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Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more — In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges …
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Democrats and Republicans in Congress are investigating Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko's claims and seeking a meeting for further information — Top Democrats and Republicans say the allegations raise national security and privacy concerns and underscore the need for federal privacy protections
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Sources: Apple plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its release, shortening the production gap between India and China — Apple Inc. plans to begin manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India about two months after the product's initial release out of China …
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| Sergio Goschenko / Bitcoin News: |
Binance's CCO says hackers used an “AI hologram” to impersonate him during video calls to scam crypto projects into believing they would be listed on Binance — A set of hackers managed to impersonate Binance chief communications officer (CCO) Patrick Hillmann in a series …
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Intel signs an unusual $30B agreement with Canadian asset manager Brookfield to help fund its factory expansion plans; the companies will split future revenue — Funding arrangement could be first of a series of such partnerships as chip maker builds new plants — Chips Act Will Create More Than One Million Jobs, Biden Says
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| Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Orange DAO, a group of over 1,000 Y Combinator alumni that backs web3 startups, raises $80M in funding, mainly from strategic investors Algorand and Near — Groups of people seeking to invest together have been turning to the crypto-native DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Estonia-based Ready Player Me, which helps build cross-world animated avatars, raised a $56M Series B led by a16z, following a $13M Series A in January 2022 — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg was roundly mocked for the bad graphics in his preview of a new expansion of Horizon Worlds, Meta's metaverse effort.| Bloomberg: |
Celonis, which helps enterprises discover inefficiencies, raised $1B at nearly a $13B valuation, after raising $1B in June 2021 at an $11B valuation — Celonis, a software company based in Munich and New York, secured $1 billion in funding from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority …
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| Forbes: |
Flow's Adam Neumann seems to have a conflict of interest given he is the largest investor in real estate tech startup Alfred and had board seats there until May — In 2020, Adam Neumann's family office became a lead investor in real estate tech company Alfred.
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Twitch lifts its long-standing partner exclusivity requirement, letting partners stream on YouTube, Facebook Live, and other platforms with some conditions — Partners will be able to stream on other platforms but multicasting will be limited to mobile platforms like TikTok
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta learned the FTC opposed its Within acquisition via a tweet, highlighting Lina Khan's more adversarial stance; the FTC never sought sworn testimony — Meta Platforms Inc. learned that the US Federal Trade Commission was suing the company over one of its smaller acquisitions via a Twitter post.
Tweets: @profwrightgmu, @briancalbrecht, @rstephens, @alexbarinka, and @leah_nylen
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram is internally testing Candid Challenges, a BeReal-like feature that gives users two minutes to take and share a photo at a different time each day — Instagram is testing a new feature called Candid Challenges, which bears a striking resemblance to BeReal, a photo sharing app popular among …
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| The Verge: |
Sony says the PlayStation VR2 headset is coming in “early 2023” but does not reveal its pricing — The virtual reality headset will launch next year — Sony's PlayStation VR2 headset is coming in “early 2023,” according to posts the company made on Twitter and Instagram.
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| Monika Plaha / BBC: |
An investigation uncovered a now-deleted subreddit where users were sharing, trading, and selling explicit images and private details of women without consent — Women are facing threats and blackmail from a mob of anonymous strangers after their personal details, intimate photos and videos …
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