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Bitcoin fell to under $18K on Saturday, below its $19,511 high during its 2017 bull cycle, as ether dropped below $1K; both are down 70%+ since November 2021 — Bitcoin plunged through several closely watched price levels to the lowest since late 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The total value of all cryptocurrencies has gone down by roughly $2T, or two-thirds, since bitcoin hit its all-time high in November 2021 — The cryptocurrency industry was built on swagger, enthusiasm and optimism. All three are in short supply these days, as losses and layoffs mount. — 1x
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| Rest of World: |
Despite rocketing inflation and a cratering crypto market, many Latin American traders still see crypto as a way to circumvent unstable or stagnant economies — Caught between rocketing inflation and a cratering crypto market, many stick with Bitcoin. — • MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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| New York Times: |
Apple employees at a store in Towson, Maryland vote 65-33 to unionize, making it the company's first US store where employees voted in favor of unionizing — Roughly two-thirds of employees at the store in Towson, Md., voted to join the union. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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| Kishan Vyas / XDA Developers: |
WhatsApp rolls out new privacy control settings to all users, giving them more control over who can see their Profile Photo, About, Last Seen, and Status — WhatsApp is rolling out new privacy control settings to provide users greater control over who can see their profile photo, “About,” “Last seen,” and WhatsApp Status.
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| Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: |
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022 — For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils Avatars Store, where users can buy digital clothes for their avatars, that is set to become a marketplace where developers create and sell clothing — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is launching a digital designer clothing store called the “Meta Avatars Store.”
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @metanewsroom, @juddlegum, @jerryiannelli, @okconsoomer, @brandonwenerd, @davetroy, @rjcc, @jcoviedo6, @malooski_vt, @michaelcwheeler, @_zeets, @danfriedman81, @tjbreen, @ummjackson, @ummjackson, @meat__hook, @silvermanjacob, @conor64, @_cingraham, @seldo, @stockunit, @itsliran, @ummjackson, @ummjackson, @ummjackson, @hipcityreg, @seyitaylor, @angelofuture, @coreykindberg, @sandeepnailwal, @ummjackson, @matt_on_tech, @drewcoffman, @thenickwalsh, @damedoteth, @michaelzimmer, @glowsteeze, @keithdsouza, @dinafierro_, @liahaberman, @tajocrypto, @realtorstarshar, @maghanmcd, @maxasteele, @shiringhaffary, @meta, @nssmag, and @maghanmcd
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making — Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right
Tweets: @sorayamcdonald, @chrisstoecker, @shoq, @maxboot, @kimcrayton1, @whet, and @lizzadwoskin
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Brex says the company will no longer work with SMBs that don't have “professional” funding and will shut down “tens of thousands” of accounts on August 15, 2022 — Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise …
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Brex, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, and Finextra
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Telegram surpasses 700M MAUs and unveils Telegram Premium, which will let users follow up to 1,000 channels, send files up to 4GB, and more for ~$5/month — Telegram has amassed 700 million monthly active users and is rolling out a premium tier with additional features as the instant messaging platform makes …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US FAA says Verizon and AT&T agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023 as airlines retrofit some airplane radio altimeters to limit interference — The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and AT&T (T.N) have voluntarily agreed … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the safety and economics of autonomous trucks as Aurora and TuSimple say they plan to have commercial-trucking services in the US by the end of 2023 — Autonomous trucks that mostly stick to highways could make sense, both technologically and economically, in ways robotaxis have not.
Tweets: @herbgreenberg, @hyperplanes, @mims, @alexoimas, @mims, @sub8u, @paulpage, and @aarmlovi
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