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NYC-based Percent, which operates a private credit marketplace, raised a $29.7M Series B led by White Star Capital, bringing its total funding to $48.2M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based Percent, which operates a private credit marketplace, raised a $29.7M Series B led by White Star Capital, bringing its total funding to $48.2M  —  In 2018, Nelson Chu founded Percent with the goal of bringing investors, borrowers and underwriters together to modernize private credit.

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ESPClicker – An Elegant Solution for Integrating Dumb Devices into Home Assistant

Integrating non-smart devices into your home automation system can be a cumbersome process, involving the wiring of multiple modules. However, [Pricelesstoolkit] has created the ESPClicker – a compact, ESP8266-based module that can remotely “press buttons” and simplify this process. The ESPClicker’s core feature is its three relays that can be soldered to the button terminals

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Neeva, co-founded by former Google ad head Sridhar Ramaswamy, plans to shut down its ad-free search engine due to a “vastly changed search environment” and more (Neeva)

Neeva: Neeva, co-founded by former Google ad head Sridhar Ramaswamy, plans to shut down its ad-free search engine due to a “vastly changed search environment” and more  —  We started Neeva with the mission to take search back to its users.  Having worked on search and search ads for over a decade …

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Unable to turn a profit amid fewer hours watched, some US esports organizations lay off staff, end star player contracts, or even sell their teams at a loss (Kellen Browning/New York Times)

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Unable to turn a profit amid fewer hours watched, some US esports organizations lay off staff, end star player contracts, or even sell their teams at a loss  —  At least two organizations in America’s most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring the

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How crypto hunters help people going through a divorce find their spouse’s hidden crypto stashes, following the trail of tokens as they “hop” across blockchains (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: How crypto hunters help people going through a divorce find their spouse’s hidden crypto stashes, following the trail of tokens as they “hop” across blockchains  —  – Financial infidelity has become increasingly sophisticated, as investors “hop” coins across blockchains and sink their cash into metaverse properties.

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A history of Turla, an APT that is the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia’s FSB, in operation for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for nearly 20 years (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A history of Turla, an APT that is the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia’s FSB, in operation for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for nearly 20 years  —  From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary

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Unable to turn a profit amid a fall in views, some US esports organizations are laying off staff, ending player contracts, or even selling their teams at a loss (Kellen Browning/New York Times)

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Unable to turn a profit amid a fall in views, some US esports organizations are laying off staff, ending player contracts, or even selling their teams at a loss  —  At least two organizations in America’s most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring

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It’s DOOM, But in Teletext

We’ve seen the 1993 id Software classic DOOM running on so many pieces of unexpected hardware, as “Will it run DOOM?” has become something of a test for any new device. But will it run in the circuitry of a 1970s or 1980s TV set? Not quite, but as [lukneu] has demonstrated, it is possible

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It’s high time Xiaomi stopped copying Apple iOS

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons Xiaomi was one of many Chinese brands copying Apple iOS in the early 2010s, and this was an understandable trend at the time. It created a familiar experience for former iPhone users while also giving people a similar experience without paying a premium. Even

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A history of Turla APT, the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia’s FSB, which has been operating for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for about 20 years (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A history of Turla APT, the “premiere espionage tool” of Russia’s FSB, which has been operating for 25+ years, with its Snake malware in use for about 20 years  —  From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number

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Court finds FBI misused a FISA Section 702 database 278K+ times between 2020 and 2021, as the White House seeks to persuade Congress to renew the law in 2023 (Charlie Savage/New York Times)

Charlie Savage / New York Times: Court finds FBI misused a FISA Section 702 database 278K+ times between 2020 and 2021, as the White House seeks to persuade Congress to renew the law in 2023  —  The bureau made changes after the newly revealed violations of rules for querying messages intercepted under an expiring warrantless

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How Far Can An EULA Go?

We read this news with mixed glee and horror: a company called Telly is giving TVs away, for the low price of having to live with an always-on advertisement bar and some pretty stringent terms and conditions. Break the terms, and they’ll repossess your TV. If you don’t give them the TV, they have your

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Leaders of the G7 nations call for the development and adoption of global AI standards and to “take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI” (Reuters)

Reuters: Leaders of the G7 nations call for the development and adoption of global AI standards and to “take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI”  —  Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Saturday called for the development and adoption of international technical standards …

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Games should let us choose our own stakes

After more than 2,000 hours in Dota 2, I’ve finally been sent to gamer jail for the first time. It’s worse than I ever imagined, which makes it an extremely effective deterrent in a competitive game where teamwork is essential. But now that I’ve been punished, I see that there’s a better way to administer

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Bitcoin payment service Strike expands to 65 countries, beyond the US, El Salvador, and Argentina, and says it is taking a regulation-first approach in the US (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Bitcoin payment service Strike expands to 65 countries, beyond the US, El Salvador, and Argentina, and says it is taking a regulation-first approach in the US  —  Since starting in 2019, the Bitcoin-powered payments app Strike has aimed to become a global crypto-powered equivalent to Venmo or Cash App.

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