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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN: The US DOJ sentences Ukrainian national Yaroslav Vasinskyi to 13+ years in prison and orders $16M in restitution for helping REvil conduct ransomware attacks  —  A Ukrainian national was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution … http://www.techmeme.com/240502/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240502p1

Annie Palmer / CNBC: An NLRB judge finds Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated US labor law with his comments in 2022 suggesting workers would be “less empowered” if they voted in a union  —  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated federal labor law in comments he made to media outlets about unionization efforts at the company … http://www.techmeme.com/240501/p42?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240501p42

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Unity names ex-Zynga COO Matthew Bromberg as its new CEO, president, and board member; ex-CEO John Riccitiello resigned in October 2023 after a pricing fiasco  —  Game engine maker Unity has appointed Matthew Bromberg, former COO of Zynga, as its new CEO, president and board member. http://www.techmeme.com/240501/p38?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240501p38

Orlando Mayorquín / New York Times: Airbnb launches Icons, a new category of experiences that lets users meet celebrities and stay in outlandish venues, like a replica of the house from Pixar's Up  —  The company announced a new category of outlandish stays in partnership with brands and celebrities, building on the success of gimmicks like the Barbie Malibu DreamHouse. http://www.techmeme.com/240501/p32?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240501p32

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Meta unveils Batman: Arkham Shadow, a VR game and the next entry in the iconic Batman: Arkham game series, launching exclusively on the Quest 3 later in 2024  —  Iron Man VR developer Camouflaj and Oculus Studios are developing the game, which is set to release later this year. http://www.techmeme.com/240501/p22?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240501p22

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge: Over 50 ex-Google employees, fired in connection with a sit-in protest against Google's business ties to Israel, file an NLRB complaint for unlawful retaliation  —  A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company's offices says the company retaliated … http://www.techmeme.com/240430/p48?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240430p48

Derek Andersen / Cointelegraph: Coinbase adds support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network via payments startup Lightspark, letting customers transfer bitcoin faster and at a lower cost  —  The integration brings instantaneous transfers on the layer-2 Lightning Network to the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange.  —  Total views http://www.techmeme.com/240430/p42?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger#a240430p42