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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss says Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has engaged in “bad faith stall tactics” since halting Genesis withdrawals — Crypto entrepreneur Cameron Winklevoss is accusing fellow businessman Barry Silbert of “bad faith stall tactics” …
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| Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph: |
Luke Dashjr, one of the original core BTC developers, says someone stole “basically all” his BTC by compromising his PGP key; a wallet shows ~217 BTC were moved — A Bitcoin OG and core developer Luke Dashjr claims his PGP key was compromised, resulting in virtually all his Bitcoin being stolen from him on Dec. 31.
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
PyTorch identifies a malicious dependency that uses its “torchtriton” library name, warning users to uninstall the framework; the hacker claims ethical research — PyTorch has identified a malicious dependency with the same name as the framework's ‘torchtriton’ library.
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| Chris Velazco / Washington Post: |
Hands-on with the Pixel 7 Pro's Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared to the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max — Google is trying to make its phone cameras more inclusive. We put it to the test against its rivals.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A look at what 2023 may bring for crypto regulation in the US and globally, as bankruptcies stretch into the new year, attracting lawmakers and criminal probes — CoinDesk's policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the longest tech boom so far, including crypto's rise and fall, VR falling short of its hype, the marketplace economy's growth, pizza robots, and more — From pizza robots to the crypto meltdown, the long bubble has shown us the hilarious, the regrettable, and the unexpectedly triumphant| Daniel Gilbert / Washington Post: |
A look at a growing wave of US doctors and telehealth startups prescribing ketamine online, aided by looser federal rules on prescribing controlled substances — People can take the drug at home, thanks to federal action during the pandemic. Some experts worry it's now too easy to get.| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network's users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M — After years of walled gardens, cross-pollination could be in sight — Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year …
Tweets: @hannan_rai, @rschuler10, @psawers, @alexanderchopan, @michaelguimarin, and @hyoondae
| Matthew Smith / Wired: |
A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win — The next generation of video game characters could be powered by AI, making them more engaging and challenging.
Tweets: @wired and @mcdreamyai
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
An overview of Chinese tech companies' rush to match generative AI tools like DALL-E 2 despite tighter regulations, censorship, US chip sanctions, and more — Chinese tech companies rush to match Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2, but roadblocks lie ahead — The gigantic technological leap …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
German grocery delivery app Flink, one of the last independent services, had €400M in 2022 sales and expects to be profitable in 2023; Flink has raised $700M+ — Berlin-based start-up aims for profits next year as rivals struggle for cash — Flink, one of Europe's … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as the firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty — Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’
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Cryptonews, Cointelegraph, and Inside Bitcoins
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