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In a reply to a tweet suggesting that voting on policy decisions should be restricted to paying Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change” — Twitter Inc. will restrict voting on major policy decisions to paying Twitter Blue subscribers …
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| Washington Post: |
Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes” — After a new policy prompted backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise more money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more — Oh Elon — Imagine taking the job! Yesterday Elon Musk tweeted a poll asking if he should step down as “head” of Twitter Inc.; …
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| Washington Post: |
Source: Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges like conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering — Former crypto CEO's decision could expedite the criminal and civil cases against him — NASSAU, Bahamas … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select businesses, helping companies identify employees via an additional badge, but doesn't share other perks and pricing — Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to resolve two complaints over allegedly violating COPPA and tricking users into making unintended purchases in Fortnite — The agency alleged that the company invaded children's privacy and tricked players of all ages into making unintended purchases
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple fixes a macOS vulnerability, reported by Microsoft, that let attackers bypass Gatekeeper, a feature that checks if apps are notarized and developer-signed — Apple has fixed a vulnerability attackers could leverage to deploy malware on vulnerable macOS devices via untrusted applications capable … | Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT: |
Amazon rolls out the Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones — Amazon says it has started supporting the Matter smart home interoperability protocol over Wi-Fi on many of its Echo devices effective Monday.
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| Claire Boston / Bloomberg: |
Binance.US plans to acquire Voyager Digital's assets in a deal worth $1.022B, beating other bids and subject to bankruptcy court approval at a January 5 hearing — Binance.US will buy Voyager Digital's assets out of bankruptcy in a deal worth $1.022 billion.
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese media reports: Xiaomi starts laying off ~15% of its 35,314 employees amid weaker sales due to China's COVID-19 lockdowns and slower consumer spending — Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which has an ambitious goal of unseating iPhone maker Apple from the No 1 spot globally by 2024 …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
ImagenAI, which uses AI to help photographers edit photos and automate postproduction, raised $30M from Summit Partners, bringing its total funding to $34M — ImagenAI, a startup using AI to help professional photographers edit photos and automate post-production work … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
100+ BTC was moved out of cold wallets tied to QuadrigaCX, the exchange bankrupted in 2019 after its CEO allegedly died; trustee EY had lost access to the BTC — More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend. Quadriga's bankruptcy trustee …
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| Reuters: |
Analysis of Binance filings in 14 jurisdictions: the exchange has opaque operations, does not disclose where Binance.com is based, offers little data, and more — The world's biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a steep drop in the value of its digital token.
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