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Sources: Microsoft plans to release a version of Bing that uses OpenAI's ChatGPT tech to answer some search queries, possibly launching as soon as Q1 2023 — Microsoft could soon get a return on its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, which gives humanlike text answers to questions.
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A judge sets SBF's trial for October 2023, allows redacting his bond signers' names for now, and amends his bail terms to prohibit him from accessing FTX funds — The presiding judge in the case set a target date for the trial to begin in early October. — Join the most important conversation …
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Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to all eight criminal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering; if convicted, he faces up to 115 years in prison — If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 115 years in prison. — Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO …
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The US Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC warn banks that issuing or holding crypto “is highly likely to be inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices” — Regulators say holding cryptocurrencies is likely inconsistent with safe banking practices — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Twitter plans to relax its longstanding ban on cause-based ads in the US and will expand the political advertising the company permits in the coming weeks — Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to “facilitate public conversation around important topics.”
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Twitter Product Engineering Lead Behnam Rezaei and Senior Director of HR Business Partner Katie Marcotte both resign; Marcotte was at Twitter for 10 years — ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying scandal
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Sources: crypto payments startup Wyre told staff that it is shutting down; Bolt planned to acquire Wyre for ~$1.5B but canceled the deal in September 2022 — Wyre, a crypto payments company founded in 2013, has told employees that it is shutting down amid layoffs, Axios has learned.
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Nvidia upgrades its $19.99 per month GeForce Now plan, renamed Ultimate, to support 240 fps streaming, ultrawide monitors, and more by using RTX 4080 GPUs — Nvidia announced some new features for its cloud gaming service during its virtual CES press conference.
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The Wireless Power Consortium and Apple are working on a next-generation “Qi2” wireless charging standard based on MagSafe, set to arrive by the end of 2023 — Apple's Magsafe is a more convenient way to charge the iPhone using accessories based on the Qi standard …
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Android's director of engineering said Google wants RISC-V as a “tier-1” Android architecture and shared a years-long roadmap at December 2022's RISC-V summit — Google's keynote at the RISC-V Summit promises official, polished support. — Over the holiday break … | Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Apple's market cap sinks below $2T, as its stock closes down 3.74% to $125.07, a year after becoming the first and only public company to hit a $3T market cap — Dramatic fall from $3tn in the past year comes amid investor fears over disruptions to its China-based factories| The Verge: |
What to expect at CES 2023: advanced driver assistance, iterative TV improvements, Matter-compatible smart home devices, laptops, monitors, hearables, and more — CES is almost here. You can already see it if you look around: announcements about new display tech, news posts filled with spec details …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: Amazon secures an $8B loan from DBS Bank, Mizuho Bank, and others, maturing in 364 days, to offset the “uncertain macroeconomic environment” — Amazon has secured an $8 billion loan in anticipation of significant market headwinds. Provided by DBS Bank … | Chris Rosato / WVUE-TV: |
Under a new Louisiana law, visitors to websites that contain 33.3% or more pornographic material must verify their age, including by using LA Wallet — BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The porn industry has been around for a while and in today's digital age business is booming.
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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
The Communications Workers of America says that ~300 quality-assurance testers in Microsoft's ZeniMax unit voted to form a union, Microsoft's first in the US — Around 300 employees at company's videogame unit ZeniMax vote to organize with Communications Workers of America
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| Zhiyuan Sun / Cointelegraph: |
Financial e-commerce and consumer data analytics company GoLogiq plans to acquire blockchain fintech startup GammaRey for $320M in stock — GammaRey said it has nearly $800 million in consumer assets. — 99 Total views — 1 Total shares — Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!
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Nvidia brings its GeForce RTX 40 GPUs to laptops, offering the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 for $1,999+ on February 8 followed by the RTX 4050 for $999+ on February 22 — It didn't take long for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 graphics to reach portable PCs. The company has introduced RTX 40 GPUs … Sponsor Posts
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