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Parler says it has agreed to be acquired by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to create an “uncancelable ecosystem”, with the deal expected to close in Q4 2022 — Kanye West, the musician also known as Ye, is buying Parler, a social media platform that styles itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter.
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Sources: Apple freezes plans to use memory chips from China's YMTC in its products, including iPhones, following the latest US export restrictions — Company previously planned to put Chinese-made memory in some iPhones
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Filing: crypto exchange FTX US is under investigation by Texas' securities regulator over allegations it offers unregistered yield-bearing securities products — Texas securities regulator's director said he set up a yield-bearing account on FTX US, despite identifying his address as being located within the U.S.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Discord debuts Activities to bring group experiences like playing games and watching videos to Voice Channels, an App Directory, Premium App Subscriptions, more — Discord announced a number of upgrades to its platform today, including activities where users can play casual games with each other.
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Meta says it found an externally-created Meta Workplace account that was used to spoof an internal Instagram system used as “evidence” for The Wire's reporting — This is an ongoing investigation and we will update as it unfolds. At this time, we can confirm that the video shared …
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| Reuters: |
Sources detail how Changpeng Zhao and other execs sought to “insulate” Binance from scrutiny by authorities in the US and UK, including by setting up Binance.US — A plan to “insulate” itself from the SEC. A backdated document. An exodus of compliance staff.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
TikTok is raising the age requirement for going live from 16 to 18 starting November 23 and is introducing streams that can be limited to adult-only audiences — TikTok is updating its livestream system to limit kids from going live and to allow streamers to only reach adults.| Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Gas, an iOS app that lets teens “gas up each other”; Data.AI: Gas had 500K+ downloads since August launch, despite being limited to a few US states — Gas is topping Apple's App Store charts despite being limited to a handful of states — TBH was hot.
Tweets: @imjoshisrael, @nikitabier, @gergelyorosz, and @martyswant
| ProPublica: |
Many big US property managers use RealPage's YieldStar software to set rent prices, raising questions about potential collusion in violation of federal law — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Mastercard partners with Paxos for a program to let financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients — - Mastercard is launching a program to let financial institutions offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients. — The payments giant will act as a “bridge” … | Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: |
By Oct. 14, 51% of the blocks produced for Ethereum's blockchain adhered to the US Treasury's OFAC compliance recommendations that ban Tornado Cash transactions — Censorship has been a growing concern within the Ethereum ecosystem, especially since the advent of MEV-Boost after the Merge.
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Trustnodes, Blockonomi, ETH Daily, and Inside Bitcoins
Tweets: @koeppelmann, @lynaldencontact, @iiicapital, @timccopeland, @truthcoin, @darinfeinstein, and @ineryblockchain
| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Google's Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler, who leads sales for Google's online advertising products and most of the company's other services — The search giant's head of sales is a diplomatic negotiator, but leaves some business partners frustrated
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Android Headlines, Android Central, Get Real Traffic, and The Markup
| Paul Adams / BBC: |
How Ukraine uses memes, jokes, and funny videos in its social media war with Russia, which helped the defense ministry's Twitter account grow to 1.5M followers — After almost eight months, the war in Ukraine hangs in the balance. Ukrainian counter-offensives continue to make progress …
Tweets: @4nnchor
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