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January 11, 2023, 2:35 PM

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CoinDesk:
Bankruptcy hearing: FTX has recovered $5B+ so far, excluding $425M held by the Bahamas or “illiquid cryptocurrency tokens”; FTX's Alameda credit line was $65B  —  The announcement substantially raises the total FTX has recovered since filing for bankruptcy last year but it's still short of what customers are owed in total.
Financial Times:
Court documents: Sam Bankman-Fried invested $20M in Paradigm's $2.5B Paradigm One fund in late 2021, before the fund then invested in FTX and FTX US  —  Court documents shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried's circular transactions  —  Sam Bankman-Fried invested $20mn in a large venture capital fund …
Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg:
Reuters:
The FAA says normal air traffic is “resuming gradually” across the US after its Notice to Air Missions system failed; FlightAware: 5,400+ flights were delayed  —  U.S. flights were slowly beginning to resume departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple launches Business Connect, letting US businesses update and manage information across Maps and other services, something Google Maps has had since 2005  —  Apple Maps today is gaining a new tool that will allow the decade-plus-old service to better compete with Google …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to design and develop its own displays for mobile devices, starting with microLED screens for the Apple Watch Ultra by the end of 2024  —  Apple Inc. is planning to start using its own custom displays in mobile devices as early as 2024, an effort to reduce its reliance …
Joe Biden / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg:
Binance admits to flaws in maintaining its Paxos-issued BUSD stablecoin backing at 1:1; ChainArgos says BUSD was undercollateralized by $1B+ in 2020 and 2021  —  Binance Holdings Ltd., the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, acknowledged past flaws in the management of its stablecoin's reserves …
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Twitter renames Latest Tweets to Following and Home to For You, making the algorithmic feed the default with no option to change it, rolling out on iOS first  —  Twitter is changing how you move between the algorithmically-driven timeline and the reverse chronological one and making the algorithmic feed the default.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft announces 365 Basic for $1.99 per month, replacing the 100GB OneDrive storage option, rolling out globally on January 30 with ad-free Outlook and more  —  Microsoft is introducing a new consumer tier to its Microsoft 365 subscription offerings.  Priced at just $1.99 per month …
Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal:
Analysts say Salesforce's customers don't appear to be swayed by Slack; the messaging service's revenue growth declined from 11.7% in Q1 2022 to 6.9% in Q3 2022  —  Carhartt's CIO says the addition of the messaging app hasn't made Salesforce's products more appealing
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Memo: Microsoft to give US salaried staff unlimited “Discretionary Time Off”, plus 10 corporate holidays, leaves of absence, mental health time off, and more  —  Microsoft is giving its US employees unlimited time off.  The announcement was made in an email to employees from Kathleen Hogan …
Jai Vijayan / Dark Reading:
Microsoft releases 98 security fixes, patching 11 critical vulnerabilities and an actively exploited privilege escalation zero-day flaw in Windows ALPC  —  Microsoft's January 2023 Patch Tuesday security update contains fixes for bugs in multiple products.  Here's what you need to patch now.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Cameron Winklevoss demands that DCG's board remove CEO Barry Silbert and alleges he and Genesis lied publicly, after his January 8 resolution deadline passed  —  Gemini crypto exchange co-founder Cameron Winklevoss called for the board of Digital Currency Group to remove Barry Silbert …
Amanda Pedersen / Medical Device + Diagnostic Industry:
A US ITC judge rules that some Apple Watches infringe on one of five Masimo pulse oximeter patents related to using light sensors to measure blood oxygen levels  —  An International Trade Commission judge ruled that Apple infringed on one of five Masimo patents related to using light sensors …
Richard Waters / Financial Times:
After Chinese researchers claimed today's quantum computers could break RSA encryption, Western experts caution that any commercial benefits are years away  —  China claims to have made a major breakthrough but western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away

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