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Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges including conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering — - Sam Bankman-Fried is set to fly to the U.S., where he faces multiple criminal charges tied to the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX.
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Tweets: @tiffanyfong_, @akritiisharma, @eleanorterrett, @epsilontheory, @washingtonpost, @washingtonpost, @zerohedge, @john_hudson, @scottmelker, @renato_mariotti, @washingtonpost, @edzitron, @thebiscuitjesus, @martypartymusic, @laurashin, @givnerariel, @dealbook, @unchained_pod, @guardiannassau, @milesdeutscher, @realchetblong, @martadhanis, @guardiannassau, and @barstoolfinance
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
FTX seeks to recoup Sam Bankman-Fried's and his associates' political donations, estimated at $70M+ in the 2021-2022 election cycle, to help repay creditors — Crypto group's new management says if funds are not returned voluntarily it will pursue recipients in court
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @founderannie, @jcoviedo6, @smtuffy, @smtuffy, @hsakatrades, @fxmacro, @mattwalshinbos, @0x_tracy, and @hsakatrades
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
SEC deposition: Zuckerberg considered disclosing in 2017 that Facebook was investigating “organizations like Cambridge Analytica”, but advisers suggested not to — Mark Zuckerberg considered disclosing in 2017 that Facebook (FB) was investigating “organizations like Cambridge Analytica” …
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| Lee Fang / The Intercept: |
Internal documents: from at least 2017, Twitter helped the Pentagon in its covert online foreign propaganda campaigns including by whitelisting CENTCOM accounts — Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.
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New York Post, Rolling Stone, and Euphoric Recall
Tweets: @maxkennerly, @lhfang, @lhfang, @ryangrim, @mikeisaac, and @dnvolz
| Alex Stamos / @alex@cybervillains.com: |
Elon Musk amplifies false claims that the FBI “paid Twitter millions” to “censor info from the public”; law enforcement reimburses companies for data requests — This claim is false. Law enforcement has the ability to get stored communications from companies like Twitter under 18 USC 2703(d).
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Tweets: @shellenbergermd, @techdirt, @elonmusk, @mtaibbi, @repadamschiff, @pt, @alexstamos, @shellenbergermd, @levynews, @chuckrossdc, @jules_su, @tedlieu, @ggreenwald, @elonmusk, @blakersdozen, @donaldcclarke, @mtracey, @claudiatenney, @elonmusk, @martinsfp, @rubinreport, @martinsfp, @davidsacks, @hawleymo, @nicoleperlroth, @shellenbergermd, @mmasnick, @mathewi, @ericlevitz, @nichcarlson, and @elonmusk
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI open sources Point-E, a machine learning system that generates and displays a 3D object from a text prompt in one to two minutes on an Nvidia V100 GPU — The next breakthrough to take the AI world by storm might be 3D model generators. This week, OpenAI open-sourced Point-E …
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| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the NFL is in advanced talks to give YouTube exclusive Sunday Ticket rights; a deal could be reached as early as December 21 after an NFL owner meeting — Agreement on the subscription package for most Sunday afternoon football games could be reached as early as Wednesday
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Tweets: @darrenrovell, @ccu_mia, and @mhbergen
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok begins telling users why a video was in their For You feed, such as content watched, likes, shares, comments, searches, followed accounts, or region — TikTok is launching a new feature that allows users to see why a particular video was recommended to them in their For You feed, the company announced on Tuesday.
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| James Reddick / The Record: |
US prosecutors say two men conspired with Russian hackers to tamper with JFK airport's taxi queuing software, allegedly letting drivers cut the line for a fee — Two Queens men have been arrested and are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges that they conspired with Russian hackers … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Insider Intelligence: Google will capture 28.8% of US digital ad revenue in 2022 and Meta will grab 19.6%, for a combined 48.4%, down from a 54.7% peak in 2017 — Google and Meta, known together in the ad industry as the “duopoly,” are expected to bring in less than half of all U.S. digital advertising …
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @sarafischer, @adrianweckler, @convergencetr, @pressgazette, and @pt
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon agrees to settle two EU antitrust cases related to third-party sellers on its platform, won't pay a fine, and will make commitments for up to seven years — Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to settle two European Union antitrust cases related to allegations about its treatment …
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Tweets: @deitaone, @lutherlowe, @samuelstolton, @arianna_podesta, @eu_competition, @vestager, @arcapde, @jcbcp, and @mariskreizman
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
The DEA finds a Mexico-based methamphetamine and cocaine gang working in the US, Mexico, Europe, and Australia used Binance to launder $15M to $40M in proceeds — A methamphetamine and cocaine gang operating across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Australia used the world's biggest cryptocurrency …
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Reuters. Tweets: @bitfinexed, @eliotwb, @silvermanjacob, @charlesarthur, @iblametom, and @hkanji
| Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: |
A profile of London-based crypto trading firm Wintermute in the aftermath of UST and FTX's implosion and a $160M hack, as revenue dramatically declined in 2022 — By deftly navigating crypto's frontier markets and winning big on the collapse of Terra's stable coin, Wintermute has grown …
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The Block. Tweets: @jeffkauflin, @jeffkauflin, @hsakatrades, @jeffkauflin, @blockanalia, @delrayman, @avi_eisen, @avi_eisen, @jeffkauflin, @erikvoorhees, and @lsukernik
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select accounts, helping companies identify brands and key employees via badges, 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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Tweets: @twitterbusiness, @twittersupport, @esthercrawford, @faizsays, @twitterbusiness, @davidsacks, @petermccormack, @sharonodea, @beewol, @__apf__, @adamparkhomenko, @evanstnlyjones, @gissisim, @esthercrawford, @jason, @evacide, @jpbrammer, @denysully, @advodude, @tharriesyt, @jack, @jack, @johnlevenstein, @jamesrbuk, @jason, @kendallybrown, @ianfortey, @alexplank, @islimfit, @teslaownerssv, @lanceulanoff, @chippygamingyt, @femkesvs, @opinonhaver, and @carnage4life
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November 2022, up from around 300,000 MAUs in October, as Twitter users flee the service — Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket …
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Official Mastodon Blog, Mashable, KnowTechie, New York Post, Softpedia News, WinBuzzer, PCMag, and CNN
Tweets: @sandofsky, @parismarx, @mr_james_c, @mr_james_c, @mattcassinelli, and @werty
| Washington Post: |
Democrats and Republicans included a provision to bar TikTok from government devices in the US government's $1.7T omnibus spending bill due for a vote this week — Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday included language in a must-pass spending bill that would, for the first time …
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Tweets: @hawleymo, @philipletsou, @bendreyfuss, @eff, @damianpaletta, and @rockrichard
| Viola Zhou / Rest of World: |
Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 in December 2022 and some were asked to keep working; one supervisor advised workers against testing — Sick workers say they're being asked to stay on the assembly line as Foxconn ramps up iPhone 14 Pro production.
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9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, iMore, and BGR
Tweets: @benlovejoy, @bruce_arthur, @restofworld, @violazhouyi, @violazhouyi, @jerometaylor, and @rzhongnotes
| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
Elon Musk says he will resign as CEO once he finds someone “foolish enough to take the job”, after which time he plans to run the “software and servers teams” — I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software & servers teams.
| Marta Belcher / CoinDesk: |
Senator Warren's Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act would be a disaster for privacy and civil liberties by effectively surveilling all blockchain users — The proposal would turn blockchains into permissioned ledgers surveilled by centralized gatekeepers.
Tweets: @raineyreitman, @kurtopsahl, @evan_greer, @jenniferjschulp, and @naomibrockwell
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