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Group behind Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol used for DeFi applications, says a hacker has stolen $611M; one researcher blames the attack on a crypto flaw — Quick Take — Cross-chain protocol Poly Network has been hacked for $611 million. — The team behind the protocol … | Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Facebook says it has removed a network of accounts from Russia linked to a UK marketing firm that pushed anti-vaccine content using Planet of the Apes memes — Facebook (FB.O) said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed …
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About Facebook, BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Facebook, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Adweek, CNET, Engadget, and inews.co.uk
Tweets: @ngleicher, @noupside, @arawnsley, @benimmo, @arawnsley, @darth, @campuscodi, and @dankostecki
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google will let under-18s delist photos by request, restrict ad targeting of children based on age, gender, or interests, and more — As part of a new series of protections for kids under 18 — Google will no longer allow ad targeting of children based on their age, gender …
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The Keyword, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, The Information, Neowin, KnowTechie, and Mashable
Tweets: @lilyraynyc and @webdevlaw
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube launches protections for kids: default private uploads, turning off autoplay, and adding “take a break” and “bedtime” reminders by default — Google, responding to critics urging the internet giant to improve child safety in its services …
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YouTube Official Blog, Washington Post, SlashGear, BGR, phonearena.com, Chrome Unboxed, The Hill, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @mmitchell_ai, @viacristiano, and @colorofchange
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans a modest iPhone update, with a smaller notch, faster refresh rate, and camera upgrades, including ProRes recording and video Portrait mode — - Company plans video Portrait mode and higher-quality recording — New models to include smaller display cutout and faster chip
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Ubergizmo, iThinkDifferent, Daring Fireball, Appleosophy, Tom's Guide, Barron's Online, KnowTechie, HotHardware.com News, CNET, Pocketnow, MacDailyNews, Redmond Pie, Wccftech, FrontPageTech.com, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @markgurman, @joannastern, @backlon, @kevincate, @leaksapplepro, @ryanodonnell, @manan, @quicktake, and @backlon
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports $2.23B in Q2 revenue, vs $1.78B est., and net profit of $1.6B, up nearly 4,900% YoY, following volatile stretch of cryptocurrency trading — - In Q2, Coinbase brought in $2.23 billion of revenue vs. $1.78 billion expected by Refinitiv. — It also reported a profit per share of $6.42.
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Coinbase, TechCrunch, Blockworks, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet, Reuters, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, CoinDesk, Investing.com, Financial Times, Benzinga, Decrypt, CoinDesk, New York Times, Bloomberg, and Finbold
Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @jeffjohnroberts, and @scottmelker
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Court docs: Apple settles its 2019 lawsuit against Corellium over Corellium's “virtualized” iPhone business; Corellium says it still sells virtual iOS devices — Apple accused Corellium of violating its copyrights with virtual iPhones used for security research
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @counternotions and @reedalbergotti
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI debuts a private beta for Codex, an API for turning natural language into code of one of over a dozen coding languages; Codex powers GitHub's Copilot — Watch now. — OpenAI today released OpenAI Codex, its AI system that translates natural language into code, through an API in private beta.
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| Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
Source: the NSA awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10B to AWS; Microsoft has filed a bid protest with the GAO in response — Much of the NSA's most prized intelligence data may be moving to the cloud. — The National Security Agency has awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth …
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @frank_konkel, @patrickmoorhead, @quinnypig, @frank_konkel, and @teedubya
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Microsoft will now require admin rights before Windows users can access the Point and Print feature, to mitigate a security flaw it has already tried to patch — Microsoft has released today a security update that will change the default behavior of the “Point and Print” …
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Microsoft Security …, BleepingComputer, Windows Central, Microsoft Support, OnMSFT.com, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, and Neowin
Tweets: @briankrebs, @dangillmor, @msftsecresponse, and @ajohnsocyber
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Senate sends $1T infrastructure bill to the House after a 69-30 vote; the bill contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax provision critics see as too broad — The bill contains a broad definition of “broker” for crypto tax reporting requirements that lawmakers and industry advocates sought to change over the past week.
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PYMNTS.com, Washington Post, The Verge, The Information, WRAL TechWire, Bitcoin News, Light Reading, Cointelegraph, CNBC, Crowdfund Insider, Politico, Associated Press, Crypto Briefing, and The Block
Tweets: @reptomemmer, @jakesherman, @senlummis, @pearkes, @kaitlancollins, @potus, @apompliano, @brian_armstrong, @peterbakernyt, and @davidgokhshtein
| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
LaunchDarkly, a feature management service for developers with IBM and Atlassian among its 2k+ customers, raises $200M Series D at a $3B post-money valuation — When Edith Harbaugh and John Kodumal first met in an advanced math class at Harvey Mudd, one of the country's top engineering colleges …
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| Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: |
Helium, a P2P 5G wireless network startup, raises $111M in an a16z-led token sale, says it has 116K+ wireless hotspots in 11K cities with 500K more back-ordered — - Napster's Shawn Fanning co-founded Helium with Amir Haleem — Ribbit, Alameda, Multicoin among participants in the round
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Andreessen Horowitz, WebWire, FinSMEs, CoinDesk, The Block, Blockworks, and Cointelegraph
| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Apple publishes a CSAM FAQ to address misconceptions and concerns about photo scanning — Apple has responded to misconceptions and concerns about its photo scanning announcements by publishing a CSAM FAQ - answering frequently asked questions about the features.
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Tweets: @jonathanmayer, @da_667, @elizableu, @gsuberland, @malwarejake, @malwarejake, and @luca
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Venmo will let credit cardholders automatically buy cryptocurrency with the cash back they earn and says there will be no associated transaction fees — PayPal-owned Venmo is expanding its support for cryptocurrency with today's launch of a new feature that will allow users …
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PayPal Newsroom, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, ZDNet, SlashGear, TechSpot, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, MUO, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and Neowin. Tweets: @venmo
| The Information: |
Sources: FTC is reviewing Uber's partnership with delivery startup Gopuff on anti-competitive grounds, as well as its purchase of alcohol delivery firm Drizly — The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing a partnership struck in May between Uber and Gopuff that allows people to order items … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi announces the Mix 4 smartphone with a bezel-less design and an under-display selfie camera, launching in China for ~$770 — The first new Mi Mix in years — Xiaomi has announced the Mix 4, the first phone in the Mi Mix series to be announced in nearly three years.
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| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
NortonLifeLock says that it will merge with Avast in a cash and stock deal worth between $8.1B and $8.6B — The two companies said they will create a “new, industry-leading consumer Cyber Safety business.” — Antivirus vendor NortonLifeLock this afternoon said it will merge …
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iTnews, The Record, Business Wire, CRN, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Channel Futures, MarketWatch, The Times, and Financial Times. Tweets: @patrickmoorhead
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says Omniverse, which it calls a “metaverse for engineers”, now has 50K+ users, and it will be opened up to millions of users of 3D modeling app Blender — Watch now. — Nvidia has billed its Omniverse as a “metaverse for engineers,” and it has grown to more than 50,000 users.
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The Verge, XDA Developers, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Animation World Network, NVIDIA, ZDNet, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @jaycuthrell
| TJ Denzer / Shacknews: |
Unity reports Q2 revenue of $273.6M, up 48% YoY, and says it will acquire remote desktop and streaming company Parsec for ~$320M — Unity boasted a massive increase in revenue year-over-year and has raised its guidance as a result. — As fiscal quarters close and companies report earnings results …
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Unity Technologies, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Unity Technologies, MarketWatch, VentureBeat, Gamasutra, and San Francisco Business Journal
Tweets: @parsecteam, @boxerbk, @parsecteam, @parsecteam, @unity3d, @unity3d, and @glassbottommeg
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nanox, which digitizes traditional X-rays, has agreed to acquire Zebra Medical Vision, which makes AI-based tools for radiologists, in a deal valued up to $200M — All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. — Zebra Medical Vision …
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ReBlonde, nocamels.com, Business Wire, and hitconsultant.net
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
BitMEX announces a $100M settlement with the CFTC and FinCEN over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and know-your-customer oversight systems — Crypto derivatives trading platform BitMEX announced Tuesday it had reached a settlement on civil charges with U.S. authorities.
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CFTC, FinCEN.gov, BitMEX Blog, The Verge, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, U.Today, The Hill, Bloomberg, Blockworks, Crowdfund Insider, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, and Forbes
Tweets: @cftc, @bitmex, @ahcastor, and @cointelegraph
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Zomato reports revenue of $113.4M, up ~3x YoY, and a net loss of $48M for the quarter that ended in June, in its first quarterly earnings report since its IPO — Zomato's losses more than tripled in its first quarterly earnings report since its listing last month as the company's expenses grew …
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