Technology
- May- 2022 -25 May
A researcher says Australia's New South Wales digital driver's license is easy to forge due to deficient encryption, data validation flaws, and other issues (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) – News Opener
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: A researcher says Australia’s New South Wales digital driver’s license is easy to forge due…
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Indian startups are resorting to layoffs, a hiring freeze, shutting down non-core verticals, and rationalizing ad spends as a two-year funding spree slows down (Moneycontrol) – News Opener
Moneycontrol: Indian startups are resorting to layoffs, a hiring freeze, shutting down non-core verticals, and rationalizing ad spends as a…
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DeFi Llama: the total value locked across DeFi protocols has dropped to ~$112B, down from ~$195B before UST and LUNA collapsed, amid a broader decline in crypto (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg) – News Opener
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: DeFi Llama: the total value locked across DeFi protocols has dropped to ~$112B, down from ~$195B…
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Stripe partners with OpenNode to let businesses convert fiat payments into bitcoin via OpenNode's Stripe app; Stripe suspended bitcoin support in 2018 (Shawn Amick/Bitcoin Magazine) – News Opener
Shawn Amick / Bitcoin Magazine: Stripe partners with OpenNode to let businesses convert fiat payments into bitcoin via OpenNode’s Stripe…
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Kuaishou reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$3.2B, vs. ~$3.1B est., a ~$939M net loss, down 89% YoY from ~$8.7B, and 346M DAUs, up 17% YoY from 295M (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post) – News Opener
Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: Kuaishou reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$3.2B, vs. ~$3.1B est., a…
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Apple says that starting June 30, all App Store apps that offer account creation must also let users delete their account within the app (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac) – News Opener
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple says that starting June 30, all App Store apps that offer account creation must also…
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Internal memo: Lyft plans to slow US hiring, cut some department budgets, and grant new stock options to some employees to make up for its eroding share price (Wall Street Journal) – News Opener
Wall Street Journal: Internal memo: Lyft plans to slow US hiring, cut some department budgets, and grant new stock options…
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In a letter, 42 Democratic lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting and retaining unnecessary user location data that could identify people seeking abortions (Lauren Feiner/CNBC) – News Opener
Lauren Feiner / CNBC: In a letter, 42 Democratic lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting and retaining unnecessary user location…
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Clearview AI is expanding sales of its facial recognition tools, now with data allegedly collected with the subjects' permission, to private companies and orgs (Paresh Dave/Reuters) – News Opener
Paresh Dave / Reuters: Clearview AI is expanding sales of its facial recognition tools, now with data allegedly collected with…
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Microsoft plans to support third-party Windows 11 widgets later in 2022, letting developers offer them as "companion experiences" to their Win32 or PWA apps (Tom Warren/The Verge) – News Opener
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to support third-party Windows 11 widgets later in 2022, letting developers offer them…
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