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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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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Apple won't launch its CSAM detection tool for iCloud photos, instead focusing its anti-CSAM efforts on the Communication Safety features launched in 2021 — The company plans to expand its Communication Safety features, which aim to disrupt the sharing of child sexual abuse material at the source.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US prosecutors are probing whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated the market for TerraUSD and LUNA, 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 Sam Bankman-Fried to testify on December 14, a day after a House hearing where members also want him to testify — - 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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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Epic launches Cabined Accounts, a new type of account for kids under 13 that will need 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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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Plaid lays off approximately 260 employees, or 20% of its workforce, citing macroeconomic conditions; the company was valued at ~$13.4B in April 2021 — CEO says the fintech company ‘hired and invested ahead of revenue growth’ — Fintech decacorn Plaid is laying off 260 employees …
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022: participants earned a total of $400K for new exploits targeting Samsung Galaxy S22, printers, routers, and NAS devices on the first day — On the first day of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition, participants earned a total of $400,000 for new exploits targeting phones, printers, routers and NAS devices.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Indiana's AG sues TikTok for deceiving users about China's access to data and for exposing kids to mature content, in the first US state lawsuits against TikTok — The lawsuits are the first by an American state against TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, in a sign of mounting legal pressure.| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
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How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources: 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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| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: Twitter plans to change the pricing of Twitter Blue to $7/month if users pay for it through the web and $11 if they pay for it through Apple's App Store — 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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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram debuts transparency tools to let users with professional accounts, like businesses and creators, know if their content is ineligible to be recommended — Instagram announced today that it's introducing new transparency tools so you can see whether your photos and videos are recommended in the app.
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| 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, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, and Reuters
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
The Pentagon awards Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle a cloud-computing contract of up to $9B each 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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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, raised a $200M Series C led by Iconiq Growth and GGV Capital at a $2B valuation — Drata, a security compliance and automation platform that helps companies adhere to frameworks such as SOC 2 and GDPR …
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SiliconANGLE, PR Newswire, and FinSMEs
| Mark Matousek / The Information: |
Sources: the SEC is investigating whether messaging app IRL misled investors; IRL raised $170M from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $1.17B valuation in June 2021 — The Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating whether SoftBank-backed messaging app IRL violated securities laws … | Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Google plans to merge Waze's 500+ employees with the group overseeing Maps, starting on Dec. 9; Waze to remain a stand-alone service and its CEO to exit role — Search giant to keep navigation apps separate — Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG -2.22%decrease; red down pointing triangle Google plans … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Austin-based Setpoint, whose software helps companies close loan transactions faster, raised a $43M Series A led by a16z and aims to be the “Stripe for credit” — Setpoint, a startup that has built software to help other companies close loan transactions faster … | Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: The Washington Post is exploring a spinoff or sale of its Arc XP publishing tool, which has ~250 staff globally and may generate $200M+ in ARR by 2027 — Company has embraced digital experimentation under tech-billionaire owner; spinoff of Arc business also possible
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| Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop: |
The annual US defense policy bill contains significant spending increases for US Cyber Command and other efforts to bolster national cybersecurity defenses — Congress is poised to vote in coming days on an $858 billion annual defense policy bill that contains significant spending increases … | Semafor: |
Sources: in January 2018, Alameda took loans worth $116M from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and philanthropist Luke Ding, both backers of “effective altruism” — The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based UnaBiz, a Massive IoT service provider that owns Sigfox, raised a $25M Series B extension led by SPARX, after a $25M Series B in October 2021 — UnaBiz, the Massive Internet of Things service provider and owner of Sigfox, announced today it has raised another $25 million in Series B funding.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Google announces a beta release of Simple ML, a no-code ML add-on for Google Sheets, that enables users to apply machine learning to their data — Google LLC today launched a new tool that will enable users to develop artificial intelligence models in Google Sheets. — The tool, dubbed Simple ML, is available in beta.
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