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A developer of the popular open-source networking tool node-ipc allegedly sabotaged its code to wipe data on computers that use the tool in Russia and Belarus — The shortsighted protest has caused a massive uproar in the open source community. — A technologist and maintainer … | Andrew R. Chow / TIME: |
A profile of Vitalik Buterin, who says he decided “to try to be more risk-taking and less neutral” to shape Ethereum with “lots of good crazy and bad crazy” — In a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air … | Barbara Krasnoff / The Verge: |
Meta locks out some users, whether they had enabled Facebook Protect or not, after asking them to activate the security feature in a spam-like message in March — And some can't get in even if they turned it on — Early in March, a bunch of Facebook users got a mysterious, spam-like email titled …
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Brazil's Supreme Court orders regulator Anatel to suspend Telegram in 24 hours, saying it repeatedly refused to adhere to judicial orders or the country's laws — Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, following a request …
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Microsoft Edge now automatically fills in missing image alt text for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, to be read aloud for blind or low vision users — Ideal for blind or low vision web users — More than half of the images on the web are missing alt text, according to Microsoft.
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UK-based ClearBank, which provides infrastructure for banks to offer real-time clearance on payments and other financial services, raises £175M from Apax — ClearBank — a UK fintech that has built a new set of cloud-based financial rails that allows banks and other customers real … | Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say banning Telegram, a popular destination for unfiltered news to an estimated 40M+ users in Russia, is technically difficult and may prompt a backlash — The social media and chat app has become an increasingly popular destination for unfiltered news, pro-Kremlin propaganda and everything in between| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
C2X, which is building a gaming platform on the Terra blockchain, raises $25M through a private token sale led by FTX Ventures and others at a $500M valuation — FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto and Animoca Brands were among the purchasers in the sale that values CRX, a Hashed-advised gaming platform, at $500 million.
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GM buys SoftBank Vision Fund 1's stake in Cruise for $2.1B, increasing GM's ownership to 80%, and says the company will invest another $1.35B in Cruise — General Motors Co. bought out the SoftBank Vision Fund 1's stake in self-driving startup Cruise LLC for $2.1 billion …
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Sources: FanCraze, a marketplace for cricket NFTs previously known as Faze Technologies, is raising a $100M Series A led by B Capital and Insight Partners — An online platform for trading officially-licensed digital cricket collectibles, is raising about $100 million in a new funding round … | Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Instacart plans to add a $0.40 fee to orders “over the next month” that goes to shoppers to help with gas prices, even if shopper's cars are hybrid or electric — The move follows temporary surcharge announcements from Lyft and Uber — Grocery delivery platform Instacart announced Friday …
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A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors — Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars … Sponsor Posts
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