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After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing — Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
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| The Verge: |
A source at X says there wasn't actually a DDoS attack that crashed the Trump interview; another X employee said there was a “99 percent” chance Musk was lying — Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.
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| Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: |
Elon Musk's Donald Trump X Spaces interview was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed it on “a massive DDoS attack” — Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed …
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| Washington Post: |
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources: it's probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns — Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Iran has emerged as the most aggressive foreign threat to the US election; a Microsoft report showed ways it has tried to hack a presidential campaign and more — Hack of Trump campaign has led some to accuse Tehran just weeks after U.S. officials believed Russia posed bigger threat| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds group chats, with support for up to 32 people, available to all users over 15 years old, and adds safety measures specifically to protect teens — TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta's WhatsApp and Apple's Messages, as the company announced on Monday … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous cars with no safety driver on freeways in the Bay Area this week, after getting regulatory approval in March — Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week.
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| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
CrowdStrike's president appeared at DEF CON to accept the “Most Epic Fail” Pwnie Award, saying “we got this horribly wrong” and “it's super important to own it” — CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appears at DEF CON's annual Pwnie Awards to accept … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Tally, a fintech that helped users manage and pay off credit card debt, is shutting down; it had raised $172M and, per PitchBook, was last valued at $855M — Tally, a nine-year-old fintech that helped consumers manage and pay off their credit card debt, has shut down, according to the company.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Replika founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda on AI chatbots, marrying chatbots, Replika's therapy app Tomo, friendship chatbots, LLMs, open source, and more — The head of chatbot maker Replika discusses the role AI will play in the future of human relationships.
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| Slow Boring: |
Researchers: among US states that legalized online betting access, the likelihood of filing for bankruptcy increased by 25%-30% after three to four years — New evidence makes it clear that more lawmakers need to take the issue seriously — Today's post is by our regular Saturday correspondent …
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