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Cloudflare belatedly banning Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover as long as no one explicitly calls for murder — On platforms and the stochastic terrorism loophole — I. — Kiwi Farms is a nearly 10-year-old web forum …
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A Delaware judge rules Elon Musk cannot delay the October trial over his Twitter acquisition but allows claims by Peiter Zatko to be added to the case — But he can add whistleblower claims to his lawsuit — A Delaware court has denied billionaire Elon Musk's attempt to push …
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As gambling becomes legitimized across the US, a look at the rise of gambling on smartphones, leading some to financial catastrophe and addiction — Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. “I can't just get rid of my phone,” one problem gambler says.
Tweets: @maxwellstrachan, @tomgara, @rossbarkan, @viceasia, @maxwellstrachan, @profcarroll, @maxwellstrachan, and @billmilleraga
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US Senator Amy Klobuchar, the AICO's primary sponsor, says an “incredible onslaught of money” to fund ads against the bill has been an obstacle to passing it — An “incredible onslaught of money” against a landmark bill meant to rein in the power of the biggest US technology companies …
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Twitter says users can edit tweets up to five times in 30 minutes and Twitter Blue subscribers in New Zealand will get the feature first — Twitter announced a much-anticipated feature last week — the ability to edit tweets. The company said that once the feature is available users …
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| Neirin Gray Desai / Rest of World: |
How Minecraft's ban on NFTs impacted the play-to-earn Critterz NFT community, some of whom bought in for thousands of dollars and earned hundreds per month — Kids in the Philippines were earning hundreds of dollars from a play-to-earn Minecraft game, until new rules sent the community into a tailspin.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google expands Google Maps' fuel-efficient eco-friendly driving routes, first introduced to US-based users in 2021, to 40 more countries across Europe — Google announced today it is expanding its options for eco-friendly routing on Google Maps to 40 more countries across Europe.
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Albania cuts diplomatic ties with Iran and expels embassy staff over a major cyberattack in July 2022, which shut down numerous government digital services — Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country's embassy staff over a major cyberattack nearly two months ago …
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro run on a “Tensor G2” SoC, bringing “personalized features” to photos, videos, security, and speech recognition — Ahead of October's Pixel 7 launch event, Google has confirmed that their next series of phone will run on the second-generation “Tensor G2” chip.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ring adds end-to-end encryption to its battery-powered doorbells, expanding on support for its hardwired and plug-in devices; some features are disabled — Ring users can now keep their video completely private at the cost of some conveniences — Ring is now offering end-to-end encryption …
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Filing: Vermont says Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky repeatedly misled investors about the lender's finances and used its own CEL token to bolster its balance sheet — The Vermont regulator also said the crypto lender's treatment of investors funds “suggests” it operated with a Ponzi-like structure.
Tweets: @davidzmorris, @hedgeye, @smtuffy, @smtuffy, @bennetttomlin, @kadhim, @kadhim, @kadhim, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @bennetttomlin, and @bennetttomlin
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In a Code Conference interview, Sundar Pichai says Google is “pro-competitive”, citing Microsoft, Apple, and TikTok as examples in different businesses — Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google parent Alphabet Inc., defended the internet-search giant against claims …
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| Alexandra Muller / Bloomberg: |
A wave of foreign buyers are planning to acquire fast-growing British tech companies, including Micro Focus, Avast, and Darktrace, thanks to a weakened pound — A wave of foreign buyers is coming after British technology companies, threatening to rob the UK market of what little exposure it still has to high-growth assets.
Tweets: @grahambsi
| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Internal memo: Meta plans to eliminate Instagram's Shopping page and test a simpler and less personalized version known as Tab Lite over the next few months — Instagram is planning to drastically scale back its shopping features, the company told Instagram staffers on Tuesday …
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AR Insider, MarketWatch, Transistori, Insider, PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, and The Economic Times
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Israeli startup Mesh Payments, which helps companies track and manage employee expenses, raised a $60M Series C led by Alpha Wave, bringing its funding to $127M — The Israeli startup's solution gives finance teams more visibility into each payment, from SaaS subscriptions to employee expenses …
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New York-based Carbyne, which offers cloud-based tools for emergency services, raised a $56M Series C led by Cox Enterprises and Hanaco at a $400M valuation — Emergency services, long run on legacy platforms, are now getting a big boost of technology, and today one of the bigger players …
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Miami-based Muck Rack, a database of journalists, raised a $180M Series A from Susquehanna Growth Equity, after being bootstrapped since being founded in 2009 — For any journalist who has ever googled their name, there is a good chance that one of the hits will be for Muck Rack … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
QA Wolf, a cloud-based service to detect software bugs, exits stealth with $20M from Inspired Capital, Thiel Capital, and others — QA Wolf, a cloud-based platform designed to detect bugs in software, today exited stealth and announced a $20 million funding round with contributions from Inspired Capital … | Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Meta announces its Connect conference will be held virtually on October 11, when it is expected to debut its high-end Quest Pro standalone VR headset — Meta Connect is on for October 11th, 2022 as a one-day virtual event with announcements outlining the company's next steps in VR and AR.
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