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| Financial Times: |
A spreadsheet SBF used in November lists 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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Puck, Blockworks, TechCrunch, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @lawmaster, @arthur_0x, @adamscochran, @wublockchain, @jackfarley96, @drnicka, @brhnkcby61, @katie_martin_fx, @forculus, @altcoingordon, @blockworks_, @kadhim, @lordnarfz0g, @tier10k, @gf_256, @tradermercury, @tier10k, @george_harrap, @iamdcinvestor, @tree_of_alpha, @ldrogen, @ishanb22, @defiyst, @ldrogen, @tophcoins, @mayazi, and @mattwalshinbos
| 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, Watcher Guru, ZyCrypto, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @felixsalmon, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @florianmkern, @tkarlo, @carnage4life, @charlesarthur, and @blockchain_bri
| Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News: |
A look at Silvergate, one of the few US banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges, now drawing congressional scrutiny following FTX's collapse — Silvergate is one of the few U.S. banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges. FTX and related firms, like Alameda Research, had 20 Silvergate accounts.| Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
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SEC.gov, The Block, and U.S. Senator John Kennedy
Tweets: @katie_martin_fx, @autismcapital, @eliotwb, @hkanji, @jcoviedo6, @eliotwb, and @eliotwb
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple reins in its ambitious self-driving plans for its electric vehicle, delayed to 2026, now with a steering wheel, pedals, and highway-only autonomy — Apple Inc. has scaled back ambitious self-driving plans for its future electric vehicle and postponed the car's target launch date …
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The Verge, Macworld, The Information, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Tom's Guide, iClarified, Pocket-lint, iMore, MacDailyNews, Wccftech, and BGR
Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @kylebrussell, @samsheffer, @andrewmartonik, and @deitaone
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that would combine shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, inspired by WeChat — Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search …
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MobileSyrup, OnMSFT.com, Android Police, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, iThinkDifferent, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @mhbergen, @aaronpholmes, @jessicalessin, @amir, @martinsfp, @gregbensinger, and @shiraovide
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple expands the pricing options for subscription app developers by 700 price points, from $0.29 to $10K, the top 100 of which are available only upon request — Apple Inc. is changing the pricing structure for the App Store to let developers charge a wider range of amounts …
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Apple, Engadget, The Verge, CNN, New York Times, Macworld, 9to5Mac, CNET, MacRumors, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, @chockenberry@mastodon.social, SlashGear, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iClarified
Tweets: @benbajarin, @rsgnl, @asymco, @rjonesy, and @technology
| 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 … | 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 … | 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, TechCrunch, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, SlashGear, Search Engine Roundtable, Engadget, Pocket-lint, BigTechWire, SamNews 24, Digit, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @google, @bdsams, @thevunderkind, @moraitakis, @sub8u, and @tonyw
| 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, The Guardian, BBC, iThinkDifferent, Macworld, AppleInsider, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, TechRadar, City A.M., Pocket-lint, Appleosophy, Neowin, XDA Developers, The Mac Observer, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, WinBuzzer, T3, PCMag, Patently Apple, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, and Engadget. Tweets: @waxeditorial
| 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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New York Post, CNBC, GameSpot, Coinspeaker, MSPoweruser, Pocket-lint, TrueAchievements, KitGuru, FOSS Patents, Gameranx, Push Square, TechSpot, Wccftech, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @bradsmi, @profwrightgmu, @parismarx, @carlquintanilla, and @jongraywb
| 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.| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
The NLRB finds that Apple illegally interfered with union organizing in Atlanta by interrogating workers, making them attend anti-union meetings, and more — US labor board prosecutors have determined that Apple Inc. violated federal law by interrogating and coercing employees in Atlanta …
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Gizmodo, The Hill, Macworld, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone in Canada Blog, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @code_cwa
| 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, Crypto Now, NewsBTC, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, PYMNTS.com, MEXC Global Blog, CryptoPotato, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @epro, @thousandbtc, @pastore1314, and @0x_malcolm
| 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, Fortune, CryptoPotato, Blockworks, crypto.news, CryptoSlate, and CoinGape
Tweets: @metamask, @danfinlay, @metamask, @consensys, @wublockchain, @consensys, and @metamask
| 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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PYMNTS.com, noyb.eu, The Information, Reuters, Brookings, Engadget, Tech Xplore, TechCrunch, edpb.europa.eu, and Reuters
| 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| 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 — U.S. officials say popular social-media platform poses a range of security concerns — WASHINGTON—A potential deal between …
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National Review, The Hill, Journal Sentinel, and Associated Press
Tweets: @stuwoo and @drewharwell
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Rackspace confirms a ransomware attack is behind an ongoing outage to its hosted Microsoft Exchange services but says its other products are fully operational — Texas-based cloud computing provider Rackspace has confirmed today that a ransomware attack is behind its ongoing Hosted Exchange outage.
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Rackspace Technology, DCD, SC Media, The Record, PCMag, CRN, TechCrunch, Tech Monitor, Cybersecurity Dive, and SecurityWeek
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and website to go offline; “IT Army of Ukraine” claims credit for the attack — Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history …
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CSO and Security Affairs
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Amazon updates its Luna game streaming service to let users play Ubisoft PC games they own without having to pay the $17.99 per month subscription — Amazon Luna is one of the better cloud gaming options if you play a lot of Ubisoft titles, and it's getting a big upgrade this week.
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Amazon Luna, Thurrott, Engadget, AFTVnews, Android Headlines, OnMSFT.com, and The Verge
| John Seabrook / New Yorker: |
How a young generation of musicians uses 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 … | 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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Bloomberg, Under the Hood, Associated Press, FinSMEs, Crowdfund Insider, and Fortune
| 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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PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, Cointelegraph, ExchangeWire.com, crypto.news, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @matthewstoller and @martincloake
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