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UK's Financial Conduct Authority orders Binance to stop all regulated activities in Britain by June 30 and issues consumer alert against the company — FCA also issues consumer alert against sprawling cryptocurrency group — The UK's financial watchdog has ordered Binance to stop …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 Plus with 3GHz clock speed and a claimed 20% boost in AI capabilities, arriving in devices during Q3 2021 — Phones are getting a speed boost. Qualcomm on Monday unveiled its newest, highest-end smartphone processor, the Snapdragon 888 Plus.
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| Noah Bailey: |
Windows 11 has needlessly stringent hardware requirements, especially its arbitrary list of compatible CPUs, which will render a lot of decent hardware obsolete — The latest announcements for Windows 11 have revealed that the next version of the Windows operating system will have very stringent hardware requirements.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft is planning to release Windows 11 in October; Microsoft employees have hinted at October 20 in marketing images — October 20th may be the Windows 11 day — Microsoft keeps hinting at an October release date for Windows 11. The software giant teased …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Researchers say the study of social media's large-scale societal impact should be treated as a “crisis discipline”, like climate science or conservation biology — One challenge is how little we know about the dangers. — Social media has drastically restructured …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Etsy says it will acquire Brazilian marketplace for creators Elo7 for $217M; the brand will remain standalone, operating out of Sao Paulo — On the heels of Etsy's huge deal to acquire Depop to open the door to more social selling, targeting younger users, and deeply expand in Europe … | Reuters: |
YouTube took down and then restored a channel featuring testimonials from Xinjiang; the channel owner says the videos are being backed up on the LBRY blockchain — A human rights group that attracted millions of views on YouTube to testimonies from people who say their families have disappeared …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is considering iPads with displays larger than 12.9-inch, for 2023 or later, and has promoted new execs to the leadership team of its car project — This week: Apple explores larger iPads and reshuffles its car team, Amazon eyes augmented reality, and Peloton takes on the Apple Watch.
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft admits it signed a malicious driver called “Netfilter” targeting gaming environments; the rootkit malware was observed communicating with Chinese IPs — Microsoft has now confirmed signing a malicious driver being distributed within gaming environments.| Bloomberg: |
Chainalysis: despite regulatory uncertainty, investments by Indians in cryptocurrencies grew from ~$200M to $40B in the past year, as 15M bought and sold coins — - Daily trading values are up nearly 900% in last 12 months — Investors pile in, regulators give conflicting signs on future
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Lenovo unveils $679 Yoga Tab 13 Android tablet that works as a portable monitor, with a stainless steel kickstand and 1080p display — The Yoga Tab 13 doubles as a wall hanger — Lenovo has announced the new $679 Yoga Tab 13, a global version of the Yoga Pad Pro that launched in China earlier this year.| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
A look at tools being developed and used by activists to counter surveillance tech, such as steganography, mesh networks, stealthwear, and “anti-face” make-up — They're fighting back against the growing use of high-tech monitoring by taking increasingly fringe counter-measures
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