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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network using Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens — Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) launched Base, a layer 2 network built using Optimism's OP Stack, to attract millions of new crypto users in the coming years.
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Coinbase, The Block, TechCrunch, Decrypt, Bloomberg, The Optimism Collective, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, and CryptoPotato
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| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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MacRumors, Thurrott, Macworld, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Appuals.com, iMore, Laptop Mag, 9to5Mac, BGR, The Verge, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, iThinkDifferent, Softpedia News, Android Authority, iPhone Hacks, Techlusive, Pocket-lint, Wccftech, XDA Developers, GSMArena.com, BGR, AppleInsider, and MakeUseOf
Tweets: @uredditor, @ianzelbo, @t3mporarybl1p, @parkerortolani, @kantrowitz, @vadimyuryev, @techhighest, and @maxwinebach
| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by third-party cheating clients, created a honeypot to catch them, and banned over 40,000 accounts — The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters — Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used …
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Dota 2, Game Developer, The Verge, Kotaku, GameSpot, PCMag, Neowin, and Destructoid
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| Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: |
Memo: the European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using corporate apps, asking staff to uninstall the app by March 15 — The EU executive's IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance shut down the derivative trading accounts of retail users in Australia after an investigation found customers were misclassified as wholesale investors — Binance closed the derivative trading accounts of some wholesale investors in Australia after an investigation found that they didn't meet the criteria for such investors.
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
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| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists”, letting some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in select countries — Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens …
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TechCrunch, International Business Times, Bitcoinist.com, Blockworks, The Block, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Music Ally, and Forkast
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal FAQ: Google asks Cloud employees and partners in its five largest US locations to share desks starting in Q2 and work from an office on alternate days — - The company's cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations.
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| CoinDesk: |
A US court unseals a superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried containing 12 charges, up from the initial eight, including alleged bank fraud — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges, including bank fraud allegations, under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning.
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Tweets: @watcherguru, @johnreedstark, @midwesthedgie, @dylanmatt, @innercitypress, @benfeuerherd, @tom_winter, @tom_winter, and @zerohedge
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Letter: the US Copyright Office says a graphic novel's images that were generated using the AI tool Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection — Images in a graphic novel that were created using the artificial-intelligence system Midjourney should not have been granted copyright protection …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: China's Luxshare takes over the Shanghai AR development team for Apple's headset from Taiwan's Pegatron; Foxconn will make a cheaper second-gen device — Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker — TAIPEI — Apple has chosen China's Luxshare …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung announces a standardized 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) modem that will enable two-way communication between smartphones and satellites — There was speculation that Samsung could use smartphone-to-satellite technology in its Galaxy S23 much like Apple has for the iPhone 14, but that didn't happen in the end.
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| Jon Haidt / After Babel: |
An analysis of 100+ studies finds that social media is a major cause of mental illness in teen girls, not just a tiny correlate, especially after 2012 — Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational — A big story last week was the partial release …
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9to5Mac. Tweets: @jonhaidt, @drantbradley, @dieworkwear, @chris_said, @tedchris, @blythebrum, @kschlenker, @dieworkwear, and @jonhaidt
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto — After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.| Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix cut subscriptions prices on certain tiers in more than 36 countries globally, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries — Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’
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| David Z. Morris / CoinDesk: |
Documents suggest Ruja Ignatova, co-founder of the OneCoin fraud and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted, was murdered by a notorious drug lord as long ago as 2018 — New documents suggest that infamous crypto scammer Ruja Ignatova, co-founder of the OneCoin fraud and one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted … | Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Filings: the SEC and NYDFS oppose Voyager's plan to sell assets to Binance.US for $1.02B, alleging the sale of unregistered securities, like Voyager's VGX token — A $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager has been opposed by New York …
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Tweets: @mayazi, @voyagerucc, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @simondixontwitt, @coindiva_sniper, and @vgx_heroes
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter v. Taamneh and the US Supreme Court's struggle to determine whether social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism — The US Supreme Court struggled to determine when social media companies can be held responsible for aiding terrorism as the justices heard …
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Gizmodo, Wired, Washington Post, MediaNama, CNBC, Ars Technica, Washington Post, CoinGape, New York Times, Observer, Politico, The Information, NBC News, and The Hill
| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: DOJ officials have met with Google's competitors and customers for an antitrust lawsuit over Google Maps and location data that could be filed in 2023 — Justice Department antitrust lawyers are homing in on yet another Google target: the company's vast mapping business.| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft appears to have updated the new Bing to end chats following prompts mentioning “feelings” or “Sydney”, after adding tighter controls on February 17 — Microsoft Corp. appeared to have implemented new, more severe restrictions on user interactions with its …
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Insider, Voicebot.ai, Search Engine Roundtable, WinBuzzer, gHacks Technology News, TweakTown, and CoinGape
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| Mozilla Foundation: |
Analysis of the 40 most popular Android apps on the Google Play Store finds nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Data Safety labels — The apps' privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ProsperOps, which makes software that automatically optimizes cloud resources, raised $72M led by H.I.G. Growth Partners, after previously raising just $800K — The cloud is growing expensive. According to a recent survey from ESG, more than half of companies say that their spending …
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, and ProsperOps
| Kevin Tran / Morning Consult: |
A survey of 2,199 US adults: 14% of Gen Z adults reported using TikTok to start researching a major news event, compared to 2% of all adults — Media & entertainment analyst Kevin Tran breaks down how publishers can monetize young consumers who are increasingly turning to social platforms for free news| Stephen Lurie / Wired: |
A look at the top 300 contributors to Amazon's IMDb globally, including one who wrote over 35K plot summaries, and the history of the crowdsourced service — Powered by obsessed film buffs, it's a crowdsourced juggernaut that's older than Google and Wikipedia. Now AI is threatening to steal the starring role.
Tweets: @caitlin__kelly, @grahamdavida, @luriethereal, @michellelegro, and @michellelegro
| New York Times: |
After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers have turned cutthroat to secure federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy — Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors.Sponsor Posts
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