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Ethereum L2 scaling project Optimism fixes bug that left it open to unlimited ETH token creation in its accounts; $2M+ bounty given to Jay Freeman of Cydia fame — Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project's Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH
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| Tom Hegel / SentinelOne: |
Research: ModifiedElephant APT has targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, and others in India to spy on or plant digital evidence since at least 2012 — Executive Summary — Our research attributes a decade of activity to a threat actor we call ModifiedElephant.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that include references “to sexual acts, arousal, fluids, or genitalia” and hard drugs from March 1 — Cannabis and alcohol are still allowed — Video streaming website Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that have explicit references to sex or hard drugs.
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| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
NFT marketplace Cent halts most transactions, citing users minting NFTs of content they don't own, selling unauthorized NFT copies, and more — The platform which sold an NFT of Jack Dorsey's first tweet for $2.9 million has halted transactions because people were selling tokens of content …
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
Newly unsealed court documents show IBM executives disparaged older employees as “dinobabies” and discussed phasing them out to make room for millennials — Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees.
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| Gian M. Volpicelli / Wired UK: |
A profile of OpenSea, whose Web3 credentials have been called into question by crypto hardliners, as it tries to deal with security incidents and copycat NFTs — Security issues and endless copycat listings are rife, but the platform's attempt to stop them is angering everyone. — What is a real ape?
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| Samuel Osborne / Sky News: |
UK's largest insurer Aviva says VR headset-related damage claims increased by 31% in 2021, with an average claim of ~£650 and TVs being the most damaged item — Aviva has said home contents claims involving the gaming headsets rose by 31% last year and have increased by 68% in five years.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Bored Ape Yacht Club members, who have full IP rights for the ape character they own, are pursuing licensing deals to put ape characters on cannabis packaging — When Richard Lee first brought his business proposal to Backpack Boyz, he could sense skepticism from the California-based cannabis company.| Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico: |
European Commission says it is planning to propose a bill for a digital euro in early 2023; the ECB expects to start working on a prototype at the end of 2023 — The European Commission announced Wednesday it's planning to propose a bill for a digital euro early next year.
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| Grid News: |
A review of 80K+ Freedom Convoy 2022 donations reveals a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm was behind two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting the events — As American politicians call for stateside convoys, a Grid investigation finds signs that foreign actors, QAnon and hate pervade the movement's support.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How warehouse automation startups like Accelerate360 and Attabotics, grocery services like Misfits, and delivery firms like Veho are transforming supply chains — Startups are developing better ways to move products around, from snapping up goods stranded by logistics snafus to automating warehouse work
Tweets: @martijnrasser, @tunguz, @wsj, @benjaminhgordon, and @doug_schweitzer
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Wallaroo, a NY-based startup that helps enterprises deploy, run, and observe ML models in production at scale, raises a $25M Series A led by Microsoft's M12 — Enterprises are increasingly looking to AI for opportunities to boost revenue as their operations move online.
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