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Twitch confirms the Buffalo gunman livestreamed Saturday's attack on its platform, saying it took his channel down within two minutes of the violence starting — Officials said the gunman broadcast the attack live on Twitch, the livestreaming site owned by Amazon that is popular with gamers.
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Live broadcasts and shared videos of mass shootings again raise questions about social networks' responsibilities in curbing violent and hateful content — Gunmen say they are influenced by online screeds and broadcasts of past shootings. Do social media sites have a responsibility to rein in hateful and violent content?| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Knock-on effects of the TerraUSD/Luna collapse will be felt across the crypto industry and may chill VCs' enthusiasm for investing in crypto startups — This week's undoing of the TerraUSD algorithmic stablecoin and its sister token Luna has ramifications for all of crypto.
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Over $1.2B of Luna Foundation Guard's bitcoin reserves remain unaccounted for; LFG had $2B+ in bitcoin reserves and loaned $750M to OTC firms and market makers — Quick Take — Luna Foundation Guard accumulated over $2 billion in bitcoin reserves and provided a loan of $750 million in bitcoin.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Opinion: Apple should acquire EV startup Canoo, which says it is running out of cash to operate and whose former CEO is a top executive on Apple's car project — Apple could take a look at struggling electric-vehicle startup Canoo to help it build up its car project.
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| Caitlin Harrington / Wired: |
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement that emerged from #AppleToo to provide support for Apple employees organizing in retail, AppleCare, and more — A solidarity movement called Apple Together has provided tools and support as the company's retail employees organize.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
OpenSea tries “improving authenticity” by revamping account verification and debuting a system to detect, remove, and prevent copies of authentic NFT content — The updates are an attempt to cut down on plagiarism and fakes — OpenSea is rolling out features to “improve authenticity” …
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| Peter White / Deadline: |
Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, alongside live voting for competition series and talent contests — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going live for the first time. — Deadline understands that the streamer is exploring the launch of live streaming.
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| Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News: |
Germany's Ministry of Finance confirms that selling crypto assets is tax-free if they are held for over a year, even if they are used for staking and lending — The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Tel Aviv-based Komodor, which helps companies troubleshoot Kubernetes issues, raises a $42M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $67M — For a time, Kubernetes, the open source container management platform, was as hot as it comes, but lately it has settled …
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| Michael Schroeder / MedCity News: |
San Diego-based Turquoise Health, a free search engine that lets patients compare hospital prices for US medical procedures, raises a $20M Series A led by a16z — Pulling back the curtain on healthcare pricing is easier said than done, acknowledged Chris Severn, the company's co-founder and CEO.| Arielle Pardes / Wired: |
Several women who attended Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference were harassed and say the conference doesn't go far enough to enforce its anti-harassment policies — For some women, inappropriate conduct from other conference-goers continued to haunt them online. — Miami's annual gathering of Bitcoin zealots began with a bull.
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