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August 13, 2024, 4:25 AM

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The Verge:
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Elon Musk's Donald Trump interview on X Spaces was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed “a massive DDoS attack”  —  Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed …
Financial Times:
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing  —  Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
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LinkedIn: Patrick Wardle and Sarah Perez
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
On August 6, hackers leaked ~2.7B data records of people in the US containing SSNs and names, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data  —  Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
Washington Post:
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris  —  Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Tally, which helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; the startup had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M  —  Tally, a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt, has shut down, according to the company.
More: San Francisco Business TimesLinkedIn: Tally
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous cars with no safety driver on freeways in the Bay Area this week, after getting regulatory approval in March  —  Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week.
Bloomberg:
A look at US chipmaker ON Semiconductor's $2B manufacturing hub in Roznov, Czech Republic to make chips for EVs and more; the hub will create 800 new jobs  —  A $2 billion investment by a US company promises to create a tech hub and help modernize the country's stagnating economy.

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