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| CoinDesk: |
An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says that the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the agency has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs — The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
More: Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Decrypt, Financial Times, The Hill, The Verge, Unchained, Wall Street Journal, Cointelegraph, Cryptonews, Bloomberg, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, CNBC, Cybernews.com, Crowdfund Insider, The Record, Washington Post, The Register, Bitcoin News, Newser, Engadget, PCMag, SiliconANGLE, The Block, Wired, Fortune, The Daily Hodl, CoinGape, The Information, BleepingComputer, and CryptoSlate
Threads: @pkedrosky. X: @garygensler, @secgov, @senatorhagerty, @cgasparino, @senlummis, @eric_bigfund, @denniskelleher, @rephuizenga, @greg16676935420, @taylorbuley, @coinbase, @danprimack, @jseyff, @theflowhorse, @packym, and @robinwigg. Forums: Hacker News
| CNBC: |
X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X's systems” and that the account didn't have 2FA enabled — - X said late Tuesday it has completed a preliminary probe into the compromised account of the U.S. Securities …
Source: @safety. More: CyberScoop, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, The Block, The Crypto Basic, Cointelegraph, and Associated Press
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitch could cut ~500 employees, or ~35% of its staff, as soon as January 10 amid concerns over company losses and after several top executives left — Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year. — Amazon.com Inc.'s livestreaming site Twitch is poised …
More: TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Business Today, Livemint, Tech in Asia, Push Square, TheGamer, Dexerto, PC Gamer, Aftermath, The Information, IGN, and The Messenger
X: @eshumarneedi, @jakesucky, @zacharydiaz, @carnage4life, and @cixliv. LinkedIn: Jalyssa Eliasen. Forums: Hacker News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
HPE plans to acquire Juniper Networks for about $14B, or $40 per share, in an all-cash deal — Hewlett Packard Enterprise said in a statement on Tuesday that it plans to buy data center networking hardware maker Juniper Networks for about $14 billion, or $40 per share, in an all-cash deal.
| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing experience — Apple has AirDrop. Android now has Quick Share. — At CES 2024 today, Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration … | Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets — The union announced the deal with Replica Studios on Tuesday at CES in Las Vegas. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union's executive director …
More: SAG-AFTRA, gamedeveloper, CNET, The Hollywood Reporter, Mashable, NBC News, Cryptopolitan, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, GamesHub, Shacknews, Bloomberg, IGN, Deadline, Axios, Decrypt, Game Rant, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, and Deadline
Mastodon: @GreenFire@mstdn.social. X: @lilyprojp, @pumpkindaddyy, @the_streamr, @cathycryan, @bravadochara, @therealrutledge, @sirlarr, and @discussingfilm
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Source: Humane laid off 10 employees this week in a cost cutting measure and plans to lower budgets in 2024, as the company reshuffles some executive positions — Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted … | Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
X announces new shows with former CNN host Don Lemon, former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, and sports commentator Jim Rome, amid a push into video — The tech company also announced a 10-show deal with Range Media Partners, and a deal with Tulsi Gabbard.
More: Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, Social Media Today, Business Insider, New York Daily News, NBC News, Reclaim The Net, Reuters, The Hill, The Verge, Bloomberg, Deadline, TVLine, and Politico
Threads: @meal_fitforaking. Bluesky: @thepeterha.bsky.social. X: @donlemon, @tulsigabbard, @jimrome, @karaswisher, @mehdirhasan, @lindayax, @viacristiano, @tuckercarlson, @themaxburns, @elonmusk, and @mehdirhasan
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Startup Rabbit Inc. debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March — The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
More: The Verge, Android Authority, ZDNet, Business Wire, TechRadar, The Decoder, Liliputing, TechCrunch, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Engadget, The Bondi Blog, and 9to5Google
Threads: @reckless1280. X: @rabbit_hmi, @jetscott, @scobleizer, @rabovitz, @mahyarm8, @doganuraldesign, @raywongy, @holdenmatt, @ianzelbo, @levelsio, @gfodor, @stevemoser, and @simonw
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
X suspended several journalists and podcasters for hours with no explanation; Elon Musk says that sometimes real accounts get caught up in anti-spam/scam sweeps — Elon Musk's “free speech” social media platform banned a number of accounts recently critical of Israel.
More: VICE, Mashable, NBC News, Reuters, Fortune, Business Insider, New Republic, and The Messenger
Threads: @esqueer_, @bobschooley, @tweet_removed, @kbode, and @keubikooriginal
Mastodon: @danilo@hachyderm.io and @Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
X: @elonmusk, @texasobserver, @liz_franczak, @kenklippenstein, @elonmusk, @ggreenwald, @ggreenwald, @mikaelthalen, @dancow, @elonmusk, @digiphile, @shayan86, @yugopnik, @stevanzetti, @ggreenwald, @ecomarxi, @yugopnik, @yugopnik, @georgegalloway, @jacksonhinklle, and @yugopnik
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta plans to start automatically restricting teen Instagram and Facebook accounts from harmful content, including posts about self-harm, in the coming weeks — Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta
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Threads: @antoniovieirasantos and @mollyrosefoundation
| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
Pennsylvania becomes the first US state to use ChatGPT Enterprise in a pilot with OpenAI, in which state employees will use AI tools for daily operations — State employees in Pennsylvania will begin using ChatGPT to assist with their work in the coming weeks.
More: Governor Josh Shapiro, Analytics India Magazine, The Verge, and GovTech
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
In a first, the US FTC bans data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling phone location data and orders the company to delete all collected data — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned the data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users' sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Politico, Pixel Envy, Reuters, The Record, and BleepingComputer
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press: |
A US federal judge temporarily halts the enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps.| Adam D'Angelo / Quora: |
Quora says it raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz, to be used to accelerate the growth of Poe and pay bot creators through its creator monetization program — We are excited to announce that we have raised $75M from Andreessen Horowitz. This funding will be used to accelerate the growth of Poe …
More: Andreessen Horowitz and TechCrunch
X: @adamdangelo, @rakeshlobster, @ednewtonrex, and @martyswant
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases visionOS marketing style guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps — Apple on Monday finally confirmed that Vision Pro will arrive in stores early next month.
More: Apple Developer, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Business Insider, TechSpot, MUO, iPhone in Canada Blog, Computerworld, Mashable, iMore, TechRadar, PCMag, iDownloadBlog.com, MIXED Reality News, The Apple Post, AppleInsider, and The Verge
Threads: @documentingmeta. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. X: @pkafka, @heysaik, and @dylanmcd8. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
More: MacRumors, NFT News Today, SlashGear, Business Insider, Advanced Television, Apple, CNET, On my Om, WWD, Techsponential, Matthew Cassinelli, Worms and Viruses, mjtsai.com, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Quartz, Constellation Research, Six Colors, Bloomberg, MacRumors, TechCrunch, CNBC, Road to VR, Deadline, and XDA Developers
Threads: @anildash, @pkafka, @katienotopoulos, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @johnvoorhees@mastodon …, @waynedixon@mastodon.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @BenRiceM@mastodon.social, @tchaten@mastodon.world, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @modocache@types.pl, and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @rihardjarc, @ianzelbo, @tailosivetech, @munster_gene, @linasbeliunas, @tailosivetech, @tina__nigro, @tailosivetech, @lukemiani, @markoznewz, @charlesarthur, @markgurman, @mgsiegler, @sigjudge, @scobleizer, @vnchocotaco, @markgurman, @maxwinebach, @dharmesh, @bzamayo, @vadimyuryev, @markgurman, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @jasminezroberts, @adamhlavac, @jetscott, @joannastern, @joannastern, @llsethj, @stevemoser, @carnage4life, @benbajarin, @parkerortolani, @parkerortolani, @tim_cook, @mgsiegler, @bzamayo, @aaronp613, and @aaronp613
Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon announces Matter Casting, an Apple AirPlay-like feature to send videos from Android and iOS to Amazon devices, initially supporting Echo Show devices — Amazon.com Inc. introduced a new feature that mimics Apple Inc.'s AirPlay while working across different platforms … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
SentinelOne acquires Bengaluru-based cloud security provider PingSafe, sources say for a $100M+ valuation; PingSafe had raised ~$3.3M from Peak XV and others — SentinelOne's deal to acquire PingSafe values the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar …
More: Moneycontrol, SentinelOne, Times of India, Pingsafe Blog, Inc42 Media, and Entrackr
| Stephen Pastis / Tampa Bay Business Journal: |
Tampa-based Rewst, which provides robotic process automation services to managed service providers, raised a $31M Series B led by Meritech Capital — Rewst, a Tampa-based automation platform for managed service providers, has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round, its latest raise since 2022.
More: CRN, ChannelE2E, and Rewst
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC plans shutdown of the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding …
More: The Verge, The Hill, The Register, The White House, RCR Wireless News, Total Telecom, Fierce Telecom Industry News, and Washington Post. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bank of America values Jio Platforms at $107B, up 64.6% from $65B in 2020 when the Indian telecoms and digital conglomerate raised $20B+ from Meta and others — Bank of America has pinned a $107 billion valuation tag on Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms, valuing the Indian telecoms … | Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Adobe General Counsel and Chief Trust Officer Dana Rao on generative AI, IP issues, cloud security, the Figma deal, regulation, antitrust, and more — Adobe's top lawyer discusses the future of copyright, why the Figma acquisition fell through, and why he's optimistic AI won't put creatives out of work.
More: PetaPixel
| The Economic Times: |
Bengaluru-based Impact Analytics, which offers retail, grocery, CPG, and supply chain planning and merchandising software, raised $40M led by Sageview Capital — With the latest fundraise, Sageview Capital partner Jeff Klemens and senior advisor Prashanth Palakurthi have joined the company's board …
More: Entrackr, YourStory.com, Impact Analytics, Sourcing Journal, VCCircle, DealStreetAsia, Inc42 Media, and FinSMEs
X: @vistaragrowth, @ettech, @gyantap, and @impactanalytic
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