Technology
- Jul- 2022 -5 July
The UK proposes an Online Safety Bill amendment that would force tech firms to scan for and remove CSAM or be fined up to £18M or 10% of their annual turnover (Dan Milmo/The Guardian) – News Opener
Dan Milmo / The Guardian: The UK proposes an Online Safety Bill amendment that would force tech firms to scan…
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Sources: India's Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided Chinese smartphone maker Vivo's offices as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering (Aditya Kalra/Reuters) – News Opener
Aditya Kalra / Reuters: Sources: India’s Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided Chinese smartphone maker Vivo’s offices as part of an…
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Voyantis, which develops AI-powered tools to help marketing teams predict a customer's lifetime value, emerges from stealth with a $19M seed (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) – News Opener
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Voyantis, which develops AI-powered tools to help marketing teams predict a customer’s lifetime value, emerges from…
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On-chain data: Celsius paid down $183M of its debt to DeFi exchange Maker, freeing up $40M in wrapped bitcoin tokens posted as collateral against the loans (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk) – News Opener
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: On-chain data: Celsius paid down $183M of its debt to DeFi exchange Maker, freeing up $40M…
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Sources: the US is lobbying the Netherlands to ban ASML from selling some of its some of its older deep ultraviolet lithography systems to China (Bloomberg) – News Opener
Bloomberg: Sources: the US is lobbying the Netherlands to ban ASML from selling some of its some of its older…
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The Senate Intelligence Committee asks the FTC to investigate whether TikTok misled lawmakers about China-based ByteDance employees accessing American user data (Emily Baker-White/Forbes) – News Opener
Emily Baker-White / Forbes: The Senate Intelligence Committee asks the FTC to investigate whether TikTok misled lawmakers about China-based ByteDance…
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NIST selects four encryption algorithms designed to withstand future quantum computing hacking threats to be part of its post-quantum cryptographic standard (Derek B. Johnson/SC Media) – News Opener
Derek B. Johnson / SC Media: NIST selects four encryption algorithms designed to withstand future quantum computing hacking threats to…
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UK signs its first data sharing deal post-Brexit, with South Korea, allowing organizations in the two countries to transfer data without restrictions (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) – News Opener
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK signs its first data sharing deal post-Brexit, with South Korea, allowing organizations in the two…
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Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner responsible for nearly 10% of the network's hash rate, sold 7,202 mined BTC for $167M in June and now holds 1,959 BTC (David Pan/Bloomberg) – News Opener
David Pan / Bloomberg: Core Scientific, a top bitcoin miner responsible for nearly 10% of the network’s hash rate, sold…
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Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it's signed a term sheet to buy Vauld, which recently halted withdrawals and manages assets for ~100K (Ryan Browne/CNBC) – News Opener
Ryan Browne / CNBC: Nexo, a crypto lender managing assets for ~4M users, says it’s signed a term sheet to…
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