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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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MacRumors, AppleTrack, AppleTrack, PhoneArena, The Mac Observer, iLounge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, and Notebookcheck.net
Tweets: @mingchikuo, @raunofreiberg, @apple_tomorrow, @vijayshekhar, @vadimyuryev, @impastaw, and @aapltree
| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
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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Associated Press, New York Times, NBC News, Kotaku, Buffalo News, CNN, Engadget, BNO News, ABC News, Dexerto, The Hill, Variety, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite, Insider, Deadline, and Associated Press
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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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Wall Street Journal, Digital Trends, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Benzinga, AppleInsider, Engadget, BGR, The Verge, PCMag, Mashable, iMore, and Tom's Guide
| Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Retail traders after Terra's crash: some say they lost their life savings, others shared suicidal ideation on forums, and some now realize it's a Ponzi scheme — It took less than a week for the third largest stablecoin and its ecosystem to become virtually worthless, wiping out countless traders' savings.
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The Block, CNET, Bloomberg, Benzinga, CoinDesk, CoinGape, Stakin Proof-of-Stake Roundup, and Cryptopolitan
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
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Elliptic Blog, Bloomberg, Forkast, Terra Research Forum, With TAI, Bitcoin News, Blog Tien So, Decrypt, CoinDesk, Ethereum World News, Cryptopolitan, BuzzFeed News, and TradingBTC.com
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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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Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @moreperfectus, @emmakinema, @cherthedev, @jannekeparrish, @stevekovach, @zoeschiffer, @mjh_txt, @caitharr, @sunrisemvmt, @evanderburg, @acoreunion, @banana_genius, @allinoniphone, @machinistsunion, @tnewmstweet, @katiebindley, @applelaborers, @johnlegere, @carnage4life, @dannygroner, @aparanjape, @applelaborers, @applelaborers, @wgawest, @wsj, @greg_shill, @fatemehx2, and @jones_lucia
| 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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OpenSea Blog and OpenSea Blog. More:
Engadget, Gizmodo, Protos, and Blockonomi
Tweets: @carnage4life, @opensea, @shivar, @brianromero, @sneakerboxclyde, @opensea_support, @rjcc, @seanbonner, @jonshelleyio, @opensea, @kis_iri, @mdudas, and @opensea_support
| 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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CoinDesk, CoinGeek, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @epro, @btctn, @johnedeaton1, @artusvanfrahm, @diogomonica, and @btctn
| 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.
Tweets: @wired, @technollama, @basedkarbon, @gregarious, @ralexjimenez, @do82nic, @mslopatto, @morganmeaker, @jasonfugate98, and @pardesoteric
| 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.| 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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Komodor, Business Wire, Help Net Security, PitchBook, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and FinSMEs. Tweets: @quinnypig
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more — When an aide told me that “one of our drivers” would pick me up for my lunch with Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagined a hulking black SUV … | Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Redwood City-based Material Security, which helps enterprises protect sensitive info even in hacked email accounts, raises a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — A growing wave of tech layoffs have given rise to remorseful CEOs' lamentations that they hired too quickly during the pandemic.
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Material Security, GovInfoSecurity, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @material_sec, @kenrickcai, and @traestephens
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