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September 10, 2022, 10:10 PM

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Ben Munster / Decrypt:
A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium, the world's first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to disillusioned programmers  —  The Crypto Policy Symposium in London was a historic gathering of crypto skeptics—and nobody tried to sell me anything.
Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar:
Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games for Netflix, including a new Assassin's Creed title  —  There's also a new Valiant Hearts game in the works  —  Ubisoft just announced a partnership with Netflix for three games.  —  Earlier today on September 10 at the Ubisoft Forward showcase …
The Verge:
In a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk's legal team cites the company's ~$7M settlement with Peiter Zatko as a merger agreement violation and reason to end the deal  —  He sent a letter to Twitter on Friday  —  Elon Musk has sent a third letter to Twitter attempting to terminate his $44 billion acquisition of the company.
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox CEO says the company has 2M+ DAUs in Russia, as rivals EA, Nintendo, Take-Two, Epic, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Sony slowed or ceased sales in the country  —  Roblox Corp.'s popularity in Russia is increasing even as almost every other publicly traded gaming company has retreated from the country after its invasion of Ukraine.
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Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announces that from now on, he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter  —  The mainstays of Twitch's ‘Fortnite’ era recently made big moves.  The receptions were quite different.
Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg:
Pinduoduo's net income more than tripled in Q2 2022 and its shares soared 43% over the past month, as the company emerges as a big winner amid China's lockdowns  —  As Chinese consumers curb their spending in a pandemic-stricken economy, one discount e-commerce firm is emerging as a clear stock-market winner.
Matthew S. Burriesci / Meta:
Meta unveils Pseudonymized Facebook Identifiers, which combine timestamps and Facebook Identifiers, to make it harder for attackers to scrape unauthorized data  —  Takeaways  — We changed how we use Facebook Identifiers (FBIDs) after we observed that unauthorized scraping often involves …
Kenrick Cai / Forbes:
Sources: Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, is in talks to raise $100M; Coatue proposed a $500M valuation and Lightspeed offered a $1B valuation  —  With the image generator Stable Diffusion, you can conjure within seconds a potrait of Beyoncé as if painted by Vincent van Gogh …
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