Month: February 2023

Yuga Labs announces its first Bitcoin NFT project TwelveFold, which contains 300 limited-edition generative art pieces inscribed to the Bitcoin blockchain (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)

Sander Lutz / Decrypt: Yuga Labs announces its first Bitcoin NFT project TwelveFold, which contains 300 limited-edition generative art pieces inscribed to the Bitcoin blockchain  —  TwelveFold, a limited series of just 300 generative Ordinals NFT art pieces on Bitcoin, will be auctioned later this week.

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LastPass: hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer’s computer (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: LastPass: hackers stole password vault data in 2022 by exploiting an RCE flaw in third-party software to install a keylogger on a DevOps engineer’s computer  —  LastPass revealed more information on a “coordinated second attack,” where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for

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The Biden administration will require firms seeking CHIPS Act subsidies to limit stock buybacks and share a portion of unanticipated profits with the government (New York Times)

New York Times: The Biden administration will require firms seeking CHIPS Act subsidies to limit stock buybacks and share a portion of unanticipated profits with the government  —  In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances.

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MorphOS: A Modern Operating System for PowerPC

When it comes to modern operating systems for PowerPC-based systems like pre-Intel Macs, or other PowerPC-based systems like older or newer AmigaOS-compatible systems, there is an increasing lack of options. For 32-bit PPC, official Linux support has been dropped already, leaving only unofficial builds and of course AmigaOS as well as AmigaOS-like operating systems. So

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The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit (NBC News)

NBC News: The US Marshals Service suffered “a ransomware and data exfiltration event” on a standalone system; a source says the witness protection database was not hit  —  The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that compromises sensitive information …

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Sources: The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis has been in charge of Twitter’s cost-cutting, including recent layoffs, amid talk that he will be Twitter’s next CEO (Platformer)

Platformer: Sources: The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis has been in charge of Twitter’s cost-cutting, including recent layoffs, amid talk that he will be Twitter’s next CEO  —  Is the job Steve Davis’ to lose?  PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online

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White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly (David Shepardson/Reuters)

David Shepardson / Reuters: White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly  —  The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.

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Antenna Hidden in Holiday Lights Skirts HOA Rules

For all their supposed benefits, homeowner’s associations (HOAs) have a reputation of quickly turning otherwise quaint neighborhoods into a sort of Stanford prison experiment, as those who get even the slightest amount of power often abuse it. Arbitrary rules and enforcement abound about house color, landscaping, parking, and if you’ve ever operated a radio, antennas.

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DCG reports 2022 revenue of $719M and a loss of $1.1B as the firm struggled with plunging crypto prices and the restructuring of its lending platform, Genesis (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: DCG reports 2022 revenue of $719M and a loss of $1.1B as the firm struggled with plunging crypto prices and the restructuring of its lending platform, Genesis  —  DCG held cash and cash equivalents of just $262 million at the end of 2022, while investment assets amounted to $670 million.

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Sources: Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT (Jon Victor/The Information)

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Elon Musk has approached AI researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT  —  Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT …

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White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly (David Shepardson/Reuters)

David Shepardson / Reuters: White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly  —  The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.

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White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly (David Shepardson/Reuters)

David Shepardson / Reuters: White House gives federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok installed on government devices and adjust IT contracts with vendors accordingly  —  The White House on Monday gave government agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have Chinese-owned app TikTok on federal devices and systems.

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Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+ (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+  —  Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period …

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Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+ (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.1B est., Enterprise revenue up 18% YoY to $636.1M, Enterprise customers up 12% YoY to ~213K; ZM jumps 6%+  —  Zoom Video Communications Inc. gained in late trading after giving an upbeat profit forecast for the current period …

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Top VCs to meet at ETHDenver 2023

As the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency continues to grow and evolve, it is important for entrepreneurs and developers to stay on top of the latest trends and opportunities in the industry. EthDenver 2023 is bringing together some of the brightest minds and most innovative companies in the space. If you are planning to attend

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Delaware-based Pagos, a payments startup with clients like Adobe, Eventbrite, GoFundMe, and Warner Bros. Discovery, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Delaware-based Pagos, a payments startup with clients like Adobe, Eventbrite, GoFundMe, and Warner Bros. Discovery, raised a $34M Series A led by Arbor Ventures  —  With global digital payments revenue expected to reach $14.79 trillion by 2027, payment infrastructure has arguably never been more critical.

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