Navigating the Risks of Ethereum's Major Upgrade and ByteDance's Expanding Empire

Forget 5G, T-Mobile and SpaceX are teaming up to offer Zero-G Services. LastPass has gotten hacked, but we think your passwords are safe. When we can expect the new VR headset from Meta to be revealed. Twitter puts podcasts in your feed. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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• T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year (The Verge)
• LastPass developer systems hacked to steal source code (BleepingComputer)
• Twilio hackers breached over 130 organizations during months-long hacking spree (TechCrunch)
• Meta to debut new VR headset in October, Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan (CNBC)
• Twitter is becoming a podcast app (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Crypto World Can’t Wait for ‘the Merge’ (NYTimes)
• Ethereum Overhaul Risks Creating a New Class of Kingpins (Bloomberg)
• TikTok, Hospitals And Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles Of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance (Forbes)
• After the Zodiac Killer's '340' Cipher Stumped the FBI, Three Amateurs Made a Breakthrough (Popular Mechanics)
• ‘BlackBerry’: Story of Doomed Smartphone Company Casts Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton, XYZ Films Boards Sales for TIFF (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)

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