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YouTube is testing a hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels with select media partners, looking to compete with Roku, Paramount's Pluto TV, and Fox's Tubi — Tech company's effort could rival Roku, Fox in fast-growing area of streaming business — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
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Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Fenix, Talon, and other third-party Twitter apps are broken; Twitter has given no explanation and developers say they haven't heard back — The past several weeks since Elon Musk's takeover have seen Twitter in turmoil as rapid changes hit the platform …
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Sources: Goldman Sachs' Platform Solutions lost ~$2B in 2022, mostly due to the Apple Card and Goldman's installment-lending platform GreenSky — Three months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. carved out a new division to house what's left of its once-ambitious foray on Main Street …
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A US district court orders the distribution of $17M+ in restitution to ~800 victims of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme from 40+ countries; BitConnect folded in 2018 — The millions will be distributed among the select number of victims, but thousands more were impacted by the $2.4 billion fraudulent scheme.
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After criticism, YouTube plans to change a policy announced in November that limits ads or demonetizes a creator's video if they swear in the first 15 seconds — The tirade's timing was deliberate, meant to test the company's updated “approach to profanity” that it announced in November …
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Strava users say the rollout of its first price hike in over a decade has been unnecessarily convoluted and confusing — No one likes price hikes, but Strava's messy rollout has left many customers wondering what's happening to their subscription. Here's what's actually happening …
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Crypto.com lays off ~20% of its global workforce, citing the macro-economic downturn and FTX's implosion, after cutting 260 employees, or ~5%, in June 2022 — Crypto exchange Crypto.com is cutting its global workforce by 20%, it said on Friday, as it navigates ongoing economic headwinds and “unforeseeable” industry events.
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A look at China's global satellite internet ambitions in competition with Starlink, including homegrown startups that experts say will ultimately be state-owned — A constellation of companies has sprung up in recent years to power China's satellite internet plans.
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The House GOP plans a crypto oversight subcommittee, to be chaired by Representative French Hill, who led the GOP's study of a central bank digital currency — House Republicans will establish a new subcommittee dedicated to cryptocurrency this Congress, a move that puts oversight …
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Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his recusal, citing his work with Yelp and others — Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter's involvement had been paused and the Alphabet unit sought his recusal| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Cloud introduces an AI tool designed to help retailers keep track of their inventory by analyzing imagery from retailers' ceiling cameras, robots, more — An image database of more than a billion products helps power the tool — Google Cloud said it has developed … | David Pan / Bloomberg: |
With the value of next-gen Bitcoin mining rigs down an estimated 85%, some crypto lenders flooded with repossessed rigs are keeping them running for the income — Crypto lenders have repossessed so many Bitcoin mining rigs they're resorting to plugging them in and extracting tokens themselves.
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