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March 3, 2022, 2:45 PM
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| Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
Ukraine's Mykhailo Fedorov abruptly cancels the government's crypto airdrop plan, saying the country will instead sell NFTs “to support Ukrainian Armed Forces” — Ukraine's government abruptly canceled its planned crypto airdrop and said it would instead sell NFTs to raise funds following last week's Russian invasion.
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| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Elliptic: crypto users have donated $50M+ to Ukraine across 89K+ assets since February 26; the government's wallet addresses show $10M in BTC and $16M in ETH — The Ukrainian crypto crowdfunding effort has now exceeded $50 million, through almost 90,000 separate donations.
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
A group of 35 former employees at crypto startup incubator ConsenSys alleges serious asset transfer “irregularities” in a Swiss court, and demands an audit — A group of former employees of the ConsenSys AG is alleging “serious irregularities” at the startup incubator that owns … | MK Manoylov / The Block: |
MetaMask users in Venezuela say they can't access the crypto wallet; a support page says MetaMask and Infura services are unavailable “due to legal compliance” — Users of MetaMask based in Venezuela say they can no longer access the popular digital asset wallet.
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Twitch has lost at least six executives alongside 60+ employees during 2022; sources say Twitch is losing touch with its core focus on streamers — Twitch, the popular site where people go to watch other people play video games, has lost at least six top employees since the beginning of the year …
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| New York Times: |
A look at Friends With Benefits, an a16z-backed DAO with a buzz-fueled social club, which attracts artists and investors but faces problems with its elitism — Friends With Benefits is a V.I.P. lounge for crypto's creative class. Is it empty hype or the future of friendship?
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Prominent open-source advocate Miguel de Icaza to leave Microsoft, which he joined when the company acquired Xamarin in 2016, saying he misses the startup world — Former Xamarin cofounder Miguel de Icaza is leaving Microsoft, the company he joined through acquisition just over six years ago.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter will expand its Birdwatch fact-checking feature to “a small and randomized” set of US users for feedback, after testing it since January 2021 — Twitter says it's expanding access to Birdwatch, its community-based fact-checking initiative first revealed in October 2020.| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Many Ukrainian tech workers, unable to leave the country, have relocated to the Lviv tech hub, with some volunteering for Ukraine's ad hoc hacking army — Many companies in Ukraine's IT industry relocate staff, who have continued to ship code for clients — Amid an increasingly violent … | Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Lido, which has an estimated 80%+ market share in Ethereum liquid staking, raises $70M from Andreessen Horowitz; assets staked on Lido are worth $10B+ — The world's most-used blockchain, Ethereum, is switching to a new validation system this summer called proof-of-stake (PoS).
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
SAP will be “stopping business in Russia aligned with sanctions” and pausing sales of products and services in Russia following a Ukrainian vice PM's request — As Moscow tries to retain IT talent with military exemption, a three-year tax suspension for biz
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| Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Maps and Tripadvisor block users from posting reviews to some listings in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus after activists used them to share Ukraine news — Alphabet Inc.'s Google Maps and the travel search platform Tripadvisor Inc. temporarily blocked users from posting new reviews …
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Tweets: @youranonnews, @hkikkert, @kentgerman, and @davidhogg111
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
A look at anonymity in crypto, as some VCs back founders without learning their names and pseudonymous entrepreneurs control hundreds of millions of dollars — Investors give money to pseudonymous developers. Venture capitalists back founders without learning their real names.| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch says it will ban “harmful misinformation superspreaders” that persistently share debunked misinfo, including about vaccines and election fraud — The new policy will target channels that persistently lie about vaccines and election fraud, as well as Russian state-run media.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
The GitHub repository for Meta's open source library React is being spammed with anti-US and anti-Ukrainian comments in English and Mandarin — “False liberty and democracy make me sick!” one message written in Mandarin reads. — Joseph Cox — The Github repository for React …
Tweets: @shortformernie, @chronotope, @akryum, @monday_chen, @magicalmrc, @lidangzzz, @sunbuhui7, @carnage4life, @josephfcox, and @wongmjane
| MIT Technology Review: |
An investigation details Operation Safety Net, a sprawling surveillance operation in Minnesota to track protesters and journalists after George Floyd's murder — Law enforcement agencies in Minnesota have been carrying out a secretive, long-running surveillance program targeting civil rights activists …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Reddit bans links to Russian state media outlets across its entire site for all users worldwide and ads that either originate from Russia or target the country — Reddit isn't done clamping down on misinformation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The social hub has banned links … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google tells staff in the Bay Area and other US locations to return to physical offices three days a week starting on April 4, in a shift to a hybrid work model — - Google told employees on Wednesday that it expects them to begin returning to physical offices April 4.
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| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
Some OpenSea users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts were terminated on Thursday, likely due to US sanctions against the Iranian government — Twitter users complained about their accounts being deactivated without notice. — OpenSea users with Iran-based internet protocol addresses … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify closes its office in Russia “indefinitely” and removes all content from RT and Sputnik in the EU and other markets, except for Russia — Spotify has taken several steps in response to Russia's military attack on Ukraine, including closing its offices in Russia “indefinitely.”| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Luminous Computing, which is making a light-based AI accelerator chip, raises a $105M Series A from Bill Gates and others at a $200M-$300M post-money valuation — According to some experts, the growth in the compute power necessary to develop future AI systems might run up against a wall with mainstream chip technologies.| Bloomberg: |
Grab reports a $1.1B net loss in Q4 as revenue declined 44% YoY to $122M; after going public via SPAC in December, Grab has lost $15B+ in market value — Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia's ride-hailing and delivery giant, reported a wider loss after the company spent more on incentives …
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DealStreetAsia, Grab SG, and Dow Jones Newswires
| Brian Fung / CNN: |
ICANN rejects Ukraine's request to cut Russia off from the global internet, saying the proposal is neither technically feasible nor within its mission — (CNN)The international non-profit that coordinates management of the internet told Ukraine it will not intervene in the country's war with Russia …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Thatgamecompany, which makes the popular mobile game Sky: Children of the Light, raises $160M from TPG and Sequoia Capital — Thatgamecompany has built amazing and emotional game worlds such as Sky and Journey, and today it is announcing it has raised $160 million in funding.
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