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A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram for iOS open links with a custom in-app browser, letting Meta track every interaction including entering passwords — The iOS Instagram and Facebook app render all third party links and ads within their app using a custom in-app browser.
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Adrian Holovaty, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, and International Business Times
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children — Lack of a broad federal law has become a growing concern as online platforms and others amass troves of consumers' search data and other information
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Ethereum's third and final proof-of-stake test merge goes live on the Goerli test network, a dress rehearsal for the mainnet merge planned for September 2022 — - Ethereum has passed the final test for proof of stake merge on Goerli. — The event served as a dress rehearsal for the eventual mainnet merge planned in September.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Meta tests expanding the number of E2EE chats and a backup feature in Messenger, and promises to roll out default E2EE messages and calls globally in 2023 — The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cisco confirms the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its network in May 2022; Yanluowang claimed to have stolen 2.75GB of data, or ~3.1K files including NDAs — Cisco confirmed today that the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and that the actor tried …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google says Search info snippets will use its latest AI model, Multitask Unified Model, to find consensus in results and expands its “About this result” tool — You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information?
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| Twitter: |
Twitter outlines its Civic Integrity Policy ahead of the 2022 US midterm elections, including redesigned tweet labels and “prebunks” for misleading narratives — Twitter is the place to find real-time, reliable information about the 2022 midterms - whether you're looking …
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft and CISA warn users about DogWalk, a now-patched actively exploited RCE vulnerability in Windows 7, 10, 11, and Server 2008 through 2022 — The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two more flaws to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, based on evidence of active exploitation.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Disney hit 221.1M global streaming subscribers in Q3, surpassing Netflix's 220.7M in Q3; Disney+ had 152.1M subscribers, Hulu had 46.2M, and ESPN+ had 22.8M — The Walt Disney Company reported on Wednesday that total Disney+ subscriptions rose to 152.1 million during the company's third-quarter, posting better-than-expected results.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Stockholm-based Superblocks, whose drag-and-drop tools help companies build internal apps, raised $37M led by Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, Spark, and Meritech — The economic downturn prompted a hiring slowdown across the tech industry, forcing CTOs — and the teams that they manage — to do more with less.
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The US FEC approves Google's proposal to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, after GOP lawmakers said Gmail was censoring right-wing emails — It's good news for Republicans facing falling fundraising — On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal …
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| Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
Mailchimp is suspending the accounts of crypto-related creators and outlets, telling some that crypto content conflicts with its Acceptable Use Policy — The email marketing platform Mailchimp has been suspending the accounts of crypto-related content creators and media outlets this week.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers bought 5G IoT plans from 10 carriers and found security flaws exposing private SIM card data and, in some cases, large streams of other users' data — New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data.
Tweets: @lilyhnewman
| Eric Mandel / Atlanta Business Journal: |
Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut plans to step down as CEO after 21 years and transition to a founder-advisor role; Intuit's Rania Succar will take over — Managing Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle — See Correction/Clarification at end of article — Ben Chestnut is stepping …
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase disclosed in its latest quarterly filing that the US SEC is investigating its token listing processes, staking programs, and yield-generating products — The company told investors it has received “investigative subpoenas” from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, DSHR's Blog, Barron's Online, Crypto Briefing, Blockworks, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, PYMNTS.com, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @frances_coppola, @joelight, @crypto, and @mdudas
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker, who is implicated in a plot to recruit Twitter staff, keep his verified account with 2.1M+ followers — Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts| Financial Times: |
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already mature and established in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe — Manrika Khaira regularly broadcasts live on TikTok to her following of more than half a million people.
Tweets: @aulia, @astaniscia86, and @mattnavarra
| Bloomberg: |
CryptoCompare: Coinbase's share of global spot trading volume among the top 15 crypto exchanges fell from 10.7% in January to 6.3% in July — The doubling of Coinbase Global Inc.'s stock since the end of June is masking one of the biggest concerns for investors — the largest US cryptocurrency exchange is losing ground.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk's lawyers asked the judge in the Twitter case to compel the company to hand over the names of employees who count spam and bot accounts — Elon Musk is accusing Twitter Inc. of hiding key witnesses in their legal battle over whether he must consummate a $44 billion buyout of the company … | Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
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Washington Post, New York Times, DMN's Newsletter, Financial Times, Observer, and SlashGear
Tweets: @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, @sawyermerritt, @levynews, @felixsalmon, and @parismarx
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
In its first known crypto investigation, the FTC seeks information from crypto exchange BitMart about a December 2021 hack that led to $150M-$200M in losses — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the operators of the BitMart cryptocurrency exchange over a December 2021 hack that led … Sponsor Posts
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