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John McAfee has died by suspected suicide in a Spanish jail cell, hours after news that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US — Antivirus creator John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona after the Spanish high court had authorised his extradition to the U.S. …
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| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
In a new report, Apple says letting iOS users sideload apps would undermine privacy protections, complicate parental controls, and potentially expose user data — Company says allowing users to download software onto their iPhones without using the App Store jeopardizes protections
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Morning Consult poll of 2,000 US voters: 53% at least somewhat support Congress' Big Tech antitrust bills; 44% rank tech regulation as their lowest priority — - A new poll commissioned by tech industry-funded group shows 53% of voters favor at least some tech regulation.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram says it will test mixing suggested posts throughout primary feeds, even above posts from people users follow, and adds new controls — A priority on algorithm-chosen content — Instagram says reception to its “suggested posts” feature has been so positive that it's launching a new test …
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| Bloomberg: |
Two South African brothers who founded crypto investment firm Africrypt vanished with ~69,000 bitcoins, worth $3.6B+, after informing clients of an alleged hack — - Lawyers hired by investors piece together funds' disappearance — Africrypt loss would rank among biggest-ever crypto heists
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
International coalition of consumer groups, digital and civil rights organizations, and data protection experts call for ban on “surveillance-based advertising” — An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations and data protection experts …
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Forbrukerrådet. Tweets: @edri, @wolfiechristl, @iwillleavenow, @chaosupdates, and @julespolonetsky
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Bitmain, the largest producer of crypto mining equipment, suspends sales of machines for spot delivery globally, as top-tier rig prices drop ~75% since April — - Bitmain takes step to help prop up second-hand prices — Cost of a top-tier rig plunged by about 75% since April
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Analysis: bitcoin's hashrate, or the power needed to mine it, has nearly halved from 168,000 PH/s on May 15 to 86,000 PH/s on June 23, as its price falls — Quick Take — Bitcoin hashrate has declined by nearly 50% in over a month, according to The Block Research.| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Profile of Twitter's Machine Learning, Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability team, as Responsible ML becomes one of the company's top priorities in 2021 — Machine learning engineer Ari Font was worried about the future of Twitter's algorithms. It was mid-2020, and the leader … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
What to expect from Microsoft's “next generation” Windows event on Thursday: new Windows 11 UI, updated Windows Store, and a focus on productivity and gaming — Microsoft's “next generation” of Windows event is taking place later this week, on June 24th at 11AM ET.
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BleepingComputer, Windows Central, XDA Developers, Insider, MSPoweruser, Trusted Reviews, Windows Central, and WinBuzzer. Tweets: @tomwarren
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Antitrust experts say the biggest obstacle to Lina Khan's agenda will be a conservative judiciary, which has made it difficult for regulators to win big cases — The fiercest foes of America's technology giants cheered when Lina Khan, a professor at Columbia Law School … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Snackpass raises $70M Series B led by Craft Ventures at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering service surpasses 500k users across 13 college towns — While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher: counterfeit packages on the official Python repository, downloaded ~5,000 times, contained code that installed cryptomining software — Open source repositories can be vectors for badness, so look before you run. — Counterfeit packages downloaded roughly 5,000 times … | Reuters: |
DOJ says it has seized 36 Iranian media websites and sites for groups affiliated with Iran that are linked to Iranian disinformation for violating US sanctions — The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it seized 36 Iranian-linked websites, many of them associated with either disinformation activities …
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| Lillian Rizzo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Peacock had fewer than 10M paid subs as of May; Comcast is considering a deal with ViacomCBS or acquiring Roku as it seeks to become a streaming giant — CEO Brian Roberts is out to prove that having content and distribution under one roof can make his cable colossus a winner
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Tweets: @hedgeyecomm, @jbflint, @jbflint, @asharma, and @benmullin
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Tim Berners-Lee defends his decision to auction an NFT representing the web's source code, comparing it to the sale of an autographed book or a speaking tour — Creator of the world wide web says digital asset is ‘totally aligned with the values of the web’| Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post: |
Breakdown of officials in Biden's administration who have worked at tech giants: Facebook leads with 11 officials, followed by Alphabet at 10 and Microsoft at 8 — Technology and cybersecurity policy researcher — Dozens of top Biden administration officials have professional ties …
Tweets: @fboversight, @brianmcc, and @alaneyre1
| Mark Nottingham / mnot's blog: |
How recent actions against Big Tech in the US, UK, and EU could inadvertently lead to more fragmentation and ossification of the internet — A big change in how the Internet is defined - and who defines it - is underway. — For a while now, it's been apparent that Internet and Web standards have stagnated at the ‘top’ of the stack.
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Data protection …. Tweets: @rdbinns, @jyasskin, @jackyalcine, @carnage4life, @webdevlaw, and @mnot
| Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
Kuaishou now has 1B monthly active users globally, including users of its Kwai and Snack Video apps, joining rivals ByteDance and Tencent — China's No 2 short video-sharing app operator joins rival ByteDance and Tencent as internet platforms with 1 billion monthly active users Kuaishou's tally covers …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Ohio-based Lower, which offers online home financing services, raises $100M Series A led by Accel, its first external funding round in its seven-year history — Lower, an Ohio-based home finance platform, announced today it has raised $100 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel.
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Incorta, which aims to optimize data warehousing projects for enterprises, raises $120M Series D led by Prysm Capital, bringing its total funding to $195M — Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning. — Companies are looking … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Ant Group is in talks with Chinese state-owned companies to create a credit scoring company that will put Ant's vast data under Chinese control — The fintech giant is in discussions to start a new credit-scoring business with Chinese state-owned enterprises| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Drata, which uses automation to help companies obtain SOC 2 compliance for secure cloud data storage, raises $25M Series A led by GGV Capital — Security compliance is precisely three things: incredibly boring, time consuming, and entirely necessary to run a business in the modern age.| Margherita Beale / Forbes: |
Habi, a Colombia-based residential real estate marketplace with automated pricing tech, raises $100M Series B led by SoftBank Latin America Fund — Habi, a real estate startup digitizing home buying and selling for Colombia's middle class, announced Wednesday that it has raised $100 million …
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| Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian: |
Study from a human rights group finds Facebook is promoting content that incites violence against Myanmar's coup protesters and amplifies junta misinformation — Posts ranging from wanted posters to death threats remain online for months, breaching platform's own standards
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Washington Post, Global Witness, and KrASIA
Tweets: @global_witness, @yangheeleeskku, @michaelpmdavis, and @rvawonk
| Faseeh Mangi / Bloomberg: |
Pakistan outlines plans to double its IT industry in two years using new tech zones, after missing out on tech booms that lifted India and the Philippines — - New tech zones may double IT industry to $6 billion in 2 years — Pakistan has huge youth population, world's No. 3 gig economy
Tweets: @stzaofficial, @27thletterrr, and @economypak
| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Uber will add labels to Uber Eats in PA and DC saying app menu prices might be higher than those charged by restaurants, after pressure from the states' AGs — - New disclosure will be included in the checkout page — The addition will only apply to D.C. and Pennsylvania| Cam Wilson / Crikey: |
Australia's controversial Online Safety Bill is about to become law, expanding the eSafety Commissioner's ability to censor the internet — The controversial Online Safety Bill will give broad censorship powers to the eSafety commissioner, and experts warn that it could harm those it purports to save.
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Tweets: @cameronwilson, @paulfletchermp, @swlrv, @andydentperth, @inara1102, @gildrgil, @innov_aus, @cameronwilson, and @otdderamin
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Vercel, which develops the popular open-source Next.js React framework, raises $102M Series C led by Bedrock Capital at a $1.1B valuation — Vercel, the company behind the popular open-source Next.js React framework, today announced that it has raised a $102 million Series C funding round led by Bedrock Capital.
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| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Investigation: Strike, El Salvador's digital crypto wallet partner, is only licensed in one US state, potentially making transfers to El Salvador illegal — The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, caused a stir this month when he declared his country would become the first in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender.Sponsor Posts
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