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Coinbase blocks 25K+ addresses related to Russian individuals or entities believed to be engaged in illicit activity and shares them with the US government — Crypto exchange Coinbase has said it has blocked over 25,000 Russia-linked addresses it believes were associated with illicit activity.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google reveals new Android 12L features optimized for tablet and foldable devices, including a new notification shade and a taskbar to run apps side by side — The update is coming later this year — Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft are the first device manufacturers to commit to shipping Android 12L …
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Google releases Android 12L and a feature update for Pixel phones, including Live Caption reading typed responses aloud to callers, Duo screen sharing, and more — Google released the long-awaited Android 12L update on Monday, with many improvements to foldable phones, tablets, and other large-screen devices.| New York Times: |
Scams and fraud are widespread on P2P payments app Zelle but the US banks backing the app say returning money to defrauded customers is not their responsibility — Zelle, the payments platform used by millions of customers, is a popular target of scammers.
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Samsung confirms a breach that exposed internal company data, including source code related to its Galaxy phones, but says users' personal data was not affected — Samsung Electronics Co. suffered a cybersecurity breach that exposed internal company data, including source code for the operation … | Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange FTX will start offering services in Europe and the Middle East; FTX Europe will be headquartered in Switzerland and have a base in Cyprus — Cryptocurrency exchange operator FTX Trading Ltd. is poised to start offering services in Europe and the Middle East …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says Chrome 99 on macOS performs better on WebKit's Speedometer benchmark than Safari, scoring 300 points, the fastest performance of any browser — Version 100 of Google Chrome will launch within the next few weeks, but even after all of this time, there's still some room for speeding up the browser.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Apple begins rolling out TV+ to Comcast's US video platforms with three months free and will launch the service on Sky in the UK and Europe in December — The Apple TV Plus app will begin rolling out on Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and XClass TVs on March 7 and will be available across …
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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Apple's power over suppliers, which don't include its name in public filings and presentations to avoid accidentally revealing competitive information — A tech giant is known to billions, but suppliers hardly ever mention its name; ‘the honored North American customer’
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Activision Blizzard and Epic Games suspend sales of their games in Russia; Activision Blizzard will also pause offering in-game microtransactions in the country — Activision Blizzard and Epic Games have joined a growing list of publishers suspending sales of their games in Russia due to the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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| Reuters: |
Sydney-based Immutable, which develops Ethereum-based tools to monetize NFTs in games, raises $200M led by Temasek at a $2.5B valuation — Australian NFT startup Immutable has raised fresh funding from investors led by Singapore's Temasek in a round that values it at $2.5 billion …
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Intel says its self-driving car unit Mobileye has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US but did not reveal any details, including the valuation — Intel Corp said on Monday its self-driving car unit, Mobileye, has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
DDoS attacks are using TCP Middlebox Reflection, an amplification technique utilizing a fleet of 100K+ misconfigured servers to deliver large-scale attacks — 100,000 misconfigured servers are creating a new way to knock sites offline. — Last August, academic researchers discovered … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Former YouTube Kids employees describe how the service embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect children — Former employees say platform embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect younger consumers
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| The Generalist: |
A deep-dive on AngelList, including its ecosystem, origins and evolution, and separate entities AngelList Venture, AngelList Talent, and AngelList India — Naval Ravikant's company is both a unicorn and a creator of unicorns. It may just be getting started. — In collaboration with Masterworks...
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| PYMNTS.com: |
AutoFi, an e-commerce startup for online car sales and financing, raises $85M at a nearly $700M valuation from Santander and others — AutoFi, a San Francisco-based eCommerce platform for online car sales and financing, has closed $85 million in funding, valuing the company at nearly $700 million …
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| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Justice Clarence Thomas again argues that SCOTUS should take up a case to narrow the scope of Section 230, although not one specific to Meta — Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued once again on Monday that his colleagues should really take up a case that would give …
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JANE DOE v. FACEBOOK, INC, NBC News, Reason, Law & Crime, and Bloomberg Law
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance says it has resumed bank transfers for European users, except those in Switzerland and The Netherlands, after suspending the service in July 2020 — Binance said it has now fully resumed bank transfers for account holders in Europe, eight months after suspending the service following pressure from regulators.Sponsor Posts
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