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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase launches Base, a Layer 2 network built on Optimism's OP Stack, offering access to Ethereum, Solana, and others, and has no plans for new network tokens — Base is built on Optimism and Coinbase has no plans to issue a new network token. — Join the most important conversation … | CoinDesk: |
A US court unseals a superseding indictment that charges Sam Bankman-Fried with 12 counts, up from the initial eight, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges, including bank fraud allegations, under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning.
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In its superseding indictment, the US charges that SBF and two unnamed FTX executives made 300+ “unlawful” political donations, including using customers' funds — Prosecutors accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and two unnamed people of making unlawful campaign donations using customers' money.
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Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, The Register, USA Today, Insider, The Verge, Gizmodo, NBC News, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, CryptoPotato, NewsBTC, CryptoSlate, Associated Press, Forbes, New York Post, Fortune, Cointelegraph, Ethereum World News, crypto.news, and Bitcoin News
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| Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv: |
The European Commission bans TikTok on corporate devices and personal devices using the Commission's corporate apps, asks staff to uninstall TikTok by March 15 — The EU executive's IT service has asked all Commission employees to uninstall TikTok from their corporate devices …
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Politico, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Security Affairs, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Engadget, European Commission, Wired, Agence France-Presse, New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Thurrott, BGR, Neowin, Digital Music News, Tubefilter, Associated Press, CNN, Washington Examiner, CNBC, Washington Post, Tech Xplore, Forbes, The Information, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @lukolejnik, @julienhoez, @lukolejnik, @bertuzluca, @mattnavarra, and @mattnavarra
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Sydney is an old codename for a chatbot some Bing users in India began testing in late 2020; sources: Sydney had less personality until late 2022 — Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot history dates back at least six years, with Sydney first appearing in 2021.
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Windows Central, New York Times, Telegraph, and Appuals.com
Tweets: @parkerortolani, @harrymccracken, @edzitron, @pkedrosky, and @rustybrick
| Davey Alba / Bloomberg: |
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| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
Valve recently patched a Dota 2 exploit used by a third-party cheating client, created a honeypot to catch cheaters, and permanently banned over 40,000 accounts — The update added a ‘honeypot’ to catch cheaters — Valve issued an update to Dota 2 recently that patched an exploit used …
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Dota 2, BleepingComputer, The Verge, gHacks Technology News, GameSpot, KnowTechie, TechSpot, and Kotaku
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @dota2updates, and @skiter
| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Spotify tests “token-enabled playlists” that let some NFT holders connect their wallets and listen to curated music, starting on Android in five countries — Music streaming Spotify is testing a new service called “token-enabled playlists,” which allows holders of non-fungible tokens …
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TechCrunch, CryptoSlate, Metaverse Post, Bitcoinist.com, Blockworks, and Coinspeaker
Mastodon: @alexhern@tech.intersects.art. Tweets: @overlord_xyz, @therealkingship, @spotify, @apoorvlathey, @bigblackjacobin, and @celinethethird
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Jamf finds Mac cryptomining malware in pirated copies of Final Cut Pro and warns the power of Apple Silicon Macs is making them popular cryptojacking targets — Update: Apple has now commented on the findings - see the end of the piece. — Cybersecurity company Jamf Threat Labs …
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Jamf Blog, AppleInsider, PCMag, Computerworld, BleepingComputer, SecurityWeek, Macworld, BGR, iThinkDifferent, The Hacker News, Laptop Mag, SiliconANGLE, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @jbradley89, @mattbenyo, and @jamfsoftware
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google expands Magic Eraser, which lets users remove parts of a picture, from Pixel devices to Google One subscribers using Google Photos on Android or iOS — Google has announced that the Magic Eraser feature, which tried to automatically remove unwanted parts of a picture and debuted with the Pixel 6 …
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Tweets: @googlephotos and @richontech
| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance closed some derivative trading accounts in Australia after an investigation found the customers didn't meet the criteria for wholesale investors — Binance closed the derivative trading accounts of some wholesale investors in Australia after an investigation found that they didn't meet the criteria for such investors.
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CoinGape, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, and Ethereum World News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal FAQ: Google asks Cloud employees and partners in its five largest US locations to share desks and work from an office on alternate days starting in Q2 — - The company's cloud unit has told employees that it will transition to a desk-sharing workspace in its five largest locations.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung announces a standardized 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) modem that enables two-way communication between smartphones and satellites — There was speculation that Samsung could use smartphone-to-satellite technology in its Galaxy S23 much like Apple has for the iPhone 14, but that didn't happen in the end.
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Samsung Newsroom, XDA Developers, Phandroid, PCMag, SamMobile, CNET, T3, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, and Appuals.com. Tweets: @benwood
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube rolls out multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide; creators saw 15%+ of their watch time from the video's non-primary language in January — After initial testing over the last few months, YouTube is rolling out access to multi-language audio tracks to more creators worldwide … | Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Netflix cut its prices on certain subscription tiers across 36+ countries in recent weeks, in some cases halving the cost; Netflix operates in 190+ countries — Move comes as streaming company says members ‘have never had more choices when it comes to entertainment’
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Ampere Analysis Home, Bloomberg, Engadget, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Reuters, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Investor's Business Daily, The Verge, Neowin, WeRSM, BGR, and Aulia Masna
Tweets: @richontech and @karlbode
| Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine: |
An interview with SEC chair Gary Gensler on meeting Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives in March 2022 and October 2021, how tokens are securities, and more — As recently as a year ago, Sam Bankman-Fried seemed to be an unstoppable force in official Washington.
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American Prospect. Tweets: @ddayen, @theprospect, @ddayen, @cryptolawus, @johnedeaton1, @eleanorterrett, and @coop_daniels
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
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The Block, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, Watcher Guru, Ethereum World News, Cointelegraph, and CoinGeek
Tweets: @mayazi, @voyagerucc, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @bitboy_crypto, and @simondixontwitt
| Mozilla Foundation: |
An analysis of the top 40 Android apps on Google Play finds that nearly 80% had discrepancies between their privacy policies and Google's Data Safety labels — The apps' privacy policies, however, both explicitly state that they share user information with advertisers, Internet service providers …
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TechCrunch, The Record, Ars Technica, The Verge, PCMag, Slashdot, TechRadar, Wired, Android Authority, Gizmodo, KnowTechie, and Candid.Technology
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta reforms its penalty system using Oversight Board recommendations to focus more on explaining its content removals and less on giving users posting timeouts — “Facebook jail,” the name the social network's users have bestowed on the company's system for determining policy violations, is getting an overhaul.| Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone: |
Twitter under Elon Musk has yet to publish transparency reports detailing government content removal demands; the company published its last report in July 2022 — “That shit went out the window right after Elon came in,” one former staffer says of Twitter's previously routine transparency reports
Tweets: @noahshachtman, @aaschapiro, @tbquirk, @ubiquity75, and @ngrossman81
| Jon Haidt / After Babel: |
An analysis of 100+ studies finds that social media is a major cause of depression and anxiety in teen girls, not just a tiny correlate, especially after 2012 — Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational — A big story last week was the partial release … | Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple has chosen China's Luxshare to help develop its AR devices, the first time Apple has picked a Chinese supplier for a first-generation product — Reliance on a Chinese supplier for first-gen gadget a first for iPhone maker — TAIPEI — Apple has chosen China's Luxshare …
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MacRumors, Metaverse Post, The Apple Post, Patently Apple, Financial Times, iMore, BGR, and Wccftech
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto — After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.
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a16z crypto, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and NFTgators
Tweets: @miten, @yoda, @benrbn, @martinsfp, @pythianism, @benfoxrubin, and @sriramk
| New York Times: |
After the US passed the industry-supported $52B CHIPS Act, chipmakers turn cutthroat to snag a bigger share of the federal cash, setting off a lobbying frenzy — Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors.
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Bloomberg, Tom's Hardware, Appuals.com, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @anaswanson, @richard_florida, and @donal888
| Max Weinbach / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iPhone 15 CAD files reveal a larger 6.2-inch display, Dynamic Island, a USB-C charging port, and more, after iPhone 15 Pro CAD files leaked last week — Apple's iPhone 15 is still months away from being announced, but we have some exciting news to share with you today.
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Forbes, XDA Developers, MacRumors, The Apple Post, Gizchina, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Laptop Mag, fpt., Techlusive, Thurrott, Pocket-lint, and BGR
Tweets: @uredditor, @ianzelbo, @t3mporarybl1p, and @kantrowitz
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