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Securities watchdog IOSCO proposes the first global crypto regulations, covering conflicts of interest, custody, and more, that it aims to finalize by year-end (Huw Jones/Reuters)

Huw Jones / Reuters: Securities watchdog IOSCO proposes the first global crypto regulations, covering conflicts of interest, custody, and more, that it aims to finalize by year-end  —  International securities watchdog IOSCO on Tuesday proposed the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset markets …

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Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds (The Economic Times)

The Economic Times: Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds  —  Layoffs have now hit Reliance Industries, with its wholesale format JioMart sacking over employees, as per people in the know.

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China’s Micron ban could allow the government to boost its domestic memory chip industry, a sector where China has a toehold in its competition with the US (New York Times)

New York Times: China’s Micron ban could allow the government to boost its domestic memory chip industry, a sector where China has a toehold in its competition with the US  —  A Chinese government block on Micron Technology’s memory chips marks how far apart the two economic powers are drifting on tech policy.

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An NLRB complaint accuses Amazon of violating US federal labor law at its unionized Staten Island warehouse and Andy Jassy of making illegal anti-union comments (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: An NLRB complaint accuses Amazon of violating US federal labor law at its unionized Staten Island warehouse and Andy Jassy of making illegal anti-union comments  —  Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters …

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An NLRB complaint accuses Amazon of violating US federal labor law at its unionized Staten Island warehouse and Andy Jassy of making illegal anti-union comments (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: An NLRB complaint accuses Amazon of violating US federal labor law at its unionized Staten Island warehouse and Andy Jassy of making illegal anti-union comments  —  Amazon.com Inc. repeatedly violated federal labor law by unilaterally changing policies and terminating union supporters …

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Bringing The PIO To The FPGA

We’ve seen some pretty incredible hacks using the Raspberry Pi 2040. However, one of the most exciting bits of hardware onboard is the Programmable I/O (PIO). Not content with it just being a part of RP2040-based projects, [Lawrie Griffiths] has been porting the PIO to Verilog so anyone can enjoy it. This particular implementation is

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Mumbai-based Chalo, which offers bus operators online payments and real-time commute tracking, raised a $45M Series D led by Avataar Ventures and $12M in debt (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Mumbai-based Chalo, which offers bus operators online payments and real-time commute tracking, raised a $45M Series D led by Avataar Ventures and $12M in debt  —  Indian startup Chalo, which is working to transform bus commutes, has raised $45 million in a new funding round and secured …

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Network Programming

If you want a book on network programming, there are a few classic choices. [Comer’s] TCP/IP books are a great reference but sometimes is too low level. “Unix Networking Programming” by [Stevens] is the usual choice, but it is getting a little long in the tooth, as well. Now we have “Beej’s Guide to Network

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Sources: activist investor TCS Capital, which owns 4%+ of Yelp’s common stock, urges the recommendation site to explore strategic alternatives, including a sale (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Sources: activist investor TCS Capital, which owns 4%+ of Yelp’s common stock, urges the recommendation site to explore strategic alternatives, including a sale  —  TCS Capital Management has built a stake in Yelp and is calling on the service-recommendation site to explore strategic alternatives.

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Zoom reports Q1 revenue of $1.11B, vs. $1.08B est., up 3% YoY, Enterprise revenue of $632M, up 13% YoY, and customers contributing $100K+ annually up ~23% YoY (Tiyashi Datta/Reuters)

Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: Zoom reports Q1 revenue of $1.11B, vs. $1.08B est., up 3% YoY, Enterprise revenue of $632M, up 13% YoY, and customers contributing $100K+ annually up ~23% YoY  —  Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) on Monday raised its annual revenue forecast, betting on hybrid work trends to sustain demand for its video-conferencing

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Paramount Plus will raise its prices next month

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Paramount Plus will go up in price on June 27th. That’s when the company plans on launching its new Paramount Plus with Showtime integration, bringing the price of its existing ad-supported essential plan from $4.99 to $5.99 per month and its premium plan from $9.99 to $11.99, the

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Google expands its AI-based flood forecasting service Flood Hub to 80 countries, up from 20, offering forecasts up to 7 days in advance to 460 million people (Yossi Matias/The Keyword)

Yossi Matias / The Keyword: Google expands its AI-based flood forecasting service Flood Hub to 80 countries, up from 20, offering forecasts up to 7 days in advance to 460 million people  —  Flood Hub is expanding to 80 countries, providing forecasting up to 7 days in advance of a flood to 460 million people.

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8 VS Code extensions you didn’t know you needed

Visual Studio Code is a terrific software development environment—and not only because it has excellent code-editing features and language support. Thanks to its rich culture of extensions, VS Code also allows you to perform many supporting tasks besides editing. You’ll find VS Code extensions for everything from a speedier way to navigate the editor to

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Top Apple Headphones of 2023

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