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After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC says it will investigate; Twitter has not yet commented on the breach — A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.
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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Analysts and sources detail improving iPhone output in China despite COVID-19 issues; Foxconn's main Zhengzhou iPhone facility is now operating at ~70% capacity — Main Foxconn facility recovers to about 70% of capacity and wait times for iPhone Pro models shorten| Chris Miller / The Atlantic: |
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| Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: |
Amazon starts Prime Air drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages with a maximum 5lbs payload — Amazon Prime Air wants to deliver packages within 60 minutes. — Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone.
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| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal scramble to move past FTX's stain on SOL, down 96% from November 2021; FTX and Alameda bought 58M+ SOL tokens — Solana, the blockchain network once championed by Sam Bankman-Fried, is drawing immense scrutiny as industry watchers wonder whether …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC begins mass producing 3nm chips, which require ~35% less power than 5nm chips, in Taiwan, following Samsung, and promises to domestically produce 2nm chips — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. kicked off mass production of next-generation chips Thursday, ensuring the island remains …
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the Digital Fair Repair Act, set to take effect on July 1, 2023, with amendments giving OEMs some exceptions and loopholes — New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28th, 2022, and the law will go into effect on July 1st …
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| Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: |
Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are selling tech startup shares in secondary markets, compounding lower valuations amid layoffs and stalled IPOs — Workers forced into sales at sharp discounts amid job cuts and stalled IPO market — Silicon Valley workers are rushing …
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer says crypto has had “some setbacks” since FTX fell, NFTs could one day be denominated in USD, and the company has a “healthy runway” — Head of leading marketplace responds to digital assets slump following FTX scandal
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| Pratigya Yadav / Business Standard: |
An Indian government official says mobile device makers will have to use USB-C as the standard for charging starting in March 2025, following the European Union — Deadline follows EU's timeline for uniform charging ports' standards, says civil servant — Mobile device companies in India … | Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: |
After a day-long cloud outage on December 18, Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang Yong takes control of the company's Cloud division, and Alibaba names Wu Zeming as CTO — Alibaba Group Holding's CEO has taken direct control over the Chinese tech giant's cloud computing business, a key growth driver …
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The SEC says FTX used customer funds to make two $100M investments, in fintech company Dave in March 2022 and blockchain startup Mysten Labs in September 2022 — - FTX and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried made two $100 million venture investments using customer funds through an FTX subsidiary, the SEC said in a pair of complaints.
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| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at India's plan to gain semiconductor manufacturing share, including via a ~$10B incentive program, the Foxconn-Vedanta joint venture's issues, and more — Overview of incentive program, 3 major proposals feasibility — With the politicization of the semiconductor industry reaching …
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