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Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users

Connor Jones / theregister - New users promised $68, but briefly saw multi-million-dollar balances Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it recovered nearly all of the more than $40 billion worth of funds it mistakenly handed out to customers as part of a promotional campaign.…

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #government #business #bitcoin #asia #law #crypto

South Korea launches probe into Bithumb over $43 billion fat-finger incident

25 days / theblock / Danny Park

Yes, backsies: Crypto exchange Bithumb claws back $40B in accidental payments to users

25 days / theregister / Connor Jones

South Korea Eyes Stricter Crypto Oversight After Bithumb’s $40 Billion Error

25 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Investigators Circle as Bithumb Reveals Compensation Plan for $43 Billion Bitcoin Error

25 days / decrypt / Sander Lutz,Vince Dioquino

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 18944 / 4 stories in 25 days


Taiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US

techxplore - Taiwan's top tariffs negotiator said it would be "impossible" to shift 40% of its semiconductor production capacity to the United States as she rejected claims that the island's chip industry would relocate.

#semiconductors #techpolicy #chips #tsmc #politics #government #business #supplychain #us #asia

Taiwan rebuffs U.S. push to absorb 40% of its chip supply chain

25 days / cnbc

TSMC Reportedly Spared From U.S. Tariffs After Mega-Investments in Arizona; Chip Giant to Exempt “Big Tech” Customers

25 days / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Taiwan says shifting 40% of chip production to the US is "impossible"

25 days / techspot

Taiwan says 40% shift of chip capacity to US is 'impossible'

25 days / reddit / /u/ChocolateTsar

Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S. — production on Taiwan expected to increase in lockstep with increases in U.S.-based production

25 days / reddit / /u/trendyplanner

Taiwan tells Uncle Sam its chip ecosystem ain't going anywhere

25 days / theregister / Dan Robinson

Taiwan rejects possibility of transferring 40% of the island's semiconductor capacity to U.S. — production on Taiwan expected to increase in lockstep with increases in U.S.-based production

25 days / tomshardware

Taiwan says 'impossible' to move 40 percent chip capacity to US

25 days / techxplore

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18941 / 8 stories in 25 days


Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Discord announced on Monday that it's rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users' accounts to a "teen-appropriate" experience unless they demonstrate that they're adults. Users who a…


Child safety and teen safeguards

Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown

25 days / techxplore

Discord will soon require age verification to access adult content

25 days / engadget / Will Shanklin


Global rollout & verification news

Discord Will Now Use AI and Selfies to Prove Your Age: Hits Canada Soon

25 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Discord's upcoming safety update makes age verification hard to avoid

25 days / appleinsider

Discord Will Now Treat Everyone Like a Teen Unless They Prove They’re an Adult

25 days / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Discord Plans to Treat All Users as Teens Until They Verify Their Age

25 days / cnet / Omar Gallaga

Discord defaults to teen experience for all users

25 days / mashable

Want full Discord perks? Prepare to prove you’re an adult

25 days / digitaltrends

Discord to start requiring face scan or ID to access adult content

25 days / bbc

Discord will gate full access behind ID or face verification starting next month

25 days / techspot

Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month

25 days / slashdot / msmash

Discord to roll out age verification globally

25 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

25 days / ycombinator

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month / Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”

25 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

25 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield


Privacy concerns and user backlash

Discord Announces Global Age Verification Program Coming Early March 2026

25 days / techpowerup

Discord to start assuming all users are underage unless they prove otherwise

25 days / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Discord to start assuming all users are underage unless they prove otherwise

25 days / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

25 days / reddit / /u/Accurate_Cry_8937

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

25 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Discord Is Threatening To Restrict Your Account Unless You Provide ID And Facial Scans

25 days / bgr

Discord's Going To Censor Your Account Unless You Provide ID Or Face Scan

25 days / slashgear


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25 days / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/161215/discord-will-require-a-face-scan-or-id-for-full-access-next-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

25 days / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 18936 / 24 stories in 25 days


EU tells Meta it has to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

Francesca Micheletti / politico - The Commission sent the U.S. tech giant a chargesheet with preliminary concerns that it breached antitrust rules.


Calls for Technical Overhaul

EU Commission targets Meta’s blockade of rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken


EU Antitrust Warnings & Orders

EU Commission Says WhatsApp Banning Other AI Chatbots May Be Anticompetitive

25 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

25 days / techxplore

EU wants Meta to open up access to rival AI chatbots through WhatsApp

25 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

EU regulators say Meta AI holds unfair monopoly on WhatsApp

25 days / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

EU warns Meta over blocking rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / engadget / Sarah Fielding

EU tells Meta to let rivals run AI chatbots on WhatsApp

25 days / bbc

Meta warned EU plans to impose measures on tech giant to reverse WhatsApp AI policy

25 days / cnbc

EU tells Meta it has to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

25 days / politico / Francesca Micheletti


Threats of Interim Measures & Injunctions

EU Threatens Meta With Interim Measures Over WhatsApp AI Block

25 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

European Commission seeks injunction in WhatsApp AI probe

25 days / globalcompetitionreview / Rashid Baxter

Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta's WhatsApp AI lockout

25 days / theregister / Carly Page

EU threatens Meta with interim measure for blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp

25 days / reddit / /u/Franco1875


All Other Stories

The EU warned Meta over blocking rival AI assistants on WhatsApp. https://sherwood.news/tech/meta-no-reason-for-the-eu-to-intervene-in-whatsapp-ai-policy/

25 days / bsky / @sherwood.news / sherwood.news

The European Commission will ask Meta to halt new terms that prevent rival AI chatbots from using WhatsApp, acting on concerns that the U.S. company is breaching the bloc’s antitrust rules.

25 days / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 18927 / 15 stories in 25 days


Arguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial

techxplore - Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.

#techpolicy #judiciary #ux #mentalhealth #law #media #litigation #algorithm #california

Arguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial

25 days / techxplore

Arguments to begin in landmark social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles

25 days / go

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 4:20 am / permalink 18924 / 2 stories in 25 days


AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks

/u/plain_handle / reddit - submitted by /u/plain_handle [link] [comments]

#ai #startups #innovation #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #jobs #mentalhealth #technology

AI Gold Rush is Resurrecting China's Infamous 72-hour Work Week - in US

25 days / slashdot / msmash

AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks

25 days / reddit / /u/plain_handle

In the AI gold rush, tech firms are embracing 72-hour weeks

26 days / ycombinator

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 2:20 am / permalink 18921 / 3 stories in 25 days


$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges

Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The watchdog said it plans to build tools that automatically extract suspicious trading patterns by the second and minute.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #government #finance #bitcoin #asia #law #crypto

$44B Bitcoin Blunder Puts South Korea Regulators On Alert — A massive $44 billion bitcoin accounting error has spotlighted vulnerabilities at South Korean crypto platforms, prompting regulators to probe exchange controls and risk management. Authorities a

25 days / bsky / @biztoc.com / biztoc.com

$44B bitcoin blunder puts South Korea regulators on alert over local crypto exchanges

25 days / coindesk / Shaurya Malwa

South Korea to tighten crypto oversight targeting market manipulation: report

26 days / theblock / Timmy Shen

Back to Top / Monday, February 9, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18920 / 3 stories in 25 days


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