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This N.Y.U. Student Owns a Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.

December 29, 2023

This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine. His Secret Is Out.

Kyle C. Garrison

Jerry Yu has the trappings of what the Chinese call second-generation rich. He boasts a Connecticut prep-school education. He lives in a Manhattan condominium bought for $8 million from Jeffrey…

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December 28, 2023

Chinese Spy Agency Rising to Challenge the C.I.A.

Kyle C. Garrison

The Chinese spies wanted more. In meetings during the pandemic with Chinese technology contractors, they complained that surveillance cameras tracking foreign diplomats, military officers and intelligence operatives in Beijing’s embassy…

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December 26, 2023

Apple’s Newest Headache: An App That Upended Its Control Over Messaging

Kyle C. Garrison

For years, Ben Black’s phone annoyed his family. It was the only Android device in a family message group with eight iPhones. Because of him, videos and photos would arrive…

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December 24, 2023

Apple Explores A.I. Deals With News Publishers

Kyle C. Garrison

Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission to use their material in the company’s development of generative artificial intelligence systems, according to…

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December 23, 2023

Substack Says It Will Not Ban Nazis or Extremist Speech

Kyle C. Garrison

Under pressure from critics who say Substack is profiting from newsletters that promote hate speech and racism, the company’s founders said Thursday that they would not ban Nazi symbols and…

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December 21, 2023

New Jersey Deli Scheme Leads to Securities Fraud Guilty Plea

Kyle C. Garrison

A man involved in a brazen plot to manipulate the stock price of a New Jersey deli’s parent company pleaded guilty to securities fraud on Wednesday.James T. Patten, 64, of…

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December 19, 2023

Chinese Traders and Moroccan Ports: How Russia Flouts Global Tech Bans

Kyle C. Garrison

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, engineers at Convex, a Russian telecommunications company, needed to find American equipment to transmit data to the country’s feared intelligence service. But no…

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December 17, 2023

TikTok Quietly Changes User Terms Amid Growing Legal Scrutiny

Kyle C. Garrison

Parents, schools and even attorneys general have increasingly been raising concerns about how TikTok may be hooking children to the app and serving them inappropriate content. But some lawyers say…

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December 16, 2023

TikTok’s Bow Trend Gets Absurd

Kyle C. Garrison

Want to go viral on TikTok right now? Grab some pink ribbon and a random object. A roll of toilet paper, a houseplant, or a kosher dill spear will do.…

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December 14, 2023

Powell, Fed’s Chair, Unleashes the Bulls

Kyle C. Garrison

Higher for (not much) longer The “everything rally” has gone global, sending stocks and bonds soaring in Asia and Europe and lifting U.S. stock futures, after investors got their clearest…

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