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The FBI arrested a New York man who allegedly ran BreachForums, a dark web site that hosted stolen databases of ~1K companies, under the alias “pompompurin” — Federal agents have arrested a Peekskill, New York, man they say ran the notorious dark web data-breach site “BreachForums” under the name “Pompompurin.”| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Meta debuts Verified in the US for $12/month on the web or $15/month on Android/iOS, with a blue badge, proactive impersonation protection, and customer support — Meta's paid verification program is available in the US starting today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Instagram channel.| Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some lawmakers and tech executives like Peter Thiel are mobilizing against China's involvement in US tech, ahead of the TikTok CEO's US House testimony — Group to meet ahead of TikTok's testimony before Congress — A group of Silicon Valley executives, including investor Peter Thiel … | Hailey Fuchs / Politico: |
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Sources: Coinbase is exploring setting up a crypto trading platform overseas for institutional clients outside of the US, amid increased US scrutiny of crypto — Institutional clients of Coinbase Global Inc. have been contacted by the firm about plans to potentially set … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
YouTube lifts its restrictions on Donald Trump's channel, imposed after the January 6 insurrection, after evaluating the “continued risk of real-world violence” — YouTube will lift its restrictions on former President Trump's channel Friday, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
After SVB froze its deposits, HR software startup Rippling raised a $500M Series E at an $11.25B valuation, same as Series D, taking its total funding to $1.2B — As a serial entrepreneur who has famously endured some ups and downs, Parker Conrad has nearly seen it all. Or so he might have thought until last week.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
SVB Financial Group, the holding company for SVB Capital and SVB Securities, files for Chapter 11 and “believes it has approximately $2.2B of liquidity” — One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank … | Financial Times: |
How tech from Synthesia, an AI startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV, is being used to make deepfake news videos promoted by Venezuela's government — UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government — As Venezuela prepared for carnival season … | Financial Times: |
Some investors are concerned SVB's collapse and its rescue by the US government, after Silicon Valley investors' lobbying, could lead to tougher tech regulation — Late last Saturday night, Jason Calacanis, a prominent internet entrepreneur and investor, hit the caps button on his keyboard … | New York Times: |
Sources: Twitter explored licensing music rights from three major labels but negotiations stalled after Elon Musk's takeover and were abandoned due to costs — Twitter didn't move forward with the music licensing deals because of costs, people with knowledge of the matter said.| Rebecca Jennings / Vox: |
A look at YouTube and TikTok “hustle gurus” claiming to teach followers how to earn passive income through dropshipping, crypto schemes, AI companies, and more — YouTube and TikTok are plagued with 20-something “passive income” bros who want your attention — and your money.| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google's ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more — In February 2019, Dina Srinivasan, then an independent scholar, published an academic paper entitled ‘The Antitrust Case Against Facebook’ …
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