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John McAfee has died by suspected suicide in a Spanish jail cell, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US — Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona after the Spanish high court had authorised his extradition to the U.S. …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
In a new report, Apple says letting iOS users sideload apps would undermine privacy protections, complicate parental controls, and potentially expose user data — Company says allowing users to download software onto their iPhones without using the App Store jeopardizes protections
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Two South African brothers who founded crypto investment firm Africrypt vanished with ~69,000 bitcoins, worth $3.6B+, after informing clients of an alleged hack — - Lawyers hired by investors piece together funds' disappearance — Africrypt loss would rank among biggest-ever crypto heists
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram says it will test mixing suggested posts throughout primary feeds, even above posts from people users follow, and adds new controls — A priority on algorithm-chosen content — Instagram says reception to its “suggested posts” feature has been so positive that it's launching a new test …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, Engadget, and Pixel Envy
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Bitmain, the largest producer of crypto mining equipment, suspends sales of machines for spot delivery globally, as top-tier rig prices drop ~75% since April — - Bitmain takes step to help prop up second-hand prices — Cost of a top-tier rig plunged by about 75% since April
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| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Profile of Twitter's Machine Learning, Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team, as Responsible ML becomes one of the company's top priorities in 2021 — Machine learning engineer Ari Font was worried about the future of Twitter's algorithms. It was mid-2020, and the leader … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect from Microsoft's “next generation” Windows event on Thursday: new Windows 11 UI, updated Windows Store, and a focus on productivity and gaming — Microsoft's “next generation” of Windows event is taking place later this week, on June 24th at 11AM ET.
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BleepingComputer, Windows Central, Fortune, MUO, Insider, XDA Developers, Trusted Reviews, Windows Central, WinBuzzer, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @harrymccracken and @tomwarren
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Morning Consult poll of 2,000 US voters: 53% at least somewhat support Congress' Big Tech antitrust bills; 44% rank tech regulation as their lowest priority — - A new poll commissioned by tech industry-funded group shows 53% of voters favor at least some tech regulation.
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Tweets: @progresschamber, @iansherr, @adamkovac, @lauren_feiner, and @quinnypig
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| Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Peacock had fewer than 10M paid subs as of May; Comcast is considering a deal with ViacomCBS or acquiring Roku as it seeks to become a streaming giant — CEO Brian Roberts is out to prove that having content and distribution under one roof can make his cable colossus a winner
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Tweets: @danrayburn, @hedgeyecomm, @jbflint, @jbflint, @asharma, @carnage4life, and @benmullin
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snackpass raises $70M Series B led by Craft Ventures at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering service surpasses 500k users across 13 college towns — While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher: counterfeit packages on the official Python repository, downloaded ~5,000 times, contained code that installed cryptomining software — Open source repositories can be vectors for badness, so look before you run. — Counterfeit packages downloaded roughly 5,000 times … | Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Tim Berners-Lee defends his decision to auction an NFT representing the web's source code, comparing it to the sale of an autographed book or a speaking tour — Creator of the world wide web says digital asset is ‘totally aligned with the values of the web’| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Adobe launches Substance 3D, a suite of 3D design tools Adobe says has applications in video games and VFX and uses AI to ease technical complexity of 3D design — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out.
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Tweets: @scottbelsky, @nvidiadesign, @ddiakopoulos, @dusanwriter, @jadel4w, @timoni, @choy, @robotbrush, and @80level
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
International coalition of consumer groups, digital and civil rights organizations, and data protection experts call for ban on “surveillance-based advertising” — An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts …
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Forbrukerrådet. Tweets: @edri, @wolfiechristl, @iwillleavenow, @chaosupdates, and @julespolonetsky
| Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
Kuaishou now has 1B monthly active users globally, including users of its Kwai and Snack Video apps, joining rivals ByteDance and Tencent — China's No 2 short video-sharing app operator joins rival ByteDance and Tencent as internet platforms with 1 billion monthly active users Kuaishou's tally covers …
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| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN: |
Adobe: total US e-commerce sales during Prime Day exceeded $11B; Amazon says Prime Day was the biggest two-day sales period for 3rd party sellers in its history — New York (CNN Business)Shoppers aren't showing any signs of getting tired of Amazon Prime Day, even though some sellers …
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Tweets: @wsbconsensus, @laurenthomas, and @californialabor
| Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post: |
Breakdown of officials in Biden's administration who have worked at tech giants: Facebook leads with 11 officials, followed by Alphabet at 10 and Microsoft at 8 — Technology and cybersecurity policy researcher — Dozens of top Biden administration officials have professional ties …
Tweets: @fboversight and @brianmcc
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Ant Group is in talks with Chinese state-owned companies to create a credit scoring company that will put Ant's vast data under Chinese control — The fintech giant is in discussions to start a new credit-scoring business with Chinese state-owned enterprises| Mark Nottingham / mnot's blog: |
How recent actions against Big Tech in the US, UK, and EU could inadvertently lead to more fragmentation and ossification of the internet — A big change in how the Internet is defined - and who defines it - is underway. — For a while now, it's been apparent that Internet and Web standards have stagnated at the ‘top’ of the stack.
Tweets: @rdbinns, @jyasskin, @jackyalcine, @carnage4life, @webdevlaw, and @mnot
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust experts say the biggest obstacle to Lina Khan's agenda will be a conservative judiciary, which has made it difficult for regulators to win big cases — The fiercest foes of America's technology giants cheered when Lina Khan, a professor at Columbia Law School …
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Incorta, which aims to optimize data warehousing projects for enterprises, raises $120M Series D led by Prysm Capital, bringing its total funding to $195M — Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning. — Companies are looking … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Ohio-based Lower, which offers online home financing services, raises $100M Series A led by Accel, its first external funding round in its seven-year history — Lower, an Ohio-based home finance platform, announced today it has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel.
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| Margherita Beale / Forbes: |
Habi, a Colombia-based residential real estate marketplace with automated pricing tech, raises $100M Series B led by SoftBank Latin America Fund — Habi, a real estate startup digitizing home buying and selling for Colombia's middle class, announced Wednesday that it has raised $100 million …
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DOJ says it has seized 36 Iranian media websites and sites for groups affiliated with Iran that are linked to Iranian disinformation for violating US sanctions — The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it seized 36 Iranian-linked websites, many of them associated with either disinformation activities …
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| Cam Wilson / Crikey: |
Australia's controversial Online Safety Bill is about to become law, expanding the eSafety Commissioner's ability to censor the internet — The controversial Online Safety Bill will give broad censorship powers to the eSafety commissioner, and experts warn that it could harm those it purports to save.
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iTnews, The New Daily, IT PRO, Paul Fletcher MP, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @cameronwilson, @paulfletchermp, @swlrv, @andydentperth, @inara1102, @gildrgil, @cameronwilson, @otdderamin, and @innov_aus
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Drata, which uses automation to help companies obtain SOC 2 compliance for secure cloud data storage, raises $25M Series A led by GGV Capital — Security compliance is precisely three things: incredibly boring, time consuming, and entirely necessary to run a business in the modern age.| Faseeh Mangi / Bloomberg: |
Pakistan outlines plans to double its IT industry in two years using new tech zones, after missing out on tech booms that lifted India and the Philippines — - New tech zones may double IT industry to $6 billion in 2 years — Pakistan has huge youth population, world's No. 3 gig economy
Tweets: @stzaofficial, @27thletterrr, and @economypak
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