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CASM Technology and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue report: the average weekly number of antisemitic tweets more than doubled after Elon Musk’s acquisition (Washington Post)

Washington Post: CASM Technology and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue report: the average weekly number of antisemitic tweets more than doubled after Elon Musk’s acquisition  —  Happy Monday!  If you thought it was a busy news cycle last week, buckle up.  Send tips to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com.

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What’s new in TypeScript 5.0

TypeScript 5.0, an update to Microsoft’s strongly typed JavaScript variant, is now available as a production release, Microsoft announced March 16. With the upgrade, TypeScript has been rebuilt to use ECMAScript modules. TypeScript 5.0 also modernizes decorators for class customization. ECMAScript modules reduce package size and boost performance. Decorators, an upcoming ECMAScript feature, allow for

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Paradox reveals Sims competitor Life by You

Life by You. | Image: Paradox It looks like The Sims is getting some competition. As was teased earlier in the month, Paradox revealed an upcoming game called Life by You today, a life simulation title with development led by Rod Humble, who previously had significant roles on both The Sims franchise and Second Life.

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Sources: in 2021, the phone of a US and Greek national who worked on Meta’s security and trust team was infected with Predator spyware from an Athens-based firm (Matina Stevis-Gridneff/New York Times)

Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times: Sources: in 2021, the phone of a US and Greek national who worked on Meta’s security and trust team was infected with Predator spyware from an Athens-based firm  —  Artemis Seaford, a dual U.S.-Greek national, was targeted with a cyberespionage tool while also under a wiretap by the Greek

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The FDIC plans to break up SVB and hold an auction for its traditional deposits unit and another for its private bank, after failing to find a buyer last week (Manya Saini/Reuters)

Manya Saini / Reuters: The FDIC plans to break up SVB and hold an auction for its traditional deposits unit and another for its private bank, after failing to find a buyer last week  —  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions

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Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000 jobs in January (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000 jobs in January  —  – Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees in the coming weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.

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Sources give an overview of the FTC’s Amazon pursuit: considering challenging the $1.7B iRobot deal, retail antitrust case, dark pattern investigation, and more (Josh Sisco/Politico)

Josh Sisco / Politico: Sources give an overview of the FTC’s Amazon pursuit: considering challenging the $1.7B iRobot deal, retail antitrust case, dark pattern investigation, and more  —  The Biden administration is planning to take action soon on at least three of its half-dozen investigations of Amazon …

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