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Twitter lets US Blue subscribers tweet up to 4,000 characters; in timelines, longer tweets will be capped at 280 characters and have an option to “Show more” — need more than 280 characters to express yourself? we know that lots of you do... and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that. so we're introducing longer Tweets! you're gonna want to check this out. tap this 👉
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Twitter's free APIs will work until February 13, when the company will launch a low-usage $100/month plan and a limited free plan and deprecates its Premium API — We have been busy with some updates to the Twitter API so you can continue to build and innovate with us. We're excited to announce an extension of the current free Twitter API access through February 13. Here's what we're shipping then 🧵
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| Financial Times: |
Inside FTX's final hours, described by employees, chat logs, and Sam Bankman-Fried: panic selling assets, trying to raise funds, SBF's silence, and bankruptcy — In January, I walked up the front steps of a single-storey, grey-shingled house in a neighbourhood on the fringe of Stanford University.
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| Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: |
A judge grants FTX approval to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, brother, former FTX CTO Garry Wang, COO Constance Wang, and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison — Failed crypto firm FTX received court approval on Wednesday to issue subpoenas to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and members … | Bloomberg: |
Nintendo's upcoming Zelda sequel will cost $70, up $10 over previous new titles, matching Sony and Microsoft and opening the door for more expensive video games — Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Zelda sequel will be pricier than the company's other Switch games, clearing the way for more game makers to also lift their prices.
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| Bloomberg: |
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase has heard “rumors” the SEC wants to “get rid of” crypto staking for retail investors, which “would be a terrible path for the US” — Coinbase Global Inc.'s head Brian Armstrong escalated his war of words with the Securities …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Many Twitter users reported issues on February 8, from outages to not being able to tweet except by scheduling or via an API; the issues seem to be mostly fixed — Shortly after Twitter launched its huge increase in max character count to 4,000 today, many users aren't able to tweet this afternoon.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms that AI-generated content isn't against its Search guidelines, but using AI content to manipulate search results ranking violates its policies — AI is set to change the game in some big ways in the near future, and AI-generated content is one of the more controversial elements.| Forbes: |
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Satya Nadella on Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, using AI to improve search as a product, competition with Google, the Prometheus model, and more — I'm coming to you from Microsoft's campus in Redmond, where just a few hours ago, Microsoft announced that the next version …
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The CISA publishes a recovery script for the ESXiArgs ransomware that encrypted files at 3,800+ organizations across the US, France, Italy, and other countries — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published a process for recovering files for organizations affected …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Tether claims $700M in Q4 profit, in addition to its reserves, and $67.04B in total assets and $66.08B in liabilities; Tether-secured loans were down by $300M — - Tether issued its latest attestation report, saying its assets exceeded its liabilities as of December 2022.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Internal memo: Apple names Carol Surface as its first chief people officer, shifting human resources responsibilities away from SVP of Retail Deirdre O'Brien — Apple Inc. is hiring its first chief people officer and shifting human resources duties from its head of retail …
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| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $380M, net loss down 61% YoY to $166M, MAUs down by 0.8M QoQ to 11.4M, and full-year revenue down 25% YoY to $1.36B — Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) reported a 5% rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as interest income surged at the online brokerage …
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| Allyson Versprille / Bloomberg: |
Source: the SEC is investigating if crypto exchange Kraken offered unregistered securities in the US; the probe could lead to a settlement in the coming days — Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is embroiled in a probe by a top US financial regulator over whether …
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Decrypt, DL News, CoinDesk, Protos, Bitcoinist.com, Cryptopolitan, Reuters, International Business Times, Coinspeaker, CoinGeek, Coinpedia Fintech News, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @business
| The Guardian: |
Investigation: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than photos of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies, or exercise are involved — Guardian exclusive: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than those of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies or exercise is involved
Tweets: @womenreadwomen, @nyuniversity, @random_walker, @msmarymcgill, @mmitchell_ai, and @sluttygrlprobs
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google releases the first Android 14 developer preview, for Pixel phones, offering multi-device experiences, customization features, security changes, and more — Google announced the Android 14 Developer Preview today. The February release was expected and matches last year, while it comes as 13 QPR2 is still in beta.
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| Joey Roulette / Reuters: |
SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell says the company limited Ukraine's military from using Starlink to control drones as its service was “never meant to be weaponized” — SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service …
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Twitter's voluntary report to EU regulators on how it was tackling disinformation lacked data and didn't include commitments on empowering fact-checkers — Twitter Inc. was the only tech platform that didn't send a complete report to the European Union detailing how it was tackling disinformation …
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