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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US Treasury's FinCEN proposes labeling international crypto mixing as a “primary money laundering concern”, citing its use by Hamas and other illicit actors — Under pressure to address reports that Hamas and other terrorist groups are partially funded with crypto … | RT Watson / The Block: |
Chainalysis says some recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses” — - Chainalysis said some recent reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses.”
More: Chainalysis, U.S. Department …, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bloomberg, Elliptic, Reuters, Inside Bitcoins, CryptoSlate, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Blockworks, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and CryptoPotato
X: @iampaulgrewal, @jconorgrogan, @repmikelevin, @timobrien, @stevennerayoff, @pauly0x, @zerohedge, @sensherrodbrown, @billhughesdc, @lex_node, @senwarren, @mdudas, @ddayen, @valkenburgh, @jeffjohnroberts, @chainalysis, @cmdoerfler, @neerajka, and @chainalysis. LinkedIn: John Boscariol. Forums: r/ethtrader
| New York Times: |
Jon Stewart's Apple TV+ show ends after two seasons, sources say over creative differences; source: Stewart said China and AI topics concerned Apple executives — Mr. Stewart and Apple are parting ways because of creative differences over “The Problem,” people with knowledge of the decision said.
More: The Verge, The Hollywood Reporter, 9to5Mac, The Information, Variety, Appleosophy, Daily Mail, Fox News, Forbes, HotAir, The Messenger, Vulture, Collider, Just Jared, Bollyinside, Streaming, Vigour Times, CINEMABLEND, Salon, AppleInsider, The Daily Beast, The Wrap, TVLine, Rolling Stone, IndieWire, Deadline, and The A.V. Club
Threads: @guillecummings, @avalorama, @poniewozik, @tomgara, @jemoryparker, @reckless1280, @poniewozik, and @carnage4life
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @elkmovie@mastodon.social, and @ben@werd.social
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X: @sdw, @wajahatali, @mehdirhasan, @mehdirhasan, @thedailybeast, @parkermolloy, @nickwingfield, @tvgrimreaper, @lucas_shaw, @masasoncap, @tvgrimreaper, @discussingfilm, @johncryan, @emilybell, @sonnybunch, @bzamayo, @thefienprint, @loudmouthjulia, @rsgnl, @nick_field90, @kylebrussell, and @alex
Forums: r/television and r/entertainment
| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
AMD unveils the Radeon RX 7900M, the first mobile GPU to use a chiplet design and a rival to Nvidia's RTX 4080, available with Dell's Alienware m18 — It will debut in the new Alienware m18, launching today. — AMD is setting its sights on Nvidia's RTX 4080 mobile GPU with the Radeon RX 7900M … | Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
More: AMD, AMD on YouTube, The Verge, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, PCMag, Wccftech, XDA Developers, CRN, TechPowerUp, Wccftech, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, Engadget, Forbes, and XDA Developers
X: @graphicallychal, @tomwarren, @dcominottim, @aschilling, @amdryzen, and @aschilling. LinkedIn: Bob O'Donnell
Forums: r/hardware, r/AMD_Stock, and r/AMD_Technology_Bets
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
23andMe is investigating a possible new data leak of 4M users' records on BreachForums; the hacker claims the dataset includes info on people from Great Britain — The same hacker who leaked a trove of user data stolen from the genetic testing company 23andMe two weeks ago has now leaked millions of new user records.
More: BleepingComputer, The Verge, SC Media, MobileSyrup, Dark Reading, Mashable, The Register, Gizmodo, Daily Mail, Tech Times, The Messenger, TechRadar, DataBreaches.net, and The Hill
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, @b9AcE@todon.eu, @gedankenstuecke@scholar …, and @vollkorntomate@infosec …. Bluesky: @epro.social
X: @lorenzofb and @lorenzofb
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/anime_titties, and r/technews
| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
New York AG Letitia James sues lender Genesis, its parent company DCG, and the Winklevoss' exchange Gemini for allegedly defrauding 230K+ investors of $1B+ — New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Winklevoss twin-led exchange Gemini along with the crypto lending firm Genesis …
More: NY State Attorney General, Axios, New York Times, Unchained Crypto, CoinDesk, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Inside Bitcoins, Wired, Bloomberg, The Information, The Messenger, TechCrunch, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, CNN, CryptoPotato, Reuters, and The Block
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LinkedIn: Leo Schwartz and Neema Rashidee
Forums: r/ethtrader and r/Gemini
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
The FCC unanimously approves a petition by Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others for access to the 6GHz band for Wi-Fi tethering for AR and VR headsets — The FCC has unanimously approved plans by several tech companies to use the 6GHz band for wireless devices.
More: Federal Communications Commission, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, CNBC, Politico, Cointelegraph, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Telecompetitor, AppleInsider, and Cult of Mac
Threads: @brunocendon. X: @googlepixel_us, @nvcidambi, @mishaalrahman, @qualcommpolicy, @geoffreystarks, @patentlyapple, and @fcc
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| Jim Salter / Associated Press: |
The FBI and the DOJ say thousands of IT workers sent by North Korea to work remotely for US companies using false IDs have sent millions in wages to North Korea — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars …
More: US Department of Justice, IC3.gov News, The Record, Fox News, Associated Press, Zero Day, The Daily Beast, The Hill, BankInfoSecurity.com, and PCMag
LinkedIn: Roger Grimes and Gina Moore
Forums: r/LateStageCapitalism, r/geopolitics, r/law, and r/news
| CoinDesk: |
Filing: the US SEC drops charges alleging Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen aided and abetted the company in violating securities laws — The regulator had included them as defendants in its securities violation case revolving around XRP transactions, and the agency now says it's just pursuing Ripple for damages.
More: Ripple Labs, The Block, Reuters, Crowdfund Insider, Decrypt, Coinpedia Fintech News, Blockworks, Fortune, CoinGape, Wall Street Journal, Bitcoin News, and ZyCrypto
Mastodon: @annmlipton@esq.social. X: @s_alderoty, @bgarlinghouse, @adamscochran, @nycstein, @panekkkk, @spreekaway, @lex_node, @kkirkbos, @adamscochran, @s_alderoty, @filanlaw, and @eleanorterrett. Forums: r/Bitcoin
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The FCC votes 3-2 to invite the US public to comment on re-establishing net neutrality rules; the broader effort still faces a long legal and political battle — The Federal Communications Commission officially began its effort to re-establish net neutrality at its monthly meeting today …
More: Ars Technica, New York Times, The Verge, CNBC, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Hill, GovTech, Deadline, TechSpot, Telecompetitor, Fierce Telecom, Fast Company, and Engadget
Threads: @infinite_improbabilties, @thephillipsonians, @energycommerce, and @senschumer
Forums: r/politics, r/technology, r/technews, and r/technology
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
India's Central Bureau of Investigation works with Microsoft and Amazon to raid 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on tech support scams and crypto fraud — India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 76 locations in a nationwide crackdown on cybercrime operations behind tech support scams and cryptocurrency fraud.
More: Microsoft On the Issues, The Register, About Amazon, PCMag, and The Verge
LinkedIn: Amy Hogan-Burney and Sean Farrell
Forums: r/InfoSecNews and r/cybersecurity
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Source: X removed the main New York Times account's “verified” badge on October 17 without notice; source: X traffic to the NYT is down ~50% since August 2023 — The unexplained decision removes the only symbol distinguishing the news organization from impostors and comes amid …
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X: @pearlf, @thatianelliott, @kimmasters, @karaswisher, @larakate, @timothyjgraham, @drewharwell, @drewharwell, @karaswisher, and @scottnover. Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A researcher details malicious and convincing Google ads linking to a fake site for password manager KeePass; Google shows a verified advertiser paid for them — Google-verified advertiser + legit-looking URL + valid TLS cert = convincing look-alike. — Google has been caught hosting …
More: Malwarebytes Labs, BleepingComputer, iPhone in Canada Blog, and SiliconANGLE
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Bluesky: @blackamazon.bsky.social and @chardday.bsky.social
X: @medidigitalmark, @safespace4space, and @wrthfl
LinkedIn: Simon Gurney, Justin Fier, Tushad Driver, Justin Fier, and Simon Gurney
Forums: Hacker News, r/cybersecurity, r/technology, r/KeePass, Beehaw, and Ars OpenForum
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
OpenAI rolls out DALL-E 3 access to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers, after preparing a safety mitigation stack to ready the model for expanded release — OpenAI is launching wider availability of its latest text-to-image generator. On Thursday, the company is giving ChatGPT Plus …
More: OpenAI, SiliconANGLE, OpenAI, Search Engine Journal, Computerworld, SlashGear, and VentureBeat
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord overhauls its moderation tools with a new warning system and a teen safety assist feature, plans to roll out an in-app store for all users, and more — Discord is overhauling the way it moderates its platform with a new warning system and teen safety assist feature.
More: Discord Blog, Platformer, VentureBeat, Game Developer, PC Gamer, Android Headlines, Engadget, Fast Company, Club386, and TechCrunch
| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Trucking marketplace Convoy starts shutting down; sources: the startup had ~$320M in 2023 revenue by early October, on pace to fall short of the $630M in 2022 — Trucking startup Convoy is shutting down, the company told employees and investors on Thursday, in a dramatic collapse of a business …
More: Bloomberg, FreightWaves, PYMNTS.com, GeekWire, CNBC, Forbes, GeekWire, Axios, Supply Chain Dive, Fortune, and Seattle Business Journal
| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU caps DSA charges to 0.05% of a company's 2022 profit, resulting in X and Amazon paying nothing while Alphabet and Meta together would pay ~€31M — - Alphabet and Meta to pick up three-quarters of the tab — Charges for large platforms adjusted based on profitability| John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
Meta's Yann LeCun says regulating R&D for AI “is incredibly counterproductive” and would only serve to reinforce Big Tech's dominance and stifle competition — Artificial intelligence is still dumber than cats, says pioneer Yann LeCun, so worries over existential risks are ‘premature’
More: Gizmodo, Cointelegraph, and The Decoder
Bluesky: @blackamazon.bsky.social. X: @hare_brain, @chassnews, @joshgd, @jimpethokoukis, and @tomchivers
LinkedIn: Paulo Carvao, Diana D., Reggie Mitchell, Wolfgang Lassl, Rui Salgado Alves, Tommi Himberg, and Richard Bradley. Forums: r/singularity
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More: DeepMind Blog. Mastodon: @njoseph_1@toot …. X: @emmiehine, @joshuamarch, @garymarcus, @mustafasuleyman, @mustafasuleyman, @agstrait, @sebkrier, @geoffmulgan, @fabiochiusi, @hare_brain, and @drcolinwplewis
LinkedIn: Jakob Franke, Jean-Claude Burgelman, Massimiliano Colombo, Philipp Rode, and Mara Pometti
| Financial Times: |
More: Euractiv and GOV.UK
X: @matthfield, @connoraxiotes, @joebambridge1, @bertuzluca, @anastasiabekt, and @annasophiegross. LinkedIn: Asela Waidyalankara
| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
US v. SBF: FTX's ex-top lawyer says SBF asked him to form “legal justifications” for why FTX was missing $7B in user funds, undermining SBF's good-faith defense — Cryptocurrency exchange FTX's former top lawyer testified on Thursday at its founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
More: Inside Bitcoins. X: @tiffanyfong_, @eleanorterrett, @johnedeaton1, @autismcapital, @wublockchain, @wublockchain, @innercitypress, @innercitypress, and @elonmusk. Forums: r/ethtrader
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