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The EU toughens its disinformation Code of Practice, covering deepfakes, bots, fake accounts, and more; Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, and others have signed up — Katie Collins — Katie a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's European correspondent … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since agreeing to buy the company, discussing potential layoffs, content moderation, and more — Tesla Inc. Chief Executive officer Elon Musk discussed his stance on what types of content should be allowed on Twitter Inc.'s social network …
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Analysis: 33 of the top 100 US hospitals used the Meta Pixel tracker, sending data back to Facebook, including details about prescriptions and conditions — Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers find a link between Indian police and hackers who planted evidence in 2018 on the PCs of human rights activists jailed on terrorism charges — New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims' computers that led to their arrest.
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Amnesty International and The Citizen Lab
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung merges its Pay and Pass apps to create Wallet, letting users organize ID cards, keys, and crypto, rolling out now — Bringing Samsung Pay and Pass under one roof — First, there was Samsung Wallet. Then it became Samsung Pay. Now, because time is a flat circle … | Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Andy Jassy's first year as Amazon CEO, as he seeks to reverse some of Jeff Bezos' aggressive pandemic investments, close physical stores, and more — Amid one of the worst stretches for financial performance in Amazon's history, the new CEO is working to cut back the excesses …
Tweets: @davecbenoit, @vader7x, @vader7x, @paulpage, @danamattioli, @conorsen, @modestproposal1, @danamattioli, @shiraovide, and @markdistef
| Ed Smith / PCGamesN: |
Activision Blizzard says its internal review found that there is “no widespread harassment, or systemic harassment” at the company — Following a series of lawsuits, and claims of misconduct, an internal investigation by Activision concludes there is “no widespead harassment” - at Activision
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Tweets: @nickstatt, @_jetbolt_, @duckvalentine, @pms_jordan, @shobz, and @markmilian
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft patches the Follina Windows zero-day, which let hackers execute malicious PowerShell commands and had been exploited by state-backed actors — Microsoft has released security updates with the June 2022 cumulative Windows Updates to address a critical Windows zero-day vulnerability known … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Discord announces the widespread availability of its built-in autonomous moderation tool AutoMod, and expands Premium Memberships to more servers in the US — AutoMod is getting a widespread rollout — Today, Discord is announcing widespread availability of AutoMod …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some of the positions in Three Arrows, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend — BlockFi was among a clutch of firms that liquidated the Singapore-based group's positions — Three Arrows Capital failed to meet demands … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
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Tweets: @danny8bc, @zhusu, @paoloardoino, @nexo, @hodlkryptonite, @hodlkryptonite, @stacyherbert, @danny8bc, @hodlkryptonite, @sobylife, @coryklippsten, @cz_binance, and @lawmaster
| Bloomberg: |
Some Ethereum miners express reservations about the planned shift to a proof-of-stake model, arguing it makes expensive mining equipment useless — The Ethereum mining community is a diverse bunch, geographically and demographically. There's a 28-year-old translator in Ukraine …
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CryptoSlate. Tweets: @nalanpog, @davidpan_1, @firstadopter, @bitfinexed, @icopilots, and @basche42
| New York Times: |
Sources, docs, and a Google staffer's discrimination lawsuit show how religious sect Fellowship of Friends dominated Developer Studio, which makes promo videos — A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.
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Kevin Lloyd. Tweets: @alphabetworkers, @tjenningsbrown, @daiwaka, @alphabetworkers, @cademetz, @kateconger, @alphabetworkers, @nickstatt, @nickstatt, @danreilly11, @dellcam, @daiwaka, @crschmidt, @nickstatt, and @evleaks
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
A summary of the apps that Apple “Sherlocked” at WWDC 2022, like Camo with Continuity Camera, Klarna with Apple Pay Later, and Pillbox with medication tracking — Apple introduced some amazing updates across iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS at the worldwide developer conference (WWDC) last week.
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AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, FOSS Patents, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @drbarnard and @wavesblog
| Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day: |
A look at Twitter's research into its offensive content tweet pop-ups, resulting in a positive change in long-term behavior even though 69% still sent the tweet — This Is What Friction Looks Like — Twitter released some really interesting research last week regarding that sort …
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Twitter, TechCrunch, aaai.org, and The Guardian
Tweets: @codinghorror, @codinghorror, @twittereng, @brosandprose, @edmundheaphy, @twittereng, @broderick, and @raju
| CNN: |
Japan passes an amendment making “online insults” punishable by up to a year in prison, after the suicide of a reality TV star who had faced social media abuse — Tokyo (CNN)Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid …
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NBC News, HotHardware.com News, Japan Times, Firstpost, Insider, and globalnews.ca
Tweets: @misskaul, @evanandrewsfox4, @ann_ed, @shiro_chwan, @peterwsinger, and @yusufdfi
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
In occupied Ukraine, Russia is forcing multiple ISPs to reroute connections through Russian infrastructure, subjecting traffic to censorship and surveillance — In occupied Ukraine, people's internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.
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New World Same Humans. Tweets: @mattburgess1, @malloryknodel, @mattburgess1, @tanyalokot, @mattburgess1, @brianhonan, @mattburgess1, and @mattburgess1
| Financial Times: |
China's tech crackdown, combined with a macroeconomic slowdown, has led to mass job cuts at its tech giants and record youth unemployment — Becky Sun has submitted her CV to 80 companies since being dismissed from a midsized Beijing internet group at the start of the year.
Tweets: @rwmcmorrow and @adam_tooze
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
eBay will launch eBay Live, an interactive live shopping service, in beta this month, starting with a livestream offering a selection of rare trading cards — eBay announced today that it's launching eBay Live, a dedicated shopping platform that gives users a way to purchase products in a live and interactive environment.| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 invested $9.9B across 52 deals in Q1 2022, compared to $9.9B across 49 deals in Q4 2021 and $22.8B across 65 deals in Q3 2021 — When SoftBank announced last month it will take a more conservative approach to selecting investments—after recording … Sponsor Posts
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