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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close November 29 – December 29, 2020 803 stories · Vol. 20 · Catalogue 53 · Issue 364 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Cryptocurrency company Ripple says SEC lawsuit is imminent

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What dominated December

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    FireEye Shares Details of Recent Cyber Attack

    8 of 30 days · 8 articles

  2. Technology

    Apple Silicon M1 Die-Shots

    4 of 30 days · 4 articles

  3. Technology

    An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey

    3 of 30 days · 4 articles

Business 38 stories

  1. Cryptocurrency company Ripple says SEC lawsuit is imminent

  2. Stripe Treasury

  3. States bring action against Google under federal and state antitrust laws [pdf]

  4. U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources

Show 10 more
  1. Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts

  2. SEC Approves NYSE’s Plan for New IPO Alternative

  3. SEC charges Robinhood $65M for misleading customers about revenue sources

  4. S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in 2021

  5. Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon?

  6. Cyberpunk 2077 Refunds

  7. Wall Street Begins Trading Water Futures as a Commodity

  8. Death of an open-source business model

  9. You have the right to record police in public, federal court rules

  10. Justice Department Sues to Block Visa's Proposed Acquisition of Plaid

Sports 35 stories

  1. Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain

  2. U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise

Show 6 more
  1. The Game UI Database, a comprehensive reference of game interface design

  2. 72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS settings

  3. InstaHide Disappointingly Wins Bell Labs Prize, 2nd Place

  4. I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

  5. Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

  6. Windows 10 20H2: ChkDsk damages filesystem on SSDs with KB4592438 installed

Technology 618 stories

  1. Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher

  2. Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature

  3. SpaceX Starship Users' Guide [pdf]

Show 9 more
  1. Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems

  2. YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

  3. No Cookie for You

  4. Cameras and Lenses

  5. FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

  6. AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

  7. An iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit odyssey

  8. Tips for a Better Life

  9. Jetbrains founders turn billionaires without VC help

Entertainment 43 stories

  1. Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard

  2. Show HN: I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007

Show 6 more
  1. Show HN: This website is valid JSON

  2. Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

  3. YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Upload Pirate Movies and File DMCA Notices

  4. Congress Crams Language to Criminalize Streaming, Meme-Sharing into Omnibus Bill

  5. New Linux port for the Nintendo 64

  6. Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight Illegal Streaming

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