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August 14, 2022, 3:33 AM

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Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: before ATT, Apple suggested possible revenue-sharing deals to Meta, like taking a cut from “boosted posts” via IAP and an ad-free Facebook subscription  —  The two tech giants discussed revenue-sharing arrangements, including a potential ad-free, subscription version of Facebook
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Dutch authorities arrest a Tornado Cash developer suspected of involvement in concealing money laundering, two days after the US sanctioned the crypto mixer  —  - The Tornado Cash developer arrested by Dutch authorities on Wednesday is Alexey Pertsev, his wife has confirmed to The Block.
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News:
Overtime, which distributes original sports content on social media channels, raised a $100M Series D at a $500M valuation, bringing its total funding to $250M  —  Sports league startup Overtime closed a $100 million Series D valuing the company at $500 million.
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Freddy Brewster / Los Angeles Times:
A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's US lobbying, seeking to make CFTC, not SEC, oversee crypto markets and change how commodity futures markets operate in the US  —  In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation.
Reuters:
China's internet watchdog publishes a list of 30 algorithms used in popular apps, including Wechat, Taobao, and Douyin, with brief descriptions of their use  —  China's top internet watchdog said on Friday tech giants such as Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group have submitted details …
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hands-on with iOS 16's Lockdown Mode, which aims to protect against highly targeted attacks by disabling link previews in messages, limiting FaceTime, and more  —  Here's what the new spyware-busting security feature does, and why it might just work  —  Lockdown Mode is a new Apple feature you should hope you'll never need to use.

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