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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta claiming Facebook “aided and abetted” scam cryptocurrency ads with photos of famous Australians — Australian competition watchdog has begun proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) …
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| Rowland Manthorpe / Sky News: |
The UK's Online Safety Bill, introduced to Parliament in hopes of sensible reform, is an unworkable compromise whose basic elements are shrouded in confusion — Even after years of debate, there remain substantive differences of opinion about the nature and purpose of the bill …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Edge now automatically generates image labels for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, improving the experience for blind and low vision users — Ideal for blind or low vision web users — More than half of the images on the web are missing alt text, according to Microsoft.
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PayPal expands its services to allow users to send money into Ukraine and temporarily waives fees for customers sending funds to Ukrainian PayPal accounts — PayPal is expanding its services to allow its users to send money to Ukrainians, the company announced on Thursday.
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New York-based online insurance marketplace Policygenius raises a $125M Series E, bringing its total funding to $225M — Policygenius has raised $125 million in new growth capital, the InsurTech firm announced in a news release Thursday (March 17). — The company, based in New York City …
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| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Sources: the FTC will not challenge Amazon's MGM Studios acquisition as Lina Khan decided not to call for a vote, anticipating opposition from GOP commissioners — The Federal Trade Commission will not challenge Amazon's acquisition of MGM Studios after the agency's commissioners split on bringing a suit …
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| James Ball / MIT Technology Review: |
Russia's disconnection from Western online services raises fears of a “splinternet”, networks with incompatible protocols diverging from today's global internet — If Russia disconnects from—or is booted from— the internet's governing bodies, the internet may never be the same again for any of us.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at FIDO Alliance's vision of a passwordless future, based on a passkey-like “FIDO credential” manager to let users easily switch between multiple devices — After a decade of work, the FIDO Alliance says it's found the missing piece in the bridge to a password-free future.
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Shangai-based DataGrand, which makes office tools that combine robotic process automation with intelligent document process, raises a $90M Series C — DataGrand, a Shangai, China-based AI and RPA vendor, completed a $90m (RMB 580m) Series C financing. — Backers included CITIC Securities …
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| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
C2X, which is building a gaming platform on the Terra blockchain, raises $25M through a private token sale led by FTX Ventures and others at a $500M valuation — The round values the Hashed-advised gaming platform at $500 million. — Blockchain gaming platform C2X has raised …
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Russia's central bank gives the country's largest bank, Sberbank, a license to issue and exchange digital financial assets — Russia's central bank on Thursday said it had given major lender Sberbank a licence to issue and exchange digital financial assets, a move that may open new opportunities …
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Bored Ape Yacht Club's $APE token hit a peak of $39.40 per token during its airdrop, but later sank as low as $7.50 — ApeCoin, the Ethereum token built for the expanding Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT ecosystem, launched this morning and rapidly rose in value before shedding much of its initial momentum.
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| Bloomberg: |
Russian rapid grocery delivery service Buyk files for bankruptcy after Russia's sanctions restricted access to funding; Buyk recently furloughed ~900 employees — Rapid grocery delivery app Buyk Corp. filed for bankruptcy on Thursday after fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine restricted the startup's access to funding.
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Business Wire, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, and Winsight Grocery Business
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
An interview with three Apple executives about the Pro Workflows Team designing and developing the Mac Studio, Studio Display webcam quality issues, and more — Apple's powerful, capable Mac Studio bears the fruit of a listening attitude — The seeds of the Mac Studio were planted 5 years ago next month …
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MacRumors, CNET, 9to5Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, XDA Developers, Apple Must, AppleInsider, and iThinkDifferent. Tweets: @panzer
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