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November 17, 2022, 3:15 AM

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Kelsey Piper / Vox:
A chat via DM with SBF on why regulators “make everything worse”, FTX and Alameda's “messy accounting”, why he regrets filing for bankruptcy, ethics, and more  —  The fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.
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Peter White / Deadline:
Apple plans to launch its Major League Soccer Season Pass on February 1 for $15/month or $99/season and $13/month or $79/season for Apple TV+ subscribers  —  Apple has unveiled more plans for its launch of Major League Soccer (MLS).  —  The streamer has revealed the pricing and launch details …
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Microsoft rolls out Discord voice chat integration to all Xbox users after an Insiders test; PlayStation will reportedly get deeper Discord integration in 2023  —  Microsoft is now rolling out the Xbox November update, which includes a heap of useful features.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Evernote agrees to be acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons, in a transaction expected to close in early 2023; Evernote has raised $290M to date  —  Evernote, the note-taking and task management app founded over 20 years ago, has been acquired by Milan-based app developer Bending Spoons.
Michael McSweeney / The Block:
The Australian Securities Exchange drops its blockchain project announced in 2017 to replace its settlement and clearing system, causing a $165M-$172M write-off  —  - The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is dropping a long-in-the-making blockchain-powered replacement for its CHESS settlement and clearing system.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue down 17% YoY to $5.93B, vs. $5.77B est., including Data Center revenue up 31% YoY to $3.83B and Gaming revenue down 51% YoY to $1.57B  —  - Nvidia reported fiscal third-quarter results on Wednesday for the period ending in October with sales beating analyst expectations but earnings per share coming in light.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The FBI and CISA say an Iranian-backed threat group hacked a US Federal Civilian Executive Branch and deployed XMRig cryptomining malware via the Log4Shell flaw  —  The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked …
Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:
Genesis' crypto lending unit, which had $2.8B in Q3 2022 active loans, halts redemptions and new loan originations; trading and custody services are unaffected  —  The unit, known as Genesis Global Capital, serves an institutional client base and had $2.8 billion in total active loans as of the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers:
Qualcomm debuts the Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 for thin AR glasses, built on a 4nm process, claiming 2.5x better AI performance and using 50% less power than the XR2  —  The chipset will make an appearance on upcoming AR glasses from Lenovo, Nreal, LG, Oppo, TCL, Xiaomi, and more!
Bloomberg:
NetEase and Blizzard plan to end their 14-year partnership after January 2023, leaving Chinese players' access to games like Warcraft and Overwatch in question  —  NetEase Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Inc. plan to end their 14-year partnership after January, depriving the Chinese firm …
Colin Wilhelm / The Block:
The US House Financial Services Committee plans to hold a hearing in December on FTX's collapse and invites Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda, Binance, and others  —  - The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on FTX in December.  — In a joint statement announcing the hearing …
Casey Newton / @caseynewton:
[Thread] Sources: last night, Twitter fired ~20 employees who criticized Elon Musk in Slack channels, saying their “recent behavior has violated company policy”  —  NEW: Employees who have criticized Elon Musk in Twitter's Slack channels were fired overnight over email. “We regret to inform you that your employment is terminated immediately,” they're being told over email. “Your recent behavior has violated company policy.”
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