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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Unpacking the 2022 crypto credit crisis and its parallels with the 2008 financial crisis by analyzing Three Arrows Capital's collapse, FTX's implosion, and more — The crypto financial crisis of 2022 — Apparently the way it works is that if you blow up a big crypto firm …
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The Block, Wccftech, crypto.news, CoinGape, and The Economic Times
| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
Filing: US bank Silvergate confirms processing wire transfers for traders on Alameda, claiming to have conducted “extensive due diligence” on FTX and Alameda — Federal Reserve-regulated company says it performed ‘significant due diligence’ on FTX and Alameda Research
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NBC News, SEC.gov, The Block, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, and Cryptonews
Tweets: @katie_martin_fx, @jcoviedo6, @hkanji, @eliotwb, @wublockchain, and @mktwgoldstein
| Brad Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's president discusses the FTC reportedly blocking the Activision Blizzard acquisition and says the company offered Sony a 10-year Call of Duty deal — Far from harming competition, it'll allow us to compete against more powerful companies through innovation.
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The Hill, CNBC, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, KitGuru, Coinspeaker, MSPoweruser, TrueAchievements, FOSS Patents, Gameranx, Wccftech, Appuals.com, GamingBolt, and Video Games Chronicle
Tweets: @bradsmi, @charlieintel, @profwrightgmu, @parismarx, @cwaunion, @logmey92, @carlquintanilla, @jongraywb, @uniglobalunion, and @benedictevans
| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
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Thurrott, ExtremeTech, OnMSFT.com, Push Square, TechRadar, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @alexhern, @wario64, @ohnoitsalexx, @infrarogue89, @moatxsx, @stephentotilo, @thenintendofeed, @zhugeex, @stephentotilo, @benjisales, and @vicious696
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google brings continuous scrolling to desktop search in English in the US, loading six pages of results, after a similar change on mobile in October 2021 — Google's search results on desktop will load in a continuous scroll instead of dividing into pages, the company has announced.
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9to5Google, Search Engine Land, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Macworld, Engadget, BigTechWire, SlashGear, Digit, BGR, TechCrunch, WRAL TechWire, Search Engine Roundtable, SamNews 24, and MacRumors
Tweets: @google, @bdsams, @carnage4life, @thevunderkind, @moraitakis, @sub8u, @tonyw, and @championswimmer
| Financial Times: |
TSMC plans to more than triple its Arizona investment to $40B, building a fab for 3nm chips, set to open in 2026, and making 4nm chips in its fab for 5nm chips — President Biden to hail Taiwanese chipmaker's second plant as boost for US manufacturing — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” combining shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, drawing inspiration from WeChat — Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search …
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PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Reuters, The Verge, and iClarified
Tweets: @mhbergen, @martinsfp, @nihalmehta, and @shiraovide
| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
Sources: the US Department of Agriculture is investigating Neuralink for potential animal welfare violations after staff complaints over rushed animal testing — Elon Musk's Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid …
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MarketWatch, Gizmodo, Insider, The Hill, The Information, Fortune, The Verge, CoinGape, Sky News, Daily Mail, Digit, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Watcher Guru, Mashable, and SlashGear
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple launches its Self Service Repair program in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, the first expansion outside the US — Apple today announced it has launched its self-service repair program in Europe, extending the program beyond the United States for the first time.
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Apple, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, PCMag, ZDNet, Tom's Hardware, BBC, City A.M., iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com, WinBuzzer, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, Digital Photography Review, Cult of Mac, Engadget, Pocket-lint, BetaNews, Neowin, The Verge, Bloomberg, T3, Patently Apple, The Guardian, and iMore. Tweets: @waxeditorial
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta's Oversight Board releases a report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, citing “shortcomings” and calling for “radically” more transparency — Meta's Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram's controversial cross-check system … | Reuters: |
Goldman Sachs plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after FTX's collapse hit valuations and dampened investor interest — Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after the collapse …
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Finextra, CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, NewsBTC, CoinGape, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, CryptoPotato, Cointelegraph, and The Block
Tweets: @epro, @thousandbtc, @pastore1314, and @0x_malcolm
| Financial Times: |
A spreadsheet SBF used in November claims nearly 500 alleged VC investments by Alameda, including in Circle, Genesis, Sky Mavis, Paxos, StarkWare, and Anchorage — A look inside Sam and Caroline's grab-bag of crypto, etc. — As well as running a crypto exchange that didn't exchange crypto …
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CoinGape. Tweets: @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @hsakatrades, @defiyst, @jackfarley96, @altcoingordon, @kadhim, and @tier10k
| Sam Altman / @sama: |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT crossed 1M users in five days and the company will monetize the tool eventually as the compute costs are “eye-watering” — ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!
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BleepingComputer, Washington Post, Rozado's Visual Analytics, MIT Technology Review, Skift, Platformer, Metaverse Post, Tech in Asia, CNET, Silicon Republic, Hello Universe, and TechCircle
Tweets: @sama, @sama, @mhiggins, @michaelmartocci, @michlbrmly, @anothercohen, @sama, @elonmusk, @razibkhan, @kyleofthecorn, and @barret_zoph
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: EU privacy regulators rule that Meta's TOS should not require that users agree to personalized ads based on their online activity; Meta can appeal — EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram shouldn't use their terms of service to require users to accept ads based on their digital activity
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TechCrunch, Reuters, Brookings, edpb.europa.eu, and noyb.eu
| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
After criticism from users, ConsenSys revises MetaMask's data collection practices, including stopping logging IP addresses directly alongside transaction data — ConsenSys clarified its data sharing practices and said it will rebuild MetaMaks' settings page to address user concerns.
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ConsenSys, The Block, Blockworks, Decrypt, Fortune, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape
Tweets: @metamask, @consensys, @metamask, @metamask, @metamask, @consensys, @infura_io, and @wublockchain
| John Seabrook / New Yorker: |
How a young generation of musicians use TikTok, amassing huge followings but making little money, while some older musicians remain opposed to the platform — The social-media platform is transforming the music industry. Is that a good thing? … In December, 2020, after spending nine months … | Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Meta threatens to consider removing news from its apps if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar's “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act — Bill would allow news organizations to band together to negotiate for a larger share of online advertising revenue
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Financial Times, Axios, Insider, PetaPixel, San Francisco Business Journal, Mercury News, Coinspeaker, The Register, MediaNama, TechCircle, Patently Apple, and BGR India
Tweets: @andymstone, @econliberties, @evan_greer, @mattyglesias, @dicktofel, @daphnehk, @ewerickson, @benedictevans, @jason_kint, @benedictevans, @daphnehk, @jason_kint, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @jeffjarvis, @mikewehner, @daphnehk, @jeffjarvis, @maxkennerly, @oliverdarcy, @jeffjarvis, @scottbrodbeck, @jonschweppe, @scottbrodbeck, @benedictevans, @benedictevans, @kantrowitz, @tomfelle, @mattdpearce, @elkmovie, @jaysvoboda, @bendreyfuss, @m_wacker, @__gabbymiller, @bendreyfuss, @courtneyr, @mattdpearce, @owillis, @mh4oh, @bgrueskin, @bgrueskin, @cameronwilson, @bgrueskin, @fernandorgallo, @kyleorl, @mclendaniel, and @viacristiano
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
A look at Tony Fadell's new Ledger Stax crypto hardware wallet with an E Ink touchscreen, manufactured by Foxconn for Ledger and debuting on December 6 for $279 — The product guru made Ledger's new hardware wallet—a tiny vault for digital cash—flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you'll never get FTX'd.
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CoinDesk, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Block, Fortune, Ledger, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinGape, and CNBC
Tweets: @stevenlevy, @ledger, @ledger, @ledger, and @ledger
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK Treasury finalizes expanded crypto regulation plans, including letting the FCA restrict how companies run and advertise, after FTX's implosion — Implosion of FTX injects fresh urgency into government's pledge to impose order — The Treasury is finalising plans for a package …
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CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, Cointelegraph, ExchangeWire.com, crypto.news, Bloomberg, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @smdiehl, @matthewstoller, @martincloake, @davidheniguk, @mc_of_a, and @thestalwart
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the US-TikTok national security deal faces further delays as US officials fret over the app's risks; both sides agree Oracle will host TikTok's US data — Officials and executives had hoped for year-end deal to address national-security concerns over social-media platform
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Associated Press, National Review, The Hill, Journal Sentinel, Android Headlines, and Beyond Search
Tweets: @stuwoo and @drewharwell
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Robinhood opens a waitlist for Robinhood Retirement, claiming zero minimums and the “first and only” IRA with a 1% match on every eligible dollar contributed — Fintech says its will offer a 1% match on every eligible dollar contributed to its IRAs — Retail trading app Robinhood is entering the retirement game.
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Associated Press, Under the Hood, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, and FinSMEs
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram Premium passed 1M subscribers since its June 2022 launch; the monthly subscription costs $5 in the US and £5 in the UK — Telegram Premium has amassed over 1 million subscribers, less than six months after the popular instant messaging app launched … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat partners with Adidas to launch a Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users a limited time to buy an item they can only acquire with Snap Tokens, a first — Snapchat announced today that it's partnering with Adidas to launch a new Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users access to exclusive merchandise.Sponsor Posts
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