$1.7 million in NFTs stolen

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Today’s pick

$1.7 million in NFTs stolen in apparent phishing attack on OpenSea users. On Saturday, attackers stole hundreds of NFTs from OpenSea users, causing a late-night panic among the site's broad user base. (Russell Brandom via The Verge)

The Verge @verge

$1.7 million in NFTs stolen in apparent phishing attack on OpenSea users theverge.com/2022/2/20/2294…

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Green investing: the risk of a new mis-selling scandal. ESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming. (Laurence Fletcher and Joshua Oliver in London via Financial Times)

Laurence Fletcher @journofletcher

ICYMI - our FT Big Read this weekend: The risk of ESG becoming the asset management industry's next mis-selling scandal ft.com/content/ae78c0… w @joshckoliver via @FinancialTimes #ESG #Greenwashing

ft.comGreen investing: the risk of a new mis-selling scandalESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming

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Apple Finds Itself Under Scrutiny in Washington's Big Tech Clampdown. CEO Tim Cook called senators in vain effort to derail bill targeting Apple’s App Store. (Ryan Tracy via Wall Street Journal)

The Wall Street Journal @WSJ

Lawmakers are expressing concerns with how Apple runs its App Store, leaving the company playing defense against legislation that would loosen its grip on the profitable business

on.wsj.comApple Finds Itself Under Scrutiny in Washington’s Big Tech ClampdownCEO Tim Cook has called senators in a vain effort to derail a bill targeting the company’s profitable App Store.

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Jensen Huang interview: Nvidia's post-Arm strategy, Omniverse, and self-driving cars. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn't pull off his $80 billion acquisition of Arm. But he is pursuing a three-chip strategy. (Dean Takahashi via VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi @deantak

Jensen Huang interview: Nvidia’s post-Arm strategy, Omniverse, and self-driving cars #Nvidia @GamesBeat venturebeat.com/2022/02/20/jen… via @VentureBeat

venturebeat.comJensen Huang interview: Nvidia’s post-Arm strategy, Omniverse, and self-driving carsNvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn’t pull off his $80 billion acquisition of Arm. But he is pursuing a three-chip strategy.

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Massive Credit Suisse leak reportedly reveals possible criminal ties among 18,000 accounts. Credit Suisse was scrambling Sunday to contain the fallout from its latest scandal after several newspapers reported that more than 18,000 leaked accounts showed that criminals, alleged human rights abusers and sanctioned individuals had been clients of the Swiss bank. (Hugh Son via CNBC)

Hugh Son @Hugh_Son

new: @CreditSuisse clients for decades included dictators, criminals and alleged human rights abusers , according to more than 18,000 leaked accounts via a #SuisseSecrets whistleblower and 47 news outlets.👇 cnbc.com/2022/02/20/mas…

cnbc.comMassive Credit Suisse leak reportedly reveals possible criminal ties among 18,000 accountsClients of the second-biggest Swiss bank included an international cast of unsavory characters, according to media reports.

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China Tells Banks, SOEs to Report Exposure to Jack Ma's Ant. Chinese authorities told the nation’s biggest state-owned firms and banks to start a fresh round of checks on their financial exposure and other links to Ant Group Co., renewing scrutiny of billionaire Jack Ma’s financial empire, according to people familiar with the matter. (Bloomberg News)

Bloomberg @business

Chinese authorities tell the nation’s biggest state-owned firms and banks to start a fresh round of checks on their financial exposure and other links to Ant Group, renewing scrutiny of billionaire Jack Ma’s financial empire, sources say

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

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Twitter suspends hundreds of bots posting Chinese Olympic propaganda. A recent investigation found 3,000 Twitter accounts that appeared to be posting Chinese Olympic propaganda. The accounts violated policies prohibiting coordinated attempts to "artificially influence conversations. (Hannah Towey via Business Insider)

Tech Insider @TechInsider

Twitter suspended hundreds of fake Chinese propaganda accounts that promoted the Beijing Olympics while glossing over human rights controversies

businessinsider.comTwitter suspended hundreds of fake Chinese propaganda accounts that promoted the Beijing Olympics while glossing over human rights controve…Twitter suspended hundreds of inauthentic accounts an NYT and ProPublica investigation found to be pushing China’s narrative of the Beijing Olympics.

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