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August 26, 2024, 7:55 AM

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Reuters:
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation  —  Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire founder and owner of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris shortly …
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Bloomberg:
Telegram says CEO Pavel Durov has “nothing to hide” and the messaging app “abides by EU laws”, including the Digital Services Act, after France arrested Durov  —  - Company says it isn't responsible for abuse on messaging app  — Billionaire co-founded taken into custody at a Paris airport
Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering:
A look at Telegram's claims that it is a “secure messenger” despite lacking default end-to-end encrypted messages and any E2E encrypted option for group chats  —  This blog is reserved for more serious things, and ordinarily I wouldn't spend time on questions like the above.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A look at Apple's robotics efforts; sources say Meta will unveil prototype “Orion” AR glasses, a cheaper Quest, and new AI features for Ray-Ban Meta at Connect  —  Also: Meta nears the launch of a cheaper Quest; Apple tries a new Vision Pro sales tactic; and the App Store chief is leaving as part of a reorganization.
New York Times:
An excerpt from the book Character Limit details the chaotic revamp of Twitter Blue, including Elon Musk's haphazard planning and Esther Crawford's involvement  —  By Nov. 9, 2022, anxiety was high among the Twitter employees gathered at the company's San Francisco headquarters.
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg:
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fines Uber a record €290M for failing to abide by European protection standards when sending sensitive driver data to the US  —  - Uber was fined for not sufficiently protecting driver data  — The fine is the highest penalty ever issued by Dutch regulator
Grant Stoner / IGN:
How prominent games accessibility advocate Susan Banks, who worked with studios and raised awareness for accessibility in games, may never have existed at all  —  In 2019, the games accessibility community mourned the death of Susan Banks.  Now, evidence suggests she may have never existed to begin with.
Bloomberg:
Current and former Nvidia staff say that, despite a 3,776% stock jump since 2019, minting many millionaires, the work hours are still grueling and high-stress  —  Many of the chipmaker's employees have grown rich but still face a stress-filled work life.  —  It's a summer day in Santa Clara …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads says it is testing ephemeral posts that disappear within 24 hours with a limited number of users, but doesn't say if the experiment is region-specific  —  Automatically disappearing posts on social networks could be handy for users who have a habit of deleting their posts through third-party tools …

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