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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Binance paused bitcoin withdrawals for a few hours on Monday “due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog”; the company says BTC withdrawals have since resumed — CEO Changpeng Zhao attributed the issue to a “stuck transaction,” and promised a quick fix.
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@cz_binance, @cz_binance, and @binance. More:
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Tweets: @binance, @fatmanterra, @binance, @davidgerard, @oliviasolon, @bradydale, @molly0xfff, @banalplay, @teroterotero, @ben_mckenzie, @dimartinobooth, @alpacasw, @tante, @rreverser, @grady_booch, @larsknoll, @paleofuture, @paleofuture, @paleofuture, @paleofuture, @paleofuture, @ahcastor, @binance, and @lounes_kmt
| Daniel Roberts / Decrypt: |
Celsius' CEL token fell 70% in one hour after the DeFi lender suspended all customer withdrawals, amid a broader crypto market crash — On Sunday night, with crypto markets already in freefall, controversial crypto lender Celsius announced it was suddenly pausing all customer withdrawals, swaps, and transfers.
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tether.to, Silicon Republic, Fortune, Micky, CoinQuora, Finextra, and Protocol
Tweets: @celsiusnetwork, @mashinsky, @mikeburgersburg, @nexo, @lawmaster, @ryansadams, @dadkins_, @kadhim, @web3isgreat, @loomdart, @ahcastor, and @hotradero
| Bloomberg: |
Major cryptocurrencies crash as the crypto market cap falls below $1T: bitcoin drops 15%+ to ~$22K, ether drops 16%+ to ~$1.2K, and Solana drops 7%+ to ~$28 — Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months in Asia trading Monday as the impact of Friday's shock US inflation data continued to reverberate through global risk assets.
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Tweets: @nexo, @deezefi, @kris, @sassal0x, @tracyalloway, @levie, @schwarz, @saylor, @tether_to, @lawmaster, @kevinsekniqi, @blockfizac, @ncweaver, @bgarlinghouse, @saylor, @raoulgmi, @claritytoast, @zerohedge, @timccopeland, @mdudas, @cz_binance, @refsrc, @kasmiyouness1, @zebulgar, @kantrowitz, @iamjosephyoung, @erikvoorhees, @digieconomist, @hhorsley, @ncweaver, @dougboneparth, @epsilontheory, @pwnallthethings, @jacqmelinek, @evan_ss6, @0x_capital, @thepacketrat, @bondhack, @richard_normal, @lindy_yuppie, @saucenaopls, @mayazi, @bakkooonn, @trustlessstate, @jemimajoanna, @larryjamieson_, @francispouliot_, @ercwl, @alex, @jp_koning, @twobitidiot, @howardlindzon, @sandofsky, @reuben_wu, @fintechfrank, @frances_coppola, @litcapital, @nelson, @thehowie, @alexisohanian, @campuscodi, @sdonnan, @wublockchain, @wublockchain, @twobitidiot, and @mdudas
| Matt Turner / Bloomberg: |
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sequoia launches two new funds, a $2B early-stage, venture and growth fund for India and an $850M dedicated fund for Southeast Asia, the largest in the regions — Sequoia India and Southeast Asia has launched two new funds, a $2 billion early-stage, venture and growth fund for India …
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Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, Sequoia India, Bloomberg, and DealStreetAsia
| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
Despite differences within the AI community, pretty much all AI experts find the notion that Google's LaMDA might be sentient completely ridiculous — No, LaMDA is not sentient. Not even slightly. … Blaise Aguera y Arcas, polymath, novelist, and Google VP, has a way with words.
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Tweets: @tomgara, @garymarcus, @mark_riedl, @dkthomp, @rkrigney, @erikbryn, @garymarcus, @erikbryn, @mott_lab_, @pomeranian99, @filmcow, @ron_miller, @metroadlib, @marypcbuk, @carnage4life, @sapinker, @tokteacher, @einsteinsattic, @shlomoargamon, @sharpfootball, @erocdrahs, @bratton, @garymarcus, @thedextriarchy, @ugail, @abebab, @alexnazaryan, @comex, @oliviasolon, @trungtphan, @lxeagle17, @mmasnick, @frankpasquale, and @garymarcus
| Sarah Lord / CNET: |
Amazon plans to test drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, after receiving FAA approval to service the town, for products ordered through Amazon Prime Air — The service will be called Prime Air and will use drones with sense-and-avoid systems to deliver packages safely. — Sarah Lord
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Tweets: @_katya_long and @elidourado
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk will address Twitter employees and take questions at a company-wide virtual meeting on Thursday morning — Elon Musk will address Twitter Inc. employees at a company-wide meeting this week, the first time the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer will meet with employees since agreeing … | Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Qualcomm acquires Cellwize, a software service that helps carriers operate their networks more efficiently, reportedly for $350M; Cellwize has raised $56.5M — Qualcomm Inc. has acquired Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte. Ltd., a startup with a software platform that helps carriers operate their networks more efficiently.
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Geektime, The Robot Report, Light Reading, Network World, and RCR Wireless News
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: Alphabet offered to let rival ad intermediaries place YouTube ads, hoping to end an EU antitrust probe and avert a fine of up to 10% of global turnover — Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has offered to let rival ad intermediaries place advertisements on YouTube to address …
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CNBC, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, Engadget, Search Engine Land, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @chalozin
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Teams to improve echo cancellation and room acoustics on calls using ML models, resulting in less clipping when callers interrupt each other — Your Teams calls should sound a lot better — Microsoft has spent the past two years adding flashy new productivity features to Teams …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, ZDNet, Petri IT Knowledgebase, GeekWire, OnMSFT.com, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, PCMag, PCWorld, XDA Developers, Windows Central, VentureBeat, and Microsoft Tech Community
Tweets: @microsoftteams, @pierce, @microsoft, @tomwarren, and @dcseifert
| New York Times: |
Microsoft and the CWA union announce a deal that would make it easier for Activision Blizzard's ~7,000 US employees to unionize after the acquisition closes — The accord could ease the path for thousands of workers to unionize at the game company Microsoft is acquiring and addresses an antitrust objection.
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Washington Post, Microsoft, VICE, Seattle Business Journal, PC Gamer, Wall Street Journal, Destructoid, Wired, Engadget, GeekWire, Gizmodo, and The Hill
Tweets: @cwaunion, @abetterabk, @bradsmi, @adamconover, @flyingwithsara, @repbonnie, @msftissues, @repchuygarcia, @repjayapal, and @shannon_liao
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash rolls out in-app features to help users discover nearby restaurants, including written reviews, ratings for menu items, and Top 10 lists of restaurants — DoorDash announced today that it's rolling out a number of new features to give users additional ways to discover popular restaurants near them.
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DoorDash Newsroom and PCMag
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