Bitcoin falls by 6%+ to below $20,000 for the first time since December 2020, the twelfth straight day of decline, as ether briefly dropped below $1,000
Bitcoin dropped below $20,000 for the first time since December 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within the crypto industry keeps piling …
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States …
Meta unveils Avatars Store, where users can buy digital clothes for avatars, and plans to make it a marketplace where developers can create and sell clothing
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is launching a digital designer clothing store called the “Meta Avatars Store.”
Hong Kong-based crypto lender Babel Finance suspends withdrawals and redemptions to “protect the interests of our clients”, citing “unusual liquidity pressures”
Dear Customers， Recently, the crypto market has seen major fluctuations … Muyao Shen / Bloomberg : Crypto Lender Babel Freezes Withdrawals as Industry Pain Spreads Andrew Rummer / The Block : Babel Fi...
The US DOJ says RSocks, a Russian botnet used to hijack millions of devices worldwide for use as proxy servers, was disrupted in an international operation
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that the U.S. and international law enforcement partners in the United Kingdom, Germany …
A jury finds ex-Amazon engineer Paige Thompson guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges for downloading the personal info of 100M+ Capital One customers in 2019
Paige Thompson's lawyers said she had been looking for cracks so they could be fixed. A jury found her guilty of wire fraud and hacking charges.
Brex says it will no longer work with SMBs that do not have venture funding and will shut down “tens of thousands” of accounts after August 15
Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, fintech giant Brex is apparently abandoning …
TSMC details its roadmap: a high volume 3nm chip production starting in H2 2022, with five 3nm-class N3 node iterations, and 2nm-class N2 introduction in 2025
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In a letter, 21 US lawmakers ask Google to clamp down on “misleading” search results that steer people searching for abortions services to anti-abortion clinics
- A group of lawmakers are urging Google to clamp down on misleading search results that allegedly steer people searching …
TikTok says it has completed migrating its US users' data to Oracle's servers in the US
TikTok has completed migrating its U.S. users' information to servers at Oracle Corp (ORCL.N), in a move that could address U.S. regulatory concerns over data integrity on the popular video app, the c...
The UK publishes its final response to a data reform consultation to diverge from EU rules, including replacing cookie consent pop-ups with browser opt-outs
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Chipmakers including TSMC embark on a $120B investment spree across Taiwan, with 20 new fabs ready or in the works, dwarfing planned investments in US and Japan
20 new fabs ready or in pipeline, dwarfing planned investments in U.S. and Japan — TAIPEI — Taiwan's chipmakers have launched …
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some positions held by Three Arrows Capital, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend
Negativity Continues to Plague the Crypto Hedge Fund Anushsamal / Bitcoinist.com : BlockFi Mentions That It Liquidated Three Arrows Capital, Here's What We Know! John P. Njui / Ethereum World News : D...
Beijing-based MegaRobo, which applies robotics and AI to life sciences research, has raised a ~$300M Series C led by GGV Capital and Asia Investment Capital
Six-year-old biotech startup MegaRobo Technologies has raised about $300 million from investors including an arm of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. …
Canada's Rogers and Shaw reach a deal to sell Shaw's Freedom Mobile to rival Quebecor for $2.2B, a major step in solving antitrust concerns about their merger
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. said they've reached a deal to sell Shaw's wireless division to rival Quebecor Inc. …
Sources: Sequoia India, hit by governance scandals at companies in its portfolio, faces fresh challenges including a defamation suit by a former general counsel
Sequoia Capital's India partners, caught out early this year by governance scandals at startup companies in its portfolio …
Police and retailers say robberies are on the rise due to the ease of reselling goods online, and Amazon, Facebook, and eBay are not doing enough to stop it
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How eBay, launched in 1995 as AuctionWeb, anticipated many of the key features that would define a “platform” and unlocked the profit potential of the internet
Ben Tarnoff / The Guardian : Tweets: @moiragweigel and @bentarnoff Tweets: Moira Weigel / @moiragweigel : Today, much critical discourse on the internet focuses on search and social media platforms. ...
Tel Aviv-based Aidoc, which develops AI tools for radiologists to analyze CT scans and X-rays, raised a $110M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$250M
Andrea Park / Fierce Biotech :
Proximie, whose AR tech enables surgeons to virtually collaborate during surgeries, has raised an $80M Series C, bringing its total funding to $129M
Freya Pratty / Sifted :
A look at India's Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), which could help the country's mom-and-pop retailers compete against rapid grocery delivery startups
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New York-based Narmi, which lets small financial firms offer online and mobile banking services, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$60M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Tweets: @narmi_tech Tweets: @narmi_tech : We're thrilled to announce that Narmi has closed a $35mm Series B funding, co-led by @greycroftvc @NEA and @picuscap, allowing us...
Some UK creators say they abandoned TikTok Shop's e-commerce program due to poor pay, long hours, and having to take flak for limited stock and shipping issues
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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