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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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The i Paper, Bloomberg, The Verge, USA Today, The Hill, MobileSyrup, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, Observer, SlashGear, Associated Press, Insider, and Mediaite
| 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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Tesla on YouTube, Not a Tesla App, MobileSyrup, PC Gamer, Tom's Guide, Electrek, GameSpot, Game Rant, iDownloadBlog.com, Kotaku Australia, TechCrunch, BGR, Redmond Pie, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Windows Central, OnMSFT.com, SlashGear, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, T3, and Mashable
Tweets: @tesla, @elonmusk, @tesla, @tesla, @tesla, @keffals, @silvermanjacob, @notateslaapp, and @ordinarygamers
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
US 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.| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
The SEC sees SBF's “carelessness” argument, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, as a confession, not a fraud defense — 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
| 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 …
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TechCrunch and Gizmodo
Tweets: @ericgeller, @business, @daveyalba, @daveyalba, @carlquintanilla, @daveyalba, and @sarahfrier
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, 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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Revue Help Center, CNET, Adweek, BGR, TechCrunch, The Verge, and @caseynewton@mastodon.social
Tweets: @substackinc, @northmantrader, @ianpinnell, @stephenrobles, @johnonolan, and @martinsfp
| 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, Forbes, Reuters, Barron's Online, and International Business Times
Tweets: @truefactsstated, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @gerberkawasaki, @cblastbt, @gerberkawasaki, @wholemarsblog, @garyblack00, @anthony, @briantylercohen, @derekahunter, @garyblack00, @garyblack00, @obsoletedogma, @carlquintanilla, @gerberkawasaki, @jaynemesis, @srussolillo, @wholemarsblog, @theplumlinegs, @mattdpearce, @garyblack00, and @garyblack00
| Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez / Fortune: |
PayPal launches an integration with the MetaMask Web3 wallet that lets users purchase and transfer ether, 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, CNBC, The Information, NewsBTC, Ethereum World News, Crypto Daily, and CryptoGlobe
Tweets: @cz_binance, @spideycyp_155, @bitfinexed, @cz_binance, @cz_binance, @cryptotea_, @cryptomanran, @binance, and @crypto_crib_
| 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
| 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 offers hardware and software to accelerate AI processing 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: |
UK-based Pragmatic, a semiconductor startup that produces flexible integrated circuits, 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.
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SiliconANGLE, Business Live, Pragmatic Semiconductor, The Times, and FinSMEs
| Reuters: |
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 … | Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
A tech industry group including Google and Meta sues to block California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, saying it would result in content “over-moderation” — It's the latest legal salvo over the future of social media regulation, an issue that has been appealed to the Supreme Court.
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New York Times, CNBC, California Globe, and The Hill
Tweets: @ktdayg, @misterfergusson, @cunning_jordan, @kingjen, @netchoice, and @cat_zakrzewski
| 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.
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BBC, Deutsche Welle, CNN, Newser, Observer, The Guardian, Forbes, Bloomberg, Foxglove, PCMag, and TIME
Tweets: @foxglovelegal, @sarahkimani, @kofiemeritus, @sanjaykpr, @drmehari, @transsomething, @wired, @foxglovelegal, and @rabdianalyst
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