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August 4, 2022, 12:25 PM

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Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims  —  Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt:
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised  —  Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
Jason Nelson / Decrypt:
Phuong Nguyen / Reuters:
Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting back, as demand for electronics slows globally  —  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase Wallet, Dapper, and the Flow Blockchain  —  Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries.  —  Social media giant Meta (META) …
Wall Street Journal:
As Elon Musk is buying Twitter as an individual, experts say Twitter subpoenaing his inner circle could provide decisive information for its case  —  Social-media company's legal team seeks communications from Tesla CEO's financial backers, investors and friends
Antoine Gara / Financial Times:
Investor letter: Tiger Global's long-only fund ended Q2 down 63.6% and its flagship fund dropped 50% in H1, after it “underestimated the impact” of inflation  —  Chase Coleman's group sustains steep losses and admits it ‘underestimated’ effect of rising prices
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta plans to shut down its Facebook Live Shopping feature on October 1, as the company shifts its focus to Reels on Facebook and Instagram  —  Facebook is shutting down its live shopping feature on October 1st to shift its focus to Reels, the company announced in a blog post.
Chainalysis:
Analysis: $2B in crypto has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 hacks in 2022 so far, accounting for 69% of total funds stolen  —  Following last night's exploit of the Nomad Bridge, Chainalysis estimates that $2 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 separate hacks so far this year.
Bloomberg:
BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+  —  BlackRock Inc. is partnering with Coinbase Global Inc. to make it easier for institutional investors to manage and trade Bitcoin …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Alibaba beats with Q1 revenue flat YoY at $30.68B, its first-ever flat growth, and $3.3B net income; Cloud revenue rose 10% YoY to $2.6B; stock rises 5%+  —  - Alibaba reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat expectations, sending shares higher.

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