Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday that investigators recovered footage from Savannah Guthrie's mother's doorbell camera using "residual data located in backend systems." This claim has many home security camera users asking an uncomfortable question:…
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Paxful crypto platform fined $4 million after prosecutors say it ‘profited from moving money for criminals’
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Paxful Holdings Inc. was sentenced to pay $4 million after prosecutors say it profited from a lack of anti-money laundering controls.
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Nexperia’s Chinese owner loses court battle over control of Dutch chipmaker
ft - Amsterdam court upholds decision to suspend Chinese CEO, hand power to EU-based directors and probe mismanagement allegations
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El Paso flights grounded 10 days for ‘special security reasons’
Dominic Preston / theverge - The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, grounding all flights in and out of the airport for the next 10 days. No explanation for the closure has been given, beyond a vague reference to "Sp…
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OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Georgia Wells / wsj - Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
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Mansions and sports cars: former SafeMoon CEO sentenced to 8 years in prison for crypto scheme
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Former CEO of SafeMoon US LLC, Braden John Karony, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison on Tuesday.
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Sam Bankman-Fried wants a re-trial for fraud charges
Anna Washenko / engadget - Former cryptocurrency poster boy Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to get another chance in court. He has filed a request that for a new trial on claims that new witness testimony could alter the case made against him by prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. His…
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Apple and Google agree to change app stores after 'effective duopoly' claim
bbc - The UK's markets regulator says the proposed commitments "will boost the UK's app economy".
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Man sentenced to 20 years for role in $74 million crypto investment fraud
Brian Danga / theblock - Daren Li received a 20-year sentence after admitting involvement in a $73.6 million crypto laundering conspiracy but remains a fugitive.
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Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users
Connor Jones / theregister - New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of a promotional campaign.…
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French Police Arrest Six After Magistrate Kidnapped in Crypto Ransom Case
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Authorities in France launched the manhunt after a magistrate and her mother were abducted overnight and found injured.
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Arguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial
techxplore - Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.
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$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.
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New York lawmakers introduce bill that aims to halt data center development for three years
Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations. The …
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Uber just lost its first sexual assault liability case. Here’s why it matters
Taylor Hatmaker / fastcompany - A federal jury in Arizona has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million in a lawsuit brought by a passenger who said was sexually assaulted by one of the ridesharing app’s drivers. The case marks the first time that Uber has been found liable for the safety of its…
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China Formalizes Ban on Yuan Stablecoins, RWA Tokenization
Vince Dioquino / decrypt - Chinese regulators have locked in a sweeping crypto clampdown, banning unapproved yuan-linked stablecoins and curbing tokenized assets.
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Incognito Market founder sentenced to 30 years for crypto-based dark web drug market
Brian Danga / theblock - Prosecutors said the platform facilitated over $105 million in crypto-based narcotics sales between October 2020 and March 2024.
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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Tells Congress WBD Acquisition is Good For Consumers, Economy
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos Feb. 3 appeared before a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing reiterating the positives surrounding the streamer’s $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets. The hearing, which addressed the …
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Department of Justice appeals Google search monopoly ruling
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the …
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