A book excerpt examines how a law enforcement operation to take down the largest child sex abuse website, using Chainalysis tools, showed bitcoin was traceable
spoiler alert—the good guys win. An @a_greenberg special, and an education in how technology sometimes does the opposite of what it was expected to. https://www.wired.com/... Miko ...
Filing: Block is contacting 8.2M Cash App customers in the US after a breach caused by a former employee four months ago exposed some of their account info
Block has confirmed a data breach involving a former employee who downloaded reports from Cash App that contained some U.S. customer information.
Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco that will run from 11pm to 5am
Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization …
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future ...
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
The word “server” imo is not very useful in the blockchain context; it combines together a bundle of concepts that are best treated separately.
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses
Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don't think I've ever actually said the words …
Twitter says it will add a newsletter subscribe button to user profiles in the coming weeks, available to those with a Revue account; Twitter will take a 5% cut
and subscriptions—part of Twitter profiles. https://twitter.com/... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Will Twitter do to Substack what it did to Clubhouse 🤷♂️ https://twitter.com/.....
Source: Reddit is exploring a Clubhouse-like feature that would enable moderator-run voice chats
Jack Morse / Mashable :
Twitter is testing “humanization prompts” which will show users' shared interest and mutual followers when replying to another user's tweet
Jack Morse / Mashable : Tweets: @twittercomms , @carnage4life , @bigblackjacobin , @tonyromm , @tha_rami , @hunterwalk , @green_footballs , @jmorse_ , @lolgop , @yashar , @brandyz...
Twitter launches Spaces, its Clubhouse-like service, in private beta on iOS, limited to select individuals, largely from under-represented backgrounds
Last month, Twitter announced it would soon begin testing a new social experience on its platforms involving audio-only chat rooms …
Facebook responds to the FTC and state AGs, saying the lawsuits they've brought forth are “revisionist history” and their antitrust case is unprecedented
Billions of people use Facebook's products every day. To earn their time and attention, we compete fiercely against many other services across the world.
FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues Facebook, alleging Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition
Agency challenges Facebook's multi-year course of unlawful conduct — The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook …
Coinbase shares an internal email on an upcoming NYT story alleging several Black employees had negative experiences, says it “will paint an inaccurate picture”
none — ever gives you a generous, long runway to respond in the future https://twitter.com/... Eli Dourado / @elidourado : Fools! Didn't you know that when an elite reporter comes ...
Coinbase shares an internal email on an upcoming NYT story alleging several Black employees had negative experiences, says it “will paint an inaccurate picture”
In the spirit of transparency, we're sharing an internal email that was sent to our employees earlier today: … All,
Twitter to email 670K+ US users who interacted with tweets from Russia's Internet Research Agency, found 50K+ Russia-linked bots tweeting election content
When we appeared before the United States Congress last fall, Twitter publicly committed to regularly updating both congressional committees …
Twitter to email 670K+ US users who interacted with tweets from Russia's Internet Research Agency, found 50K+ Russia-linked bots tweeting election content
When we appeared before the United States Congress last fall, Twitter publicly committed to regularly updating both congressional committees …