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Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023 — ‘Advanced Data Protection’ will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos and other services—a step that may draw ire from law enforcement
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
A look at the reaction to Apple's E2EE announcements: the FBI says it is “deeply concerning” and “hinders” its work while the EFF and others express support — Apple yesterday announced that end-to-end encryption is coming to even more sensitive types of iCloud data …
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9to5Mac, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple World Today, S.T.O.P., and WeRSM
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated TerraUSD and LUNA markets, triggering the cryptocurrencies' collapse in May — Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried and his hedge fund orchestrated trades in a way that led to the collapse of two cryptocurrencies in May.
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| Kollen Post / The Block: |
The US Senate Banking Committee calls on SBF to testify on December 14, one day after a similar House hearing; House lawmakers are also weighing a subpoena — - The Senate committee wants Sam Bankman-Fried to testify the day after he's been told to testify in the House of Representatives …
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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue's pricing to $11 per month for iOS users, likely due to Apple's App Store fees, and to $7 per month on the web — Twitter has informed some employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $7 if users pay …
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| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
A look at Prisma Labs' Stable Diffusion-based image generation app Lensa, which costs $36 per year and exploded in popularity after adding “magic avatars” — Social media is celebrating. Artists are protesting. What's the real cost of an AI-generated portrait?
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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects the exchange's 2022 revenue to be “roughly half that or less” than the ~$7B generated in 2021, as crypto prices fall — Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said the cryptocurrency exchange's revenue is set to be cut …
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How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources say Benioff was frustrated about how Taylor was spending his time — Exit of Bret Taylor from role he has shared for about a year wasn't long planned — The Tech Sector Is Taking a Beating. Here's Why.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Debunking claims on Twitter's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment — Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you've said something quite wrong about Twitter and how it handled something to do with Hunter Biden's laptop.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Epic launches Cabined Accounts, a new type of account for kids under 13 that needs parental consent, rolling out in Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys — It says ‘cabined accounts’ offer a ‘new way for kids to join the metaverse.’ — Epic Games is rolling out a new type of account …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The Pentagon awards Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle cloud contracts worth up to $9B in total through 2028 under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability — - Of the four companies receiving cloud-computing contracts from the Pentagon, all of them had received requests for bids from the U.S. federal agency last year.
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Tweets: @levynews, @markthompson_dc, and @demarest_colin
| Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: |
A US bankruptcy judge orders Celsius to return ~$50M crypto deposits in non-interest bearing custody accounts, pending a decision on interest-bearing accounts — US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn ordered Celsius Network LLC to return cryptocurrency that never touched the lender's interest-bearing accounts to its customers.
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The Block, Decrypt, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, crypto.news, CryptoPotato, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China's leadership, sent over a month ago during unrest in Zhengzhou, helped accelerate looser COVID-19 rules — Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou warned that the government's strict policies would threaten its position in global supply chains
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
A look at CoinDesk's blockbuster Alameda scoop, which led to FTX's collapse and bankruptcy, and its negative impact on CoinDesk parent Digital Currency Group — What happens when a story has impact? … Depending on how you look at it, this is either a cautionary tale about how small …
Tweets: @annkur, @anecdotal, @charlieshrem, and @mslopatto
| Ezra Reguerra / Cointelegraph: |
Some NFTs minted on FTX are broken, showing only blank images, because metadata points to an FTX.US domain now used for a bankruptcy restructuring website — NFTs hosted on FTX platform were affected by the firm's collapse, showing blank images instead of the original art. — 191 Total views| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to merge Waze's 500+ employees with its Maps group, starting on December 9; Waze will remain a standalone service and its CEO plans to leave — Search giant to keep navigation apps separate, says no layoffs are planned — How Google Remapped the World: The Tech Behind
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| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Dyson announces the $949 Dyson Zone noise canceling headphones, which also use filters to block unwanted air particles, available for preorder in March 2023 — The company's first audio product promises to eliminate both unwanted noise and unwanted air particles. — Alerts
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Sources: in January 2018, Alameda got a $110M loan from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and a $6M loan from philanthropist Luke Ding, who back Effective Altruism — The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers …
Tweets: @whet, @lizrhoffman, @mikekoob, @timnitgebru, @woodhull, @timnitgebru, @lizrhoffman, @kifleswing, @stevekrak, @lmatsakis, @timnitgebru, @timnitgebru, @blmckean, @billhobson1, @gully1965, @xriskology, @larskraegeling, @reedalbergotti, @semaforben, @cryptonator1337, @reedalbergotti, @reedalbergotti, @semafor, and @prashantrao
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Dutch officials plan new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China as soon as January, potentially impacting ASML, aligning with US efforts — Dutch officials are planning new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China, according to people familiar with the matter …
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Tweets: @remkorteweg, @fbermingham, @bonnieglaser, @pstasiatech, and @jendeben
| Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC: |
A US federal judge dismisses a proposed class action lawsuit against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and others over promoting EthereumMax on social media — - A federal judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit by investors against the founders of a cryptocurrency …
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Decrypt, CoinDesk, Sky News, CryptoPotato, LinkedIn, Reuters, crypto.news, and The Hollywood Reporter
| Elisa Braun / Politico: |
A look at cybersurveillance startup Altrnativ, started by Eric Leandri, disgraced Qwant search co-founder, who was lauded as France's digital privacy defender — This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest.
Tweets: @laukaya, @antoanetaroussi, and @sophieintveld
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
The EU sets a December 28, 2024, deadline for new smartphones, tablets, headphones, handheld game consoles, and other devices to use USB-C for wired charging — We finally have a final official deadline for when new phones sold in the European Union — including future iPhones …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, European Union, and Apple World Today
Tweets: @ep_singlemarket, @profschrepel, @ariannesikken, and @tomwarren
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