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June 6, 2023, 2:45 PM

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Austin Weinstein / Bloomberg:
The SEC sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange operated as an unregistered broker since at least 2019 and broke the rules by offering “staking”; COIN drops 10%+  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Coinbase Global Inc. in federal court in New York on Tuesday, alleging the crypto firm for years broke its rules.
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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro, which seems to be a genuine leapfrog in capability and execution of XR, offering near perfect eye tracking and gesture control  —  After a roughly 30 minute demo that ran through the major features that are yet ready to test I came away convinced that Apple …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Apple Vision Pro is incredibly compelling as a product and for its potential use cases; what the device says about society, though, is a bit more pessimistic  —  It really is one of the best product names in Apple history: Vision is a description of a product, it is an aspiration for a use case …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple Vision Pro will take at least five years to supplant the iPhone, reflected by Tim Cook not wearing one; the spatial computing UI is what's most impressive  —  Hey everyone, it's Mark.  Apple introduced the Vision Pro on Monday at WWDC, looking to an era beyond the iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Stephen Warwick / iMore:
Apple accidentally made the iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma developer betas available to all, including those without paid developer accounts  —  What is going on here?  —  Apple has massively screwed up distributing the iOS 17 developer beta, accidentally making it available …
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company:
An interview with Craig Federighi on the privacy and safety enhancements in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS Sonoma, AI-based security tools, and more  —  It used to be just technology journalists and privacy advocates who got excited about the new privacy features that Apple …
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
Sequoia plans to split into three VC firms, Sequoia in the US and Europe, HongShan in China, and Peak XV in India and Southeast Asia, “no later than” March 2024  —  Venture capital's biggest global brand is breaking up, with Sequoia's China and India and Southeast Asia funds relaunching …
Tom Wilson / Reuters:
Nansen: investors have pulled ~$780M on Ethereum from Binance and $13M from its US affiliate in the past 24 hours, following the SEC's lawsuit  —  Investors have pulled around $780 million from crypto exchange Binance in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday …
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
In its Binance and Coinbase lawsuits, the SEC cited 12+ coins as assets under its purview, taking the value of tokens deemed unregistered securities to $120B+  —  The list of digital tokens deemed as unregistered securities by the Securities and Exchange Commission now spans over $115 billion …
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Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:
Apple didn't mention AI at WWDC 2023, instead referring to machine learning and transformers while describing features and touting M2 Ultra for training models  —  Apple prefers using “machine learning,” or just having AI work in the background.  —  Amid notable new products …
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Microsoft agrees to pay $20M to settle FTC charges over the company violating COPPA by collecting personal data from children without their parents' consent  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally …
Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz:
A look at why AI will “save the world”, including by augmenting human intelligence, a case against the moral panic about AI, and the risks of not pursuing AI  —  The era of Artificial Intelligence is here, and boy are people freaking out.  —  Fortunately, I am here to bring the good news …
Priya Anand / Bloomberg:
Reddit defends its usage-based API pricing as covering costs, arguing the company “needs to be fairly paid to continue supporting high-usage third-party apps”  —  A number of Reddit forums plan to go dark for two days later this month to protest the company's decision to increase prices for third-party app developers.

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