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AppLovin offers to buy Unity for $58.85 per share, an 18% premium to Unity's Monday closing price, in a $17.54B all-stock deal; AppLovin's stock drops 10.29% — Gaming software company AppLovin Corp (APP.O) made an offer on Tuesday to buy its peer Unity Software Inc (U.N) …
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An anonymous Tornado Cash user sent ETH to high-profile crypto users, such as Jimmy Fallon and Brian Armstrong, from a sanctioned address, likely to troll them — An anonymous crypto user sent small amounts of ether from a sanctioned Tornado Cash address to celebrities and prominent crypto figures on Tuesday.
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STAKE N' EGGS, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, HackRead, NullTX, The Hacker News, and BTC Times
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Tweets: @semenov_roman_, @secblinken, @ustreasury, @jerallaire, @vitalikbuterin, @neerajka, @jchervinsky, @tornadocash, @econoar, @semenov_roman_, @frankresearcher, @thestalwart, @statedeptspox, @semenov_roman_, @lefterisjp, @arrington, @smdiehl, @ncweaver, @blockanalia, @cobie, @ourielohayon, @tier10k, @0xfoobar, @ericgeller, @chainalysis, @undersectfi, @adrianoferia, @kevincollier, @koeppelmann, @cobie, @matthew_d_green, @albertwenger, @qondintini, @sethforprivacy, @kebrightbill, @haileylennonbtc, and @goldman
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WhatsApp rolls out privacy features to let users leave Groups silently, choose who can see when they are online, and block screenshots of View Once messages — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — WhatsApp is building new ways to increase user privacy and security in order to improve their experience while using the app.
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Tweets: @whatsapp, @andymstone, @palesa_moloto, and @techcrunch
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Spotify gives its Android app's home screen separate feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows to better highlight recommendations, will bring the change to iOS soon — Spotify announced today that it's launching a new Home experience that includes separate feeds for “Music” and “Podcasts & Shows.”
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Coinbase misses with Q2 revenue down 64% YoY to $808.3M, vs. $832.2M est., a $1.1B net loss, trading volume down 53% YoY to $217B, and 9M MTUs; stock falls ~5% — - Coinbase's revenue declined almost 64% in the quarter as cryptocurrency prices fell. — The exchange operator lowered its full-year forecast for transacting users.| Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider: |
Meta's BlenderBot 3 chatbot, released in the US on August 5, repeats antisemitic stereotypes, claims Donald Trump is the current US president, and more — - Meta's new machine-learning chatbot, BlenderBot 3, is the company's most advanced AI chatbot to date.| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Served with a warrant, Facebook gave a teen's private chats to Nebraska authorities, who charged her and her mother with breaking laws related to an abortion — Motherboard has obtained court documents that show Facebook gave police a teenager's private chats about her abortion.
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President Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act into law, including $52B+ for US companies producing semiconductors, as well as billions more in tax credits — - President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill that aims to boost U.S. competitiveness with China.
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Tweets: @potus, @mattgaetz, @commercegov, @whitehouseope46, @therecount, and @costasamaras46
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CreatorDAO, a DAO offering creators capital and operational support for a cut of their future earnings, raised a $20M seed led by a16z and Initialized Capital — Paris Hilton and musicians The Chainsmokers also invested in the project. — CreatorDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization …
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CreatorDAO, Fortune, The Block, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @caseynewton, @coindesk, @caseynewton, @michaelandma, and @initialized
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ is preparing to sue Google over its ad market business as soon as September, as the DOJ's antitrust division lawyers interview publishers — The US Justice Department is preparing to sue Google as soon as next month, according to people familiar with the matter … | Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk: |
The DOJ says former BitMEX Head of Business Development Gregory Dwyer pled guilty to violating US federal anti-money laundering rules and agreed to a $150K fine — A federal court in New York previously sentenced the firm's co-founders to probation time and fines.
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Tweets: @silvermanjacob, @ander_hk, and @sdnynews
| Mike Truppa / The Block: |
Reddit partners with Ethereum Layer 2 scaling platform Arbitrum to bring its Community Points system to the Arbitrum Nova blockchain; FTX and others will advise — - Arbitrum announced that Reddit's Community Points will be built on the Arbitrum Nova chain.
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FTX US, Fortune, CryptoSlate, Ethereum World News, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, and CR1337's Blog
Tweets: @amytongwu, @sbf_ftx, @wublockchain, @toptickcrypto, @neerajka, @silvermanjacob, @tr401, @amytongwu, and @sbf_ftx
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of SMIC co-CEO Liang Mong Song, a Taiwanese chip wizard who previously led Samsung's chip development and was one of the key people behind TSMC's rise — When Asian semiconductor makers make dramatic advances, there's often a common element: Berkeley-educated Liang Mong Song
Tweets: @jchengwsj, @kanthan2030, and @jchengwsj
| Bloomberg: |
ByteDance acquired Amcare Healthcare, one of China's largest private hospital chains, source says for about $1.5B, deepening its foray into health care — ByteDance Ltd. has acquired one of China's largest private hospital chains for about $1.5 billion, deepening a foray into health care via …
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VICE, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Neowin, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @faycortez, @quicktake, @faycortez, @business, @lmatsakis, @bendwalsh, @bobjherman, @caseynewton, @economictimes, and @bb_hong_tw
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Cryptocurrency exchange Nuri, previously known as Bitwala, filed for insolvency in Berlin and says its customers still have access to their deposits — Users are still able to access deposits, according to the exchange. — Cryptocurrency exchange Nuri GmbH has filed for insolvency in Berlin, according to a court filing.| New York Times: |
Russia has rerouted internet traffic in occupied Ukrainian territories through Russian networks since June 2022, blocking uncensored information and services — Internet traffic in Kherson is being diverted through Russia — Internet routing data for a service provider …
Tweets: @satariano, @ascohen, @satariano, @profamirattaran, @satariano, @dcu, @nytimes, @martijn_grooten, @780thc, @martijnrasser, @suhasiniraj, and @satariano
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Miami-based Column, a public benefit company offering software to streamline placing public notices in newspapers, raised a $30M Series A led by Lux Capital — Column, a public benefit company that provides software to streamline the placement of public notices, has raised a $30 million series … | Reuters: |
South Korea's telecoms regulator plans an investigation into Apple, Google, and One Store over suspected violations of the country's in-app payment law — South Korea's telecommunications regulator on Tuesday said it plans to launch an investigation into app store operators such as Apple Inc … Sponsor Posts
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