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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims — Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised — Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
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| Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
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| Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: |
Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting back, as demand for electronics slows globally — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
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| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase Wallet, Dapper, and the Flow Blockchain — Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries. — Social media giant Meta (META) …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As Elon Musk is buying Twitter as an individual, experts say Twitter subpoenaing his inner circle could provide decisive information for its case — Social-media company's legal team seeks communications from Tesla CEO's financial backers, investors and friends
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at Microsoft Offensive Research & Security Engineering team, which has been promoting safe coding practices to minimize bugs in the company's software — What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.| Bloomberg: |
Source: Meta is selling US corporate bonds for the first time, possibly between $8B and $10B in as many as four parts — Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling US corporate bonds for the first time on Thursday, as its cash flow and stock price fall.
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| Antoine Gara / Financial Times: |
Investor letter: Tiger Global's long-only fund ended Q2 down 63.6% and its flagship fund dropped 50% in H1, after it “underestimated the impact” of inflation — Chase Coleman's group sustains steep losses and admits it ‘underestimated’ effect of rising prices
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to shut down its Facebook Live Shopping feature on October 1, as the company shifts its focus to Reels on Facebook and Instagram — Facebook is shutting down its live shopping feature on October 1st to shift its focus to Reels, the company announced in a blog post.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests an update to Spaces that introduces thematic audio stations and a personalized digest; an official announcement is some way off — Twitter is developing an updated version of its audio chat rooms product known as Spaces, TechCrunch learned and Twitter confirmed.
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| Elias Leight / Billboard: |
SoundCloud cuts its global workforce by ~20% “due to a significant company transformation and the challenging economic and financial environment” — CEO Michael Weissman announced the cuts in an email, blaming them on “the challenging economic climate and financial market headwinds.”| Chainalysis: |
Analysis: $2B in crypto has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 hacks in 2022 so far, accounting for 69% of total funds stolen — Following last night's exploit of the Nomad Bridge, Chainalysis estimates that $2 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 separate hacks so far this year.
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Tweets: @chainalysis, @czdaomaker, and @irinaberkon
| Bloomberg: |
BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+ — BlackRock Inc. is partnering with Coinbase Global Inc. to make it easier for institutional investors to manage and trade Bitcoin …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba beats with Q1 revenue flat YoY at $30.68B, its first-ever flat growth, and $3.3B net income; Cloud revenue rose 10% YoY to $2.6B; stock rises 5%+ — - Alibaba reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat expectations, sending shares higher.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Tel Aviv-based Talon, which is building an enterprise browser to help reduce data breaches, raised a $100M Series A led by Evolution Equity — Talon Cyber Security Ltd., the developer of a specialized browser designed to help enterprises reduce the risk of data breaches, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding.
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