Tech Upheavals: Cryptocurrency Declines, Neva's Shutdown, and Esports Challenges

Meta got hit by the biggest ever GDPR fine in Europe. A crypto project got taken over by hackers who voted themselves into power. The startup that wanted to dethrone Google is shutting down. The E-sports bubble seems to be popping. And what is it actually like to try to use Google’s new AI tools?

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Links:

• Meta Fined $1.3 Billion Over Data Transfers to U.S. (WSJ)
• Sanctioned Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash Hijacked by Hackers (Bloomberg)
• Neeva, the would-be Google competitor, is shutting down its search engine (The Verge)
• The E-Sports World Is Starting to Teeter (NYTimes)
• Facebook parent in talks with Magic Leap over augmented reality deal (Financial Times)
• We Put Google’s New AI Writing Assistant to the Test (Wired)

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