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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children — Lack of a broad federal law has become a growing concern as online platforms and others amass troves of consumers' search data and other information
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Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission, PCMag, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Protocol, Bloomberg, CyberScoop, The Verge, and U.S. Senate Committee …
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| Felix Krause: |
A detailed look at how Facebook and Instagram for iOS open links with a custom in-app browser, letting Meta track every interaction including entering passwords — The iOS Instagram and Facebook app render all third party links and ads within their app using a custom in-app browser.
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Adrian Holovaty, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, and International Business Times
Tweets: @krausefx, @simonw, @krausefx, @katebevan, @fraying, @adrianholovaty, @slightlylate, @anildash, @migueldeicaza, @francoisz, @aulia, @drbarnard, @choldgraf, @krausefx, @funnymonkey, @slightlylate, @elkmovie, @sil, @hhariri, @richfelker, @katebevan, @zachleat, @aaronpk, @froomkin, @jbrodsky, @slightlylate, @mitsuhiko, @andreban, @adrianholovaty, @krausefx, @katebevan, and @katebevan
| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Ethereum's third and final proof-of-stake test merge goes live on the Goerli test network, a dress rehearsal for the mainnet merge planned for September 2022 — - Ethereum has passed the final test for proof of stake merge on Goerli. — The event served as a dress rehearsal for the eventual mainnet merge planned in September.
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google says Search info snippets will use its latest AI model, Multitask Unified Model, to find consensus in results and expands its “About this result” tool — You know that highlighted piece of text at the very top of a Google search results page when you look up a piece of information?
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Meta tests expanding the number of E2EE chats and a backup feature in Messenger, and promises to roll out default E2EE messages and calls globally in 2023 — The company says an expansion of privacy features in Messenger is unrelated to a high-profile Nebraska abortion case.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cisco confirms the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its network in May 2022; Yanluowang claimed to have stolen 2.75GB of data, or ~3.1K files including NDAs — Cisco confirmed today that the Yanluowang ransomware group breached its corporate network in late May and that the actor tried …
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tools.cisco.com, CSO, Cybersecurity Dive, The Hacker News, Dark Reading, Bloomberg, ComputerWeekly.com, Threatpost, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and TechRadar
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| Twitter: |
Twitter outlines its Civic Integrity Policy ahead of the 2022 US midterm elections, including redesigned tweet labels and “prebunks” for misleading narratives — Twitter is the place to find real-time, reliable information about the 2022 midterms - whether you're looking …
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CNET, The Hill, Engadget, CNN, and Reclaim The Net
Tweets: @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @shayan86, and @donie
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft and CISA warn users about DogWalk, a now-patched actively exploited RCE vulnerability in Windows 7, 10, 11, and Server 2008 through 2022 — The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two more flaws to its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, based on evidence of active exploitation.
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Tweets: @spoofyroot, @windowsupdate, @wdormann, @brdpoker, and @j00sean
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Stockholm-based Superblocks, whose drag-and-drop tools help companies build internal apps, raised $37M led by Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, Spark, and Meritech — The economic downturn prompted a hiring slowdown across the tech industry, forcing CTOs — and the teams that they manage — to do more with less.
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FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, and Superblocks
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney announces Disney+ Basic, its ads tier for $7.99 per month, launching in the US on December 8, and raises the ad-free price from $7.99 to $10.99 per month — Disney has set pricing and date for the U.S. launch of the version of Disney+ with ads, while also hiking the monthly price of the Disney+ tier with no ads.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
The US FEC approves Google's proposal to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, after GOP lawmakers said Gmail was censoring right-wing emails — It's good news for Republicans facing falling fundraising — On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal …
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| Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
Mailchimp is suspending the accounts of crypto-related creators and media outlets, telling some that crypto content conflicts with its Acceptable Use Policy — The email marketing platform Mailchimp has been suspending the accounts of crypto-related content creators and media outlets this week.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers bought 5G IoT plans from 10 carriers and found security flaws exposing private SIM card data and, in some cases, large streams of other users' data — New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data.
Tweets: @lilyhnewman
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Twitter lets Saudi official and MBS aide Bader al-Asaker, who is implicated in a plot to recruit Twitter staff, keep his verified account with 2.1M+ followers — Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents' anonymous accounts| Eric Mandel / Atlanta Business Journal: |
Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut plans to step down as CEO after 21 years and transition to a founder-advisor role; Intuit's Rania Succar will take over — Managing Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle — See Correction/Clarification at end of article — Ben Chestnut is stepping …
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Mailchimp, Reporter Newspapers …, Intuit, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @benchestnut, @destraynor, and @dharmesh
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase disclosed in its latest quarterly filing that the US SEC is investigating its token listing processes, staking programs, and yield-generating products — The company told investors it has received “investigative subpoenas” from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, DSHR's Blog, Barron's Online, Crypto Briefing, Blockworks, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @frances_coppola, @joelight, @crypto, and @mdudas
| Financial Times: |
A look at livestreamed e-commerce, already mature and established in China, which TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon, and others want to bring to the US and Europe — Manrika Khaira regularly broadcasts live on TikTok to her following of more than half a million people.
Tweets: @aulia, @astaniscia86, and @mattnavarra
| Bloomberg: |
CryptoCompare: Coinbase's share of global spot trading volume among the top 15 crypto exchanges fell from 10.7% in January to 6.3% in July — The doubling of Coinbase Global Inc.'s stock since the end of June is masking one of the biggest concerns for investors — the largest US cryptocurrency exchange is losing ground.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk's lawyers asked the judge in the Twitter case to compel the company to hand over the names of employees who count spam and bot accounts — Elon Musk is accusing Twitter Inc. of hiding key witnesses in their legal battle over whether he must consummate a $44 billion buyout of the company … | Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
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Washington Post, New York Times, DMN's Newsletter, Financial Times, Observer, and SlashGear
Tweets: @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, @sawyermerritt, @levynews, @felixsalmon, and @parismarx
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
FundamentalVR, a cross-platform simulation tool for medical and health care workers, raised $20M led by EQT Life Sciences, bringing its total funding to $30M+ — FundamentalVR, an immersive simulation platform for medical and health care professions, has raised $20 million in a round of funding to …
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FinSMEs, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, hitconsultant.net, and Gizmodo
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