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| Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC Chair Gary Gensler signals he would support Congress giving the CFTC authority to oversee and regulate bitcoin and ether, if the SEC can retain its power — Former CFTC chief says he could back giving agency oversight of nonsecurity tokens — WASHINGTON—Securities …
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The Block, U.S. Securities …, Reuters, The Block, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Fortune, Bloomberg, Protocol, Decrypt, CNBC, Cointelegraph, Protos, Cryptopolitan, Ethereum World News, CoinGape, Bitcoinist.com, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @marionawfal, @garygensler, @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @jchervinsky, @johnedeaton1, @tier10k, @bobpisani, @udiwertheimer, @joecarlasare, and @alex
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
A White House report proposes outright restrictions on proof-of-work mechanisms if US crypto mining companies fail to reduce the industry's environmental impact — - The White House encouraged a broad policy push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and urged the use of clean energy by U.S. crypto mining companies.| The Verge: |
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max hands-on: iPhone 13 Pro design without the notch, thanks to the playful Dynamic Island; the always-on display looks great — A first look at the new always-on display, camera, and more — Apple just announced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Geekbench's test score reveals the iPhone 14 Pro's A16 chip, built on a 4nm process, is marginally faster than the iPhone 13 Pro's A15, built on a 5nm process — A Geekbench score for the iPhone 14 Pro with the new A16 Bionic chip has revealed little performance improvement compared to the iPhone 13 Pro from last year.
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Geekbench, CNET, The Mac Observer, DealNTech, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, XDA Developers, PhoneArena, Trusted Reviews, Gizmodo, and TechSpot
Tweets: @vnchocotaco, @universeice, @golden_reviewer, @9to5mac, @vnchocotaco, and @skyjuice60
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Ultra hands-on: the large, flat 49mm rectangular display, which can hit 2,000 nits, is in a class of its own and the device is lighter than expected — Two incremental updates and one big newcomer — Today was a big day for Apple wearables. Not only did Apple announce …
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Apple, YouTube, Appleosophy, MacRumors, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, CNBC, MacRumors, and TechRadar
Tweets: @benwood, @film_girl, @vicmsong, @briannawu, @heymarkl, @sandeepssrin, @chafkin, @iupdate, and @asymco
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Ultra's app ecosystem challenges Garmin, which dominates the $699+ premium active wearables market, and its usability could erode Garmin's position — Apple begins slow-rolling its way onto Garmin's lucrative turf — I had a funny feeling watching yesterday's announcement …
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9to5Google and Six Colors
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Laurene Powell Jobs, Jony Ive, and Tim Cook partner to launch the Steve Jobs Archive, a website featuring emails, videos, and historical materials tied to Jobs — CodeCon 2022 held an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook, former design chief Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs on Wednesday.| The Verge: |
Tim Cook dismisses Apple adopting RCS in iMessage and suggests that a questioner at Code buy their mom an iPhone to end green bubbles and fuzzy videos — Asked about RCS support in iMessage, Apple's CEO said users aren't asking for it — Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea …
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9to5Mac, CNBC, NPR, Engadget, Macworld, CNET, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, HotHardware, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Central, The Mac Observer, Droid Life, Pocketables, New York Post, TechCrunch, GreenBot, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, Patently Apple, BGR, MacDailyNews, Gizmodo, Insider, TechRadar, Digital Trends, Thurrott, iMore, Android Police, and MacRumors
Tweets: @reckless, @markgurman, @mcwm, @iancutress, @suka_hiroaki, @joannastern, @markgurman, @kifleswing, @waltmossberg, @markgurman, @loudmouthjulia, @katebevan, @gartenberg, @pierce, @ericmigi, @rjcc, @sgfrerich, @benedictevans, @caseynewton, @migueldeicaza, @zacbowden, @justinschuh, @migueldeicaza, @alexhern, @jake_k, @snubs, @snazzyq, @waltmossberg, @jacobwolf, @inafried, @fightfortheftr, @gartenberg, @techhighest, @jeffreyswisher, @patrickmcgee_, @samleecole, @yorickdupon, @patrickmcgee_, and @ejsponge61
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Twitter agreed to a ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko in June 2022 over lost pay; Zatko signed an NDA but he can speak to Congress or file a complaint — Peiter Zatko pact over lost pay didn't prevent him from filing complaint now part of Elon Musk case
Tweets: @cararlombardo
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Six people, including Coinbase employees and prominent crypto developers, sue the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, and officials in Texas over Tornado Cash sanctions — Six users of Tornado Cash, a popular decentralized cryptocurrency service, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the U.S. Treasury Department …
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The Coinbase Blog, CNBC, The Coinbase Blog, The Economic Times, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, Blockworks, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Decrypt, New York Times, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @brian_armstrong, @preston_vanloon, @iampaulgrewal, @viktorbunin, @hsakatrades, @pt, @yugacohler, @tier10k, @plainsite, @kr00ney, @mdudas, @leomschwartz, @fintechfrank, @the3d_, @iampaulgrewal, @ldrogen, @fatimathefatima, @jerrybrito, @collins_belton, @effortcapital, and @douglastuman. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| CoinDesk: |
Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked hackers Lazarus Group earlier in 2022 — Hackers stole over $600 million from Axie earlier this year. — Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis announced Thursday it helped …
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Chainalysis, CNN, The Record, Reuters, Decrypt, Metaverse Post, Wall Street Journal, Watcher Guru, CryptoPotato, and The Block
Tweets: @chainalysis and @chainalysis
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Apple's video montages for the new Watch and iPhone 14 safety features, like satellite emergency calling and car crash detection, are ominous and unsettling — The newly unveiled Watch and iPhone 14 features — car crash detection, satellite emergency calling, extreme weather — all seem a little ominous.
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Apple, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and The Guardian
Tweets: @alexhern, @alexhern, and @katienotopoulos
| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta disbands its Responsible Innovation team set up to address concerns about its products' downsides, but says the company remains committed to the same goals — Group was put in place to address potential downsides of the company's products; Meta says efforts will continue| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google adds accessibility and productivity features to Android, including a Nearby Share feature to automatically accept transfers between users' own devices — Oh, and you can stick Bitmoji on your watch, too — Android is introducing a clutch of new features to improve accessibility … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber and Nuro sign a 10-year deal and plan to deploy autonomous vehicles for Uber Eats deliveries in Mountain View, California, and Houston, Texas, in fall 2022 — Nuro's delivery pods are big enough to drive in the street — Uber Eats customers in California and Texas may soon …
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Uber, PYMNTS.com, San Francisco Business Journal, The Economic Times, TechCrunch, and Forbes
| Reuters: |
Apple partners with satellite company Globalstar on Emergency SOS, agreeing to pay 95% of the approved capital expenditure to deploy new Globalstar satellites — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Wednesday selected Globalstar Inc (GSAT.A) as its partner for a feature that would allow iPhone 14 users …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, Fortune, Securities And Exchange Commission, PCMag, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, I, Cringely, and TechSpot
Tweets: @elonmusk, @mdaneman, @noted_thanks_, and @abelavellan
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Mysten Labs, creator of the yet-to-launch Sui blockchain, raised a $300M Series B led by FTX at a $2B+ valuation; all five founders worked in Meta's crypto unit — - Mysten's Series B round values the company at over $2 billion, giving investors equity and token warrants.
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Wall Street Journal, Crunchbase News, Business Wire, Blockworks, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @sinoglobalcap, @blockworks_, and @kevinolearytv
| Reuters: |
Russia's trade minister says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme — Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks to Moscow's parallel import scheme …
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PCMag, Politico, The Moscow Times, iMore, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @maryilyushina, @ylitvinenko, and @ylitvinenko
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
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USA Today, Coinspeaker, PCMag, GSMArena.com, USA Today, Reuters, MacDailyNews, and iMore
Tweets: @bengeskin, @cnbc, @adrianweckler, @sondesix, @marketwatch, and @thecryptomonk
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
At Code, former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found “a substantial portion” of Twitter users “were not real” when it considered buying Twitter in 2016 — Bots were fine. Nastiness wasn't. — Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter. Then he decided he didn't.
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Gizmodo, CNN, and PCMag
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Bessemer Venture Partners raised $4.6B for two funds in August 2022: $3.85B for young startups, its biggest fund to date, and $780M for private equity buyouts — Venture capitalists aren't striking many deals with tech founders these days. Initial public offerings are nonexistent …
Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @dbhurley, @ohitsstuart, @danprimack, @yuris, and @jessicalessin
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Dell, Nike, Best Buy, Twitch, and other big brands removed the ability to sign in with Facebook in recent years, some executives say due to privacy concerns — - Companies like Dell have been removing social logins from their websites. — Logging in with Facebook credentials used … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it's exploring the ability to repost other users' posts in Feed and plans to test the feature “soon with a small number of people” — Instagram is gearing up to give users the ability to repost other users' posts, the social network confirmed to TechCrunch.
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @mike_will_iams_, @barbrusa_social, @nima_owji, and @corinne_podger
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
YouTube launches a video player for Google Classroom and other education apps, removing ads, external links, and recommendations to help “avoid distractions” — Plus creator tools for courses and quizzes — YouTube is introducing a handful of new features for creators … | Rob Davies / The Guardian: |
UK-based Darktrace's stock falls 32.47% after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in the scandal-hit AI and cybersecurity company — Private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in scandal-hit British AI and cybersecurity firm — Shares in Darktrace …
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PYMNTS.com
| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
Source: the US Treasury will advise the federal government to issue a digital dollar if the Biden administration and Congress deem it in the “national interest” — The Treasury Department, in what may be its most important recommendation spurred by President Joe Biden's executive order …
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