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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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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Apple's Self-Service Repair kit to swap iPhone batteries: users rent 79 pounds of tools including a heat station for a seven-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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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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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware, developed by North Macedonian company Cytrox, that exploited five Android vulnerabilities found 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, such as in India and Vietnam, citing Beijing's strict anti-COVID-19 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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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
iFixit will sell nearly every part of Valve's Steam Deck, including its $350 motherboard with the AMD Aerith chip, and upgrades to the fan and the screen — You might even be able to upgrade your fan or screen — The era of fixing your own gadgets has nearly arrived …
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
YouTube takes down 70K+ videos and 9K+ channels about the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including videos referring to a “liberation mission” — Exclusive: Platform takes ‘unprecedented action’ to address content guideline violations since invasion| Rebecca Fannin / CNBC: |
A look at the autonomous vehicle industry, as CB Insights says equity funding for startups 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
| 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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| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
OpenSea launches Seaport, an open marketplace protocol that lets users bundle different digital assets in exchange for an NFT, barter for NFTs, tip, 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, NFT Evening, CryptoPotato, Inside Bitcoins, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @opensea, @opensea_support, @danielgothits, @pastryeth, and @wublockchain
| Christopher Beam / Bloomberg: |
A look at the tricky blockchain code questions raised by Indexed Finance's legal fight with an 18-year-old Canadian who exploited the DeFi platform for $16M — 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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| Sara Morrison / Vox: |
A look at the antitrust woes of Google, which is potentially in more trouble than other Big Tech companies as multiple bills and lawsuits target its businesses — The synonym for search finds itself in big antitrust trouble. … There's a new Big Tech antitrust bill in town, and this one is especially painful for Google.Sponsor Posts
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