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The California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and FSD features, in a pair of July 28 filings with the CA's Office of Administrative Hearings — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of the company's signature Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies.
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
Voyager will begin processing customer cash withdrawals on August 11 after getting court approval on August 4; customers can withdraw up to $100K each 24 hours — - Voyager on August 4 received approval to honor cash withdrawals with the funds held in custody at Metropolitan Commercial Bank.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A brief history of AI and why some AI researchers believe the technology they have built is sentient or conscious despite no evidence — Robots can't think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe. — As the sun set over Maury Island, just south of Seattle …
Tweets: @kateconger, @jessicahelfand, @fabiochiusi, @nytimes, @cydharrell, and @glynmoody
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Twitter confirms that a now-patched bug was used to link phone numbers and emails to user accounts; a threat actor offered to sell 5.4M records in December 2021 — Twitter has confirmed a recent data breach was caused by a now-patched zero-day vulnerability used to link email addresses … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Foxconn will begin production of at least one iPhone 14 model “almost simultaneously” in India and China, the first time this will happen for a new iPhone — Apple's key partner Foxconn has iPhone production lines in a few other places in the world outside of China, such as Brazil and India.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao claims it doesn't own Indian crypto exchange WazirX despite disclosing the acquisition in 2019; WazirX founder disputes Zhao's claims — Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume, said on Friday it doesn't own India-based platform WazirX despite disclosing …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Indonesia restored access to PayPal, Yahoo, and Valve services in the country after companies signed up to licensing rules introduced in 2020 — Indonesia has unblocked PayPal, Steam owner Valve and Yahoo (Engadget's parent company), allowing them to resume operations.
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| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
The US DOJ says Alexander Vinnik, founder of BTC-e, a crypto exchange alleged to have laundered $4B+ in proceeds, was extradited from Greece to the US — A Russian national accused of running a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly profited from various hacking …
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| New York Times: |
How Coinbase went from a triumphant IPO to facing challenges with international expansion, global competition, revenue diversification, and staffing adjustments — In just over a year, the United States' largest cryptocurrency exchange went from a triumphant public offering to a “crypto winter” of cost cutting and layoffs.
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @spirosmargaris, @jeffjohnroberts, and @mikeisaac
| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Binance, Crypto.com, Coinbase, FTX, and other crypto companies have committed $2.4B+ to sports marketing in the past 18 months — For fans of professional sports, the insistent overtures from the crypto industry have become almost impossible to miss: The names of exchanges … | New York Times: |
A look at Japan's efforts to counter chip supply chain disruptions, including investing in domestic production and seeking a coalition with the US and the EU — As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with “like-minded” nations.| Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic: |
Akamai: web application attacks on the gaming industry increased 167% YoY from May 2021-April 2022, and 37% of all DDoS attacks were against the gaming sector — Akamai said the growing value in gaming has attracted more criminals seeking to disrupt online games and steal valuable player accounts.Sponsor Posts
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