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Twitter suspends ~30 accounts that shared the locations of private jets from public data; @ElonJet, a bot tracking Musk's jet, is back up after a brief ban — Twitter Inc. has suspended multiple accounts that track the locations of private jets using publicly available flight data …
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| Ryan Mac / New York Times: |
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including the suspension of accounts “dedicated to sharing someone's live location” — The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
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| Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: |
The SEC charges eight influencers with securities fraud, allegedly using Twitter and Discord to manipulate stocks since at least January 2020 in a ~$100M scheme — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight influencers with securities fraud, the agency said Wednesday.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Tesla rolls out an update, adding support for Steam on 2022 Model S and Model X vehicles or newer with 16GB of RAM, Apple Music, upgraded Light Show, and more — Tesla's new “Holiday Update” adds a few long-awaited new features, including the ability to play games from Steam in your car and support for Apple Music.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
SBF's “carelessness” fraud defense, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, is a confession the SEC sees straight through — Oh Sam — I. — Here is how you run a futures exchange: — You offer some bets on some propositions, say, whether Bitcoin will go up or down.
Tweets: @qasimrashid, @bruno_j_navarro, @matt_cassidy, @imagethief, @matt_cassidy, @70sbachchan, @crypto, @rationalwalk, and @eliotwb
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Roger Marshall (R) introduce the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, including KYC requirements for wallets and miners — The proposal will bring know-your-customer rules to crypto participants such as wallet providers and miners.| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
As Tesla's stock drops ~60% in 2022, on pace for its worst year on record, investors criticize Elon Musk's involvement in Twitter and his lack of focus on Tesla — Supporters of Tesla and Musk are asking questions about who is running the electric-vehicle maker
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Fortune, Reuters, Forbes, Barron's Online, and International Business Times
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Twitter plans to shut down newsletter platform Revue on January 12, 2023 and delete all data, after acquiring the company in January 2021 — One day after Jack Dorsey took to Revue to share his thoughts on the Twitter Files, the company announced it would shut down the newsletter platform early next year.
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Tweets: @substackinc, @northmantrader, @ianpinnell, @stephenrobles, @johnonolan, and @martinsfp
| Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune: |
PayPal launches an integration with MetaMask that allows users to purchase and transfer ETH, rolling out to all US customers in the coming weeks — Users of the popular MetaMask Web3 wallet will soon be able to buy the second-most-popular cryptocurrency, Ether, via PayPal.
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ConsenSys, CoinDesk, Blockworks, Metaverse Post, Decrypt, The Block, and ToolsForCrypto's Newsletter
| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Changpeng Zhao warns Binance staff to expect a “bumpy” several months but that the exchange “will survive any crypto winter”, after huge user withdrawals — Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao warned his colleagues to expect tough months ahead …
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Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, CoinDesk, Bitcoin News, Bloomberg, Crypto Adventure, The Guardian, CryptoGlobe, CNBC, The Information, NewsBTC, Ethereum World News, and Crypto Daily
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Arm concludes Alibaba and other Chinese companies can't buy its high-performance Neoverse V chip tech as the US and the UK would not approve its export — Alibaba among groups unable to purchase top designs — Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, cannot buy some of the most advanced chip designs …
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iTnews, Tom's Hardware, Liliputing, WinBuzzer, and The Register
Tweets: @annasophiegross, @mattocko, @byron_wan, @chadbown, @sariarhohavren, @martijnrasser, and @lukolejnik
| Bloomberg: |
Interviews with dozens of Elon Musk's former employees and partners portray his Twitter as a Shakespearean psychodrama, resulting in something close to disaster — It was Day 5 of Elon Musk's riveting, rambunctious takeover of Twitter Inc. The owner and self-proclaimed Chief Twit had spent …
Tweets: @business, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @carlquintanilla, @daveyalba, and @sarahfrier
| Wall Street Journal: |
Tether plans to stop secured loans issued and denominated in its tether stablecoin at some point in 2023, after WSJ reported on the potentially risky practice — The rapid growth of Tether's lending program raised concerns about its ability to meet redemptions in a crisis — Created with sketchtool.
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tether.to, Cryptonews, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @tether_to, @jp_koning, @wublockchain, @stevenkelly49, and @rudegeair
| Bloomberg: |
Despite pledges, FEC filings show AT&T, Amazon, Intel, Comcast, and others quietly restarted donations to Republican election deniers ahead of the 2022 midterms — Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the US Capitol assault …
Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @wbenjaminson, @accountable_us, @dinabass, @birnbaum_e, and @davidjoachim
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
EnCharge AI, which builds semiconductor hardware and software stack for AI at the edge, emerges from stealth with a $21.7M Series A led by Anzu Partners — EnCharge AI, a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge, today emerged from stealth with $21.7 million in Series …
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| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Cambridge, UK-based semiconductor company Pragmatic raised a $35M Series C extension, bringing the round's total to $125M — Cambridge-based semiconductor firm Pragmatic is making flexible integrated circuits, all sans silicon. And has caught the investment eye of the CIA. In part.
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Business Live, Pragmatic Semiconductor, and The Times
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Sources: some US banks that lent Elon Musk $13B to buy Twitter plan to book losses on the loans this quarter, as investors shy away from buying risky debt — Some of the banks that lent Elon Musk $13 billion to buy Twitter are preparing to book losses on the loans this quarter … | Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
The son of an Ethiopian professor murdered in November 2021 sues Meta in Kenya, alleging Facebook algorithms promote hateful and violent content for engagement — Lawsuit alleges the social media giant is fueling violence and hate across Eastern and Southern Africa.| Reuters: |
An investigation details the global supply chain that continues to offer Russia access to Western components and electronics, including from Intel and AMD — In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry. Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader …
Tweets: @paulg, @sambendett, @agathedemarais, @mironov_fm, @kofmanmichael, @leonidragozin, and @hoanssolo
| Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon partners with Netflix to give some customers who subscribe to another service via its new +play marketplace a free one-year Netflix premium subscription — Amazon, Apple and YouTube woo customers with streaming marketplaces — Verizon Communications Inc. said it would give …
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Verizon, TechCrunch, Barron's Online, Variety, Droid Life, The Verge, BGR, Android Headlines, The Streamable, The Hollywood Reporter, GameSpot, Deadline, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @bysarahkrouse and @bysarahkrouse
| Bill Allison / Bloomberg: |
The DOJ charges SBF with violating campaign finance laws, creating a showdown over what may be the biggest illegal infusion of money into US politics in decades — Sam Bankman-Fried, the second biggest Democratic donor in the 2022 election cycle, is charged with violating campaign finance laws …
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