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China's Sichuan Province closes crypto mines, following Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Yunnan; an estimated 90% of China's mining capacity has now been shut down — Many Bitcoin mines in Southwest China's Sichuan Province - one of China's largest cryptocurrency mining bases - were closed as of Sunday …
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
As China expands its crackdown on cryptocurrency mining farms, analysis shows the price of GPUs has fallen on many e-commerce platforms in the country — Graphics cards from companies including Nvidia and Asus saw prices fall by as much as two-thirds on e-commerce platforms amid China's …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out Live Audio Rooms, available to verified public figures and select Groups, and its podcast service, available to select partners, in the US — In April, Facebook announced a series of planned investments in new audio products, including a Clubhouse live audio competitor as well as new support for podcasts.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Current and former Google execs say the company suffers from both its size and Sundar Pichai's leadership, marked by delayed decisions and raging culture fights — Despite record profits, a number of them are worried that the company is suffering from both its size and leadership from its C.E.O., Sundar Pichai.
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Investigation finds Amazon has been destroying thousands of unsold goods at its UK-based Dunfermline warehouse; source says 130K items are destroyed per week — Exclusive: Watch footage showing the ‘destruction zone’ in Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse where millions of unsold items are destroyed every year
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Sources: Shopify is rolling out a service that will let BuzzFeed and other content publishers link to merchants in exchange for a cut of transaction revenue — Shopify, which has become a major force in e-commerce by providing online tools to merchants, is rolling out a new service … | Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Google says it has decided not to reopen Campus, its London-based startup space, after the pandemic forced it to close — - The Silicon Valley tech giant announced on Monday that it has decided “not to reopen” Campus in East London after it was forced to close by the coronavirus pandemic.
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A timeline of Google's long list of mostly-defunct messaging apps and services, starting in 2004 with Gmail and progressing to Google Talk, Hangouts, and Allo — What a decade and a half of confusing services can tell us about the future — Over the past 15 years, Google has introduced … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Real estate mogul Frank McCourt says he plans to invest $100M to build a blockchain-based database of social connections, sidestepping the dominant social apps — Frank McCourt wants to build a blockchain-based alternative to Facebook — Frank McCourt, the billionaire real estate mogul …
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| BBC: |
How North Korean hackers nearly stole $951M from Bangladesh Bank's New York Fed account in 2016, only to be stopped at the last moment after transferring $81M — In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1bn raid on Bangladesh's national bank and came within an inch of success …
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office announces an antitrust investigation into Apple's App Store, pre-installed apps, and more — Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, today initiated proceedings against Apple on the claims of anti-competitive behavior related to the App Store …
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| Mary Biekert / Bloomberg: |
Securitize, which helps companies issue asset-backed security tokens, raises $48M Series B co-led Morgan Stanley and Blockchain Capital — - Firm gathers $48 million in its Series B fundraising round — Teixeira of Morgan Stanley to join Securitize's board
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Revolut says it had $361M in 2020 revenue, up 57% YoY, non-adjusted operating loss reached $277M due to staff costs, and retail customers rose 45% to 14.5M — Fintech startup Revolut has filed some financial results and is sharing details with the press. In 2020, the company reported $361 million …
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European Central Bank board member says a digital euro will protect consumer privacy and protect the eurozone from the “threat” of competing cryptocurrencies — Fabio Panetta admits some oversight by regulators is necessary to avoid misuse — The introduction of a digital euro …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google quietly pushed Massachusetts' MassNotify COVID tracking app to Android phones in the state; after debuting last week, the app has 1M to 5M installs — Massachusetts launched a COVID tracking app, and uh, it was automatically installed?! — Over the weekend, Google and the state …
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