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| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
After UST's collapse, most rival algorithmic stablecoins are below their dollar peg; the biggest non-algorithmic stablecoins USDT and USDC are mostly holding — Stablecoins besides TerraUSD are failing to live up to their billing as the collapse of the algorithmic token has investors pondering …
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Tweets: @stablekwon, @terra_money, @johnbrownlow, @ariadneconill, @molly0xfff, @lukeisamazing, @kadhim, @mskidchaos, @traderkoz, @jerallaire, @lawmaster, @sbf_ftx, @jemgold_, @katie_martin_fx, @nkulw, @zhusu, @bramcohen, @alexhern, @rekthq, @lawmaster, @tautologicaly, @carnage4life, @lhm1, @sbf_ftx, @kadhim, @macnbtc, @lubchansky, @carnage4life, @lawmaster, @sbf_ftx, @barrysilbert, @thestalwart, @trustlessstate, @timccopeland, @parismarx, @unusual_whales, and @lawmaster
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Terraform Labs resumes Terra block production, with staking disabled, after halting the blockchain “to prevent governance attacks” following LUNA's collapse — Quick Take — Terraform Labs has said the Terra blockchain has been halted. — This is due to concerns …
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Terra's LUNA drops to $0.01, a 99%+ decline in 24 hours, down from $60 earlier this week and $120 in mid-April, after Terra's UST stablecoin lost its dollar peg — LUNA tokens lost 96% in the past 24 hours alone, prompting more to be minted in a mechanism that helped lift the UST price.
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Terra Research Forum, Bloomberg, and Financial Times
Tweets: @paoloardoino, @profjeffjarviss, @cobie, @ojuice_eth, @kantrowitz, @atari_buzzk1ll, @mtsw, @iamlluciana, and @cobie
| Financial Times: |
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino declines to reveal details about the company's $40B US government bond holdings, for fear of revealing its “secret sauce” — Token's tech chief declines to provide details on Treasury holdings on fear of revealing ‘secret sauce’
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tether.to, MarketWatch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fortune, Decrypt, The Economic Times, and Reuters
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| @kayvz: |
[Thread] Twitter product chief Kayvon Beykpour says he is leaving at the request of CEO Parag Agrawal, who wants to “take the team in a different direction” — Interrupting my paternity leave to share some final @twitter-related news: I'm leaving the company after over 7 years.
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Tweets: @kayvz, @caseynewton, @boo, @mikeisaac, @kayvz, @reckless, @film_girl, @alex, @rmac18, @sal19, @kayvz, @nickstatt, @kurtwagner8, @caseynewton, @samsheffer, @caseynewton, @carnage4life, @karaswisher, @film_girl, @kantrowitz, @jess, @willoremus, @chadloder, @willoremus, @mikeisaac, @reckless, @meganmorrone, @willoremus, @kantrowitz, and @katies
| Bloomberg: |
In a memo, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts; VP of product Jay Sullivan will take over as head of product — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal announced a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts on Thursday …
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The Verge, New York Times, Fox Business, Protocol, Insider, Engadget, CNET, The Guardian, The Hill, PCMag, and CNBC
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Bitcoin fell below $26K for the first time since December 2020, down 20%+ in a week; ether fell to $1,704, its lowest level since July 2021, down 30%+ in a week — - The price of bitcoin plunged below $26,000 on Thursday, hitting its lowest level in 16 months.| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
After mocking Apple for removing the iPhone's headphone jack in an August 2021 ad for the Pixel 5a, Google quietly drops the headphone jack with the Pixel 6a — The Pixel 6A offers a lot of good features, but not a headphone jack — Google just revealed the Pixel 6A at Google I/O on Wednesday …
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YouTube, The Keyword, MacRumors, Android Authority, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Wccftech, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @chriswelch, @starfire2258, @jaypeters, @_gbalaji, @glynmoody, and @campuscodi
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at Google's “ambient computing” strategy, a bid to unify its disparate hardware lines, led by the Pixel team, while keeping its Android partners happy — Making ambient computing happen is forcing Google to change how it does everything — The story of this year's Google I/O actually started three years ago.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter's stock closes at $45.08, dropping the company's market cap to $9B below Elon Musk's purchase price of $54.20, amid investors' concerns about the deal — - Twitter shares have fallen to about $46, well below Elon Musk's purchase price of $54.20. — The sell-off has created …
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @levynews, @goldman, and @jyarow
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Mark Zuckerberg demoes mixed reality on Meta's Project Cambria headset; Meta will enable MR app development for Quest 2 and Cambria via its Presence Platform — A demo of Meta Cambria demonstrates how it blends AR and VR, while Quest 2 headsets could be used to develop apps in the meantime.
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Tweets: @sadlyitsbradley, @metanewsroom, @ricmac, @boztank, @jetscott, @boztank, @nickstatt, @boztank, @vr_sam, and @tidefallcapital
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Ex-Facebook crypto chief David Marcus launches Lightspark, a payments startup building on Bitcoin's Lightning network, backed by a16z, Paradigm, and others — After his departure from Facebook in November, many crypto industry insiders speculated where long-time executive David Marcus would land.
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Andreessen Horowitz, The Block, Protocol, and Matrix Partners Viewpoints
Tweets: @spiritofbitcoin, @smtuffy, @sriramk, @mikeisaac, @kantrowitz, @thestalwart, and @mikeisaac
| Financial Times: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says there's “no risk of bankruptcy” after a company filing said that users could lose all their crypto in “bankruptcy proceedings” — Shares in crypto exchange fall 23% after bleak results and new risk disclosure
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Tweets: @sophiamzaller, @ericjackson, @malwarejake, @jac5connor, @zquestz, @johnhopebryant, @midwesthedgie, @takarasmall, @davidgerard, @jonst0kes, @andrewscurria, @lesliepicker, @caseynewton, @readdanwrite, @dgolumbia, @jentaub, @nkulw, @carlquintanilla, @mikebelshe, @bambroughkevin, @autismcapital, and @teroterotero
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
A Q&A with James Park, Fitbit's co-founder and Google's wearables division head, on how the Pixel Watch factors into Fitbit and its future plans, and more — James Park talks to CNET about the Google Pixel Watch, and where Fitbit's vision goes from here. — Scott Stein
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The Keyword, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Shortcut, Insider, TechRadar, and t3.com
| Thomas Stackpole / HBR.org: |
A Q&A with crypto skeptic Molly White, who runs Web3 Is Going Just Great, on Web3's problems, cultural draw, privacy and potential harassment issues, and more — Welcome to Web3 — What Is Web3? — Why Blockchain's Ethical Stakes Are So High Web3 Will Run on Cryptocurrency What a DAO Can — and Can't — Do
Tweets: @molly0xfff, @theburningmonk, @marcprecipice, @morganricks1, @carnage4life, @ahcastor, @gergelyorosz, and @molly0xfff
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google and Samsung announce Health Connect, an initiative to simplify connectivity between health and fitness apps and let users share their data across apps — At its Google I/O developer conference, Google and Samsung today announced Health Connect, a new initiative that will simplify … | Paul Hill / Neowin: |
Google releases Android 13 Beta 2 with finer privacy controls, an improved Material You theming system, the ability to change the language of each app, and more — At its Google I/O event on Wednesday, Google released the second beta of Android 13. The search giant highlighted several …
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The Keyword, Android Developers, Engadget, and Macworld
| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Leaked memo: Apple is sending anti-union talking points to US retail store leaders, including that workers could lose “flexibility” and merit-based promotions — Apple is instructing managers to tell retail workers that they could lose benefits and career opportunities if they unionize.
Tweets: @motherboard, @audreyjcarleton, @lorenzofb, @carlquintanilla, @katiedrumm, @jason_koebler, and @laurenkgurley
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A US appeals court rules 2-1 to let Texas enforce a social media law stopping Twitter, Facebook, and other services with 50M+ users from moderating content — A judge blocked a similar law in Florida on First Amendment grounds — The controversial Texas social media law HB 20 …
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Techdirt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Vox, Ars Technica, Protocol, The Register, Gizmodo, TechFreedom Weekly, and ExchangeWire.com
Tweets: @rmfifthcircuit, @b_fung, @mjs_dc, @wendyndavis, @daphnehk, @b_fung, @mmasnick, @mjs_dc, @mjs_dc, @justinamash, @mmasnick, @popehat, @popehat, @medialawprof, @b_fung, @popehat, and @dangillmor
| Reuters: |
Foxconn reports Q1 net profit rose 5% YoY to ~$985M but warns Q2 revenue could slip due to rising inflation, cooling demand, and escalating supply chain issues — Shovel and FoxConn logo are seen before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump for the Foxconn Technology Group groundbreaking ceremony …
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