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| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says crypto “should be regulated” to deter people from speculating on assets that are “based on nothing” — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said crypto-currencies are “based on nothing” …
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Politico, PCMag, The Block, Crowdfund Insider, Ethereum World News, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, Crypto Daily, and Finbold
Tweets: @m_ernest_, @mhiesboeck, @bronwynwilliams, @gladstein, @erikvoorhees, @andrewcarrier, and @c_barraud
| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: 46 wallets bought a combined $17.3M worth of tokens that were listed shortly after on Coinbase, Binance, and FTX, and sold to make $1.7M+ in profit — Anonymous wallets buy up tokens right before they are listed and sell shortly afterward — Public data suggests …
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Cryptopolitan, Ethereum World News, and Protos
Tweets: @anthony, @silvermanjacob, @epro, @wallstcynic, @keitholbermann, @wublockchain, @masonic_tweets, @aaschapiro, @johngcole, @smdiehl, @sundeep, @ceostroff, @ben_mckenzie, @arlogilbert, @dgisserious, @gladstein, @malwarejake, @rickanderson, @mpelletiercio, @carnage4life, @hkanji, @benedictevans, @carnage4life, and @epsilontheory
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Apple's Self-Service Repair kit to swap iPhone batteries: users are rented 79 lbs of tools, including a heat station, for a 7-day $1,200 card hold — Apple must be joking. — That's how I felt again and again as I jumped through hoop after ridiculous hoop to replace the battery in my iPhone Mini.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox which exploited five Android vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 — New research from Google's Threat Analysis Group outlines the risks Android users face from the surveillance-for-hire industry.
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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple told some suppliers that it wants to boost production outside China, with a focus on India and Vietnam, citing Beijing's strict anti-COVID policy — iPhone maker tells suppliers it wants to manufacture more in India and Southeast Asia — TOKYO—Apple Inc. AAPL 0.17%▲ …
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| Ethan Gach / Kotaku: |
Report: Electronic Arts is looking to sell or merge; sources say EA pursued an NBCUniversal merger and held acquisition talks with Disney, Apple, and Amazon — The Madden and Apex Legends publisher is apparently looking for a way out — Alerts — The video game market is consolidating …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
iFixit will sell nearly every part of the Steam Deck, including its $350 motherboard with the AMD Aerith chipset, and upgrades to fans and screen — You might even be able to upgrade your fan or screen — The era of fixing your own gadgets has nearly arrived, and Valve's Steam Deck handheld gaming PC …
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Tweets: @thurrott and @gamingonlinux
| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
OpenSea launches Seaport, a new marketplace protocol which allows users to bundle different digital assets in exchange for an NFT, support for tipping, and more — Quick Take — OpenSea, the popular NFT marketplace, has launched a marketplace protocol with a range of new features.
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OpenSea Blog, CryptoPotato, NFT Evening, Inside Bitcoins, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @opensea, @opensea_support, @danielgothits, @pastryeth, and @wublockchain
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple is working on an updated version of the HomePod for release in Q4 2022 or Q1 2023, and there “may not be much innovation in hardware design” — Apple is working on an updated version of the HomePod that could come in the fourth quarter of 2022 or the first quarter of 2023 …
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Business Standard, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, MacDailyNews, TechRadar, iMore, AppleInsider, SlashGear, MobileSyrup, Redmond Pie, iThinkDifferent, iDownloadBlog.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @mingchikuo, @meganmorrone, @davemark, @apple_tomorrow, and @jake31krol
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
YouTube says it has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines — Exclusive: Platform takes ‘unprecedented action’ to address content guideline violations since invasion — YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos … | Rebecca Fannin / CNBC: |
A look at the autonomous vehicle industry, as CB Insights says equity funding for companies developing autonomous vehicles passed $12B in 2021, up 50%+ YoY — - Despite its promise, a future full of autonomous vehicles still seems like a distant fantasy. — But tech giants, automakers …
Tweets: @nbcbayarea
| Christopher Beam / Bloomberg: |
A look at Indexed Finance's legal fight with a Canadian teenager who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M, which is raising several tricky legal questions — On Oct. 14, in a house near Leeds, England, Laurence Day was sitting down to a dinner of fish and chips on his couch when his phone buzzed.
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Slashdot. Tweets: @carnage4life, @pt, @adamsinger, @chrisblec, @caseyjpod, @ravenrickgrime1, @itmechr3, @noradotcodes, @malwarejake, @jcbeam, @functi0nzer0, @functi0nzer0, @kendrakirai, @gadyepstein, @crypto, @laurashin, @jackerhack, @tinssoldier, @mikeharrisny, and @ethanz
| Jay Bonggolto / Android Central: |
Google agrees to let Match Group offer alternative billing to Android users; the Tinder owner drops its request for a temporary restraining order against Google — Match Group apps will be able to offer alternative billing systems to users. — What you need to know
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Bandcamp Updates, Android Police, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, PCMag, Gizchina, Digital Trends, PYMNTS.com, Thurrott, and Reuters
| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
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