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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Q&A: Steve Huffman says Reddit's API was “never designed to support third-party apps” and he didn't know how much the apps were “profiting off of our API” — Reddit is fighting for its soul. … Huffman has argued the changes are a business decision …
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| Anne VanderMey / Bloomberg: |
Reddit says 80% of its top subreddits are currently open; Reddark estimates that 5K+ subreddits are limiting access, down from almost 9K on June 12 — Reddit Inc. said that most of the company's communities were operating as normal — four days after a protest that shut down thousands …
More: NBC News. Tweets: @oceanbound, @pt, @markets, @mouleofficial, and @tomnamako
Forums: Hacker News, r/True_Kentucky, and r/boston
| The Verge: |
Reddit messages some moderators of the communities participating in the API pricing change protest, looking for defectors “willing to work towards reopening” — Some moderators of Reddit communities participating in the protest against API changes today got messages from the company: work to reopen your subreddits or else.
More: 9to5Mac, PCMag, IGN, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, and Game Rant
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @tawnniee, and @daveleebbg
Forums: r/apple and r/technology
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Oregon and Louisiana warn that the MOVEit hackers may have stolen the SSNs and driver's license numbers of 3.5M Oregonians and 3M+ Louisianians from state DMVs — Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit … | Bloomberg: |
NY AG documents: Tether once counted securities from Chinese companies among its reserves; Tether said in July 2022 that it held no Chinese commercial paper — Tether Holdings Ltd. once counted securities issued by Chinese companies among the reserves backing its USDT stablecoin …
More: CoinDesk, Tether, Tether, The Block, The Verge, Protos, Finbold, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, The Block, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Watcher Guru
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Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/Buttcoin
| CoinDesk: |
France probes Binance for illegally providing digital asset services and poor money laundering checks; Binance quits Netherlands after failing to get a license — Binance is suspected of illegally providing digital asset services to local customers, and implementing poor money laundering checks …
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
BlackRock files an SEC application to register its iShares Bitcoin Trust as a spot bitcoin ETF, using Coinbase Custody as its custodian — BlackRock (BLK.N), the world's biggest asset manager, on Thursday filed for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would allow investors to get exposure …
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| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Meta unveils Voicebox, a generative text-to-speech model the company hopes could be the ChatGPT of the spoken word, but won't release an app citing misuse risks — But the company won't be sharing the app or its source code for the time being. — Today, we are one step closer …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How the “arms race” of SEO experts has left Google Search and the web drowning in garbage text, resulting in customers and businesses failing to find each other — The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other.
More: Google Help Center, Search Engine Land, and Pixel Envy
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| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Digital assets platform Bakkt delists Solana, Polygon, and Cardano, taking proactive action until there is US regulatory clarity on offering coins “compliantly” — Just over two months after completing a $155 million acquisition for the trading infrastructure provider Apex Crypto …
More: The Block, Decrypt, Bitcoin News, Cryptopolitan, CryptoGlobe, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, and Coinpedia Fintech News. Tweets: @leomschwartz
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Twitter suspends the accounts of public records database PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, who has tracked litigation by or against Tesla and Twitter — - Elon Musk-led Twitter on Tuesday suspended the Twitter accounts of PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, a prominent critic of Tesla and Musk.| Venkatesh Gorantla / MySmartPrice: |
Alleged official renders of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 show the clamshell-style foldable phone may get a 3.4-inch outer screen — The newly revealed Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 design render shows that the clamshell-style foldable phone is certainly getting a significant upgrade. — HIGHLIGHTS
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
In a cease and desist, Texas' securities regulator says crypto lender Abra has been insolvent since at least March 31, 2023, and accuses the company of fraud — State regulators say Abra held tens of millions of dollars' worth of assets on now bankrupt platforms.
More: Texas State Securities Board, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, Micky, Protos, Unchained Crypto, crypto.news, Bitcoinist.com, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @coindesk and @pledditor
| Bloomberg: |
In a meeting with Bill Gates, Xi Jinping says China is willing to engage in tech cooperation with the US; Xi could meet Antony Blinken on June 18 or June 19 — President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with the world on technology innovation and global challenges including pandemic prevention during …
More: Global Times, TechCrunch, Reuters, Coinspeaker, New York Times, WRAL TechWire, Financial Times, Australian Financial Review, and Associated Press
Tweets: @billgates, @jorge_guajardo, @spectatorindex, @spokespersonchn, and @spokespersonchn. Forums: Slashdot
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Alphabet plans to wind down Google Domains and sell its assets, including ~10M domains, to Squarespace in Q3 2023, a source says for ~$180M; SQSP jumps 9%+ — Alphabet Inc. is winding down its Google Domains business and selling its assets to Squarespace Inc., according to a statement Thursday.
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LinkedIn: Tom Lawrence. Bluesky: @gurupanguji.bsky.social. Tweets: @killedbygoogle, @lorenc_dan, @squarespace, @katie_roof, @maxwinebach, @dcuthbert, @freezydorito, @aotearoa_ben, @internetofshit, @gergelyorosz, @mitsuhiko, @gergelyorosz, @kvlly, @jgamblin, @gergelyorosz, @jorilallo, @dylanljmartin, @varunkrish, @quinnypig, @calbucci, @zackkanter, @peer_rich, @peer_rich, @krtphr, @martymadrid, @zacharykimball, @peter, @the_aiju, @wongmjane, @seyitaylor, @adamrackis, @thdxr, @johncodezzz, @domainnamewire, @paytobreed, @rstephens, @davidmihm, and @rustybrick
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