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July 1, 2022, 12:20 PM

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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The EU agrees on new crypto rules, including measures guarding against market abuse and requiring crypto firms to disclose environmental impacts of their assets  —  MiCA law contains measures to guard against market abuse and manipulation  —  The EU has moved to rein in the “wild west” …
Reuters:
Google settles a lawsuit by agreeing in part to put $90M in a fund for US app developers who made $2M or less in annual Play Store revenue from 2016 to 2021  —  Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money …
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
The FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion, including commercial airlines, shipping vessels, semitrucks, and RVs  —  - The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to provide Starlink satellite internet to vehicles in motion …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Biden to award a posthumous Medal of Freedom to Steve Jobs for changing the way the world communicates and transforming the computer, music, and film industries  —  The Biden Administration has announced the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for this year.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Kaspersky researchers found malware used in the wild since at least March 2021 to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers of government and military organizations  —  Attackers used a newly discovered malware to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers belonging to government and military organizations from Europe …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Former Apple lawyer Gene Levoff pleads guilty to insider trading; Levoff allegedly traded before quarterly earnings from 2011 to 2016 and was fired in 2018  —  The former top corporate lawyer at Apple Inc (AAPL.O) pleaded guilty on Thursday to insider trading charges, for what prosecutors called …
New York Times:
Netflix executives say they don't plan to change programming; two bank analysts say a cheaper ad-supported tier could cannibalize the higher-paying subscribers  —  Long Hollywood's leading innovator, the streaming service is staying the course, despite serious challenges to its business and questions about its content.
TechCrunch:
Meta rolls out NFT support on Facebook, letting select US creators display NFTs under a new tab on their profiles, after adding support to Instagram in May 2022  —  After debuting NFT support on Instagram in May, Meta has launched digital collectibles support on Facebook with select creators.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta says Instagram is testing a change with select users that turns video posts into Reels, as part of “efforts to simplify and improve the video experience”  —  Instagram is testing a change that turns video posts into Reels, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
Katie Paul / Reuters:
In a weekly Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg told staff that Meta reduced its 2022 engineer hiring target to around 6,000 to 7,000, down from its plan to hire around 10,000  —  (Reuters) - Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc is bracing for a leaner second half of the year, as it copes with macroeconomic pressures …

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