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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
As anti-abortion state laws kick in, law enforcement could force tech companies to give up users' search history, geolocation, and other pregnancy-related data — The technology industry is bracing for the uncomfortable possibility of having to hand over pregnancy-related data to law enforcement …
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
After SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, Apple, Meta, Google, and other tech companies announce or reaffirm policies supporting employees seeking abortion services — A number of tech and media companies are responding to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by offering to pay …
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| Brian Kahn / Protocol: |
In the wake of SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, tech companies give “no comment” in response to questions about users' data that can be used in prosecutions — Tech companies have created employee reimbursement programs, but they have been silent on whether they'll protect users' data …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta told staff not to discuss the Roe v. Wade ruling on wide-reaching internal channels, citing a company memo issued after the May draft opinion leak — Meta told its workers on Friday not to openly discuss the Supreme Court's ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is embarking on one of the most ambitious periods of new products in its history, with a deluge coming in fall 2022 and H1 2023 including M3 Macs — Apple's latest software from WWDC sets the stage for a busy fall 2022 and first half of 2023.
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| New York Times: |
Hundreds of documents detail the software bought by China to sift through its vast troves of surveillance data to “predict” who will become troublemakers — The more than 1.4 billion people living in China are constantly watched. They are recorded by police cameras that are everywhere …
Tweets: @paulmozur, @nytimes, @jangles, @jchengwsj, @tonynashnerd, @antd, @paulmozur, @profwoodward, @willwilkinson, @teddyboylocsin, @privacydigest, @blader, @zeynep, @denverbitcoin, @dsorennie, @tonyromm, @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @muyixiao, @paulmozur, @pekingmike, @paulmozur, @lynaldencontact, @paulmozur, @paulmozur, @mparekh, @johnbattelle, @paulmozur, @joshgellers, @paulmozur, @gladstein, @starchambermaid, @paulmozur, @jchengwsj, and @karaswisher
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Sources: Goldman Sachs is looking to raise $2B from investors to buy up distressed assets from crypto lender Celsius Network in the event of a bankruptcy filing — The Wall Street firm is seeking $2 billion in commitments from investors to buy distressed assets at steep discounts if the crypto lender goes bankrupt.
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Wall Street Journal, CRYPTOPONG Newsletter, Coinspeaker, Forkast, Coinmonks, The Crypto Connection, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, ZyCrypto, SilverLineswap's Newsletter, Ethereum World News, CryptoPotato, and Benzinga
Tweets: @bramcohen, @iiicapital, @thegemhunters, @nikhileshde, @azeemk_, @scottmelker, @lionelralaurent, @macaesbruno, and @mdudas
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
SSD benchmarks show the 256GB 13" MacBook Pro with M2 has ~50% slower read and ~30% slower write speeds than the previous gen 256GB MacBook Pro with M1 — Following the launch of Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip, it has been discovered that the $1,299 base model with 256GB …
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Max Tech: YouTube, Created Tech: YouTube, The Verge, Engadget, Cult of Mac, Fossbytes, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @vadimyuryev, @rsgnl, @firstadopter, @rsgnl, @416ash, @vadimyuryev, @parkerortolani, @rsgnl, and @rsgnl
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Leaked investor call: BlockFi backer Morgan Creek Digital aims to raise $250M to counter FTX's BlockFi bailout, since it could wipe out BlockFi shareholders — FTX's $250 million credit facility offer - if inked as initially proposed - stood to effectively wipe out all BlockFi shareholders …
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Cryptobeat Newsletter, Ethereum World News, Inside Bitcoins, Forkast, Benzinga, The Daily Hodl, and CryptoPotato
Tweets: @coindesk, @twobitidiot, @hasufl, @patio11, @zackseward, @alphaketchum, @simonyusea, @peter, @frances_coppola, @simondixontwitt, @compound248, @bitfinexed, @can, @joonian, @mdudas, @mdudas, @mikealfred, and @coryklippsten
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| Alex Russell / Infrequently Noted: |
A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential — Gentle reader, I made a terrible mistake. Yes, that's right: I read the comments on a MacRumors article. At my age, one knows better.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Amazon's fight with China-based sellers of generic items trying to game its algorithm to develop Marketplace brands and get the “Amazon's Choice” tag — Jeff Bezos wanted to build the ‘everything store’—and now the company is drowning in China-based sellers hawking the same items under a dizzying array of brands
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| Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: |
How Bungie identified a mass sender of fake DMCA notices to YouTube targeting Destiny content creators and Bungie's own channels, leading to its $7.65M lawsuit — Earlier this year, Bungie and its enthusiastic Destiny fan community were plunged into chaos.
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