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Report: some NFT startups say they limit functionality in their iOS apps because Apple insists that its 30% in-app purchases commission applies to all trades — Startup and trading NFT firms say they ignore the App Store because Apple's rules, and 30% commission, make it untenable for them.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Bulgaria arrested a Russian native and the likely RSOCKS botnet owner in June 2022 at the US' request; he asked for, and was granted, extradition to the US — A 36-year-old Russian man recently identified by KrebsOnSecurity as the likely proprietor of the massive RSOCKS botnet has been arrested … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Governor Newsom vetoes a crypto regulation bill that required licenses to facilitate transactions; the California State Assembly passed the bill in August 2022 — The California Assembly passed the bill, which would create a licensing regime and stablecoin stipulations, at the end of August.
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Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson's blockchain technology startup Lamina1 posts a whitepaper about building an open metaverse, Theee Metaverse, on the Lamina1 chain — Neal Stephenson's Lamina1 blockchain technology startup dropped a white paper today on building the open metaverse. It's quite the manifesto.| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at some of the challenges of zero-trust systems that can create friction for users and employees, as businesses increasingly adopt them to fight hackers — Hackers keep tricking employees to gain access to corporate networks, so companies are changing their approach to make it harder to wreak havoc once they're in| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Source: Byju's has paid ~$234M to Blackstone for ~38% shares in Aakash, settling all its dues owed to the PE firm as part of a ~$1B deal from April 2021 — Byju's has cleared all its dues to Blackstone by paying $234 million it owed the global investment giant for the $1 billion acquisition of Aakash …
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Study: LinkedIn's A/B testing of its People You May Know algorithm, involving 4M+ users in 2015 and 16M+ in 2019, could have affected some users' livelihoods — A study that looked back at those tests found that relatively weak social connections were more helpful in finding jobs than stronger social ties.
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Analysis finds 16 smartphone apps, used as alternatives to ankle monitors in the US, allow access to wide swaths of information and are frequently unreliable — Researchers at the University of Washington and Harvard Law School recently published a groundbreaking study analyzing …
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A court in Brazil temporarily bans Valeu, a government-run delivery app created to fight the monopoly of iFood, after complaints about unfair competition — Free-market politicians argue that a government-controlled app is unfair competition. — • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Internal letter shows Twitch SVP of global creators Constance Knight resigned on the same day the company announced revenue sharing changes for top creators — The senior vice president of global creators at Twitch told employees she is leaving the company on the same day it announced changes …
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Leaked audio: at a Google all-hands, Sundar Pichai expressed some annoyance at employees asking about cost cutting, telling them not to “equate fun with money” — - Google CEO Sundar Pichai spent much of this week's all-hands meeting addressing employee concerns about company cost-cutting measures.
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