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Cloudflare belatedly dropping Kiwi Farms demonstrates the “stochastic terrorism loophole”, offering groups cover so 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 denies Elon Musk's attempt to delay the October trial over his abortive Twitter acquisition but allows adding Peiter Zatko's claims 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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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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| Associated Press: |
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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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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| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
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.
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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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: as subscriber growth slows, Netflix scours its business to cut costs, including managing cloud spend, limiting corporate swag, and hiring junior staff — The streaming giant seeks to impose more financial discipline as growth stagnates — As Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.67%▲ …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
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 crypto lender admitted in a recent creditor call that it could not earn enough revenue to support its yields, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation said.| 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.
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| Bloomberg: |
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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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro review: longer battery life, looks nice, and improved bezel, but misleading specs, quite thick, and uncomfortable for petite users — At least, in terms of reading and battery life — I didn't think I was going to like the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.
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Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking tool, adding 1,000 contributors weekly, each assigned a “rating impact” score out of five — On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite … 
| 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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| 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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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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 … | 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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| 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.
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