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| Lucinda Shen / Axios: |
Sam Bankman-Fried publishes a Substack post offering his account of how FTX collapsed, sticking to his claims of innocence even after ex-executives pled guilty — Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday published his account of how the crypto company collapsed.
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SBF's Substack, The Block, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Bitbanter, CryptoSlate, Engadget, Wccftech, The Economist, New York Times, Mashable, Crowdfund Insider, Bloomberg, The Verge, CoinDesk, CNBC, and NBC News
Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run. Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @0xquit, @billackman, @cryptohayes, @compound248, @ceostroff, @mattgoldstein26, @sbf_ftx, @unusual_whales, @degen_julian, @castrotech, @ivanthek, @0xquit, @bowtiednightowl, @kadhim, @anthony, @sbf_ftx, @byrnehobart, @bee_are_, @defiyst, @om, @crypthoem, @compound248, @ryansadams, @daveweisberger1, @kantrowitz, @tiffanyfong_, @wassielawyer, @mgsiegler, @degeneratenews, @scottnover, @dlauer, @chrisbloomstran, @umbrella_uni, @nope_its_lily, @smtuffy, @digitallawrence, @wassielawyer, @wassielawyer, @compound248, @davidgerard, @kylascan, @hotepjesus, @danprimack, @dlauer, @kofinas, @veh0rny, @compound248, @renato_mariotti, @udiwertheimer, @raamana_, @gergelyorosz, @josephpolitano, @iamdcinvestor, @ceostroff, @zerohedge, @teddyschleifer, @ivanthek, @kirbylarp, @smtuffy, @cameronmoulene, @austen, @asemota, @defiyst, @kadhim, @basedkarbon, @caspiancey, @0xshittrader, @smdiehl, @bondhack, @macrocrg, @loopifyyy, @tiffanyfong_, @kantrowitz, @wublockchain, @functi0nzer0, @pierre_crypt0, @xyzqcrypto, @stoicsavage, @alex, @alexandrascaggs, @compound248, @pledditor, @metalawman, @seyitaylor, @degeneratenews, @kadhim, @davidgura, @autismcapital, @xamanap, @hactar0, @caitlinlong_, @christorreslugo, @iamdcinvestor, @compound248, @mylesudland, @smilinglllama, @coloradotravis, @emptywheel, @avcrypto_, @bigblackjacobin, @joepwilliams31, @jessicanutt96, @hany, @silvermanjacob, and @wublockchain
| Tim Reynolds / Associated Press: |
A US federal judge terminates FTX's 19-year, $135M naming rights deal with Miami-Dade County's Heat arena, removing branding from the roof, court, and more — The naming rights deal between FTX and Miami-Dade County was terminated Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy court …
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Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal, WPLG-TV, and New York Post
Tweets: @leomschwartz and @byajperez
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The SEC charges Genesis and Gemini with the unregistered offering and sale of securities to retail investors through a Gemini crypto lending program — - The SEC charged both Gemini and Genesis with unregistered offering and sale of securities to retail investors, some of who were in the U.S.
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U.S. Securities …, Financial Times, Blockworks, New York Times, Bloomberg, Decrypt, CoinDesk, CNBC, CoinGape, Trustnodes, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Matthew Russell Lee's …, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @garygensler, @tyler, @adamscochran, @dogetoshi, @doombergt, @mdudas, and @hsakatrades
| Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
Sources: crypto broker Genesis owes creditors over $3B, leading DCG to explore selling parts of its venture capital holdings, estimated at ~$500M, to raise cash — Barry Silbert's conglomerate weighs offloading venture assets to help wholly owned digital asset lender
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Protos, Finextra, The Block, The Daily Hodl, CNBC, Reuters, Fortune, CoinGape, CryptoSlate, Blockworks, CoinDesk, and Ethereum World News
Tweets: @tier10k, @ap_abacus, @deitaone, @dylanleclair_, @ap_abacus, @coinbureau, @wublockchain, @nikasgari, @stevesokolowsk2, and @neiljacobs
| Tony Stubblebine / The Official Medium Blog: |
Medium launches a Mastodon instance on me.dm, promising members a service with reliable moderation, smoother onboarding, an interesting local feed, and more — The fediverse is a breath of fresh air for writers and social media — Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm …
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TechCrunch and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @medium@me.dm, @miklo@fosstodon.org, @coachtony@me.dm, @biz@me.dm, @atomicpoet@mastodon.social, @coachtony@me.dm, @coachtony@me.dm, @dansinker@omfg.town, @ASegar@mastodon.social, @markhughes@mastodon.social, @happyborg@fosstodon.org, @werwolf@fosstodon.org, @aral@mastodon.ar.al, @raynor@raynor.haus, @coachtony@me.dm, @coachtony@me.dm, @anildash@me.dm, @nilesh@fosstodon.org, and @tchambers@indieweb.social
Tweets: @carlquintanilla, @tonyajoriley, @jlori, @kurtwagner8, @samro, @asmartbear, @tmcw, @brittanyjezouit, @dimensionmedia, @kidehen, @mhbergen, and @medium. Thanks:@chrismessina
| Bloomberg: |
Bulgarian police raided London-based crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia on January 12, seeking information on suspected money laundering and tax crimes — Crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided by Bulgarian police on Thursday as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering and tax crimes.
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CoinDesk, Decrypt, Dirty Bubble Media, Reuters, Novinite.com, PYMNTS.com, The Sofia Globe, BestBrokers.com, Cryptonews, The Crypto Basic, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Bitcoin News, The Block, Protos, Ethereum World News, and CoinGape
Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run. Tweets: @nexo, @nexo, @emilyjnicolle, @wublockchain, @arkhamintel, @adamscochran, @mikeburgersburg, @ramahluwalia, @jconorgrogan, @cryptonator1337, @otteroooo, @kamikaz_eth, @frances_coppola, @inversebrah, @otteroooo, @matigreenspan, @silvermanjacob, and @nexo
| Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: |
Congress rejects the US Army's request for $400M to buy as many as 6,900 Microsoft HoloLens goggles this fiscal year but approves $40M to develop a new model — Microsoft Corp. won't be getting more orders for its combat goggles anytime soon after Congress rejected the US Army's request …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google and Nvidia told the FTC that the Activision Blizzard deal could give Microsoft an unfair advantage in cloud, subscription, and mobile gaming — Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Nvidia Corp. have expressed concerns to the Federal Trade Commission about Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition … | Forbes: |
JPMorgan Chase sues Frank founder Charlie Javice for allegedly creating 4M+ fake users to get the company to acquire the student loan software startup for $175M — The financial giant is suing the founder of a Mark Rowan-backed startup it acquired, claiming the fintech, Frank, had sold the financial giant on a “lie.”
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CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Insider, Fortune, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Today in Tabs, Gizmodo, and New York Post
Mastodon: @profcarroll@federate.social. Tweets: @chrisjbakke, @_iainmartin, @ali_lev, @kennybauf, @hugh_son, @melissakorn, @ali_lev, @alexrkonrad, @uticaeric, @ulonnaya, @nickatfp, @gergelyorosz, @tomgara, @kt_so_it_goes, @sub8u, @kashhill, @lexnfx, @bakerdphd, @goldiestandard, @mxmsworld, @caleweissman, @debarghya_das, @melissakorn, @ozard_ofwiz, @intuitmachine, @healthbjk, @janeruffino, @oliviasolon, @theashrb, @gergelyorosz, @goodtweet_man, @lessin, @krishnanrohit, @dancow, @om, @ali_lev, @deljohnsonvc, @thestalwart, and @martinsfp
| Kali Hays / Insider: |
Sources: Twitter is leaving 12+ offices due to closures or not paying rent, including in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, and India — - Twitter is leaving at least a dozen international offices due to closures or not paying rent. — Hubs in Europe and even Twitter's headquarters in Asia are shuttered.
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Gizmodo, The Guardian, Newser, Fortune, and Firstpost Tech
Tweets: @caseynewton, @wihorne, @iwriteok, @mgerrydoyle, @martinsfp, @noahpinion, @hayskali, @hari, and @kantrowitz
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Allegedly official Samsung Galaxy S23 marketing images leak, showing four colors, no vertical camera bar, and more; S23 Ultra is rumored to have a 200MP camera — The Galaxy S23 from Samsung is set to be announced on the first day of February. Even though that's a given …
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Ars Technica, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, SamNews 24, Android Central, Sammy Fans, and Laptop Mag
Tweets: @rquandt, @universeice, and @mkeallison
| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Sources: low-code app development tool startup OutSystems raised $228.4M in October 2022 at a $4.3B valuation, 55% lower than February 2021's $9.5B valuation — OutSystems, a software firm which sells low-code app development tools, quietly raised a new financing round last October at less …
Tweets: @kenrickcai
| Semafor: |
Sources: Tiger Global struggles to raise its latest fund after investors learned it secretly paid a senior female employee $10M to settle bullying allegations — Tiger Global, the $60 billion firm that's a major tech investor, has been struggling to raise its latest venture fund since investors learned … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Paris-based Ubisoft's stock drops ~14% after the company slashes its forecasts, reports “markedly and surprisingly slower” holiday sales, and delays a game — Shares shed 19% after Paris-based games group predicts net bookings will fall by a tenth
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VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft Entertainment, IGN, CNBC, TheGamer, KitGuru, and Financial Times. Tweets: @jeffgrubb
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
A look at the FAA's struggles to modernize air traffic control, such as improving safety notices to pilots and ending the use of paper strips to track aircraft — The breakdown of a key computer system, which resulted in the suspension of U.S. flight departures on Wednesday …
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CNN, NBC News, Ars Technica, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @petemuntean, @kritiguptanews, @datachick, and @decodethefirm
| Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: |
Intel unveils its Core i9-13900KS CPU, clocked at 6GHz out of the box, with eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores, and a 150W TDP, available now for $699 — Initially mentioned during their Innovation 2022 opening keynote by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Intel has unveiled … | Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Butter Payments, which uses AI to help companies catch accidental subscription churn, raised a $21.5M Series A led by Norwest, sources say at a ~$100M valuation — A decade ago, Microsoft, Dropbox and Scribd were all leaking money. They were losing millions a year to subscriptions that were being … | Bloomberg: |
A filing details Adobe's $20B Figma acquisition: attempts in 2020 and 2021 rebuffed before co-founder and CEO Dylan Field accepted, Microsoft interest, and more — Adobe Inc. tried to acquire design firm Figma Inc. for years before co-founder Dylan Field and the startup finally accepted …
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The Information, CNBC, TechCrunch, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @brodyford_, @brodyford_, and @katie_roof
| Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Yuga Labs announces Dookey Dash, a skill-based game accessed via a free mint on January 17 for BAYC holders and played between January 18 and February 15 — The gamified expansion of its Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem involves minting a free Sewer Pass to play a game called Dookey Dash.
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Decrypt, Metaverse Post, NFT Evening, and crypto.news
Tweets: @boredapeyc, @boredapeyc, @swombat, @cloutedmind, @boredapeyc, and @giancarlochaux
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to update all Xbox Series X and S consoles to an energy-saving Shutdown mode by default and is working on a smarter Sleep mode for active hours — Microsoft is planning to switch Xbox Series X and S owners over to an energy-saving power mode in a bid for sustainability and cost savings.| Reuters: |
TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 26.7% YoY to $19.93B and net income up 78% YoY to ~$9.72B, beating estimates of ~$9.5B, even as the chip industry downturn continues — Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) reported a forecast-beating 78% rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, as strong sales …
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TSMC, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Patently Apple, Barron's Online, TheStreet, BGR, Wall Street Journal, Apple Must, The Register, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @drikramulhaq and @kentaro_iwamoto
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and AirPods with a $99 price target will likely begin in the second half of 2024 or the first half of 2025 — Mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and more affordable AirPods will likely begin in the second half of 2024 …
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9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, Softpedia News, Forbes, BGR, Mashable, Tom's Guide, BigTechWire, iThinkDifferent, fpt., KnowTechie, and Wccftech
Tweets: @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @vadimyuryev, and @rsgnl
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