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Elon Musk refiles his Twitter stake's SEC disclosure to classify himself as an active investor; Musk bought his 9.1% stake in cash from January 31 to April 1 — Elon Musk refiled the disclosure of his stake in Twitter Inc. to classify himself as an active investor, making the change …
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Tweets: @paraga, @paraga, @jack, @lulumeservey, @elonmusk, @caseynewton, @mikeisaac, @ranjanxroy, and @mrandyngo
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Google Play removes dozens of Android apps, including Muslim prayer apps with 10M+ downloads, after researchers find malware tied to a US defense contractor — Code placed in consumer-facing apps is tied to U.S. national-security contractors, documents show
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The AppCensus Blog, CNET, Forbes, Protocol, Android Police, PYMNTS.com, KnowTechie, and Liliputing
Tweets: @appcensusinc, @appcensusinc, @edwardnh, @appcensusinc, @baldingsworld, @cremnob, @dnvolz, and @justinhendrix
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
OpenAI releases DALL-E 2, a higher-resolution and lower-latency version of its text-to-image generation program with new capabilities, to researchers in preview — Researchers can sign up to preview it — Artificial intelligence research group OpenAI has created a new version of DALL-E, its text-to-image generation program.
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OpenAI, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, Fortune, PetaPixel, Fast Company, TechCrunch, MIT Technology Review, and Slashdot
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
In a court-authorized March operation, the FBI cut off the servers of the Cyclops Blink botnet, tied to Russia's Sandworm, from Asus and WatchGuard routers — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has disclosed it carried out an operation in March to target a massive botnet controlled by Russian intelligence.
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Tweets: @profwoodward, @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @malwaretechblog, @ericgarland, and @campuscodi
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta has drawn up plans to add “social tokens”, lending services, and a non-blockchain virtual currency that employees dubbed “Zuck Bucks” to its apps — Meta has drawn up plans to introduce virtual coins, tokens and lending services to its apps …
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The Verge, TheStreet, CoinDesk, Reuters, Telegraph, Social Media Today, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @westcoastbill, @bigblackjacobin, @sfiegerman, @mikeisaac, @katienotopoulos, @lhm1, @marcbain_, and @jeffjohnroberts
| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Sky Mavis, which runs Axie Infinity, raises $150M led by Binance, with participation from Animoca, a16z, and others, to reimburse users after the Ronin hack — Sky Mavis, the creator of play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, has raised $150 million to reimburse its users who lost funds during … | David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
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Newser. Tweets: @peckshieldalert, @peckshieldalert, @jonsarlin, @web3isgreat, @anthony, @alexhern, and @peckshieldalert
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta won't hold its F8 developer conference in 2022, instead holding Conversations, a “business messaging event” on May 19, and an AR/VR event “later this year” — Meta is pausing the event in 2022 — Meta won't be holding its F8 developer conference in 2022, the company announced Wednesday.
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Meta for Developers, Adweek, Social Media Today, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, Variety, Bloomberg, and Engadget
Tweets: @brianroemmele and @tcpeter
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nord Security, the Lithuania-based startup behind NordVPN, raises $100M, its first ever funding, at a $1.6B valuation led by Novator Ventures — VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations …
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SiliconANGLE, Tech.eu, and CNBC
| Kevin Marks: |
Twitter quietly changed how embeds of deleted tweets work, showing blank embeds on websites; Twitter: the change is “to better respect” when users delete tweets — Twitter Edits You 2022-04-06 With all the fuss about Twitter's promised edit button, and how they might design it …
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Analysis: 50 out of 150 US police reports mentioning Apple's AirTags were of women describing stalking, 25 of which suspected ex-partners, husbands, or bosses — Motherboard obtained reports of stalking, harassment, and abuse using Airtags, targeting victims of intimate partner violence.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Amazon will increase its Music Unlimited plan on Prime from $7.99/month to $8.99/month and its Single Device plan from $3.99/month to $4.99/month on May 5 — Amazon is increasing the price of its Unlimited Music subscription for Prime members, the company announced on its website.| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
The US DOJ charges Russian national Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov for helping operate and administer the Hydra Market darknet, after German police shut down the site — The US Justice Department on Tuesday filed charges against Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov, a 30-year-old Russian national accused …
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BleepingComputer, BBC, Metacurity, Tech Monitor, Digital Trends, and CoinQuora
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Sources: banks including JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are considering whether to use Zelle as a payment option to compete with Visa and Mastercard — The money-transfer service boomed amid pandemic. Some banks want to expand it to retail payments.| Jessica Golden / CNBC: |
Sports e-commerce company Fanatics raises $1.5B at a $27B valuation led by the NFL, MLB, and others; the NFL invested $320M, the biggest portion of funding — - The NFL, other major sports leagues, players unions and team owners are leading the latest round of investment in Fanatics, the online sports platform company.
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An investigation reveals that Worldcoin, which exchanges iris scans for free crypto, is grappling with issues, from angry field operators to privacy concerns — As Kudzanayi strolled through the mall with friends, a small crowd caught his attention. At its center, three men held …
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| Dara Kerr / The Markup: |
A report finds over 50 US gig workers were murdered while working since 2017; the families say Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and others offer little support — New report lists Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Grubhub worker victims, and the tally is likely even higher
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The Verge, Thomson Reuters …, New York Times, Wired, The Hill, and Protocol
Tweets: @aaschapiro, @veenadubal, @gigworkersrise, @wedriveprogress, and @orientaljanedoe
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Senator Patrick Toomey introduces a bill to regulate stablecoins, including defining a “payment stablecoin”, creating a license for issuers, and more — The Stablecoin TRUST Act would give stablecoin issuers a variety of regulatory regimes to abide by, but enforce disclosure and redemption requirements.
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The Block, Decrypt, Blockworks, American Banker, and Cointelegraph
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Binance.US, the exchange's American affiliate, raises a $200M+ seed at a $4.5B pre-money valuation from RRE Ventures, Foundation Capital, VanEck, and others — Quick Take — Binance.US has closed its first funding round, raising more than $200 million at a $4.5 billion pre-money valuation.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to hide and block Play Store apps that don't target an Android API within two years of the latest major Android release, starting on November 1 — Google is preparing to clear its Play Store of outdated apps. The company warned Android app developers that starting on November 1 … | Washington Post: |
Apple restores the “Smart Voting” app run by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's supporters in Russia; Apple removed the app after the Kremlin threatened its execs — Apple has resumed allowing Russians to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Uber plans to add long-distance travel bookings to its UK app in 2022, including intercity trains, coaches, and flights; Uber hopes to eventually add hotels — Ride-booking group aims to become a broader travel hub as part of plan that was delayed by the pandemic
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Tweets: @daveleeft, @markmilian, and @muradahmed
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Sources: the SEC is investigating how Amazon disclosed its use of third-party seller data for its business; source: the probe has been under way for over a year — Tech giant's use of third-party sellers' data is a focus of regulator's probe, a person familiar with the matter says| Crystal Kim / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy borrows $205M against its bitcoin holdings to buy $190.5M more bitcoin, a first for the company; MicroStrategy now owns 129,218 BTC, worth ~$6B — MicroStrategy Inc. used a loan against its Bitcoin holdings for the first time to purchase $190.5 million more of the cryptocurrency.
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CoinQuora and CoinJournal
Tweets: @saylor, @asvanevik, @bitfinexed, @priapusiq, @epro, @matvelloso, @cz_binance, @fame21moore, and @bascule
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest announces a comprehensive policy to ban ads and posts featuring climate change misinformation or disinformation, a first for a major online platform — Pinterest announced today it's becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed …
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Protocol, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, PCMag, Reuters, New York Times, Reclaim The Net, Social Media Today, Quartz, Engadget, City A.M., The Week, #TogetherWeCAN, Fast Company, Mashable, and CNN
Tweets: @ryanmaue, @ryanmaue, and @sarahintampa
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