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GSC Game World decides to “cancel anything NFT-related” in its game Stalker 2 after fans criticize its plans for in-game NFTs in partnership with DMarket — It hasn't been a great week for the GSC Game World team — STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World announced yesterday that they'd be adding NFTs to the game.| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
TikTok says it is removing “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that prompted some US districts to cancel classes on Friday — It hasn't found any videos threatening school violence on Friday, the company said — TikTok said Friday that it's working to remove …
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How Amazon grew its business in China, including partnering with a government propaganda arm for a books section on Amazon US, AWS-related concessions, and more — Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a Discord server with five moderators, as brands use the messaging tool to forge a sense of community, including Wendy's with 60K+ Discord users — Many brands are using the messaging app Discord to forge a sense of community among their fans.| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Sources: California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following allegations of harassment and discrimination — California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents …
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Hevo Data, which offers a dashboard to help companies integrate data from disparate sources, raises a $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India — Hevo Data, a SaaS startup that is helping firms collate troves of data they generate and accumulate to make better use of them …
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TikTok partners with Virtual Dining Concepts to launch TikTok Kitchen, a food delivery service based on viral trends, starting with 300 US locations in March — The video platform is teaming up with Virtual Dining Concepts to deliver those viral foods across the country. Baked feta pasta, anyone?| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 11 preview builds signal the end of the Control Panel by moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app — One more step to simplifying Windows — Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11.
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The Biden administration is concerned with US investments in Chinese companies developing “dual use” tech that could have civilian and military applications — Last year, a fast-rising artificial intelligence company in China won a little-noticed contract from a Chinese military academy …
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Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, raises a $25M Series A and says it won't use the new funds to fight Apple's copyright lawsuit — None of the funds from Paladin Capital and Cisco Investments will be going on Corellium's copyright fight with Apple, as the startup looks to expand.| The Citizen Lab: |
Two Egyptians living in exile had their iPhones compromised in June 2021 using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox — Key Findings — Two Egyptians—exiled politician Ayman Nour and the host of a popular news program (who wishes to remain anonymous) …
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| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
2021 saw over 20 hacks where a crypto exchange or project had at least $10M in digital currencies stolen, with at least six cases where $100M+ was stolen — It's not just lucky investors getting rich from crypto. — Hackers have made off with billions of dollars in virtual assets …
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| William Turvill / Press Gazette: |
Sources: Google delayed the US launch of News Showcase, live in 14 countries, to at least Q1 2022 as pubs find the offers underwhelming and doubt its efficacy — Google is struggling to persuade some of America's largest publishers to sign up to its News Showcase aggregation scheme, an investigation by Press Gazette has found.| Paul R. La Monica / CNN: |
The CFPB probes buy now, pay later practices of Affirm, Afterpay, PayPal, Klarna, and Zip, citing concerns over customers' debt accumulation and data harvesting — New York (CNN Business)Regulators in Washington may crack down on the industry behind “buy now, pay later,” …
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| Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media: |
A look at the cycles of decentralization and recentralization, and why we won't understand what Web3 consists of until after the next bubble pops — There's been a lot of talk about Web3 lately, and as the person who defined “Web 2.0” 17 years ago, I'm often asked to comment.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Dedrone, which lets governments, airports, stadiums, prisons, and others detect and track drones, raises a $30.5M Series C led by Axon — Dedrone, an SF-based drone defense startup, raised $30.5 million in Series C funding led by public safety firm Axon, Axios has learned.
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A look at Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, which accounts for one in three chips made in Europe, as the EU aims to double its global chip market share to 20% by 2030 — Cluster that began in communist East Germany now seen as strategic asset amid supply chain crisis
Tweets: @chassnews, @joemillerjr, @cornelban73, @mamdorsky, and @cszabla
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