Binance's BNB token dropped 9% over the past month, even as bitcoin remains steady, after record outflows; BNB has jumped over 1,600% in the past three years — The native token of crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. snapped a prolonged slide that was sparked in part by concerns about outflows …
A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators — The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.
Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and Nostr, and will remove tweets and accounts that do so — Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post.
Twitter will remove accounts made to “promote other social platforms” and content that has links or usernames to Facebook, Mastodon, and others — We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.
Sources: Apple is working on Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, but cancelled the double Ultra capacity “Extreme” chips; new Mac Pro computers could be assembled in Vietnam — The new high-end Mac Pro with Apple silicon is behind schedule, and you can blame changes to the company's chip and manufacturing plans.
Douyin has become China's fourth biggest e-commerce company by GMV, as short videos prove ideal as bait for long ads by giving higher purchase conversion rates — Understanding the appeal of adverts for adverts — Once again, very serious people are talking very seriously about the geopolitical threat posed by dance skits.
A profile of iNaturalist, a not-for-profit social network that uses an ML algorithm to help users identify plants and animals, driving cooperation and consensus — A not-for-profit initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, iNaturalist says it aims …
Anker's security cameras brand Eufy quietly removed 10 commitments from its privacy page, including encryption, after questions about keeping those promises — It's been two weeks since we reported that Anker's Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras, and we've been pushing the company for answers ever since.
A look at Backstage, Spotify's open-source developer platform used at Netflix, LinkedIn, Epic, Roku, Box, and 200+ others, which the company seeks to monetize — Backstage is used by developers at Netflix, American Airlines and hundreds of other companies — With nearly a third …
Google starts testing client-side encryption for Gmail with some Workspace users, and plans to add it to its Android and iOS apps — Google has launched a beta of its client-side encryption for Gmail, letting businesses apply to test out the feature meant to make “sensitive data” and attachments unreadable even to Google.
Accounting firm BDO, whose Italian member BDO Italia recently signed off on reserves reports for Tether, says it is reconsidering its work for crypto companies — Accounting firm BDO, which recently signed off on reserves reports for Tether, on Friday said it is reconsidering its work for crypto companies.
Binance says it was hit by roughly $6B in net withdrawals between December 12 and December 14, which it was able to fulfill “without breaking stride” — Accounting firm was hired by Binance and other crypto exchanges to conduct key reports — Outflows from Binance accelerated …
Analysis: multiple major Russian cities appear to have faced widespread GPS disruption during the past week, as part of efforts to evade Ukraine's drone attacks — Navigation system monitors have seen a recent uptick in interruptions since Ukraine began launching long-range drone attacks.
Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin says the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” that violated its new policy by posting links to ElonJet — Twitter Inc's head of trust and safety told Reuters the company manually reviewed “any and all accounts” …
PE firm Advent agrees to buy Maxar, which operates a constellation of satellites that collects images used by Google Maps and others, for $6.4B, including debt — Including debt, the transaction is worth $6.4 billion — Advent International agreed to buy Maxar Technologies Inc. MAXR 122.47%increase …
Bloomberg : Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing ...
