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Reddit is pulling the plug on RSS feeds this November and shutting down outside app access to its data pipeline by March of two thousand twenty seven. The stated reason is AI scraping bots, though Reddit itself licenses its content to AI companies — a tension the platform has yet to fully explain to its users and developers.
From one data controversy to another: Microsoft has confirmed it accidentally deleted cloud-stored data belonging to an undisclosed number of nonprofits during a botched license migration. The organization had been retiring its three sixty five Business Premium Grant tier, and somewhere in that transition, the data simply vanished. Microsoft says it cannot be recovered.
And on the regulatory front, the SEC has issued a proposed rule laying out how crypto assets should be held in custody. It marks something of a farewell moment — Commissioner Hester Peirce, who led the agency's inaugural Crypto Task Force, is stepping down this week, leaving behind a framework that will shape how the industry handles digital asset security going forward.
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