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August 13, 2024, 2:25 AM

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The Verge:
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Elon Musk's Donald Trump X Spaces interview was quickly derailed by technical glitches at the scheduled start time; Musk blamed it on “a massive DDoS attack”  —  Elon Musk's much-hyped interview of former President Donald Trump on the social media platform X was quickly derailed …
Financial Times:
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing  —  Apple has threatened to remove crowdfunding app Patreon from the App Store if creators continue to use unsupported third-party billing options …
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Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
On August 6, hackers leaked ~2.7B data records of people in the US containing SSNs and names, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data  —  Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
Washington Post:
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources: it's probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns  —  Since June, agents have been pursuing evidence Iran has targeted advisers to the two presidential campaigns.
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
The US SEC sues crypto company NovaTech and its co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised $650M+ from 200K+ investors globally, following the NY AG's lawsuit  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous cars with no safety driver on freeways in the Bay Area this week, after getting regulatory approval in March  —  Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week.

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