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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is testing Communities, invite-only topic-based public feeds curated by moderators, initially limited to a few topics, such as dogs and skincare — Twitter is a useful place for following breaking news and keeping up with what the people you're already interested in are doing …
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Tweets: @joincommunities, @kayvz, @communities, @zoescaman, @beijingdou, @hypervisible, @aelfred_d, @jowyang, @switch1e_swoof, @ericjhonsa, @kayvz, @rrhoover, @tjack, @wongmjane, @itstarekali, @wongmjane, @johnbattelle, @styx_icks, @kayvz, @neerajka, @digested_sand, @lanceulanoff, @willoremus, @joincommunities, @rprose, @mattnavarra, @mattnavarra, @quinnypig, @thesmarmybum, and @scottmonty
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase says SEC threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched Lend program, following discussions with the regulator that have lasted almost six months — Crypto exchange Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded Tuesday evening to planned enforcement by the U.S. Securities …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
While SEC rules are hazy, Coinbase's Lend product likely does constitute a security; to avoid SEC oversight, Coinbase would need to be regulated like a bank — Is lending your Bitcoins a security? — Oh, sure, yes, absolutely. The rule in the U.S. is that an “investment contract,” …
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Axios, Bitcoinist.com, Wall Street Journal, The Information, CryptoSlate, Decrypt, Bankless Times, Protos, The Verge, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, and CoinGeek
Tweets: @bopinion, @petersterne, @fordm, @conorsen, @fordm, @thestalwart, @ryan_browne_, and @matt_levine
| Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: China has temporarily suspended approvals for all new online games, revealing the move in a meeting with Tencent and NetEase — Sources said the decision to freeze new video game approvals was revealed at a meeting between Chinese regulators and industry giants Tencent and NetEase …
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AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, PingWest, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, thegamer.com, CNN, Tech in Asia, Coinspeaker, Game Developer, The Economic Times, Financial Times, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @therealjoshye, @arjunkharpal, @benedictevans, and @therealjoshye
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro temporarily bans social media companies from removing accounts and content that violate their rules, ahead of a presidential election — The new rules in Brazil appear to be the first national policy that restricts how tech companies can control their sites, analysts say.
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BBC, France 24, Reuters, and euronews
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Hackers leak a list of ~500K Fortinet VPN login names and passwords; a source in the IT security industry says at least some of the leaked credentials are valid — A threat actor has leaked a list of almost 500,000 Fortinet VPN login names and passwords that were allegedly scraped from exploitable devices last summer.
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PCMag, ZDNet, Advanced Intel, TechRadar, The Hacker News, SlashGear, and Gizmodo
| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
FOIA records show Google settled with a software engineer allegedly fired for his workplace activism in 2019; settlement was approved in July by the NLRB — - U.S. Labor Board said five employees were wrongly terminated — Trial is ongoing over remaining allegations against company| Odanga Madung / Wired: |
Investigation reveals how social media influencers in Kenya are hired to spread disinformation on Twitter against Kenyan journalists, judges, and activists — It's a lucrative gig for content creators, who can make $10 to $15 a day by smearing journalists and activists on social media.
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Tweets: @samirasawlani, @restofworld, @jessedamiani, @rasmus_kleis, @imtheq, @olez, @edwinkaringa, and @odangaring
| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw that could have let hackers access the data of some Azure customers; Palo Alto Networks reported the flaw in July — Microsoft (MSFT.O) warned some of its Azure cloud computing customers that a flaw discovered by security researchers could have allowed hackers access to their data.
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Microsoft Security …. More:
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
UK network Three joins EE and Vodafone in adding a £2/day charge for EU roaming starting May 2022; O2 will offer free EU roaming as an add-on for some plans — Three has become the latest UK mobile network to reintroduce EU roaming fees, in another post-Brexit setback for customers traveling abroad.
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Three Media Centre. More:
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Tweets: @chrsphr and @simonnread
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi says its upcoming 11T flagship series will get three years of OS updates and four years of security updates, matching Samsung and Google — Ahead of the release of the Xiaomi 11T Pro and 11T, the Chinese firm is promising extended support for the upcoming duo with three years …
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XDA Developers, techadvisor.com, Android Police, Android Central, Gizchina, Neowin, Android Headlines, SlashGear, Notebookcheck.net, Trusted Reviews, Phandroid, and GSMArena.com
| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
US Commerce Dept. says it is forming the National AI Advisory Committee, which will advise POTUS and federal agencies on AI research, competitiveness, and more — The Department of Commerce has set up a committee to advise the president and other federal agencies on artificial intelligence issues …
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U.S. Department of Commerce. More:
Federal Register, Federal Computer Week, CNET, and Engadget
Tweets: @whostp, @nlmdirector, and @nist
| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Milan-based buy now, pay later service Scalapay raises $155M Series A led by Tiger Global — Milan-based buy now pay later player Scalapay has raised $155 million in equity funding in a Series A round. In line with many other BNPL providers, Scalapay offers consumers the ability to spread …
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TechCrunch, altfi.com, Finextra, PR Newswire, and The Paypers
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google announces Workspace updates, including spaces for collaboration, Meet calling within Gmail, and 27" and 65" video calling devices by Logitech and Avocor — A new GamesBeat event is Google today announced a series of updates across Workspace, its collection of cloud computing …
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Google Cloud Blog. More:
The Verge, Silicon Republic, TNW, MediaNama, TechRadar, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @caseynewton, @backlon, @backlon, @leggett, @johnlegere, @derekmross, @carnage4life, @martinsfp, @backlon, @glennf, and @caro_milanesi
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at Sila Nanotechnologies' new battery model, which ships in the new Whoop wearable and may fuel a change in energy storage for electric cars and more — This week, a more efficient type of battery arrives in a wristband fitness tracker. It could soon reach smart glasses, cars and even aircraft.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, and MIT Technology Review
Tweets: @shaylekann, @gleb_yushin, @silagene, @kurtkelty, and @silananotech
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Canadian startup Nuula, which offers app-based financial services for SMBs, raises $20M equity and a $100M credit facility — A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a superapp to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of funding … | Gareth Halfacree / The Register: |
Tim Berners-Lee joins Proton board in privacy advisory role, amid privacy backlash at ProtonMail, which disclosed an activist's IP address to Swiss authorities — ‘I am a firm supporter of privacy,’ Sir Tim declares - even as the service is lambasted over IP logging| Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
Snyk, which helps fix vulnerabilities in open source dependencies and container images, raises $300M at a $8.5B valuation, up ~2x from its March valuation — Boston-Based cyber security software startup Snyk on Wednesday said it raised $300 million in fresh funds and the company was now valued at $8.5 billion.
| Reuters: |
AI ethics chiefs at Google, IBM, and Microsoft say their companies rejected client requests for developing AI for credit scoring, facial recognition, and more — In September last year, Google's (GOOGL.O) cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to.| Shai Oster / The Information: |
Munich- and Beijing-based robotics startup Agile Robots, which will work with Foxconn, raises $220M led by SoftBank, source says at a ~$1B post-money valuation — SoftBank is leading a $220 million round into Agile Robots, a startup based in Munich and Beijing that says its systems … | Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers: China-linked fake social media accounts tried to draw Asian-Americans to protests against racism; Facebook, YouTube, Twitter suspended the accounts — Campaign is first known instance of China-linked actors fomenting real-world U.S. protest; 'They're copying the Kremlin's playbook'| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Documents: LAPD directs its officers to collect social media information of every civilian they interview, including those not arrested or accused of a crime — An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed
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Brennan Center for Justice, Slashdot, The Register, Neowin, and Gizmodo
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