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| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
The DOJ charges ex-OpenSea head of product Nate Chastain with wire fraud and money laundering tied to a September 2021 NFT insider trading scheme, a DOJ first — Department of Justice officials say it's the first time they've pursued an “insider trading” charge in digital assets.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters, TechCrunch, NBC News, The Block, VICE, CNBC, and Crypto Briefing
| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
A group of 26 leading computer experts urge US lawmakers to resist crypto lobbying efforts, calling crypto financial instruments “risky, flawed, and unproven” — Computer scientists and academics target US lawmakers in effort to counter well-financed lobbying efforts
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concerned.tech. More:
Gizmodo, Protos, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, Decrypt, Preston Byrne, Protocol, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, and CoinDesk
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Twitter plans to shut down TweetDeck for Mac on July 1 to “focus on making TweetDeck even better”, pointing users to the web version and an upcoming Preview — Twitter today announced that it will be shutting down TweetDeck for Mac next month to focus on the web-based version of TweetDeck.
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| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Google TV for iOS, after moving the Movies and TV section from the Play Store to the Google TV app, letting users use their phone as a TV remote — Google TV has had a busy couple of months, with a variety of changes, launches, and updates.| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some iPad production from China to Vietnam, after Shanghai's strict lockdowns led to months of supply chain disruptions — TAIPEI — For the first time ever Apple is moving some iPad production out of China and shifting it to Vietnam after strict COVID lockdowns …
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Tweets: @brianthart, @mikepeeljourno, and @longshorttrader
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is restructuring to focus on user growth and personalization, backing off audio, newsletters, communities; source: edit button may come in 2022 — Twitter Inc. employees are enduring the whiplash of public commentary from the social network's future owner, a changeover in leadership and a hiring freeze.
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Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @elipariser, @mg, @carnage4life, @tomgara, @carlquintanilla, @caseynewton, and @nkulw
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google plans to combine its Duo and Meet video calling apps into a single platform later in 2022, using Duo's app as the foundation under the Google Meet brand — It's called Meet, but Duo's DNA lives on — Google announced today that it's combining two of its video-calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform.
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Tweets: @jrraphael, @tsimonite, @quinnypig, @mishaalrahman, @chillmage, @harshil, @tomgara, @am_engelbrecht, @killedbygoogle, @sivavaid, @laurengoode, @peegeekay, @pierce, and @caseynewton
| Financial Times: |
Investigation: NSO has an imminent cash crunch, after human rights groups detailed 15+ countries abusing Pegasus, as executives weigh selling to risky clients — The inside story of the Pegasus spyware maker's perilous financial situation and its way ahead following US blacklisting
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9to5Mac, Fortune, Beyond Search, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @jsrailton, @1br0wn, @jsrailton, @kayewiggins, and @muradahmed
| Brian Platt / Bloomberg: |
Probe by Canada's privacy regulator claims coffee shop chain Tim Hortons illegally collected customer location data via its mobile app without adequate consent — Tim Hortons, the ubiquitous Canadian coffee chain owned by Restaurant Brands International, violated Canadian privacy rules …
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to create better social boundaries around people's time, as people treat the apps like live chats — The live chats of the past are now in our pockets and inescapable. We need better boundaries. — In the beginning, there was AOL Instant Messenger.
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Newslit Daily. Tweets: @laurengoode, @kifleswing, @entirelyamelia, @blanketboat, @basche42, @alex, @carnage4life, @amzam, @awinograd, @noupside, @mikeisaac, @editorialiste, @ianmilligan1, @adamokane, @waltmossberg, and @leah_nylen
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Surface Laptop Go with 11th Gen Intel CPUs alongside an “improved” webcam and thermals, starting at $600, shipping June 7 — Prices start at $600 — The most compact and affordable entry in Microsoft's lineup of Surface Laptops — the Surface Laptop Go …
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Tweets: @marctech1996, @tomwarren, and @dcseifert
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram will start pushing Amber Alerts in feeds to notify users about missing children in their area, rolling out to 25 countries in the coming weeks — Instagram will start pushing Amber Alerts to users' feeds to notify them about missing children in their area.
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CNN, Meta, The Verge, SlashGear, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, and Gizmodo
| Wall Street Journal: |
As interest rates rise and economic growth slows, Affirm, Afterpay, Zip, Klarna, and other BNPL services are beginning to see late payments or related losses — Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna grew rapidly during the consumer-spending boom. Investors have concerns as outlook looks cloudier. — 1x| Zoe Kleinman / BBC: |
Ofcom survey of 6,600+ UK adults: women are more likely than men to face abuse or harmful content online; 42% of women felt comfortable speaking freely online — The head of media regulator Ofcom says tech firms must do more to protect women online, after its report revealed they were more likely to be victims.
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TechCrunch, The Independent, Ofcom, ExchangeWire.com, and City A.M.
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @shionamc, @mariannaspring, @rasmus_kleis, @ukhospkate, @ofcom, @maevewa1sh, @nakedvix, @rasmus_kleis, @zsk, @timesradio, and @rasmus_kleis
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
After Google changed Play Store policies, Amazon removes in-app Kindle and Music purchases and direct audiobook purchases from Audible on Android — If you use Amazon's Kindle app on Android, you may have noticed the software doesn't offer the option to buy and rent ebooks or subscribe …
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Android Police and PhoneArena
Tweets: @ballmatthew, @elkmovie, @austin_federa, and @katienotopoulos
| Associated Press: |
FBI says it received intelligence about a planned cyberattack by Iran-backed hackers on the Boston Children's Hospital and was able to thwart it — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI thwarted a planned cyberattack on a children's hospital in Boston that was to have been carried out by hackers sponsored …
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