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DeFi proponents criticize Sam Bankman-Fried for a regulatory proposal suggesting websites facilitating trading on decentralized exchanges should be regulated — - Various individuals in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry are lambasting Sam Bankman-Fried after the FTX CEO shared …
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CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading; Aptos' Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and a low transaction throughput — The price of Aptos has crashed more than 40% a day after launch as investors remain wary of the network's widely-panned mainnet rollout.
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| Kyle Alspach / Protocol: |
Microsoft confirms some customer data was exposed due to a server configuration error but says SOCRadar exaggerated by claiming 65K+ companies were affected — Microsoft said Wednesday that an unspecified amount of customer data, including contact info and email content …
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Google now lets users disable targeted ads without breaking useful features by having to turn off settings like Web & App Activity and YouTube History — In a major fix, Google's own privacy settings will no longer disable crucial features of its apps. — Alerts
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| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K and i5-13600K review: improved voltage frequency curve, more efficiency cores than Alder Lake, and competitive with AMD's Zen 4 — Today marks the release of Intel's 13th generation Core processor series, codenamed Raptor Lake.
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Sources: senior Stripe executives asked managers to restart giving lower ratings on performance reviews to 10% to 15% of staff, to prune the company's workforce — As the economy slows, more tech companies have been showing employees the door. Now some senior leaders at Silicon Valley fintech giant Stripe …
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Texas' AG sues Google for allegedly using Photos, Assistant, and Nest features to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without seeking users' full consent — State alleges tech giant didn't obtain user consent for biometric-data use — The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
iFixit's Google Pixel Watch teardown: the backplate can be replaced as can the display, after removing the battery; the buttons and crown don't seem replaceable — iFixit shows exactly how difficult it'll be to fix those cracked displays. — What secrets does the inside of the Pixel Watch hold? …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google says that over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory — Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
An interview with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on competition, RCS, government pressure to break encryption, what it's like to hire a new CEO, and more — Signal messages are more private than iMessage and WhatsApp. Here's how. — Meredith Whittaker is the president of Signal …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The UK's Ofcom publishes a report on its first year regulating video sharing sites, detailing how TikTok, Twitch, OnlyFans, and others tackle content challenges — The UK's media watchdog, Ofcom, has published a debut report on its first year regulating a selection of video-sharing platforms …
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Meta adds Reels to Facebook Groups, and says that most Facebook users are members of at least 15 active groups and there are 100M+ “group joins” every day — Takeaways — We're adding more options for people to connect over shared interests, including Reels in Facebook Groups and updates to your Group profile.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India fines Google $161.9M for requiring Android device makers to pre-install Google Mobile Suite and mandating prominent placement of those apps — India's antitrust watchdog fined Google $161.9 million on Thursday for anti-competitive practices related to Android mobile devices in “multiple markets.”| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
Inside the UST Restitution Group, an association of nearly 4,400 crypto investors trying to track down Do Kwon and who share their findings on Discord — UST Restitution Group is trying to track down Do Kwon after the crash of his terraUSD and luna coins — Kang Hyung-suk's faith …
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Tweets: @parismarx, @laurashin, @silvermanjacob, and @wublockchain
| ProPublica: |
A book excerpt details how the FBI failed to undertake fundamental reforms to combat cybercrime, including confronting escalating cyberthreats like ransomware — In this excerpt from “The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World From Cybercrime,” …
Tweets: @jstrauss, @propublica, @renee_dudley, @propublica, and @danlgolden
| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Meta's Oversight Board says it can make binding decisions to apply a warning screen when “leaving up or restoring qualifying content”, starting this month — Meta Platforms Inc's (META.O) independent oversight board said on Thursday that starting this month it can decide … Sponsor Posts
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