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SEC says Nvidia has agreed to pay $5.5M to settle charges of “inadequate disclosures” concerning the impact of cryptomining on its gaming business in FY 2018 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it had settled charges against technology company Nvidia Corporation …
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Sources: China has ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to replace foreign PCs with domestic ones running local OSes in two years — China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Elon Musk raises $7.14B for his Twitter bid from Saudi Prince Alwaleed, Larry Ellison, Sequoia, VyCapital, Binance, a16z, and others; Ellison gives $1B — Elon Musk on Thursday disclosed a group of co-investors in his Twitter takeover. The names are impressive, but most of their check sizes aren't.
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| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Legal experts say Musk's new funding for Twitter could draw scrutiny from CFIUS for potential national security risks, the kind that TikTok faced — Elon Musk's decision to accept some foreign investors as part of his $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) runs the risk of inviting … | Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
Block Q1: revenue down 22% YoY to $3.96B, vs. $4.1B est., profit up 34% YoY to $1.29B, and Cash App bitcoin revenue down 51% YoY to $1.73B — Fintech and digital payments giant Block Inc. (SQ) reported first-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations on Thursday after the close.Total Q1 revenue …
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
The CFTC orders BitMEX's three cofounders to pay $10M each for not registering with the agency, and failing to implement anti-money laundering and KYC checks — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hit the founders of crypto exchange BitMEX with a total of $30 million in civil monetary penalties.
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The UK's DCMS plans to give the Digital Markets Unit powers to clamp down on Big Tech's “predatory practices”, following reports the UK shelved such plans — Large tech companies such as Google and Facebook will have to abide by new competition rules in the UK or risk facing huge fines, the government said.
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Google's cloud unit forms a new group, led by former Citigroup executive James Tromans, to provide developers with tools to build Web3 apps — - Former Citigroup executive James Tromans will lead the new Google group that will build services to help developers construct Web3 applications.| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
Untamed Planet, which uses Roblox to create nature-themed games incorporating NFTs, raises a $24.3M Series A led by Animoca Brands — Untamed Planet, a blockchain-based gaming startup, raised $24.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Animoca Brands.| Bloomberg: |
Sources say the UK is delaying Revolut's banking license over concerns about its crypto trading service and whether it can tackle money laundering and fraud — Nikolay Storonsky, once a championship swimmer in his native Russia, doesn't like to hang around in the slow lane.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Spotify Stations, the service's lightweight listening app first launched in 2018 offering easy access to curated playlists, is shutting down on May 16 — Spotify Stations, the streaming service's lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, is shutting down on May 16.| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Chinese tech companies like Lenovo and Xiaomi are quietly pulling back from Russia; China's tech exports to Russia fell sharply from February to March — Firms are pulling back under pressure from U.S. sanctions and suppliers, but stay mum in face of warnings from BeijingSponsor Posts
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