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In an open letter, Cameron Winklevoss accuses Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert of engaging in “bad faith stall tactics” after Genesis halted withdrawals — The fallout from the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire just got messier, with digital-asset entrepreneur …
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| Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
Southwest Airlines' recent meltdown exposed an over-reliance on aging crew-assignment software SkySolver, forcing the company to return to manual scheduling — The airline industry is long overdue for a tech overhaul that takes full advantage of the cloud and data integration, analysts say
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Shopify cancels all recurring meetings with over two people “in perpetuity” and encourages staff to decline invitations, leave big group chats, and more — Shopify Inc. spent last year cutting costs. Now, it's cutting meetings. — As employees return from holiday break …
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Layoffs.fyi estimates tech companies cut over 150,000 jobs in 2022, compared to around 80,000 between March and December 2020 and 15,000 across all of 2021 — Areas that were largely spared in 2020 are now among those with the largest numbers of job cuts — Technology-driven companies … | Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: |
Filing: lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried ask a judge to redact the names of the two people who intend to sign on as sureties to his bail, citing media scrutiny — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a judge to keep confidential the identities of two people who will help secure his bail.
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Intel details its 13th Gen range for laptops, including the flagship Core i9-13980HX with eight performance and 16 efficiency cores and low- and mid-range chips — Intel's 13th Gen desktop CPUs have already delivered impressive performance to beat their AMD counterparts … | Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Chinese media: Foxconn says its Zhengzhou plant is operating with ~200,000 workers, or ~90% capacity, back to around reported normal levels, after disruptions — Foxconn Technology Group has brought the world's largest iPhone plant to about 90% of anticipated peak capacity …
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| Christopher Grimes / Financial Times: |
United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer argues the creative talent behind shows on Netflix's ad-supported tier should earn more money if their shows are popular — United Talent Agency chief Jeremy Zimmer says ad-supported service ‘changes the game’ for creators
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Replying to the FTC's lawsuit, Microsoft bizarrely claims not to know when Call of Duty was first released or have details on Activision's budget and resources — But now that gamers and regulators are worrying Microsoft might keep Call of Duty from appearing on Sony's PlayStation … | Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
A look back at 2022 as a dismal year for startups, from plummeting investments to scarce public listings, as data suggests 2023 could be even more difficult — Founders and investors face potential further declines before venture-capital market recovers — Startups had a dismal year …
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Google's Jigsaw and UN-backed Tech Against Terrorism plan to release a free moderation tool to help smaller websites flag and remove terrorist material — US tech group's Jigsaw division leads initiative as UK and EU introduce tough laws to police online content| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein says the company's Audiences marketing tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus — Canadian ecommerce group touts new tool that allows retailers to pool customer data and better target ads
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Email: SpaceX is raising $750M in a round likely led by a16z at a $137B valuation; the company raised $2B+ in 2022 and was valued at $127B in May — - SpaceX is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values the company at $137 billion, according to correspondence viewed by CNBC.
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