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Microsoft agrees to a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch for the first time, pending FTC approval of its Activision deal, but offers no date — Microsoft has signed a deal to bring the Activision Blizzard-published Call of Duty franchise to Nintendo for the first time …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple, AMD, and Nvidia have all indicated plans to buy chips from TSMC's future Arizona fabs, expected to open in 2024 and 2026 — - Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, ahead of remarks expected by President Joe Biden later in the day, where Cook confirmed Apple will buy chips built in the U.S.
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| 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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XDA Developers, Financial Times, Silicon Republic, Digit, BGR India, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Information, MarketWatch, Silicon Valley Business …, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Mashable, iThinkDifferent, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
| 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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Elon Musk says Twitter's deputy general counsel Jim Baker was “exited”, citing “concerns” over the “suppression of information” related to the “Twitter Files” — Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.'s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company … | Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
US senators scale back a proposal that would have prohibited the government and its contractors from using China-made chips, after pressure from trade groups — U.S. senators scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S. government and its contractors …
Tweets: @robertcobrien, @davidshepardson, and @jchengwsj
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Facing a large deficit in its treasury, DeFi protocol Sushi proposes diverting fees from the Kanpai protocol and reduces its runway requirement from $9M to $5M — Developers proposed to divert 100% of fees generated on the platform to Sushi's multisig for one year or until new tokenomics are implemented.
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SushiSwap. Tweets: @matthewlilley, @barryfried1, @substreight, @du09btc, @adamscochran, @_vaporfi, @hodlkryptonite, and @cryptoian
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Twitter ads for Amazon, Snap, Uber, and other major brands appeared on the pages of at least two white nationalists, whose accounts were restored by Elon Musk — Ads from dozens of major brands were appearing on white nationalist and extremist accounts — Ads for more than three dozen … | Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Telegram partners with Fragment to let users create an anonymous number to join the service, removing the need for a SIM card, and expands security features — For years, apps like Telegram and Whatsapp have restricted access to users who could sign up using a SIM card and phone number.
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI's ChatGPT presents a potentially serious threat to Google, offering quick, comprehensive answers to difficult questions that require no further searches — A new chatbot from OpenAI took the internet by storm this week, dashing off poems, screenplays and essay answers that were plastered …
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| 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.
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Tweets: @senjohnkennedy and @senwarren
| 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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Phandroid, Fossbytes, 9to5Mac, Windows Central, Seeking Alpha, AdExchanger, BGR India, MSPoweruser, BGR, and The Mac Observer
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| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits by $8B-$10B to under 15%; as of September 2022, ~23.5% of the bank's $103B deposits came from crypto — Nearly a quarter of the Wall Street bank's current deposits come from crypto-related businesses.
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Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, and TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter
Tweets: @fintechfrank, @mayazi, @iamdcinvestor, @bobloukas, and @genia_xx
| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
Congress omits the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the US defense spending bill, following intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups — Facebook threatened to block news in the U.S. over the measure, which was under consideration as part of a defense package
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Insider, Axios, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, and FedScoop
Tweets: @senatorshoshana, @libertarianblue, @jkealing, @evan_greer, @matthewkeyslive, @viacristiano, and @kellymakena
| Bloomberg: |
Hedge fund Fir Tree Capital sues Grayscale Investments for info on potential mismanagement, as GBTC, down ~74% YTD, trades at a ~43% discount to its BTC's value — Fir Tree Capital Management is suing Grayscale Investments for information to investigate potential mismanagement and conflicts …
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Decrypt, crypto.news, Watcher Guru, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @nategeraci, @ap_archpublic, @mhiesboeck, @tier10k, @bitfinexed, and @iamdcinvestor
| New York Times: |
How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia's censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech — The cat-and-mouse experience of Proton, a Swiss company, shows what it's like to be targeted by Russian censors — and what it takes to fight back.
Tweets: @satariano, @hatr, @protonvpn, @kenroth, @privacymatters, and @natynettle
| Adam James / The Block: |
Auditing firm Mazars says Binance's bitcoin reserves are collateralized 101%, after conducting a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification — - Mazars concluded that Binance's bitcoin reserves are fully collateralized, following a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Switzerland-based Proton launches iOS and Android apps for its Proton Drive end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service, offering 200GB storage for $3.99/month — Proton, a privacy startup best known for its Proton Mail encrypted email service, has just announced that its end …
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MacRumors, TechCrunch, The Proton Blog, and BGR
| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
SpaceX announces Starshield, expanding Starlink for military and government applications, initially focusing on imagery, communications, and “hosted payloads” — - Elon Musk's SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite technology into military applications with a new business line called Starshield.| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 19 developed nations: 57% say social media has been good for democracy, 35% say it has been bad; in the US, 34% think it has been good for democracy — Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but also say it informs and raises awareness
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The Hill. Tweets: @aedwardslevy, @carrolldoherty, @pewglobal, @richardwike, @monicaranders, @richardwike, and @johngramlich
| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
An Australian court fined Uber AU$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a AU$26M fine — An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees …
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| Kalley Huang / New York Times: |
Sources: seeking to capitalize on chaos at Twitter, Meta discussed several product ideas, including expanding Instagram Notes or building a text-focused app — New start-ups and other social platforms sense opportunity as Twitter grapples with changes from Elon Musk, its new owner.| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Pinterest adds Elliott Management's Marc Steinberg to its board as part of an agreement with the activist investor; Elliott has a 9%+ stake in Pinterest — Activist investor has also entered into a long-term agreement to help the social-media company grow — Pinterest Inc.
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Reuters, Pinterest, Adweek, Bloomberg, and The Information
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