Sources: US prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried manipulated TerraUSD and LUNA markets, leading to the cryptocurrencies' collapse in May 2022
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried and his hedge fund orchestrated trades in a way that led to the collapse of two cryptocurrencies in May.
Apple plans to launch Advanced Data Protection, offering E2EE on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos, and more, in the US in 2022 and globally including China in 2023
‘Advanced Data Protection’ will offer end-to-end encryption on iCloud backups, Notes, Photos and other services—a step that may draw ire from law enforcement
A look at the reaction to Apple's E2EE news: the FBI is “deeply concerned” and says the change “hinders” its work while the EFF and others applaud the feature
Apple yesterday announced that end-to-end encryption is coming to even more sensitive types of iCloud data …
Source: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue's $8 per month price to $11 per month on iOS, likely due to Apple's 30% App Store cut, and $7 per month on the web
Twitter has informed some employees that it plans to change the pricing of its Twitter Blue subscription product to $7 if users pay …
Apple announces an iMessage feature letting users “verify they are messaging only with the people they intend” and Apple ID support for hardware security keys
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A look at Prisma Labs' Stable Diffusion-based portrait generation app Lensa, which launched in 2018 for $36 per year and took off after adding “magic avatars”
Social media is celebrating. Artists are protesting. What's the real cost of an AI-generated portrait?
The US Senate Banking Committee calls on SBF to testify on December 14, a day after a similar House hearing; House lawmakers also threatened him with a subpoena
- The Senate committee wants Sam Bankman-Fried to testify the day after he's been told to testify in the House of Representatives …
Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China's leadership, sent over a month ago during unrest in Zhengzhou, helped dismantle zero COVID-19 policies
Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou warned that the government's strict policies would threaten its position in global supply chains
Debunking claims on Twitter's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story, including that Twitter engaged in election interference or violated the First Amendment
Hello! Someone has referred you to this post because you've said something quite wrong about Twitter and how it handled something to do with Hunter Biden's laptop.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects the crypto exchange's 2022 revenue to be half “or less” of the ~$7B the company generated in 2021, as coin prices fall
Coinbase Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said the cryptocurrency exchange's revenue is set to be cut …
Dyson announces the $949 Dyson Zone headphones, offering active noise cancellation and filters to block unwanted airborne particles, for preorder in March 2023
The company's first audio product promises to eliminate both unwanted noise and unwanted air particles. — Alerts
How tensions grew between Salesforce co-CEOs Marc Benioff and Bret Taylor for months; sources: Benioff became frustrated about how Taylor was spending his time
Exit of Bret Taylor from role he has shared for about a year wasn't long planned — The Tech Sector Is Taking a Beating. Here's Why.
The Pentagon awards Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle cloud contracts with a shared ceiling of $9B through 2028 under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability
- Of the four companies receiving cloud-computing contracts from the Pentagon, all of them had received requests for bids from the U.S. federal agency last year.
Google plans to merge Waze's 500+ employees into its Maps group starting on December 9; Waze will remain a standalone service but CEO Neha Parikh plans to leave
Search giant to keep navigation apps separate, says no layoffs are planned — How Google Remapped the World: The Tech Behind
Epic launches Cabined Accounts for kids under 13 or a country's age of digital consent, asking parents for permission in Fortnite, Rocket League, and Fall Guys
It says ‘cabined accounts’ offer a ‘new way for kids to join the metaverse.’ — Epic Games is rolling out a new type of account …
A US bankruptcy judge orders Celsius to return $50M of crypto deposits in non-interest bearing custody accounts, pending a decision on interest-bearing accounts
US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn ordered Celsius Network LLC to return cryptocurrency that never touched the lender's interest-bearing accounts to its customers.
Some NFTs minted on FTX now show blank images instead of the original art as the metadata points to an FTX.US domain used for a bankruptcy restructuring website
NFTs hosted on FTX platform were affected by the firm's collapse, showing blank images instead of the original art. — 191 Total views
Apple won't launch its CSAM detection tool for iCloud photos, instead focusing its anti-CSAM efforts on the Communication Safety features launched in 2021
Q&A with Intel EVP Raja Koduri on bringing Arc GPUs to India, Arc's roadmap and development constraints, GPU design cycles, PC form factors, and more
Having recently launched Intel's first discrete GPU lineup for gamers, Raja Koduri was in India to chat about PC gaming, AI, and future plans.
Sources: Dutch officials plan new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China as soon as January, potentially impacting ASML, aligning with US efforts
Dutch officials are planning new controls on exports of chipmaking equipment to China, according to people familiar with the matter …
The Court of Justice of the EU rules Google must delete search results about claimants who can prove the information in the content is “manifestly inaccurate”
Claimants have to prove the information about them is ‘manifestly inaccurate.’ — People in Europe can get Google …
Cameo launches Cameo Kids, offering personalized videos from animated characters like Thomas the Tank Engine, Blippi, CoComelon's Nina, and Santa for $25 to $30
Cameo today launched Cameo Kids, its new video messaging service that features personalized videos from popular animated characters …
A look at CoinDesk's blockbuster Alameda scoop that led to FTX's collapse and bankruptcy, adding to CoinDesk parent company Digital Currency Group's woes
What happens when a story has impact? … Depending on how you look at it, this is either a cautionary tale about how small and entwined … Tweets: @annkur , @anecdotal , @charlieshrem , and @mslopatto T...
Sources: in January 2018, Alameda got a $110M loan from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and a $6M loan from philanthropist Luke Ding, who back Effective Altruism
The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers … Tweets: @lizrhoffman , @mikekoob , @timnitgebru , @woodhull , @timnitgebru , ...
Disney rolls out ad-supported Disney+ for $7.99 per month; the ad-free version will now cost $10.99 per month, up from $7.99
but not on Roku Ty Pendlebury / CNET : Disney Plus Review: Not Just for Kids Brian Swint / Barron's Online : Disney+ Ad-Supported Tier Is Here. It's Not Cheaper. Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Netflix ...
The EU sets a December 28, 2024, deadline for new smartphones, tablets, headphones, handheld game consoles, and other devices to use USB-C for wired charging
The rumor mill expects Apple … European Union : Directive (EU) 2022/2380 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Directive 2014/53/EU on the harmonisation of the law...
Google announces Chrome will get a Memory Saver mode, which promises to cut memory usage by up to 30%, and an Energy Saver mode, rolling out in the coming weeks
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
The European Commission proposes requiring that digital asset providers report transactions of EU-based clients to tax authorities starting on January 1, 2026
- Companies offering EU residents crypto services will need to report on transactions to tax authorities.
Pwn2Own Toronto 2022: on the first day, participants earned $400K total for new exploits targeting Samsung Galaxy S22, printers, routers, and NAS devices
what you need to know James Sebree / Tenable TechBlog : NETGEAR Router Network Misconfiguration Hisan Kidwai / Android Headlines : Galaxy S22 falls for two zero-day attacks during one event Tyler Lee ...
A look at cybersurveillance startup Altrnativ, started by Eric Leandri, disgraced Qwant search co-founder, who was lauded as France's digital privacy defender
This story is part of the series Leaked: The Altrnativ world of cybersurveillance. Read the rest. Tweets: @laukaya , @antoanetaroussi , and @sophieintveld Tweets: Laura Kayali / @laukaya : Remember Q...
Instagram expands its Account Status hub with transparency tools that help users with professional accounts learn if their content is eligible to be recommended
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
An investigation shows how, despite US sanctions on the NSO Group, government spyware use is booming, including the DEA's secret deployment of Graphite spyware
which employ former Israeli cyberintelligence veterans. After questions from The New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave one of them, Ronen Bergman / @ronenbergman : Congress and th...
Filings: Masayoshi Son grew his SoftBank stake from 26.7% in March 2019 to 34.2% now, increasing his rights over asset sales, some buybacks, mergers, and more
Bloomberg :
A US federal judge dismisses a proposed class action lawsuit against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and others over promoting EthereumMax on social media
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC :
Amazon rolls out Inspire, a TikTok-like feed in its app that lets customers “like” and buy products, to select customers in the US
The tech giant joins Facebook, Google in seeking to capitalize on popularity of short-form video format — Why Amazon Sometimes Unveils Products You Can't Actually Buy Tweets: @frankcatalano , @sebas...
Plaid lays off approximately 260 staff, or ~20% of its workforce, citing “macroeconomic changes”; the company raised $425M at a ~$13.4B valuation in April 2021
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
The annual US defense policy bill for 2023 contains significant spending increases for US Cyber Command and other efforts to bolster cybersecurity defenses
Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop :
Google launches Simple ML in beta, a free no-code Google Sheets add-on that lets users apply machine learning to their data without requiring prior ML knowledge
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
A profile of incoming GOP House majority whip Tom Emmer, a rare crypto advocate who has developed close ties to the industry in a skeptical Congress
and FTX collapsed — he has warned against aggressive crypto regulation. Emmer and the NRCC, which he led, also took money from FTX execs. They declined to say if he would return it https://www.washing...
Singapore-based UnaBiz, a Massive IoT service provider that owns Sigfox, raised a $25M Series B extension led by SPARX, after a $25M Series B in October 2021
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Snap says 300,000+ developers are building AR products for Snapchat and that it is working with some creators to build lenses that include buyable digital goods
Austin-based Setpoint, which aims to be the “Stripe for credit” with software helping firms close loan transactions faster, raised a $43M Series A led by a16z
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Thanks: @bayareawriter
Drata, which uses automation to help companies adhere to compliance frameworks, raised a $200M Series C led by Iconiq Growth and GGV Capital at a $2B valuation
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch :
Sources: the US SEC is investigating whether messaging app IRL misled investors; IRL raised $170M from SoftBank and others at a $1.17B valuation in June 2021
Mark Matousek / The Information :
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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.