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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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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Congress, slow to move on regulating crypto, becomes transfixed by FTX's collapse, as lawmakers wonder if the crisis could have been prevented — The stunning collapse of the world's third-largest exchange has forced lawmakers to reckon with the costs of legislative inaction
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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 …
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| 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 …
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Tweets: @therealjoshye, @lmatsakis, @6d6f636869, @therealjoshye, @therealjoshye, and @therealjoshye
| 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.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Docs: Amazon offers some staff “voluntary severance” to cut costs beyond its layoffs; staff must resign by November 29 and their last day would be December 23 — - Amazon sent out “voluntary severance” offers to some employees this week as it looks for ways to rein in costs beyond the massive layoffs already announced.
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
Intel unveils FakeCatcher, a web-based real-time deepfake detector that analyzes the subtle “blood flow” in video pixels; the company claims a 96% accuracy rate — On Monday, Intel introduced FakeCatcher, which it says is the first real-time detector of deepfakes — that is … | 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.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan to lead its India business, starting January 1, following several high-profile departures; Devanathan joined Meta in 2016 — Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the new head of its India business following several high-profile departures in the key overseas market.
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Moneycontrol, Hindustan Times, Entrackr, Livemint, The Economic Times, Reuters, MediaNama, Moneycontrol, NDTV, Livemint, Inc42 Media, ThePrint, Business Today, and BGR India
| Financial Times: |
The UK blocks the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, owned by China's Wingtech, on national security grounds and orders Nexperia to divest 86% of Newport — Months of wrangling over chipmaker sees deal with China-owned company thwarted on national security grounds
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DCD, Nexperia, The Guardian, Bloomberg, GOV.UK, Tech Monitor, CNN, The Register, Politico, and CNBC
Tweets: @grantshapps, @tomboadle, @georgefreemanmp, @shashj, @tomtugendhat, and @kprescott
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Nvidia and Microsoft sign a multiyear deal to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, making Azure the first public cloud to incorporate Nvidia's full AI stack — Nvidia and Microsoft announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, adding tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to Microsoft Azure.
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Nvidia Newsroom, DCD, The Verge, Metaverse Post, Dow Jones Newswires, Silicon Republic, The Information, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @nvidia and @kylebrussell
| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba reports Q3 revenue up 3% to ~$29B, slightly above estimates, and a surprise ~$2.9B net loss, compared to an expected ~$2.6B profit — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. reported a surprise loss after quarterly revenue barely grew, as China's rigid Covid controls continue to sap consumer sentiment.
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South China Morning Post and StreetInsider.com
| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Filings: TuSimple co-founder Mo Chen consolidates power, acquiring 59% of the voting stock, as the US investigates the self-driving trucking company — Federal authorities continue to investigate entity's relationship with a Chinese startup tied to co-founder Mo Chen| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Financial cybercrime group the Disneyland Team is spoofing bank domains using Punycode, a standard that lets browsers render domains with non-Latin alphabets — A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains …
Tweets: @briankrebs
| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US teens on social media: 80% feel closer to friends and 71% like showing creativity; 59% are neutral on its overall impact; girls report more drama — Majorities of teens credit social media with strengthening their friendships and providing support while also noting the emotionally charged side of these platforms
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Social Media Today. Tweets: @keccers, @monicaranders, @adamkovac, @adamkovac, @pewresearch, @pewresearch, @lrainie, @adamkovac, @lrainie, @lrainie, and @mattnavarra
| Jeremy Nation / The Block: |
Esports company TSM ends its 10-year, $210M partnership with FTX “effective immediately” and removes all branding, the latest company to drop FTX after its fall — As part of the continuing fallout from the collapse of FTX, major esports company TSM opted to terminate its contract with the crypto exchange.
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Tweets: @marioprime and @laidbackstrat
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