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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
OpenSea lays off ~50% of staff and is moving to “OpenSea 2.0”; after laying off 20% of its workforce in July 2022, the NFT marketplace said 230 staff remained — A company representative told Decrypt that approximately 50% of employees were impacted across the company.
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Ad blockers saw record uninstalls in October after YouTube expanded its crackdown on ad blockers, while those unaffected by the clampdown saw record installs — YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
As the EU prepared to designate Apple as a gatekeeper under the DMA, Apple argued that it has three distinct browsers: Safari for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS — And with a straight face, too. Brussels didn't buy it — Apple tried to avoid regulation in the European Union by making a surprising claim …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Mozilla Senior Director of Content Carolyn O'Hara about joining the fediverse, technical hurdles when onboarding users, moderation, and more — Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn't centralized …
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| Lora Kelley / The Atlantic: |
Sam Bankman-Fried, who is unkempt, pedigreed, and awkward, replicated what VCs believe a founder should look like, and the door remains open for others like him — The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried. — Over and over during Sam Bankman-Fried's trial …
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| Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: |
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Google Play rolls out an “Independent security review” badge for apps that have conducted a Mobile Application Security Assessment audit, starting with VPN apps — Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an ‘independent security reviews’ badge … | Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
DC's AG sues RealPage and 14 of Washington DC's largest landlord firms for using RealPage's rent-setting software to allegedly collude on rent price increases — Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was “unacceptable.” — DC's attorney general has sued 14 …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google ends its deal with Lendlease to build 15K homes in the Bay Area; in 2019, Google announced plans to build houses on $750M+ worth of land the company owns — The company has ended its agreement with its real estate developer. — Google has ended its agreement with real estate developer Landlease …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after Phil Spencer stepped in to reverse the company's plans to remove the benefit — Microsoft was planning to remove a free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees in January …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Okta says hackers who breached its support system in October accessed the files of 134 customers, five of whom were later targeted in session hijacking attacks — Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft updates its support documentation to say Surface PCs shipped after January 1, 2021, will receive firmware updates for six years, up from four years — Surface PCs shipped in 2021 onward are getting two extra years of firmware updates. — What you need to know
More: The Verge, Thurrott, Android Authority, and XDA Developers
| Steven Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ release the source code for OpenELA, their Red Hat Enterprise Linux challenger, offering all the packages to build an enterprise Linux OS — When Mike McGrath, Red Hat's Red Hat Core Platforms vice president, announced that Red Hat was putting new restrictions …
More: OpenELA and The Register
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| Joseph Hoppe / Wall Street Journal: |
The UK CMA says Meta pledged to let Facebook Marketplace users opt out of Meta using their data and limit how the company uses ad data for product development — The U.K. competition regulator said Meta Platforms has pledged to allow its Facebook Marketplace customers to opt out of having …
More: GOV.UK, Tech Monitor, PYMNTS.com, The Messenger, and Thurrott
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A security researcher says that a Flipper Zero device can carry out DoS attacks on iPhones running iOS 17 by continuously sending Bluetooth pairing requests — No cure yet for a popular iPhone attack, except for turning off Bluetooth. — One morning two weeks ago, security researcher Jeroen van der Ham …
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| Apple: |
Apple reports Q4 revenue down 1% YoY to $89.5B, vs. $89.3B est., net income up 11% to $23B, Americas sales up 1% to $40.1B, and Europe sales down 1% to $22.5B — iPhone revenue sets September quarter record Services revenue reaches new all-time high — Apple® today announced financial results …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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