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EU lawmakers pass the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, seeking to regulate US tech giants, but limited resources could hamstring enforcement — EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in the power of tech giants such as Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
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| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Source: Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government content takedown orders through a judicial review, alleging abuse of power by officials — Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government orders to take down content, a source familiar with the matter said …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it signed a term sheet to explore buying Vauld, which halted withdrawals and manages assets for ~100K — - Nexo has signed a term sheet with Vauld giving it 60 days of exclusive talks to explore an all-equity acquisition of the company.
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok abandons plans to expand its TikTok Shop live e-commerce program to Europe and the US, after internal problems and a lack of traction in the UK — Chinese-owned social media platform's foray into livestream shopping in the UK has struggled to gain traction
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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Sequoia Capital China is about to raise $9B for four new funds, above its $8B+ target, the largest amount raised by a single China tech-focused VC firm — Sequoia Capital's Chinese affiliate is about to close $9 billion in fresh capital for four new funds, higher than its original target …
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| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner with nearly 10% of the network's hash rate, sold 7,202 mined BTC for $167M in June and now holds 1,959 BTC — Core Scientific Inc., a top crypto miner, sold the bulk of its Bitcoin holdings in June as a steep drop in digital assets squeezes finances for even the leaders of the industry.
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| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: |
Survey: 25% of Black American investors owned crypto at the start of 2022, compared to 15% of white investors, leaving them vulnerable during the downturn — Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn — The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency crash are even broader among black investors.
Tweets: @fisurgi, @ahcastor, @parismarx, @jathansadowski, @patbits, @financialtimes, @techwontsaveus, @financialtimes, and @davidcrespo
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros., and others cut costs, staff, movies, and TV shows; the industry released 559 scripted shows in 2021, up by 200+ compared to 2013 — The sudden decline in Netflix's share price and the growing fear of a recession have forced Hollywood into a new period of fiscal austerity.
Tweets: @trengriffin, @lucas_shaw, @ampressman, @carnage4life, @trengriffin, and @mattrosoff
| Financial Times: |
China is rapidly censoring news of the alleged Shanghai police database breach exposing 1B+ people's data; WeChat and Weibo appear to be blocking the topic — Purported leak of personal information of more than 1bn people offered for sale for $200,000 — China is rapidly censoring news …
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Synergy Research: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google accounted for 65% of the $53B in global cloud spending in Q1 2022, up from 52% in 2018 — Three companies account for about two-thirds of cloud spending and are using their size to maintain their hold on rapidly growing market| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, and other Chinese tech giants agree to a “self-discipline initiative” for NFTs, including ID checks and avoiding secondary marketplaces — In a new ‘self-discipline initiative’, China's biggest tech firms agreed to enforce real-name authentication …
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| Bloomberg: |
How Ukraine's Kyivstar mobile network stays operational during Russia's invasion, despite killed employees, seized infrastructure, and relentless cyberattacks — Employees killed and displaced, infrastructure seized by force and relentless cyberattacks are only a few of the challenges … | Megha Paul / Tech.eu: |
Copenhagen-based Onomondo, which offers a virtualized IoT network integrated with 700+ operators across 180+ countries, raised a $21M Series A led by Verdane — The Danish platform offers interoperable cross-border connectivity and performance management without operator constraints
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| Lisa Martine Jenkins / Protocol: |
The ongoing megadrought gripping the US West is increasing the scrutiny of water use by hyperscale data centers, as few owners publicize their water use data — The West is parched, and getting more so by the day. Lake Mead — the country's largest reservoir — is nearing “dead pool” …
Tweets: @protocol and @hypervisible
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