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Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as hexagon-shaped profile pictures — Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
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| Frank Pallotta / CNN: |
Netflix's stock is down 41% from a November high as US subscriber numbers hit maturity, forcing it chase growth in developing markets and verticals like gaming — New York (CNN Business)Just like its comedy film “Don't Look Up,” the sky may be falling for Netflix.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
CoinGecko: the cryptocurrency industry's market cap fell to ~$1.8T amidst a selloff; in 24 hours, Bitcoin fell 10%+ to ~$36K and Ethereum fell ~13% to ~$2.6K — Cryptocurrencies are getting rekt. — Crypto blue-chips bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) breached key $40,000 …
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status — Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will come with an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome addition: a small group of unionized workers.| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: 40 themes and 53 plugins for WordPress downloaded from AccessPress had backdoors dating back to September, giving attackers full admin control — A massive supply chain attack compromised 93 WordPress themes and plugins to contain a backdoor, giving threat-actors full access to websites.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Hands-on with a pre-release mid-2018 build of Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS for dual-screen devices — We take a look at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS project. — Ever wondered what Microsoft's canceled version of Windows for the Surface Duo was going to be like?
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at ID.me, which will soon be used to verify IRS.gov logins and claims to have uncovered a $400B theft of US pandemic unemployment payments — If you were writing a techno-thriller, you'd give your hero a backstory like Blake Hall's. He's a Harvard MBA, an alumnus …
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| Mark Williams / The Columbus Dispatch: |
How Ohio attracted Intel to build semiconductor plants, including pursuing execs for eight months, financial incentives, sustainability commitments, and more — It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.
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| Stefanie Marotta / Bloomberg: |
Shopify confirms it canceled contracts with warehouse and fulfillment partners, but says its capacity to handle orders won't be affected; stock closed down 14% — Shopify Inc. plunged by the most since March 2020 after a report that the Canadian e-commerce company terminated contracts with several warehouse and fulfillment partners.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Nowsta, which runs an on-demand labor marketplace and develops tools to help companies manage their hourly, gig, and flex workers, raises a $41M Series B — Nowsta attracted venture capital for its approach to help employers better engage with their hourly workforces in this increasingly hybrid work environment.
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| Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill: |
Amazon spent a record $20.3M and Meta a record $20.1M on US federal lobbying in 2021, both up ~7% YoY; Google spent $9.6M, up 27%; Apple spending fell to $6.5M — Amazon and Meta, Facebook's parent company, spent record sums on federal lobbying in 2021 as they fought legislation to limit their expansive market power.
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| Bloomberg Law: |
US court rules in favor of pharma giant Merck in a $1.4B legal dispute with insurers who claimed an “Act of War” exclusion to deny coverage for NotPetya losses — Merck & Co.'s victory in a legal dispute with insurers over coverage for $1.4 billion in losses from malware known … Sponsor Posts
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