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Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie doubles down on not moderating Nazi content, after 200+ authors criticize the company for “platforming and monetizing Nazis” — More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Apple won't offer hardware swaps for out-of-warranty Watch models going back to Series 6 in the US during the ITC's ban but will offer help via software — - Company will only be able to conduct software-based repairs — Hardware swaps for broken Apple Watches won't be offered in US| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple stops selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in its online store in the US, days before the ITC's Watch import ban goes into effect — As promised, Apple today removed the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 from its online store in the United States …
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| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave — - Arion Kurtaj placed in hospital to protect public from harm — Two teens sentenced for hacking, blackmailing tech firms
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cisco acquires cloud-native security and networking startup Isovalent, which had raised $69M and has helped develop open-source projects eBPF and Cilium — Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Mixed Reality and remove the feature in a future Windows update; most Windows VR headsets launched between 2017 and 2021 — Windows Mixed Reality will be removed from a future version of Windows — What you need to know| New York Times: |
US consumer groups and lawmakers say Klarna, Affirm, Afterpay, and other BNPL services may encourage younger and lower-income Americans to take on too much debt — Buying mattresses, clothes and other goods on installment plans has propped up spending, but economists worry that such loans could put some people at risk.| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
ImpriMed, which builds AI-powered drug response prediction tech to help treat cancer in dogs and cats, raised a $23M Series A led by SoftBank Ventures Asia — ImpriMed, a California-based precision medicine startup, builds AI-powered dog cancer treatment technology that helps veterinarians identify … | Reuters: |
Analysis: ABBA Voyage, the London show performed by 3D avatars of the band created using motion capture, made £322.6M in revenue in the 12 months since May 2022 — Thank you for the music, London's authorities might say, after Swedish pop group ABBA's digital concert residency raked … | Ethan Gach / Kotaku: |
Insomniac's hacked files show challenges it faces juggling teams, timelines, and budgets amid possible Sony cuts; Spider-Man 2 cost ~$300M, 3x 2018's Spider-Man — Internal documents show how a big PlayStation studio plans its future — Insomniac Games quickly established itself … | Chandra R. Srikanth / @chandrarsrikant: |
Email: Meta's India policy head, Shivnath Thukral, says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta's OTT services at a “future date” — 🚨🚨 Scoop: We've accessed an internal email where Meta has expressed concerns on India's new proposed telecom law Meta is concerned that Indian govt could regulate internet apps with proposed telecom law It is concerned that over the top (OTT) applications, for instance...
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Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity stops offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil, and France, months after a “limited time access” expansion — Worldcoin is no longer offering its Orb-verification service in India, Brazil and France, just months … Sponsor Posts
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