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Responding to the “Twitter Files”, Jack Dorsey criticizes attacks on Twitter staff, advocates for an open social media protocol, and commits $1M/year to Signal — By subscribing, you agree with Revue's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and understand that jack's will receive your email address.
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Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads — Agree to personalize your ads — or else — A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …
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Sources: Twitter stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to cut costs, as its top lawyer Alex Spiro leaves the company — Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.
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| Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: |
Twitter suspends @ElonJet, a popular bot that tracked Elon Musk's private jet, days after its creator accused Twitter of shadowbanning the account — Days after @ElonJet accused Twitter of shadowbanning, it's been suspended. Musk had said he wouldn't ban the account even though it was a “safety” risk for him.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
SBF's “carelessness” fraud defense, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, is a confession the SEC sees straight through — Oh Sam — I. — Here is how you run a futures exchange: — You offer some bets on some propositions, say, whether Bitcoin will go up or down.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba will not be able to buy Arm's high-performance Neoverse V chips, after Arm concludes that the US and UK would not approve its export to China — Alibaba among groups unable to purchase top designs — Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, cannot buy some of the most advanced chip designs …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the US commerce department plans to put Chinese memory chip maker YMTC on its “entity list” as early as this week, limiting its ability to get US tech — YMTC and others may go on ‘entity list’ as early as this week — The Biden administration is set …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores on iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 in the EU, due to EU requirements in 2024, including letting users change defaults — Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Tesla rolls out an update, adding support for Steam on 2022 Model S and X vehicles or newer with 16GB RAM, Apple Music, Light Show, and more — Tesla's new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music.| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Changpeng Zhao tells Binance staff to expect a “bumpy” several months but the exchange “will survive any crypto winter”, following massive withdrawals — Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao warned his colleagues to expect tough months ahead …
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| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
The SEC charges eight influencers with securities fraud, alleging they used Twitter and Discord to manipulate stocks from January 2020 as part of a $100M scheme — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight influencers with securities fraud, the agency said Wednesday.| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Citing Sam Bankman-Fried's flight risk, a Bahamas magistrate judge denies him bail and says he should be remanded to Bahamian custody until February 8, 2023 — A magistrate judge in the Bahamas on Tuesday denied bail to FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and said he should be remanded …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Tether plans to stop using loans denominated in its tether stablecoin throughout 2023, following a report on the potentially risky practice — The rapid growth of Tether's lending program raised concerns about its ability to meet redemptions in a crisis — Created with sketchtool.
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Tweets: @stevenkelly49, @rudegeair, @jp_koning, @tether_to, and @wublockchain
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
As Tesla's stock drops 54%+ in 2022, on pace for its worst year on record, investors criticize Elon Musk's involvement in Twitter and his lack of focus on Tesla — Supporters of Tesla and Musk are asking questions about who is running the electric-vehicle maker
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands its tools to curtail toxic comments, sending users a notification when their comment is removed and temporarily banning them from commenting — Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users.| Reuters: |
An investigation details the global supply chain that continues to offer Russia access to Western components and electronics, including from Intel and AMD — In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry. Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sana Labs, which offers AI-based tools for managing work information and creating e-learning resources, raised a $34M Series B at a $180M post-money valuation — Artificial intelligence is touching every aspect of how we engage with information (and much more) these days.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple confirms iOS 16.1.2, released on November 30, fixed a WebKit zero-day flaw, found and reported by Google, that allowed RCE and was actively exploited — Apple has confirmed that an iPhone software update it released two weeks ago fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that it now says was actively exploited.
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| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
The son of a murdered Ethiopian professor files a lawsuit against Meta in Kenya, alleging Meta's algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement — Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.
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