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Sources: Apple is planning to manufacture a car by 2024 which may include self-driving tech, internally developed lidar sensors, and “breakthrough” battery tech — (Reuters) - Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce …
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Ripple CEO says the SEC will file a suit against the company over the alleged sale of unlicensed securities, calls it a parting shot by the Trump administration — Ripple, one of the most important companies in the cryptocurrency industry, said Monday evening that the Securities … | Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Microsoft, Alphabet, Cisco, LinkedIn, GitHub, VMware, and the Internet Association file an amicus brief in support of WhatsApp in the WhatsApp v. NSO Group case — (Reuters) - Tech giants Microsoft, Alphabet , Cisco, and VMware on Monday joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO … | Wall Street Journal: |
Draft lawsuit filed by ten US states last week says Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” against possible antitrust action — Draft lawsuit quotes Facebook's Sandberg saying Google pact was a ‘big deal strategically’
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The US government's proposal for crypto exchanges to collect identity data from users with self-hosted crypto wallets will expand the US' financial surveillance — One of the most important aspects of cryptocurrencies from a civil liberties perspective is that they can provide privacy protections for their users.
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The omnibus funding bill Congress is set to vote on contains the controversial CASE Act, which may ratchet up copyright trolling, and the Felony Streaming Bill — from the but-why? dept — As we warned about earlier this month, it appears that Congress has in fact put …
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Sen. Ron Wyden says the US Treasury Department acknowledged that its email system used by senior leadership was breached by SolarWinds hackers beginning in July — The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack.
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SoftBank files to launch its SPAC, planning to raise $525M in the IPO — - SoftBank filed for an initial public offering for its special purpose acquisition company on Monday. — The firm plans to raise $525 million to invest in a technology company. — SoftBank Group filed to launch … | Simon Parkin / New Yorker: |
Q&A with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto on what excites him about his work, his strengths and weaknesses as a boss, not abusing power, ambitions, and more — The legendary designer on rejecting violence in games, trying to be a good boss, and building Nintendo's Disneyland.
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| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
India-based VerSe Innovation, the company behind news app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ at $1B+ valuation from Google, Microsoft, and others — Dailyhunt parent VerSe Innovation has raised more than $100 million funding from tech giants Google and Microsoft … | The Information: |
Sources: Ironclad, which helps companies create and manage business contracts, raises $100M+ Series D led by Bond Capital, valuing it at $950M+ — Ironclad, which develops software that helps companies such as Dropbox and Mastercard create and manage business contracts …
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Facebook says it had to remove some features in EU, including some child abuse detection tools, due to new rules banning automatic scanning of private messages — Facebook has switched off some of its child abuse detection tools in Europe in response to new rules from the EU.
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Personal info including emails, home addresses, and phone numbers of 272K+ users of hardware cryptocurrency wallet Ledger are freely available on hacker forums — A threat actor has leaked the stolen email and mailing addresses for Ledger cryptocurrency wallet users on a hacker forum for free.Sponsor Posts
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