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[Thread] Coinbase says Apple “blocked our last” Wallet iOS app release until the exchange disabled sending NFTs, claiming Apple wanted a 30% cut from gas fees — You might have noticed you can't send NFTs on Coinbase Wallet iOS anymore. This is because Apple blocked our last app release until we disabled the feature. 🧵
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is ramping up work on a mixed-reality headset to be introduced as early as next year and has renamed the headset's OS from realityOS to xrOS — Apple Inc. is ramping up work on a mixed-reality headset, its first major new product category since the Apple Watch …
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| Insider: |
Source: a16z's Future is shutting down; Future hasn't published a new article in months, most of its editorial staffers have left, and its newsletter is defunct — Future was the next big thing in media. — Launched in June of 2021, it was billed as a buzzy new tech publication …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Parler's owner says it “has mutually agreed with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler”, after announcing the deal in October — Despite a joint statement between Ye (fka Kanye West) and Parler in October noting that the two had reached an agreement for the rapper to buy …
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| James Hale / Tubefilter: |
Discord renames Premium Memberships as Server Subscriptions and makes them available for all US creators; Discord will take a 10% cut of subscriptions — Over the past year, Discord has been testing creator monetization through what it called “Premium Memberships”-a monthly paid tier similar …
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| Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: |
Tether's reports show increasing loans denominated and payable in its own stablecoin, reaching $6.1B as of September 30, a potential risk in a crisis — Tether reports hadn't disclosed that loans it issues are denominated and payable in the token — The SEC's Strategy for Enforcing Regulation on Crypto, Explained
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
US House committee report details how fintech companies, like Blueacorn, allegedly disbursed billions in fraudulent PPP loans, while collecting billions in fees — Little-known firms such as Blueacorn and Womply allegedly collected taxpayer-funded fees as they overlooked signs of grift …
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| Bloomberg: |
In his NYT interview, SBF gave few straight answers while admitting to gross errors, denying claims of fraud, and claiming he “didn't knowingly commingle funds” — Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at Anthropic, which raised $580M led by SBF in April to research “AI safety”, and 70 AI-related organizations SBF and FTX executives invested $530M+ in — Mr. Bankman-Fried and his colleagues spent more than $530 million to battle what they saw as the dangers of artificial intelligence.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter alternative Hive temporarily shuts down after researchers found vulnerabilities that would have let hackers access DMs and edit others' Hive posts — The team at the newly popular Twitter alternative Hive is in over their head. The company has now taken the fairly radical step …
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zerforschung, Ars Technica, Android Authority, and CNET
| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects — With just a few clicks, actors can look younger or older without the need for expensive visual effects. — Alerts
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TSMC plans to make 4nm chips in its ~$12B Arizona plant, set to open in 2024, an upgrade from prior 5nm claims, at the urging of Apple, AMD, and others — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will offer advanced 4-nanometer chips when its new $12 billion plant in Arizona opens in 2024 … | Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
SpaceX gets FCC approval to deploy up to 7,500 next-generation Starlink internet satellites in low Earth orbit; SpaceX had applied for nearly 30K satellites — - The FCC issued a key authorization to Elon Musk's SpaceX, granting approval to launch up to 7,500 of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube releases its 2022 recap for the US, highlighting the most-watched videos, top creators, breakout stars, top songs, and global top ads — Following the Music Recap earlier this week, YouTube is revealing the top trending videos of 2022 and other lists that more or less serve as a stand in for Rewind.
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YouTube Official Blog, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Neowin, and SlashGear. Tweets: @alexweprin
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Epic makes RealityScan app, which lets users scan real-life objects to turn them into 3D models, available for free on iOS, after a limited beta launch in April — Epic Games' RealityScan app, which lets you scan real-life objects and turn them into 3D models for video games or other projects …
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Sources: Netflix plans to expand its pre-release content screening program, the Netflix Preview Club, from 2,000+ users to tens of thousands in early 2023 — Streaming giant plans global expansion of program that helped make 'Don't Look Up' less serious — Netflix's Turbulent Year: How It Reversed Subscriber Losses| Noahpinion: |
Despite genuine concerns, generative AI seems unlikely to replace workers, instead complementing and empowering them by taking over mundane, repetitive tasks — A joint blog post by Noah and roon on the future of work in the age of AI … If you talk to people about the potential …
Tweets: @noahpinion, @paulg, @noahpinion, @therealadamg, @trengriffin, @noahpinion, @dkthomp, and @cathykichler
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla acquires Pulse, which made an automated status updater for Slack before shuttering, and plans to use its ML tech to improve personalization in Pocket — Firefox developer Mozilla is making a rare foray into the world of mergers and acquisitions, with news that it has snapped … Sponsor Posts
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