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EU lawmakers pass the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, seeking to regulate US tech giants, but limited resources could hamstring enforcement — EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in the power of tech giants such as Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
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| Derek B. Johnson / SC Media: |
NIST selects four encryption algorithms designed to withstand future quantum computing hacking threats to be part of its post-quantum cryptographic standard — For years, the National Institute for Standards and Technology have been working on a project to identify and vet a handful …
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| David Pan / Bloomberg: |
Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner with nearly 10% of the network's hash rate, sold 7,202 mined BTC for $167M in June and now holds 1,959 BTC — Core Scientific Inc., a top crypto miner, sold the bulk of its Bitcoin holdings in June as a steep drop in digital assets squeezes finances for even the leaders of the industry.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it signed a term sheet to explore buying Vauld, which halted withdrawals and manages assets for ~100K — - Nexo has signed a term sheet with Vauld giving it 60 days of exclusive talks to explore an all-equity acquisition of the company.
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| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Source: Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government content takedown orders through a judicial review, alleging abuse of power by officials — Twitter is seeking to overturn some Indian government orders to take down content, a source familiar with the matter said … | Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok abandons plans to expand its TikTok Shop live e-commerce program to Europe and the US, after internal problems and a lack of traction in the UK — Chinese-owned social media platform's foray into livestream shopping in the UK has struggled to gain traction
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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Sequoia Capital China is about to raise $9B for four new funds, above its $8B+ target, the largest amount raised by a single China tech-focused VC firm — Sequoia Capital's Chinese affiliate is about to close $9 billion in fresh capital for four new funds, higher than its original target …
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| Financial Times: |
China is rapidly censoring news of the alleged Shanghai police database breach exposing 1B+ people's data; WeChat and Weibo appear to be blocking the topic — Purported leak of personal information of more than 1bn people offered for sale for $200,000 — China is rapidly censoring news …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros., and others cut costs, staff, movies, and TV shows; the industry released 559 scripted shows in 2021, up by 200+ compared to 2013 — The sudden decline in Netflix's share price and the growing fear of a recession have forced Hollywood into a new period of fiscal austerity.
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| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: |
Survey: 25% of Black American investors owned crypto at the start of 2022, compared to 15% of white investors, leaving them vulnerable during the downturn — Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn — The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency crash are even broader among black investors.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK signs its first data sharing deal post-Brexit, with South Korea, allowing organizations in the two countries to transfer data without restrictions — Six years on from the referendum where the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, the country is announcing its first international data sharing deal …
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, and other Chinese tech giants agree to a “self-discipline initiative” for NFTs, including ID checks and avoiding secondary marketplaces — In a new ‘self-discipline initiative’, China's biggest tech firms agreed to enforce real-name authentication …
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