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Sources: digital asset trading firm Genesis is potentially facing “hundreds of millions” of dollars in losses, partly through exposure to 3AC and Babel Finance — The DCG-owned trading colossus is said to have suffered nine-figure losses partly through exposure to Three Arrows Capital and Babel Finance.| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Source: FTX walked away from a deal with Celsius after finding the crypto lender has a $2B hole in its balance sheet — - FTX was interested in making a deal with Celsius but walked away because of the state of its finances, two sources told The Block. — Celsius had a $2 billion hole in its balance sheet, one source said.| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
OpenSea tells customers that an employee at email vendor Customer.io downloaded and sent email details to an external party, impacting almost all users — Opensea, the popular NFT marketplace that hit a colossal $13 billion valuation in January, is warning users of email phishing after a data breach.
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Tweets: @opensea, @irinaheaver, @ahiddensociety, @gcluley, @opensea, @cz_binance, @alexhern, @opensea, @opensea, @screentimes, @eclecticmethod, @punk6529, @opensea, @officer_cia, @troyhunt, and @ryancarson
| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung becomes the first to mass produce 3nm chips, beating TSMC, touting 45% lower power usage compared to 5nm chips, a 16% smaller surface area, and more — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Thursday it has begun mass producing chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says South Korean app developers can now use external payment methods from KCP, Inicis, Toss, and NICE by submitting a new version, reducing fees by 4% — Earlier this year, Apple announced that it would comply with a new law in South Korea that required the company to allow third-party payment providers in App Store apps.
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| Ari Notis / Kotaku: |
Unity lays off over 200 people, or 4% of its workforce, two weeks after the CEO said at an all-hands meeting that there would not be any layoffs — Management at the company behind the free game development engine has been a ‘shit show’ recently, sources say
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Tweets: @nickstatt, @marctech1996, @nickstatt, @tprstly, @protopop, @liasae, and @dj_link
| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter since Q3 2011, dropping 56%, after falling as much as 4.4% to just above $19K on Thursday — Bitcoin is on track for its worst quarter in more than a decade, as more hawkish central banks and a string of high-profile crypto blowups hammer sentiment.
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| Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk: |
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Grayscale Investments sues the US SEC after the agency rejected its application on Wednesday to convert its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust product to an ETF — The SEC rejected Grayscale's application to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust to an exchange-traded fund earlier Wednesday.
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Tweets: @sonnenshein, @jbsdc, @smtuffy, @smdiehl, @bowtiedbull, @cryptadamist, @bitboy_crypto, @adam3us, @nategeraci, and @jenn_rosenthal
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Amazon documents show it will restrict items and search results related to LGBTQ people and issues in the UAE, after the Emirati government threatened penalties — Sales of items including flags and books were blocked in the country, where homosexuality is criminalized. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Tweets: @the_lefty1945, @kyweise, @jldastin, @rgay, and @oliharris808
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple's CarPlay update, demoed at WWDC, lets users navigate to a pump and buy gas from its dashboard — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) wants you to start buying gas directly from your car dashboard as early as this fall, when the newest version of its CarPlay software rolls out, accelerating …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, lays off 8% of its staff, around 85 to 90 people, and cancels four projects; Niantic was valued at $9B in November 2021 — Gaming company Niantic Inc., which has struggled to find another big hit following its 2016 game Pokémon Go …
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Tweets: @tamashiihiroka, @harrymccracken, @scobleizer, @ddiakopoulos, and @ohnorosco
| Wall Street Journal: |
Researchers say some businesses are exaggerating AI's capabilities, brewing misunderstanding and distorting policymakers' views of AI's power and fallibility — Google, Meta and OpenAI are investing heavily in the technology, which is increasingly capturing the public imagination
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Tweets: @_karenhao, @dlauer, @dlauer, @dlauer, @dlauer, @dlauer, @mmitchell_ai, @dlauer, @timnitgebru, @dmonett, and @timnitgebru
| Bloomberg: |
EU lawmakers provisionally agree on anti-laundering rules for crypto, requiring verified customer identities for transfers between regulated digital wallets — The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to force crypto providers to provide identifying information …
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CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, The Block, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, Reuters, Blockworks, Decrypt, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @okovarikmep, @ernesturtasun, @gladstein, @mhiesboeck, @theguyswann, @mhiesboeck, @ernesturtasun, @paultang, and @samrusani
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail sophisticated malware targeting various routers and taking over Windows, macOS, and Linux devices, in North America and Europe for ~2 years — Router-stalking ZuoRAT is likely the work of a sophisticated nation-state, researchers say. — An unusually advanced hacking group …
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SecurityWeek, Infosecurity, SiliconANGLE, Security Affairs, iTnews, Dark Reading, TechSpot, Telecompetitor, The Hacker News, and ZDNet
Tweets: @radioms, @adam_k_levin, @dangoodin001, @campuscodi, and @virusbtn
| Wired: |
Section 230 is the last line of defense for online abortion speech, without which platforms could face legal liability for distributing abortion information — Dobbs should be a wake-up call for anyone seeking to undercut the immunity protections afforded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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Fight for the Future and Vanity Fair
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Documents: Coinbase is selling its intelligence-gathering tool Coinbase Tracer to ICE, letting the agency track crypto transactions, including bitcoin and ether — Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is selling Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a suite …
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Finbold, Fortune, and Web3 is going just great
Tweets: @aaschapiro, @byronkaye, @tante, @bigendiansmalls, @seldo, @malteengeler, @blockenthusiast, @derekmross, @jathansadowski, and @nicoleperlroth
| Financial Times: |
An investigation details an operation by Chinese hacking group APT40 to lure graduates into spying and translating stolen documents using a front company — FT investigation reveals student translators were targeted by front company for Beijing-backed hacking group APT40
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Bob's Newsletter. Tweets: @howelloneill, @maxseddon, @razhael, @jchengwsj, @lehtior2, @lukolejnik, @greenmiranda, and @mattgarrahan
| Reuters: |
An investigation details an Indian hacking-for-hire scheme to obtain documents in legal cases, starting in 2013 and targeting 75+ US and European organizations — A trove of thousands of email records uncovered by Reuters reveals Indian cyber mercenaries hacking parties involved in lawsuits around …
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BleepingComputer and The Keyword
Tweets: @reuters, @razhael, @iblametom, @razhael, @shashj, @razhael, and @howelloneill
| Zeke Faux / Bloomberg: |
An in-depth look at the 2016 Bitfinex hack and US government's case against Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan, over alleged money laundering — The hackers had been inside the Bitfinex servers for weeks before attempting the heist. They'd watched users on the cryptocurrency exchange buy and sell Bitcoins.
Tweets: @cfarivar, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @zekefaux, @crypto, and @latseema
| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Tencent, ByteDance, and others plan layoffs impacting thousands, after Chinese internet companies cut tens of thousands during regulatory crackdowns — Latest round of job cuts at Chinese tech giants comes even as Beijing signals easing of its regulatory campaign against the sectorSponsor Posts
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