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FBI email servers were hacked to send spam warning of a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired UK: |
Substack touts itself as an alternative to toxic, ad-driven social media, but many of its top earners are polarizing figures who were deplatformed elsewhere — The company's CEO says the old way of social media is broken—but is his alternative much different?| Zaheer Merchant / The Economic Times: |
App Annie: India saw 4.8B mobile game downloads in H1 2021, or one in every five downloads globally, making it the world's top market for mobile games — A new report by App Annie, an app market analytics firm, puts numbers to something we've all known for 19 months now … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How US cities are deploying drones, robots, and AI to more affordably inspect, diagnose, and repair the country's aging sewer infrastructure — Cash-strapped U.S. cities are turning to drones, artificial intelligence and other innovations to help inspect and fix the country's aging underground arteries of waste
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
The latest iOS 15.2 beta adds a manual Macro mode toggle to the Camera app on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max — The second beta of iOS 15.2 adds a toggle for Macro mode on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max when Auto Macro is disabled in Settings, enabling users …
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Tweets: @dylanmcd8, @imore, and @halidecamera
| Helen Partz / Cointelegraph: |
AMC Theatres now accepts bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, and litecoin for online payments; CEO Adam Aron says dogecoin will be accepted next — AMC Theaters now accepts online payments in Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin, with Dogecoin coming next. — 279 Total views — 4 Total shares
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Presto, which provides restaurants with food ordering hardware and analytics, is going public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1B valuation — Presto is known for its pay-at-table kiosks, tablets and artificial-intelligence tools — Restaurant-technology startup Presto is combining …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Intel scrapped plans to make silicon wafers at a Chinese factory to ease US chip shortages, after the Biden admin strongly discouraged the proposal — - Chipmaker had pitched China investment as way to ease shortage — Administration seeks to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers
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| New York Times: |
Telegram could become a powerful vector for lies and vitriol before the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil, where it is installed on 53% of smartphones — In a social media ecosystem facing mounting pressure to combat fake news and polarization, Telegram is the most permissive disseminator of content — and disinformation.| Taylor Locke / CNBC: |
An overview of Bitcoin's first major upgrade since 2017, Taproot, which makes transactions more private, less expensive, and is expected to go live this weekend — Taproot, a highly anticipated upgrade to bitcoin, is expected to go into effect in the coming days at block 709,632 — some sources say it'll go live as soon as Saturday.
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Neowin, ZyCrypto, CoinDesk, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinGeek, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @onrampinvest
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Gett, which helps companies organize their ride-hailing, taxi, and limousine booking options, is going public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1.1B valuation — Company joins with ride-hailing operators to organize transportation options into one platform for corporate customers| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Some TikTok users say the app is encouraging them to follow people they know in real life, raising privacy concerns over TikTok's tactics to connect users — The social network got huge by ignoring who you know. That's increasingly no longer the case. — Unlike other social apps … Sponsor Posts
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