Daily Archives: August 5, 2022

Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times: The California DMV accuses Tesla of falsely advertising Autopilot and FSD features, in a pair of July 28 filings with the CA’s Office of Administrative Hearings  —  The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of the […]

Kris Holt / Engadget: Indonesia restored access to PayPal, Yahoo, and Valve services in the country after companies signed up to licensing rules introduced in 2020  —  Indonesia has unblocked PayPal, Steam owner Valve and Yahoo (Engadget’s parent company), allowing them to resume operations.

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Kuo: Foxconn will begin production of at least one iPhone 14 model “almost simultaneously” in India and China, the first time this will happen for a new iPhone  —  Apple’s key partner Foxconn has iPhone production lines in a few other places in the world outside […]

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao claims it doesn’t own Indian crypto exchange WazirX despite disclosing the acquisition in 2019; WazirX founder disputes Zhao’s claims  —  Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, said on Friday it doesn’t own India-based platform WazirX despite disclosing …

Sean Lyngaas / CNN: The US DOJ says Alexander Vinnik, founder of BTC-e, a crypto exchange alleged to have laundered $4B+ in proceeds, was extradited from Greece to the US  —  A Russian national accused of running a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly profited from various hacking …

Aislinn Keely / The Block: Voyager will begin processing customer cash withdrawals on August 11 after getting court approval on August 4; customers can withdraw up to $100K each 24 hours  —  – Voyager on August 4 received approval to honor cash withdrawals with the funds held in custody at […]

New York Times: A look at Japan’s efforts to counter supply chain disruptions, including investing in domestic production and seeking to form a coalition with the US and the EU  —  As it reckons with supply chain vulnerabilities, the country is spending billions to revitalize domestic production and seeking …

Enlarge / A 2-year-old enjoys the spray of water in a splash pad in Los Angeles on June 20, 2022. (credit: Getty | Al Seib) In this summer’s record-blazing heat, a spritz of crisp, cool water sounds like delicious bliss. Each drop offering brisk relief as it pitter-patters on your […]

Enlarge / Tirane, Albania. (credit: Pawel Toczynski | Getty Images) In mid-July, a cyberattack on the Albanian government knocked out state websites and public services for hours. With Russia’s war raging in Ukraine, the Kremlin might seem like the likeliest suspect. But research published on Thursday by the threat intelligence […]

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) DuckDuckGo, the privacy-minded search company, says it will block trackers from Microsoft in its desktop web browser, following revelations in May that certain scripts from Bing and LinkedIn were getting a pass. In a blog post, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg says that he’s heard users’ concerns […]