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Plea hearing court transcript: Caroline Ellison said she and Sam Bankman-Fried knowingly misled investors, lenders, and customers that Alameda borrowed from FTX — Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul's Alameda Research …
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Mastodon's decentralized nature raises concerns about the liability of users running their own instances, under copyright and privacy laws around the world — As the niche, decentralized social networking platform rises in popularity, it faces rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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Twitter restores a feature that promotes suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources, after reportedly removing it following an order by Elon Musk — Twitter Inc restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content …
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| Bloomberg: |
The 2022 crypto winter showed the digital asset ecosystem is more interconnected than many participants realize, despite decentralization being a core tenet — As 2021 came to a close, crypto enthusiasts were brimming with optimism. After all, it had been a banner year: Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, had crossed into the mainstream.
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| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A look at some NFT utility cases like gaming, as NFT trading volume fell from $17B in January 2022 to $400M in November 2022, amid the crypto market slump — The market for non-fungible tokens took a nosedive this year. Now, die-hard evangelists think the key to success is finding different ways to use them.| Bloomberg: |
The FTC orders Mastercard to give its rivals customer data for processing debit card payments, alleging Mastercard used tokenization to block competing networks — The Federal Trade Commission ordered Mastercard Inc. to start providing its competitors with customer account information …
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| Naomi Jagoda / Bloomberg: |
After pushback, the IRS delays requiring e-commerce apps such as Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, and Etsy to send tax forms to small businesses with $600+ transactions — The Internal Revenue Service is delaying a requirement for e-commerce platforms, including Venmo, PayPal, Cash App and Etsy …
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| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
Joe Biden signs into law an $858B defense policy bill conferring more power and obligations on US Cyber Command, such as offensive operations on foreign powers — President Joe Biden signed a $858 billion defense policy bill on Friday, conferring more power — and obligations — on U.S. Cyber Command.
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| Simon Hill / Wired: |
A look at XRAI Glass, an Android app for the deaf and hard of hearing that can caption real-life conversations when paired with the $379 Nreal Air AR glasses — XRAI Glass, when paired with $379 AR glasses, can caption real-life conversations as they happen, with a few major caveats.
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent joins the open-source chip group RISC-V International as a premier member; 13 out of the 25 premier members are from China, including Huawei and ZTE — Tencent Holdings is the latest Chinese tech firm to join RISC-V International, the world's largest open-source processor architecture group …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Philadelphia-based Exyn, which develops autonomous drones for GPS-denied environments, raised a $35M Series B from Reliance and others at a ~$107M valuation — Reliance has backed the Philadelphia-based AI and robotics startup Exyn, the Indian conglomerate disclosed in a stock exchange filing on Thursday …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Congress passes a $1.7T spending package, including a bill banning TikTok on federal government devices, but fails to pass many aggressive bills targeting tech — - Congress passed a large spending package that includes a bill banning TikTok from being used on government devices.
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