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Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Report: FTX's talks with investors on reboot proposals, due this week, include a joint venture, a rebrand, and stakes for certain existing customers  —  - FTX has a deadline of this week for interested parties to submit their proposals to potentially help restart the exchange, the WSJ reported.
Jesse Coghlan / Cointelegraph:
FTX sues former compliance officer Daniel Friedberg, alleging he was Sam Bankman-Fried's “fixer” who made “hush money” payments to two potential whistleblowers
Colin Wilhelm / The Block:
A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried's motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100+ years in prison if convicted
New York Times:
UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition tech to combat shoplifting, which critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes  —  British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Analysis: the Clop ransomware group has breached 122 organizations and stolen the data of ~15M people to date by exploiting a zero-day flaw in Progress' MOVEit  —  The dramatic fallout continues, with as many as 122 organizations now breached.  —  The dramatic fallout continues …
Jack Schickler / CoinDesk:
The EU Commission publishes its digital euro legislative plans, including privacy and financial stability safeguards; some backers question the CBDC's benefits  —  Officials want a digital payment system available to “everyone, everywhere, for free.”  —  BRUSSELS, Belgium …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US is considering new AI chip export restrictions to China as soon as July, which could even ban the sales of Nvidia's A800 chip without a license  —  Restrictions come amid concerns that China could use AI chips from Nvidia and others for weapon development and hacking
Bloomberg:
An interview with senior Binance executive Yi He, who has been out of the global spotlight and has children with CZ, on regulators, compliance, Okcoin, and more  —  One senior Binance executive has managed to stay out of the global spotlight over the past six years and counting …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Carl Pei's Nothing raised $96M led by Highland Europe before the Phone (2)'s launch, taking the company's funding to $250M; sources say 2022 revenue was $200M  —  Smartphone sales are in decline as handset makers grapple with saturated markets and a tough consumer economic climate.
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Adalytics: ~80% of Google's video ad placements on third-party sites violated the company's promised standards between 2020 and 2023; Google disputes the claims  —  About 80% of Google's video-ad placements on third-party sites violated promised standards, new research shows; Google disputes claims
Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune:
How Shein's Guangzhou factory influencer tour, likely meant to foster goodwill and improve the company's image before a rumored IPO, backfired spectacularly  —  In recent days, Chinese fast fashion giant Shein took a handful of influencers on a tour of its Guangzhou factory.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
DoorDash announces new features for couriers, including “earn by time” for a guaranteed hourly minimum rate, real-time location sharing, and Dash Along the Way  —  DoorDash is making a big change to the way couriers get paid.  In an announcement on Wednesday …
Bloomberg:
A look at Anonymous Sudan, a self-described hacktivist group that researchers tied to Russia and that has targeted Microsoft, Sweden, Israel, the US, and others  —  A hacking group responsible for a series of outages at Microsoft Corp. earlier this month had spent the previous months attacking targets …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI updates ChatGPT for iOS with Browse with Bing for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, answering questions using information beyond ChatGPT's original training data  —  ChatGPT on mobile can now surf the web.  But only via Bing.  —  Today, OpenAI announced that subscribers to ChatGPT Plus …

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From Mediagazer

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In an earnings call, David Zaslav says the Trump Administration may be more merger friendly, enabling a “real positive and accelerated impact on this industry”

Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
How conservatives nurtured and funded a vast network of online influencers and creators, and how structural disadvantages prevent the left from replicating it

Austin Fuller / Current:
How public media newsrooms in Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma are enhancing their statehouse journalism with funding from CPB

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Earlier Picks

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU countries and lawmakers reach an agreement on the Data Act, establishing rules on how Big Tech and other companies use European consumer and corporate data
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
TikTok admits to funding the TikTok creators' lawsuit in Montana that is challenging the state's ban of the app, but says the company is not paying the creators
David Heaney / UploadVR:
Report: Google canceled its “Iris” AR glasses project earlier in 2023 to focus on creating AR software platforms to license to headset manufacturers
Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company:
SCOTUS rules 7-2 that for an alleged cyberstalker to be a “true threat”, a court must prove they recklessly disregarded that their words may be seen as threats
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta launches new parental controls and other safety features for Messenger and Instagram in the US, the UK, and Canada, including letting parents view contacts
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