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Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; “majority” of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were “unrecovered” — Hackers have stolen around $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a Binance-linked blockchain …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Memo: Meta VP of Metaverse Vishal Shah says Horizon Worlds is suffering from too many quality issues and even the team building the app isn't using it very much — Meta's VR social network Horizon Worlds — the company's flagship “metaverse” app — is suffering from too many quality issues …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A look at life in Meta's VR social network Horizon Worlds, engaging with early adopters including gamers, preteens, parents, insomniacs, and aspiring comedians — Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies — - President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement a new framework to protect the privacy of personal data shared between the U.S. and Europe.
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta warns 1M Facebook users that their account info may have been stolen by 400+ apps on the App Store and Google Play that have a “Login with Facebook” button — Meta is warning 1 million Facebook users that their account information may have been compromised by third-party apps from Apple or Google's stores.
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Tweets: @metanewsroom, @profwoodward, @fosspatents, @yoda, @davidagranovich, @iblametom, @mikedelmoro, @reneritchie, @zackwhittaker, and @tdd
| Roula Khalaf / Financial Times: |
An interview with Elon Musk about his Twitter obsession and more: it is “vaguely therapeutic” to “play the fool on Twitter” and asks “aren't you entertained?” — Dinner with Elon Musk begins with a drive in a Tesla. I am seated in the back, next to X, the billionaire's two-and-a-half-year-old son.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the Twitter trial and says that if the deal doesn't close by 5pm on October 28, the trial begins in November — The pending trial between Elon Musk and Twitter is suddenly on hold, as Judge Kathaleen McCormick granted the Musk side's request for a stay …
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Tweets: @sarahfrier, @chancery_daily, @malwaretechblog, @teroterotero, @scottnover, @ceonyc, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @chancery_daily, @gartenberg, @danprimack, @montana_skeptic, @davidgura, @alexeheath, @chancery_daily, and @mmasnick
| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and institutions including YMTC to an “unverified list”, limiting their ability to get some regulated US tech — The White House issued sweeping restrictions on selling semiconductors and chip-making equipment to China …
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Tweets: @ydunhai, @williamyang120, @bvangrack, @terrymoran, @anaswanson, and @noahbarkin
| Max A. Cherney / Protocol: |
The Biden administration issues sweeping rules that significantly expand the limits on exports to China of chips and tools to make advanced chips and other tech — The U.S. unveiled a set of new regulations Friday that aim to choke off China's access to advanced chips …
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Tweets: @chernandburn and @alex
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink devices, often in areas on the front line where their advances have not been made public yet — Some of Elon Musk's SpaceX devices stopped working when Ukrainian soldiers liberated territory, Kyiv officials say
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| Forbes: |
Binance plans to cease most trading pairs involving Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the next week and “strongly” advises users to close out their positions — Binance told Forbes it delists tokens to protect its users, and periodically reviews “each digital asset we list …
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @davidjeans2, and @can
| Asa Hiken / Ad Age: |
Sources: Crypto.com's headcount declined 30%-40% between June 2022 and August 2022, with 2,000+ employees leaving the company, the majority through layoffs — The cryptocurrency exchange has been dramatically downsizing its marketing deals and headcount in the wake of crypto winter
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Tweets: @adage, @voiceofratana, and @asabhiken
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