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June 18, 2023, 3:04 AM

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Boone Ashworth / Wired:
Reddit's management risks putting the service in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant content moves to other platforms  —  When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit's community won't ever be the same.  —  It's pretty easy to piss people off on Reddit.
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Microsoft says DDoS attacks by hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan “temporarily impacted availability” of some of its services, including Azure, in early June 2023  —  In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite …
Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt:
Block announces an open beta program for Bitkey, its self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, with Coinbase and CashApp integrations  —  Bitkey will allow beta users to withdraw Bitcoin from Coinbase and Cashapp using “copy and paste.”  —  Jack Dorsey's payments company Block announced an open beta program …
Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk:
Report: a group of central banks developed 33 API functionalities to test 30+ CBDC online, offline, and in-store use cases, via QR codes, phones, and more  —  An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown.
Stanford CRFM:
An assessment finds it is currently feasible for major foundation model providers to comply with the draft EU AI Act and doing so would improve transparency  —  Authors: Rishi Bommasani and Kevin Klyman and Daniel Zhang and Percy Liang  —  Stanford researchers evaluate foundation model providers …
Farah Nayeri / New York Times:
How architects are using AI to design workplaces, office buildings, and spaces that cater to workers' individual needs, as more companies adopt a hybrid model  —  With more hybrid workers and new office needs, firms like Zaha Hadid Architects are turning to artificial intelligence for solutions.
New York Times:
Taliban officials keep getting their WhatsApp accounts banned, causing disruptions at the nascent government, which relies on the platform for communication  —  The Taliban administration is stuck in a cat-and-mouse game with WhatsApp, which is off-limits to the nascent government because of U.S. sanctions.
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
A US federal judge signs off on a temporary agreement between Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC to ensure only Binance.US employees can access US customer funds  —  The proposed agreement addresses the SEC's motion for a temporary restraining order.  —  A federal judge signed off …
Tonya Riley / CyberScoop:
Genetic testing company 1health.io settles by paying $75K to the FTC for exposing sensitive health data, in the first FTC enforcement over genetic information  —  The case is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions focused on health data privacy and the first involving genetic information.

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