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Report: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and others are slashing their TSMC orders, which could reduce the contract manufacturer's Q1 2023 sales by an estimated 15% QoQ — Large customers revise orders to TSMC due to the economy slowdown. — Being the world's No. 1 foundry, TSMC was almost immune … | Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at 2022's worst breaches, leaks, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital takeovers, including at least two Twilio breaches — The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as it took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty — Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year's end, but didn't in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows — Screeners are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters for review.| Brian Merchant / The Atlantic: |
Meta's dramatic implosion, Elon Musk's Twitter train wreck, and Amazon's labor uprising show that 2022 was not just a disastrous year, but a reckoning for tech — The companies that define our digital lives have hit a wall. — The dramatic, multidimensional implosion of Meta …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Meta is struggling to move hardware manufacturing out of China; after abandoning its smartwatch plans, the company is still working on a wrist wearable — The company needs China's factories as it pushes to become a hardware producer — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year …
Tweets: @lizzadwoskin and @geoffreyfowler
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Meta acquires Netherlands-based Luxexcel, which 3D prints prescription lenses for smart glasses; Meta and Luxexcel reportedly worked together on Project Aria — As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition.
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| Jared Gans / The Hill: |
Google has agreed to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over location tracking practices, after agreeing to pay ~$392M to 40 US states — Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle separate lawsuits with Washington, D.C., and Indiana over its location tracking practices.| New York Times: |
Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs — Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of workers with digital skills.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Experts weigh in on Meta's impending decision to lift Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram ban; source: the announcement will be made later than January 7 — Tech giant's policy chief Nick Clegg due to rule this month whether to revoke ban on former US president
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| Jenni Reid / CNBC: |
A look at ABBA Voyage, the hit London concert performed by 3D digital avatars of the band created from motion capture, as its producers plan a global expansion — - ABBA Voyage, which sees digital avatars of the four-piece Swedish band ‘perform’ a 90-minute concert created from motion capture … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Grubhub was ordered to pay $3.5M to settle a lawsuit filed by the Washington DC AG's office for charging hidden fees and using deceptive marketing techniques — Grubhub has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit filed against the company by the District of Columbia over “deceptive trade practices.”
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