An unknown attacker has been emptying Solana and USDC wallets; Solscan says over 15K wallets have been affected, draining $4.46M, primarily in SOL and USDC
At this point in the crypto deflation, an apparent attack … Aman Anand / Fossbytes : Solana Wallets Get Hacked, And The Company Loses Millions Rahul Nambiampurath / Ethereum World News : Solana Exploi...
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised
Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims
Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
Meta plans to shut down its Facebook Live Shopping feature on October 1, as the company shifts its focus to Reels on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook is shutting down its live shopping feature on October 1st to shift its focus to Reels, the company announced in a blog post.
Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting back, as demand for electronics slows globally
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
As Elon Musk is buying Twitter as an individual, experts say Twitter subpoenaing his inner circle could provide decisive information for its case
Social-media company's legal team seeks communications from Tesla CEO's financial backers, investors and friends
Twitter tests an update to Spaces that introduces thematic audio stations and a personalized digest; an official announcement is some way off
Twitter is developing an updated version of its audio chat rooms product known as Spaces, TechCrunch learned and Twitter confirmed.
Alibaba beats with Q1 revenue flat YoY at $30.68B, its first-ever flat growth, and $3.3B net income; Cloud revenue rose 10% YoY to $2.6B; stock rises 5%+
- Alibaba reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat expectations, sending shares higher.
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase Wallet, Dapper, and the Flow Blockchain
Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries. — Social media giant Meta (META) …
Analysis: $2B in crypto has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 hacks in 2022 so far, accounting for 69% of total funds stolen
Following last night's exploit of the Nomad Bridge, Chainalysis estimates that $2 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen from cross-chain bridges across 13 separate hacks so far this year.
Investor letter: Tiger Global's long-only fund ended Q2 down 63.6% and its flagship fund dropped 50% in H1, after it “underestimated the impact” of inflation
Chase Coleman's group sustains steep losses and admits it ‘underestimated’ effect of rising prices
Source: Activision Blizzard and NetEase scrapped a World of Warcraft mobile game after a financing dispute; sources: NetEase disbanded a team of 100+ developers
Activision Blizzard Inc. and NetEase Inc. have torpedoed a World of Warcraft smartphone game that had been in development for three years …
BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+
BlackRock Inc. is partnering with Coinbase Global Inc. to make it easier for institutional investors to manage and trade Bitcoin …
A look at Microsoft Offensive Research & Security Engineering team, which has been promoting safe coding practices to minimize bugs in the company's software
What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.
Sources: Apple plans to delay iPadOS 16 by about a month, partly due to work on its multitasking features, targeting an October release alongside macOS Ventura
here's why Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Delays iPadOS 16 Release Date to October, Says Report Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : iPadOS 16 Final Release Date Delayed According To Report GSMArena...
Source: Meta is selling US corporate bonds for the first time, possibly between $8B and $10B in as many as four parts
Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling US corporate bonds for the first time on Thursday, as its cash flow and stock price fall.
Data.ai: users spend 4+ hours in mobile apps daily in 13 markets, including the US, the UK, Japan, and India, and 5+ hours in Indonesia, Singapore, and Brazil
Although the mobile app boom driven by pandemic lockdowns has long since passed, consumers' mobile usage is still growing. Source: data.ai .
Salesforce says it is closing its office in Hong Kong and “accelerating” its strategic partnership with Alibaba “to better serve the Greater China Region”
Salesforce is repositioning itself in China as it looks to expand the reach of its customer relationship management software in the country.
Nintendo misses with Q1 sales down 4.7% YoY to ~$2.3B and operating profit down 15.1% YoY to ~$763M; Switch sales fell 22.9% YoY to 3.43M units
here's why Zack Hermenau / Twinfinite : 10 Games That Desperately Need Steam Deck Support Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net : Don't expect a new Nintendo Switch model this financial year - report Kentaro I...
SoundCloud cuts its global workforce by ~20% “due to a significant company transformation and the challenging economic and financial environment”
CEO Michael Weissman announced the cuts in an email, blaming them on “the challenging economic climate and financial market headwinds.”
Tel Aviv-based Talon, which is building an enterprise browser to help reduce data breaches, raised a $100M Series A led by Evolution Equity
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Latin American e-commerce site MercadoLibre beats with Q2 revenue up 53% YoY to $2.6B, vs. $2.5B est., and operating margins of 9.6%, vs. 7% est.; stock up 12%+
Bloomberg :
Axio, which helps companies model cybersecurity risk, raised a $23M Series B led by Temasek's ISTARI, bringing its total funding to $30M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Review of the OnePlus 10T, unveiled today for $649: Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and wired charging are fast, but water resistance is weak and 2MP macro camera is a bust
Amazon launches Luna game streaming on Samsung's 2022 smart TVs and monitors, in Samsung Gaming Hub, which has Google Stadia, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and GeForce Now
Chinese government data: China's smartphone shipments sank 21.7% to 134M units in H1 2022; Canalys: shipments may fall below 300M in 2022, the lowest since 2012
Takashi Kawakami / Nikkei Asia :
Complaints claiming unethical behavior by Indian edtech companies, which raised $4.7B last year and are largely unregulated, can be found all over social media
by @Adnanmbhat @restofworld : “How can they successfully regulate themself when making money is the prime objective?” By @Adnanmbhat https://restofworld.org/...
SoftBank raised $22B in cash from deals that would sharply reduce its Alibaba stake over the coming years; SoftBank had a 23.9% stake in Alibaba as of mid-July
Financial Times :
eBay beats with Q2 revenue down 9% YoY to $2.42B, vs. $2.37B est., gross merchandise volume down 18% YoY to $18.5B, and Q3 guidance above estimates
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters : Source: eBay Inc. .
India's government withdraws its long-awaited Personal Data Protection Bill, criticized by privacy advocates and tech giants, and will work on a new framework
Interviews with over two dozen Triller creators and others: the TikTok rival missed payments after promising Black creators $4K per month, half paid in equity
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post :
A look at the implosion of Zilingo, valued at $1.2B five months ago, as interviews suggest the fashion marketplace struggled under CEO Ankiti Bose for years
Bloomberg : Tweets: @yoolimleenews , @goldencaskcap , @yoolimleenews , @pelstrom , @yoolimleenews , and @yoolimleenews Tweets: Yoolim Lee / @yoolimleenews : Zilingo's board of directors is weighing o...
Sources: European Commission antitrust enforcers are investigating Google's Play Store rules, sending rivals questionnaires on billing terms and developer fees
Samuel Stolton / Politico :
In a U-turn, the UK's CMA provisionally agrees to NortonLifeLock's $8B merger with Avast, citing “significant competition” from McAfee and more; Avast jumps 43%
Kate Beioley / Financial Times :
Buenos Aires-based payments infrastructure startup Geopagos raised $35M led by Riverwood Capital, its first outside investment since being founded in 2013
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Filing: the SEC has been probing Robinhood's compliance with short selling rules since October 2021 and requested more information from the company in Q2 2022
Hannah Lang / Reuters :
Sources: White House antitrust adviser Tim Wu, a key architect of Biden's competition EO, plans to leave in the coming months and return to Columbia Law School
AMTD Digital, a Hong Kong-based fintech popular on WallStreetBets, briefly sees its market cap top $300B and its stock jump 21,400% after its July 2022 IPO
Yun Li / CNBC :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
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