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As Apple ramped up Mac chip investments, improvements to its other chips slowed down; sources say Apple Watch Series 8 might be able to detect a fever in users — When it comes to Apple's chip advancements, the company's iPhone and watch are taking a back seat to the Mac.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Source: Celsius has laid off 150 employees, around a quarter of its staff, after pausing withdrawals on June 13; the lender says it is exploring restructuring — The American-Israeli company is parting ways with around 150 employees as it continues to look for a way out of a crisis that saw …
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Chainalysis: NFT sales totaled just over $1B in June 2022, a 12-month low since June 2021 when sales were $648M; sales reached a peak of $12.6B in January 2022 — Sales of non-fungible tokens totalled just over $1bn in June, compared with peak of $12.6bn in January
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| Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: |
In a forum post, an unidentified hacker claims to have stolen 23TB of data on up to 1B Chinese residents after breaching a Shanghai police database — Unknown hackers claimed to have stolen data on as many as a billion Chinese residents after breaching a Shanghai police database …
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| Jane Clinton / The Guardian: |
The UK Army confirms its Twitter and YouTube accounts were compromised on July 3 and used to promote cryptocurrency giveaway scams before being restored — Investigation under way after interview with Elon Musk uploaded to video channel and picture of cartoon monkey seen on Twitter
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| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: experts are split on the evolution of an immersive metaverse by 2040, worry about the dominant platforms building it, and expect more useful AR and MR — Hype? Hope? Hell? Maybe all three. Experts are split about the likely evolution of a truly immersive ‘metaverse.’ They expect …
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| Justin Ling / Wired: |
A look at national security concerns around modern cars filled with cameras and sensors, as a Chinese town bans Teslas during a communist party conclave — Putting sensor-packed Chinese cars on Western roads could be a privacy issue. Just ask Tesla. China's Electric Dream| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
HackerOne says an employee stole vulnerability reports submitted through its bug bounty platform and disclosed them to seven companies for financial rewards — A HackerOne employee stole vulnerability reports submitted through the bug bounty platform and disclosed them to affected customers to claim financial rewards.
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| Jill Goldsmith / Deadline: |
The annual Sun Valley conference begins on July 6; invitees include Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Andy Jassy, and Reed Hastings — The mountains are as gorgeous as ever, the deal climate not so much as boutique investment bank Allen & Co. prepares to host its annual Sun Valley retreat.
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| Keith Cornett / CorvetteBlogger.com: |
Chevrolet's first NFT auction, an original artwork accompanied by a unique green 2023 Corvette Z06, received zero bids, as the price of ether fluctuated wildly — Sometimes what might have been a great idea when it was proposed months ago can turn out to be a dud.
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| Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy's bitcoin holdings dropped 58% from $5.9B at the end of Q1 2022 to $2.45B at the end of Q2 2022 — When MicroStrategy Inc. began buying Bitcoin in bulk in the summer of 2020, CEO Michael Saylor said it was because inflation would make cash worthless.
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| Sarah Butler / The Guardian: |
Amazon launches a “micromobility” hub in Hackney, London with a fleet of e-cargo bikes and on-foot delivery staff to replace thousands of van deliveries — Online retailer opening ‘micromobility’ hub in Hackney as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions
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