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The EU agrees on new crypto rules, including measures guarding against market abuse and requiring crypto firms to disclose environmental impacts of their assets — MiCA law contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation — The EU has moved to rein in the “wild west” …
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BlockFi says it agreed to an option to be acquired by FTX for up to $240M; the deal also includes a $400M revolving credit facility from FTX — Troubled crypto lender BlockFi said Friday that it agreed to an option to be acquired by FTX for up to $240 million.
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Sources: Klarna is nearing a deal to raise ~$650M mostly from existing investors led by Sequoia Capital at a ~$6.5B valuation, down from $45.6B in June 2021 — The deal would be a huge comedown for the company, which investors valued at $45.6 billion in 2021
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Google settles a lawsuit by agreeing in part to put $90M in a fund for US app developers who made $2M or less in annual Play Store revenue from 2016 to 2021 — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money … | Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
The FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, including commercial airlines, shipping vessels, semitrucks, and RVs — - The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Biden to award a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Steve Jobs for changing the way the world communicates and transforming the computer, music, and film industries — The Biden Administration has announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this year.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Kaspersky researchers found malware used in the wild since at least March 2021 to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers of government and military organizations — Attackers used a newly discovered malware to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers belonging to government and military organizations from Europe …
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Netflix executives say they don't plan to change programming; two bank analysts say a cheaper ad-supported tier could cannibalize the higher-paying subscribers — Long Hollywood's leading innovator, the streaming service is staying the course, despite serious challenges to its business and questions about its content.
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Over 10 Chinese entities establish openKylin, an open-source code community to develop a homegrown desktop OS and reduce China's reliance on Windows and macOS — The city has matured considerably despite being new to governing itself following the handover in 1997.
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The European Commission says Amazon agreed to drop “dark patterns” from the process required to unsubscribe from its Prime membership across its sites in the EU — Amazon has agreed to simplify the process required for cancelling its Prime membership subscription service across … | Craig Silverman / ProPublica: |
Google gave user data to Russian ad company RuTarget, including potentially sensitive info about users in Ukraine, four months after the US sanctioned RuTarget — The internet giant may have provided Sberbank-owned RuTarget with unique mobile phone IDs, IP addresses, location information … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Former Apple lawyer Gene Levoff pleads guilty to insider trading; Levoff allegedly traded before quarterly earnings from 2011 to 2016 and was fired in 2018 — The former top corporate lawyer at Apple Inc (AAPL.O) pleaded guilty on Thursday to insider trading charges, for what prosecutors called …
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