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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans an appointment-only retail launch of the Vision Pro in the US in early 2024, starting with stores in NYC, LA, and other major cities  —  Apple Inc. is planning a retail launch of its Vision Pro headset with appointments and in-store promotion in select US markets early next year …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets” and other IP  —  Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform …
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Threads: @andymstone, @oliverdarcy, @daveleebbg, @alecstapp, @semafor, and @semafor
Forums: r/popculturechat, r/JoeRogan, r/law, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/Anarcho_Capitalism, r/TheTwitterEnd, r/RealTesla, r/entertainment, Beehaw, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts
More: TechCrunch, Wired, The Guardian, Washington Post, The i Paper, Silicon Valley Business …, BetaNews, Dexerto, Neowin, Bloomberg, Forbes, PCMag, Cryptopolitan, TweakTown, The Guardian, Coinpedia Fintech News, Coinmonks, Guinness World Records, Memeburn, Laptop Mag, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Mashable, TheGamer, The Verge, Livemint, Reuters, Associated Press, The Information, New York Times, Business Post, TechCrunch, Marketing Dive, BizTech News, Phandroid, Chennai Print, Wall Street Journal, Supercharged, 9to5Mac, Daring Fireball, and The Verge
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Threads: @mosseri, @zuck, @mosseri, @kayvonmusic, @fazeclan, @instagram, @aliterative, @mosseri, @yung_pueblo, @caseyrain, @japanoninsta, @carnage4life, @mosseri, @carnage4life, @0xjessel, @aoc, @carnage4life, @mosseri, @mosseri, @itselavia, @zuck, @zuck, @zuck, @davecamarillo, @jeremysliew, @naomigleit, @mosseri, @whatsapp, @taylorlorenz, @eorlins, @absolutelyashika, @milliegooch, @zuck, @tobi, @h1brd, @taylorlorenz, @alokvmenon, @thisisbillgates, @davidmarcus, @gerekmeinhardt, @mosseri, @zuck, and @mikedavismma.  Forums: r/technology
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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Meta's Supplemental Privacy Policy for Threads says that “your Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting your Instagram account”, surprising some users
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sega co-COO Shuji Utsumi says the company is withholding its biggest games from third-party blockchain gaming projects and is shelving its own blockchain games  —  Sega Corp., the gaming studio once regarded among the staunchest advocates of blockchain gaming, is pulling back from an arena devastated …
New York Times:
Sources: the FBI searched Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell's home in March 2023, as part of US prosecutors' probe into claims he hacked a nonprofit he founded  —  Federal agents were investigating Jesse Powell, the founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, over claims that he hacked and cyber-stalked a nonprofit arts group.
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Crypto bridging protocol Multichain confirms a $130M exploit affecting user-supplied tokens and recommends “all users suspend the use of Multichain services”  —  “It is recommended that all users suspend the use of Multichain services and revoke all contract approvals related to Multichain," developers said early Friday.
Nathan Crooks / The Block:
Report: Binance GC Han Ng, Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann, and compliance SVP Steven Christie are leaving Binance over CZ's response to the DOJ's probe  —  - Top executives at Binance resigned this week over CEO Changpeng Zhao's handling of regulatory investigations into the company, Fortune reported, citing sources.
New York Times:
Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub sue NYC, seeking to block new minimum pay standards that increased the hourly wage for gig workers to ~$18 and $20 by 2025  —  Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub argued that the city used poor data to calculate how much food delivery workers should earn and that the change would hurt consumers.
Frederick Munawa / CoinDesk:
Lightning Labs announces tools that let developers create AI agents that leverage GPT function calls to hold, send, and receive bitcoin via Lightning Network  —  “We are in the realm of enabling use cases that weren't previously possible,” Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark told CoinDesk.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases its GPT-4 API in general availability, giving all paying developers access and planning to give new developers access by the end of July 2023  —  OpenAI today announced the general availability of GPT-4, its latest text-generating model, through its paid API.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp names Lavanya Chandrashekar as its next CFO, succeeding Susan Panuccio, starting January 1 with an annual $1.4M base salary

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
AMC Networks report Q3 revenue down 5.9% YoY to $599.6M, operating income down 22% YoY to $93.7M, 11.8M streaming subscribers, $316M in subscription revenue

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