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| Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: |
An in-depth investigation into the global commercial spyware industry, led by Israel's NSO Group, as Citizen Lab finds Pegasus infected a device in UK's No. 10 — The inside story of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.
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| The Citizen Lab: |
Investigation finds 65+ people were targeted by Pegasus and Candiru, including Catalans, likely by Spanish authorities, and details a new iOS zero-click, HOMAGE — Key Findings — The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Report: Microsoft is working on a program to let select brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, such as on a billboard, and won't take a revenue cut — The ads supposedly wouldn't disrupt gameplay — Microsoft is reportedly working on a program that will let brands showcase …
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Tweets: @patrickcoffee, @jerrycap, @seyitaylor, @giga_bob, @alexhern, @linuswilson, @eric_seufert, and @rishialwani
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
To unlock its vast potential, Twitter should go private and split into two: one company to manage the social graph and the other its apps and ad business — Elon Musk wrote in a letter to Twitter's board: … The vast majority of commentary about the Musk-Twitter saga has focused … | Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Experts say open sourcing Twitter's algorithm will not increase transparency because recommendation engines are complex and use an immense fire hose of data — Conservatives have long claimed discrimination by the social network, but there's no one algorithm that could prove it, researchers say
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol using Ethereum, was exploited for ~$182M in various crypto assets by someone who had amassed governance tokens — Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Clipboard Health, an app-based marketplace that matches nurses with open shifts, announces a $50M Series B and $30M Series C at a $1.3B valuation — Clipboard Health, an app-based marketplace that matches nurses with open shifts at nearby healthcare facilities, today announced …
Tweets: @ycombinator and @jmelaskyriazi
| Kate Kaye / Protocol: |
Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's “emotion AI” tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions — When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying …
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| Matt Wirz / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Eva Shang, whose investment firm Legalist uses AI to fund lawsuits with a stronger chance of winning and has raised $400M in the past six months — Fund manager, startup founder, blogger: Eva Shang is cracking the private debt market. The $400 million she raised in six months says Wall Street is taking notice.
Tweets: @bourreelam and @newley
| Ignacio Olivera Doll / Bloomberg: |
Fan tokens issued by Manchester City and other soccer clubs have proven to be a disappointment for hopeful fans, with prices quickly losing steam within days — As soon as rumors started buzzing that soccer star Lionel Messi would transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in August …
Tweets: @ioliveradoll, @schuldensuehner, @stacyherbert, @flavionunespt, @carnage4life, and @gossithedog
| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank's Shu Nyatta and Paulo Passoni, two of three managing partners at its $2B Latin America Fund, said they are leaving to start their own VC business — SoftBank Group Corp.'s Shu Nyatta and Paulo Passoni, two of the three managing partners at the SoftBank Group Corp.'s Latin America Fund …
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| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba's cloud ambitions, aiming to rival AWS, have been derailed by Beijing's crackdown, as sources say many institutions have moved to state-backed rivals — For years, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. had a legitimate shot at becoming the Amazon.com Inc. of China, an e-commerce juggernaut …
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