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The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; Reddit confirms BlackCat's claims relate to a February 9 incident — Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand - and reverses its controversial API price hikes.
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Forums: r/technology, r/anonymous, r/hackernews, and Slashdot
| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little-known fact since the company's 2016 launch — Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves — Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon …
More: Unchained Crypto, The Block, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, CoinGape, crypto.news, DL News, CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Watcher Guru
Twitter: @nikasgari, @pt, @cuntycakes123, @bitfinexed, @mayazi, @tmnxeq, @pledditor, @bankofvol, @smdiehl, @davidbelle_, @eug_ng, @davidgerard, and @whalepanda. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency
| Gabriela Galindo / Wired: |
How Apple is trying to gain IP rights over depictions of apples globally, worrying Fruit Union Suisse that the 111-year-old company may need to change its logo — Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it's flexing its legal muscles.| Tim Hakki / Decrypt: |
Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 chatbot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023 — The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot's content on Twitter.
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Twitter: @elonmusk, @defidownsin, @obesechess, @talalunfiltered, @titterdaily, @poordart, and @mattbinder
| Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: |
Benjamin Netanyahu says Intel agreed in principle to build a $25B chip plant in Israel, slated to begin operations by 2027 and remain active until at least 2035 — Intel Corp. has agreed in principle to build a new manufacturing plant in Israel, part of a push by the US semiconductor giant … | Financial Times: |
An overview of how the adoption of generative AI tools is transforming everyday work in legal contracts, professional services, filmmaking, and programming — Professional services, filmmaking and coding are among the first to use the technology in everyday operations| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
Microsoft says hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan' DDoS attacks “temporarily impacted availability” of Azure, Teams, Outlook, and more services in early June 2023 — In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite …
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An interview with Foxconn chairman Young Liu on shifting some supply chains away from China as China-US tensions rise, hoping to capture 5% of EVs, and more — iPhone maker Foxconn is betting big on electric cars and redrawing some of its supply chains as it navigates a new era of icy Washington-Beijing relations.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Germany and Intel agree on subsidies worth €10B for its chip plant in Magdeburg, up from an initial agreement on €6.8B, part of a €30B project — Germany and Intel Corp. sealed an agreement for the US company to receive an enlarged subsidy package worth about €10 billion … | John Carreyrou / New York Times: |
A look at the orchestrated downfall of Kyle Roche, co-founder of Roche Freedman LLP, known for suing crypto companies and getting a verdict against Craig Wright — Kyle Roche was a rising star in the field of cryptocurrency law — until his career imploded. Who orchestrated his downfall?
LinkedIn: Roderick Mann. Twitter: @nytimes, @nxthompson, @moorehn, @yonettejo, and @silvermanjacob
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and Slashdot
| Dewi Kurniawati / Reuters: |
SpaceX launches Indonesia's largest telecom satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 has a 150GB/second throughput — Indonesia and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country's largest telecommunication satellite from the United States … | Marah Eakin / Wired: |
How Pixar used neural style transfer, a type of AI used to make photos look like popular artworks, to animate Ember, a lead character in its movie Elemental — It's harder to make fire than you might think. But the Pixar team was determined to do the impossible. — Pixar had a problem.Sponsor Posts
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