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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
New York AG Letitia James sues the Winklevoss' Gemini, Genesis, and its parent Digital Currency Group, alleging the companies defrauded 230K investors of $1B+ — New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Winklevoss twin-led exchange Gemini along with the crypto lending firm Genesis …
More: NY State Attorney General, Axios, CoinDesk, The Verge, New York Times, CNN, Metaverse Post, Gizmodo, Reuters, TechCrunch, Decrypt, CryptoPotato, CryptoSlate, Bloomberg, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Forkast, Cryptonews, Coinpedia Fintech News, and The Block
X: @geminitrustco, @newyorkstateag, @travis_kling, @ap_abacus, @occamicrypto, @arbedout, @samcallah, @dylanleclair_, @ap_abacus, @stevennerayoff, @napgener, @smdiehl, @nikasgari, @newyorkstateag, @aftxcreditor, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, and @napgener
Forums: r/ethtrader and r/Gemini
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Chainalysis says recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses” — - Chainalysis said some recent reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses.”
More: U.S. Department …, Chainalysis, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bloomberg, Reuters, Elliptic, CryptoSlate, Decrypt, CCN.com, Cryptonews, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, Disruption Banking, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, CryptoPotato, and 404 Media
X: @iampaulgrewal, @jconorgrogan, @repmikelevin, @mdudas, @zerohedge, @neerajka, @lex_node, @valkenburgh, @timobrien, @chainalysis, @senwarren, @sensherrodbrown, @cmdoerfler, @jeffjohnroberts, @ddayen, @stevennerayoff, @billhughesdc, @chainalysis, and @pauly0x. LinkedIn: John Boscariol. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Financial Times: |
Mustafa Suleyman, Eric Schmidt, and others propose an IPCC-like International Panel on AI Safety, an objective advisory body to help shape protocols and norms — An International Panel on AI Safety could offer an objective body to help shape protocols and norms
More: DeepMind Blog. Mastodon: @njoseph_1@toot …. X: @mustafasuleyman, @mustafasuleyman, @joshuamarch, @emmiehine, @garymarcus, @geoffmulgan, @fabiochiusi, @drcolinwplewis, @agstrait, @sebkrier, and @hare_brain
| Financial Times: |
More: The Messenger, Euractiv, and GOV.UK
| John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
More: PYMNTS.com and Gizmodo
Bluesky: @blackamazon.bsky.social. X: @hare_brain, @chassnews, @jimpethokoukis, @joshgd, and @tomchivers. Forums: r/singularity
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
WhatsApp plans to let users switch between two accounts on Android in the coming weeks; a second account will still need a separate phone number and SIM card — If you use two different WhatsApp accounts, you'll soon be able to access both from just one device.
More: WhatsApp Blog, Business Today, Thurrott, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, Phandroid, Lifewire, SamMobile, PCMag, 9to5Mac, Cybernews.com, Neowin, Ghacks, PhoneArena, BetaNews, T3, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Gizchina, Android Authority, MSPoweruser, Tech Advisor, Pocket-lint, Mashable, and Engadget. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
| WABetaInfo: |
More: 9to5Mac, Mashable, Android Headlines, KnowTechie, The Verge, SamMobile, PhoneArena, Phandroid, News9live, and Android Police
X: @techykaptan, @wabetainfo, and @sulemansaeeed
| Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports Q3 revenue down 14.6% YoY to ~$17.28B, net income down 24.9% YoY to ~$6.5B, and expects to spend $32B on growing and upgrading capacity in 2023 — - Sales and capex projections both came in ahead of estimates — World's most advanced chipmaker is struggling with a downturn| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A researcher details a malicious and convincing Google ad linking to a fake site for password manager Keepass; Google shows a verified advertiser paid for them — Google-verified advertiser + legit-looking URL + valid TLS cert = convincing look-alike. — Google has been caught hosting …
More: Malwarebytes Labs. Mastodon: @karadoc@aus.social, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, and @hanno@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @blackamazon.bsky.social and @chardday.bsky.social
X: @medidigitalmark, @safespace4space, and @wrthfl
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/technology, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nokia plans to cut up to 14,000 jobs, or ~16% of its 86,000 workforce, and reports Q3 2023 net sales down 20% YoY to €4.98B and profit down 69% YoY to €133M — - Nokia said it would cut up to 14,000 jobs as part of a cost cutting plan following third quarter earnings that plunged.
More: Nokia, Reuters, Tech.eu, Silicon Valley Business …, The Register, BBC, Bloomberg, Pocket Gamer.biz, Fast Company, Total Telecom, Network World, GlobeNewswire News Room, The Messenger, Fortune, Tech Xplore, DatacenterDynamics, Insider, New York Times, Coinspeaker, Ghacks, Tech Monitor, Silicon Republic, Watcher Guru, Android Headlines, Light Reading, CNN, WRAL TechWire, and Financial Times. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC votes 3-2 to begin to re-establish net neutrality rules, starting by inviting public comments; the effort still faces a long legal and political battle — The Federal Communications Commission officially began its effort to re-establish net neutrality at its monthly meeting today …
More: Ars Technica, The Hill, New York Times, The Verge, Reuters, Bloomberg, Deadline, and Techdirt. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple fired at least five employees who worked in the company's App Store in China following an internal investigation into business misconduct — Apple fired at least five employees who worked in the company's App Store in China following an internal probe into business misconduct …
More: Computerworld, MacRumors, and Pocket Gamer.biz
Mastodon: @tolmasky@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, and @stroughtonsmith …
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord overhauls its moderation tools with a new warning system and a teen safety assist feature, plans to roll out an in-app shop for Discord members, more — Discord is overhauling the way it moderates its platform with a new warning system and teen safety assist feature.
More: Discord Blog, Game Developer, Club386, The Messenger, Dexerto, TechCrunch, PC Gamer, and Fast Company. X: @tomwarren
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
A US judge sentences a social media influencer to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016, including via Twitter ads — - A Trump-supporting social media influencer was sentenced to seven months in prison for conspiring to suppress the votes … | Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
AMD announces new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs for desktops and workstations, offering up to 96 cores on the 7000 Pro series, shipping November 21 for $550+ — Having just recently crossed the one-year anniversary of AMD's first Zen 4 architecture CPUs - the Ryzen 7000 series …
More: PCWorld, The Verge, Thurrott, CRN, Club386, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, TechSpot, VideoCardz.com, TechPowerUp, Neowin, ServeTheHome, Forbes, Wccftech, KitGuru, guru3d.com, and TechPowerUp
| Reuters: |
Meta introduces temporary limits on “potentially unwelcome or unwanted comments” on Facebook posts about the Israel-Hamas war for users “in the region” — Facebook-owner Meta Platforms (META.O) on Wednesday introduced temporary measures to limit …
More: European Commission, Meta, The Verge, Fortune, KNSD-TV, TickerTV News, Proactiveinvestors NA, and Engadget
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
US v. SBF: accounting professor Peter Easton testifies that FTX used “over a billion dollars” of customer funds to buy back Binance's FTX stake, bought in 2019 — Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a 2022 post the company had received over $2.1 billion in binance usd (BUSD) stablecoins and FTX's FTT tokens.
More: Reuters, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin Insider, Forkast, CryptoPotato, and NewsBTC
X: @wublockchain, @tiffanyfong_, @wublockchain, @innercitypress, @eleanorterrett, @innercitypress, @johnedeaton1, @elonmusk, and @autismcapital. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
| Jim Salter / Associated Press: |
The FBI and DOJ say thousands of IT workers sent by North Korea to work remotely with US companies with false IDs have sent millions in wages to the country — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars …
More: IC3.gov News, US Department of Justice, The Hill, PCMag, The Daily Beast, The Register, STLPR, and The Korea Herald
X: @dojnatsec, @kimzetter, and @kimzetter
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
OnePlus Open review: thin and light for a foldable and good multitasking support, but no water resistance or wireless charging, and very costly at $1,700 — The OnePlus Open finds a happy medium between the Pixel Fold and Galaxy Z Fold 5 size-wise, but it's too close in price to the incumbent foldables.| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
An international group of law enforcement agencies, including the US, the EU, and Japan, seizes the dark web portal used by the RagnarLocker ransomware group — An international group of law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web portal used by the notorious RagnarLocker ransomware group, TechCrunch has learned.| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
US v. Google: Pandu Nayak, Google's first witness and a VP of Search, testifies that smart employees explain the company's success and innovations, such as LLMs — While the Justice Department says Google has squeezed partners and made expensive deals to maintain its search dominance, the company has a more genteel story to tell.
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @rustybrick, @glenngabe, @stevelohr, @vidushi_law, @nancyscola, @adamkovac, @rustybrick, and @nancyscola
LinkedIn: Corey Taylor, MBA, Shan Shanmuganathan, and Mahek Giri
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Amazon plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery system to the UK, Italy, and a third US city in late 2024 and integrate Prime Air into its delivery network — The company will also bring the Prime Air program to a third US city by the end of 2024. — Amazon has some big plans …
More: About Amazon, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Supply Chain Dive, Internet of Things News, UK About Amazon, Forbes, TNW, BBC, Tech Xplore, ChannelX, Silicon Republic, The Register, Mashable, Sky News, SmallCapNews.co.uk, Nation World News, Reuters, Silicon UK, Fierce Healthcare, The Messenger, SlashGear, TechCrunch, GeekWire, and Reuters
X: @greglinden, @tashaark, @iamkennethchan, @opsprof, @amazon, @mikecmorgan, and @amazonuk
| Financial Times: |
The US House's China committee asks about Sequoia's investments since 2010 in AI, quantum, and chip companies based, or with “significant operations”, in China — Scrutiny of California VC firm comes amid mounting tension between Washington and Beijing| Pew Research Center: |
A May 2023 survey of 5,101 US adults: 78% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans support more government regulation over what companies can do with people's data — The role of technology companies, AI and regulation - plus personal experiences with data breaches, passwords, cybersecurity and privacy policies
More: 9to5Mac. X: @pewinternet, @pewresearch, @alliekmiller, @jason_kint, @pewresearch, @pewinternet, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @pewinternet, @pewresearch, @monicaranders, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @monicaranders, @pewinternet, @gottfriedjeff, @gottfriedjeff, @pewinternet, @pewresearch, and @staysafeonline. Forums: r/privacy
| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q3 revenue up 7.8% YoY to $8.54B, vs. $8.54B est., and global paid memberships up 10.8% YoY to 247.15M, vs. 243.88M est.; NFLX jumps 18%+ — - Netflix reported a boost in subscriber growth driven by a password-sharing crackdown efforts and interest in its new ad-supported tier.| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
More: 9to5Google, TechSpot, The Hollywood Reporter, MacRumors, GameSpot, and Variety
X: @lucas_shaw, @tvgrimreaper, @tvanswerman, @agentbizzle, @shinobi602, @wsj, and @peterschiff. LinkedIn: Uzo Ometu
Forums: r/technology, r/entertainment, and r/cordcutters
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