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Sources: Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing to buy the company, discussing potential layoffs, content moderation, and more — Tesla Inc. Chief Executive officer Elon Musk discussed his stance on what types of content should be allowed on Twitter Inc.'s social network …
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| Katie Collins / CNET: |
The EU toughens its disinformation Code of Practice, covering deepfakes, bots, fake accounts, and more; Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, and others have signed up — Katie Collins — Katie a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent … | The Markup: |
Analysis: 33 of the top 100 US hospitals used the Meta Pixel tracker, sending data back to Facebook, including details about prescriptions and conditions — Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
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STAT, Newsweek, The Verge, and Mashable
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers find a link between Indian police and hackers who planted evidence in 2018 on the PCs of human rights activists jailed on terrorism charges — New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.
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Amnesty International and The Citizen Lab
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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Andy Jassy's first year as Amazon CEO, as he seeks to reverse some of Jeff Bezos' aggressive pandemic investments, close physical stores, and more — Amid one of the worst stretches for financial performance in Amazon's history, the new CEO is working to cut back the excesses …
Tweets: @tednesi, @vader7x, @vader7x, @paulpage, @danamattioli, @conorsen, @modestproposal1, @davecbenoit, @danamattioli, @shiraovide, and @markdistef
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches Defender for Individuals, a centralized online security dashboard, for Microsoft 365 Family and Personal users on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android — Microsoft is adding the Microsoft Defender for Individuals to its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung merges its Pay and Pass apps to create Wallet, letting users organize ID cards, keys, and crypto, rolling out now — Bringing Samsung Pay and Pass under one roof — First, there was Samsung Wallet. Then it became Samsung Pay. Now, because time is a flat circle … | Financial Times: |
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some of the positions in Three Arrows, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend — BlockFi was among a clutch of firms that liquidated the Singapore-based group's positions — Three Arrows Capital failed to meet demands …
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Reuters, The Block, and Cointelegraph
| Ed Smith / PCGamesN: |
Activision Blizzard says its internal review found that there is “no widespread harassment, or systemic harassment” at the company — Following a series of lawsuits, and claims of misconduct, an internal investigation by Activision concludes there is “no widespead harassment” - at Activision
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Activision Blizzard, GamesIndustry.biz, Ars Technica, Eurogamer.net, Wccftech, Reuters, Game Developer, Kotaku, Dexerto, TheGamer, NME, City A.M., GameSpot, and Video Games Chronicle
Tweets: @nickstatt, @_jetbolt_, @duckvalentine, @pms_jordan, @shobz, and @markmilian
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Discord announces the widespread availability of its built-in autonomous moderation tool AutoMod, and expands Premium Memberships to more eligible US servers — AutoMod is getting a widespread rollout — Today, Discord is announcing widespread availability of AutoMod …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft patches the Follina Windows zero-day, which let hackers execute malicious PowerShell commands and that state-backed and cybercrime actors exploited — Microsoft has released security updates with the June 2022 cumulative Windows Updates to address a critical Windows zero … | Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Securities regulators in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Washington are investigating Celsius Network's decision to suspend customer redemptions — State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating crypto lender Celsius Network's decision …
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Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, and CoinJournal
| Bloomberg: |
Some Ethereum miners express reservations about the planned August 2022 shift to a proof-of-stake model, arguing it renders expensive mining equipment useless — The Ethereum mining community is a diverse bunch, geographically and demographically. There's a 28-year-old translator in Ukraine …
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CryptoSlate. Tweets: @nalanpog, @davidpan_1, @firstadopter, @bitfinexed, @icopilots, and @basche42
| New York Times: |
Sources, docs, and a Google staffer's discrimination lawsuit: religious sect Fellowship of Friends dominated Google Developer Studio, which makes promo videos — A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.
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Kevin Lloyd. Tweets: @alphabetworkers, @rmac18, @tjenningsbrown, @daiwaka, @alphabetworkers, @cademetz, @kateconger, @alphabetworkers, @nickstatt, @nickstatt, @danreilly11, @dellcam, @daiwaka, @crschmidt, @nickstatt, and @evleaks
| CNN: |
Japan passes an amendment making “online insults” punishable by up to one year in prison, after a reality TV star who faced social media abuse committed suicide — Tokyo (CNN)Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid …
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Tweets: @misskaul, @evanandrewsfox4, @ann_ed, @shiro_chwan, @peterwsinger, and @yusufdfi
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
A summary of the apps that Apple “Sherlocked” at WWDC 2022, like Camo with Continuity Camera, Klarna with Apple Pay Later, and Pillbox with medication tracking — Apple introduced some amazing updates across iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS at the worldwide developer conference (WWDC) last week.
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AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, FOSS Patents, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @drbarnard and @wavesblog
| Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
A look at Twitter's research into its offensive content tweet pop-up, resulting in a positive change in long-term behavior even though 69% still sent the tweet — This Is What Friction Looks Like — Twitter released some really interesting research last week regarding that sort …
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Gizmodo, Twitter, aaai.org, TechCrunch, and The Guardian
Tweets: @codinghorror, @codinghorror, @twittereng, @brosandprose, @edmundheaphy, @twittereng, @broderick, and @raju
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
In occupied Ukraine, Russia is forcing multiple ISPs to shut down connections or reroute traffic through Russia's powerful censorship and surveillance machine — In occupied Ukraine, people's internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.
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New World Same Humans. Tweets: @mattburgess1, @malloryknodel, @mattburgess1, @tanyalokot, @mattburgess1, @brianhonan, @mattburgess1, and @mattburgess1
| Financial Times: |
China's tech crackdown, combined with a macroeconomic slowdown, has led to mass job cuts at its tech giants and a record 18.4% youth unemployment in May 2022 — Becky Sun has submitted her CV to 80 companies since being dismissed from a midsized Beijing internet group at the start of the year.
Tweets: @rwmcmorrow and @adam_tooze
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
TikTok's global business solutions head says TikTok is an entertainment platform, not a social network like Facebook, and hasn't seen a slowdown in ad revenue — - Facebook is openly copying TikTok, and calling it out as a significant competitor. — But Blake Chandlee …
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Nieman Lab, Gizchina, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, and PCMag
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
The White House launches a task force to examine if existing federal laws adequately address online gender-based violence and suggest changes by the end of 2022 — Group will create recommendations for governments, companies and schools to address the link between online harassment and violence in the wake of mass shootings
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Fortune and The White House
Tweets: @silviaelenaff, @gitlitzmichelle, @cagoldberglaw, @milleridriss, @childfund, @nancyscola, @cagoldberglaw, @childfund, and @rachelnpr
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
eBay plans to launch a beta of eBay Live, an interactive live shopping service, later in June 2022, starting with a livestream event to sell rare trading cards — eBay announced today that it's launching eBay Live, a dedicated shopping platform that gives users a way to purchase products in a live and interactive environment.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Massachusetts-based AirSlate, whose no-code tools help automate business processes, raised $51.5M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $185.3M — Proving that workflow automation is a robust sector, AirSlate, which provides no-code tools for automating business processes …
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