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Independent examiner: Celsius misled its investors, sometimes used new customer funds to pay for withdrawals, CEO Alex Mashinsky made false claims, and more — Shoba Pillay was appointed by a New York bankruptcy court to look at whether the crypto lender operated as a Ponzi scheme
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Tweets: @kadhim, @camcrews, @kadhim, @kadhim, @ramahluwalia, @emilyjnicolle, @camcrews, @kadhim, @bitfinexed, @kadhim, @satoshiflipper, @celsiansnetwork, @frances_coppola, @annmlipton, @kadhim, @thomasbraziel, @mikealfred, @tphillips, @aftxcreditor, @simondixontwitt, @loomdart, @cryptohunter0x, @cryptohunter0x, @petenostop, @camcrews, @petenostop, @celsiansnetwork, @eliotwb, @kylesgibson, @silvermanjacob, @simondixontwitt, @shinnosuke1959, @ramahluwalia, @bitfinexed, @celsiusnetwork, @mayazi, @bitfinexed, @celsiansnetwork, @petenostop, and @chazzonke
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger form a venture to explore next-gen social apps; the first is Artifact, a TikTok-like app for news articles — EXCLUSIVE: Meet Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are back.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony halves its PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units in Q1 after early preorders disappointed; the headset is slated to launch on February 22 — Sony Group Corp. reduced projections for the initial launch of its PlayStation VR2 headset dramatically after early pre-orders disappointed …
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| The Verge: |
Apple HomePod (second-gen) review: similarly good sound quality, useful sensors, and a responsive Siri, but pricey and the best experience is via a paired set — Apple's second take on the HomePod doesn't stray far from the original, but it's better all around.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A look at Microsoft's prized 343 Industries, the studio behind Halo, after a leadership overhaul, layoffs, and more; sources detail a pivot to Unreal Engine — Microsoft Corp. says it's going to keep making new games in the popular Halo franchise at its prized 343 Industries studio — despite rumors to the contrary.
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Tweets: @paultassi, @porshapwr, @theactman_yt, @zacbowden, @gamepasscounter, and @jasonschreier
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI debuts a free web-based tool to help determine if text was written by a machine, rated as “very unlikely”, “unlikely”, “unclear”, “possible”, or “likely” — - “It has both false positives and false negatives,” …
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| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to €3.2B and a €270M loss, up from €39M YoY, as operating costs rose 44% YoY, and adds 10M paying subscribers to hit 205M — Music streaming group adds subscribers but is hit by rise in operating expenses
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
A draft EU “fair-share” document proposes making Netflix, Alphabet, and other “large traffic generators” to help pay for next-generation internet infrastructure — The European Union is weighing a proposal to make technology companies that use the most bandwidth …
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| Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: |
A look at generative AI's history and advances before recent breakthroughs, including Nvidia's CUDA, convolutional neural networks, and Google's transformers — A new class of incredibly powerful AI models has made recent breakthroughs possible. — Progress in AI systems often feels cyclical.
Tweets: @elipariser, @arstechnica, and @tnatw
| CNBC: |
PayPal says it will lay off around 2,000 employees, about 7% of its workforce, “over the coming weeks” — Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT — PayPal on Wednesday announced plans to lay off 2,000 employees, or around 7% of its workforce, according to a release posted to the company's website.
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission plans to require that country regulators report six times a year on GDPR investigations and more, after a complaint by rights group ICCL — It's well established that the European Union has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, threatening fines of up to 4% of a company's annual turnover.
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| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic — All three of gaming's first-party console manufacturers appear poised to skip E3's big return. — E3's first physical event …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Tech Nation, the UK-sanctioned tech ecosystem builder, plans to shut down on March 31 after 10+ years, due to losing its grant funding to a Barclays-run program — After over ten years in operation, Tech Nation, the UK's government-sanctioned ecosystem builder for UK tech startups … | Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Twitter shuts down CoTweets, an experimental feature that let two users author and publish a tweet in tandem; in a month, CoTweets will show a single author — If you're reading this, it's already too late to post a CoTweet. — Did you use Twitter's fairly new CoTweets feature?| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
A look at US cases that may set the bounds of free speech online, including Gonzalez v. Google, Twitter v. Taamneh, and a fight over California's kid safety law — - The U.S. justice system, including the Supreme Court, will consider cases that will help determine the bounds of free expression on the internet.
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The Guardian, Tech Xplore, USA Today, Roll Call, and Newstrail.com
Tweets: @netchoice, @evan_greer, @aclu, @adamkovac, @dcnorg, and @jess_miers
| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Kaspersky: from January 2020 to June 2022, hacker groups offered salaries from six figures to $1.2M, bonuses, and paid leave to attract talent on the dark web — Despite the obvious risks, tech jobs with hacking groups can be alluring for those who need the money or want to do the work.
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Securelist, Axios, TechRadar, and Metacurity
Tweets: @vxunderground, @aminsabeti, @weldpond, and @securelist
| Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: |
Samsung reports Q4 operating profit down 69% YoY to ~$3.5B, its lowest since Q3 2014, and revenue down 8% YoY to ~$57.3B, citing weak chip and smartphone demand — South Korean tech giant's slump expected to continue in first half of this year — SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday … | Reuters: |
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge says the names of the two people who posted SBF's $250M bail can be made public, but holds the ruling until at least February 7, expecting an appeal — A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried …
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PYMNTS.com, The Intercept, TheStreet, Insider, crypto.news, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @tier10k, @tier10k, @evirae, @kenklippenstein, and @sgodofsk
| Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: |
Paramount Global plans to merge its Showtime streaming service with Paramount+'s ad-free tier later in 2023 and call the new offering Paramount+ with SHOWTIME — It's been a long time coming, but later this year, Paramount Global will finally fully integrate the streaming arm …
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The Hollywood Reporter, TheStreet, AppleInsider, USA Today, Variety, Engadget, Deadline, Game Rant, Deadline, Fortune, Digital Trends, Axios, Tech Advisor, PCMag, Broadband TV News, and GameSpot
Tweets: @matthewacherry and @markagee
| Rani Molla / Vox: |
Meta, Google, and Amazon leadership are conjuring their companies' “scrappy” startup roots in internal messaging, asking staff to work harder or face layoffs — Facebook, Google, and Amazon are trying to get their groove back. — When Meta's head of people, Lori Goler …
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