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Pedro Nakamura / Rest of World: A look at “kidfluencers” in Brazil who promote online get-rich-quick schemes to other children on TikTok, Kwai, and Instagram, amid growing government scrutiny  —  Young Brazilians chase social media fame, selling “get-rich” schemes, while legal battles question platform responsibility and the cost to childhood. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, raised $900M at a $9B valuation, up from $2.5B in January, led by Thrive, with a16z and Accel participating  —  Anysphere closes $900mn funding round from investors including Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz Lees verder op Tech Meme

Micah Lee / micahflee: TeleMessage, a maker of modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including JD Vance, is hacked, leaking some user messages, contact info, more  —  TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.  —  💡 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Micah Lee / micahflee: TeleMessage, which offers modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials and others, is hacked, leaking user info, including some messages, and more  —  TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.  —  💡 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: The biggest deepfake porn site on the internet, Mr. Deepfakes, says it is shutting down permanently because a “critical service provider” stopped serving it  —  Mr. Deepfakes, the go-to site for nonconsensual deepfake porn, says it’s shutting down and not coming back because it lost a service provider and data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked  —  A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned. Lees verder op Tech Meme

404 Media: The biggest deepfake porn site on the internet, Mr. Deepfakes, says it is shutting down permanently because a “critical service provider” stopped serving it  —  The biggest site for nonconsensual deepfake porn on the internet says it’s shutting down and not coming back. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Micah Lee / micahflee: A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which offers modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, and others  —  TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.  —  💡 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which offers modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard, JD Vance, and others  —  A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Abrams / The Block: Several Senate Democrats, key to the passage of a landmark stablecoin bill, withdraw support for the bill “as it currently stands”  —  – The future of the U.S. Senate’s stablecoin bill has been thrown into jeopardy after nine pro-crypto Democrats, including four who supported the bill … Lees verder op Tech Meme