Author: Tech Support

    • US Treasury goes after the planes and yacht of the founder of Russia's IRA troll farm, with new sanctions imposed for alleged meddling in 2018 midterm elections (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

    Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: US Treasury goes after the planes and yacht of the founder of Russia’s IRA troll farm, with new sanctions imposed for alleged meddling in 2018 midterm elections  —  US Treasury takes new approach to imposing sanctions on IRA’s owner.  —  The US Treasury Department announced today the third set … US

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    Exchanges form Crypto Rating Council, but pre-emptively admit its ratings mean nothing

    {$inline_image}A set of cryptocurrency firms have banded together to create a “Crypto Rating Council” to help classify digital assets — but it unlikely to mean much. Founded by prominent exchanges like Coinbase, Bittrex, and Kraken, the group aims to rate digital assets from 1 to 5. Those that find themselves on the higher end of the scale are thought

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    • Sources: Nasdaq tightens restrictions and slows approvals for small Chinese firms' IPOs, which increasingly raise a majority of capital from Chinese investors (Reuters)

    Reuters: Sources: Nasdaq tightens restrictions and slows approvals for small Chinese firms’ IPOs, which increasingly raise a majority of capital from Chinese investors  —  (Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) is cracking down on initial public offerings (IPOs) of small Chinese companies by tightening restrictions … Sources: Nasdaq tightens restrictions and slows approvals for small Chinese

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    • Sources: Facebook is planning to pay only some of the 200 publishers that will be featured in its news tab, which is set to launch as soon as the end of October (Wall Street Journal)

    Wall Street Journal: Sources: Facebook is planning to pay only some of the 200 publishers that will be featured in its news tab, which is set to launch as soon as the end of October  —  Social-media giant plans to pay about a quarter of news organizations whose content will be featured Sources: Facebook is

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    • Crypto exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, and Bittrex form the Crypto Ratings Council to rate digital assets on whether they are securities (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal)

    Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Crypto exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, and Bittrex form the Crypto Ratings Council to rate digital assets on whether they are securities  —  Businesses to score which assets can be traded without ire of regulators  —  The U.S.’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges have developed … Crypto exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken,

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    • Verizon to acquire the software and technology assets of VR startup Jaunt XR, which raised $100M in funding from Disney, GV, and others; Jaunt is pivoting to AR (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

    Annie Palmer / CNBC: Verizon to acquire the software and technology assets of VR startup Jaunt XR, which raised $100M in funding from Disney, GV, and others; Jaunt is pivoting to AR  —  – The start-up develops tools that enable brands and consumers to make high-quality VR content, among other things. Verizon to acquire the

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