.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Google and Meta ran a pilot program in the US in May 2024 to target Instagram ads to teenagers on YouTube, which prohibits targeting ads to under-18s — Campaign on YouTube to boost Instagram's appeal to young people skirted search group's rules for marketing to under-18s| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Researchers: hackers have used an 18-year-old flaw in how Safari, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS handle queries to a 0.0.0.0 IP address to breach private networks — Weaknesses in Chrome, Firefox and Safari gave hackers a route into internal networks, even those protected by firewalls, security researchers warn.
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Ireland's DPC launches High Court proceedings against X over concerns about the company's use of user data in the EU and EEA to train AI systems including Grok — The Data Protection Commission has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company over concerns … | Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
Meta closes Ready at Dawn Studios, which it acquired in 2020 and produced VR games like Lone Echo and Echo VR, to meet the new Reality Labs budgetary ceiling — Echo VR developer Ready at Dawn Studios is now closed for business. — Updated 8/17 at 5:19pm ET: The information Android Central …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A researcher details a Windows Update vulnerability that could be exploited to downgrade key components of Windows to older versions that contain known flaws — A researcher found a vulnerability that would let hackers strategically downgrade a target's Windows version to reexpose patched vulnerabilities.
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| Financial Times: |
UK officials say X has been less responsive to removing disinformation than Google, Meta, and TikTok, as Elon Musk launches a series of jibes at PM Keir Starmer — Social media site owner Elon Musk has also been posting jibes at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
A group of VCs, including Reid Hoffman and Ron Conway, hosted a “VCs for Kamala” Zoom call to support Harris' campaign with up to 600 attendees, raising $150K — It started with a “rage tweet.” — “Gonna start ‘VCs for Democracy,’” Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker, wrote on X in late July.
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| Axios: |
Anduril Industries raised a $1.5B Series F co-led by Founders Fund and Sands Capital at a $14B valuation, up from ~$8.5B after raising ~$1.5B in December 2022 — - Sands Capital and existing investor Founders Fund co-led the Series F round, which is at a 65% post-money premium to where Anduril last raised money in late 2022.
More: Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Wired, and Anduril Industries
| Bill Peters / MarketWatch: |
Robinhood reports Q2 revenue up 40% YoY to $682M, vs. $640M est., crypto transaction revenue up 161% to $81M, and net income of $188M, up from $25M in Q2 2023 — Cryptocurrencies revenue up 161% in second quarter, while equities revenue rises 60% — Robinhood Markets Inc. reported second …
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| Türkiye Today: |
Turkey bans Roblox, after blocking Instagram on August 2; a Turkish official said the ban was primarily related to sexual content that could lead to child abuse — Roblox, the widely popular online gaming platform, is banned in Türkiye on Wednesday, a move that comes in the wake of a nationwide block on Instagram.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta says Facebook creators who violate Community Standards for the first time will be given the option to take a training course to remove their warning — Facebook creators are being given a new option that will help them avoid jail — “Facebook jail,” that is — upon their first violation, and at various times after.| Tim Stevens / The Verge: |
YouTube channels focusing on cars, like Car Throttle and Donut, have seen an exodus of popular on-camera talent, often after investors acquired their channels — From Car Throttle to Donut, countless YouTube creators are fleeing. But is this a new trend or a tale as old as venture capital?| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
An interview with Mozilla interim CEO Laura Chambers on investing in Firefox, privacy-preserving ad measurements, becoming less dependent on Google, and more — But can it avoid upsetting its most loyal users along the way? — Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt.| Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: |
Techstars lays off 17% of its workforce, and says it will end the JP Morgan-backed $80M Advancing Cities fund after it is fully deployed at the end of 2024 — Techstars is laying off 17% of its workforce and will end its $80 million J.P. Morgan-backed AdvancingCities program once the fund …
More: Techstars, The Information, and Chicago Business Journal
| Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: |
Zillow names COO Jeremy Wacksman as CEO, replacing Rich Barton, who is stepping down to become co-executive chair; Zillow reported Q2 earnings topping estimates — - COO Wacksman will take over as chief executive officer — Housing freeze has battered company's share price this yearSponsor Posts
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