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Plea hearing court transcript: Caroline Ellison said she and Sam Bankman-Fried knowingly misled investors, lenders, and customers that Alameda borrowed from FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul's Alameda Research …
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Twitter employees shed light on Elon Musk's erratic leadership; a Signal message shows Musk wanted “full access” for Bari Weiss, which staff refused to grant — Musk's intense focus on his social media company purchase has devolved into the culture wars. Meanwhile, Tesla is tanking.
Mastodon: @ChristinaBinkley@journa.host, @faizsays@mastodon.social, @malwaretech@infosec.exchange, @faizsays@mastodon.social, @faizsays@mastodon.social, @BGrueskin@journa.host, and @simon@simonwillison.net
Tweets: @faizsays, @briannawu, @areidross, @justiceputnam, @kevinbaum013, @faizsays, @ericgarland, @piperk, @waltshaub, @donmoyn, @faizsays, @taylorogan, @enichan, @bad_takes, @faizsays, @dietcock, and @js_edit
| Kenneth Li / Reuters: |
Twitter restores a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources, after removing it reportedly following Elon Musk's order — Twitter Inc restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content …
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| Amanda Hoover / Wired: |
Mastodon's decentralized nature raises concerns about the legal risks for users hosting instances, which must comply with copyright and privacy laws globally — As the niche, decentralized social networking platform rises in popularity, it faces rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks.
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George Dillard, Insider, Phandroid, The Verge, theATL.social …, and Windows Central
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
| Bloomberg: |
The FTC orders Mastercard to give its rivals customer data for processing debit card payments, alleging Mastercard used tokenization to block competing networks — The Federal Trade Commission ordered Mastercard Inc. to start providing its competitors with customer account information …
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Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, Engadget, Slashdot, PYMNTS.com, Spectrum News NY1, The Hill, and Forbes
Tweets: @linakhanftc, @ftc, and @chopracfpb
| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
A look at the challenges Apple's chip group faces; sources: Apple cut the iPhone 14 Pro's next-gen GPU with ray tracing to avoid battery and overheating issues — For more than a decade, Apple's silicon engineering group has helped give Apple a competitive edge in smartphones and laptops.
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MacRumors, Appuals.com, Tom's Guide, Gizchina, TechSpot, iMore, iThinkDifferent, My Laptop Guide, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Engadget, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, iPhone Hacks, and iClarified
Tweets: @ashleygjovik, @ashleygjovik, @gavinsbaker, @gavinsbaker, @waynema, and @mvpeers
| Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: |
Sensor Tower: Pinduoduo's marketplace Temu gained 10.8M installations in the US since Sep. 1, and became the most downloaded US app between Nov. 1 and Dec. 14 — Temu, a marketplace with deep discounts and copious coupons, has become the most downloaded mobile app in the U.S. — Copy Link| Naomi Jagoda / Bloomberg: |
After pushback, the IRS delays requiring e-commerce apps such as Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, and Etsy to send tax forms to small businesses with $600+ transactions — The Internal Revenue Service is delaying a requirement for e-commerce platforms, including Venmo, PayPal, Cash App and Etsy …
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Internal Revenue Service, The Daily Hodl, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Bitcoin News, The Block, CNN, The Hill, Barron's Online, BikeList, Watcher Guru, New York Times, and Slashdot
Mastodon: @glennf@twit.social. Tweets: @219_eth, @senrickscott, @marshacollier, @gabby_hoffman, @repcarolmiller, and @sn_handler
| Ricardo Cano / San Francisco Chronicle: |
A new California law effectively bans Tesla and other carmakers from deceptively naming or marketing their semi-autonomous vehicles as full self-driving — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — A Tesla with Full Self-Driving software was reportedly responsible for causing …
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TESLARATI, Global EV Trends and Analysis, and Notebookcheck.net
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Tweets: @sfchronicle, @chuckbaggett, @wholemarsblog, @scottmoura, @sfchronicle, and @jacktwhitlock
| Bloomberg: |
The 2022 crypto winter showed that the digital asset ecosystem is more interconnected than many participants realized, despite its core decentralization tenet — As 2021 came to a close, crypto enthusiasts were brimming with optimism. After all, it had been a banner year: Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, had crossed into the mainstream.
Tweets: @emilyjnicolle, @ourielohayon, @emilyjnicolle, @elfsternberg, @crypto, and @crypto
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Congress passes a $1.7T spending package, including a bill banning TikTok on federal government devices, but fails to pass many aggressive bills targeting tech — - Congress passed a large spending package that includes a bill banning TikTok from being used on government devices.
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The Hill, Vox, Federal Communications …, Forbes, Digital Music News, Washington Post, and USA Today
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Tweets: @senatorwicker, @hawleymo, @marshablackburn, and @brendancarrfcc
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Experts warn of a months-long disruption risk to Apple's iPhone production, operations, and demand amid China's COVID-19 wave — Supply chain experts warn outbreak following reversal of zero-Covid curbs creates uncertainty for iPhone maker — Apple's business is under threat …
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SiliconANGLE, Nikkei Asia, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iLounge, Bloomberg, The Register, Yahoo Finance, New York Times, and The Week
Tweets: @dnystedt, @danharris, @catherinemary0, @patrickmcgee_, @aadilbrar, and @finestyew
| Simon Hill / Wired: |
A look at XRAI Glass, an Android app for the deaf and hard of hearing that can caption real-life conversations when paired with the $379 Nreal Air AR glasses — XRAI Glass, when paired with $379 AR glasses, can caption real-life conversations as they happen, with a few major caveats.
Tweets: @wired
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