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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
A trio of artists sue Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over AI art copyright; a firm suing Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI over Copilot filed the lawsuit — A trio of artists have launched a lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney, creators of AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney …
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| The Block: |
Pitch decks: Three Arrows Capital founders Su Zhu and Kyle Davies are hoping to raise $25M to start crypto exchange GTX, partnering with two CoinFlex executives — - Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the founders of collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), are hoping to raise $25 million …
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Tweets: @bigmagicdao, @evgenygaevoy, @bigmagicdao, @notsofast, @tree_of_alpha, @silvermanjacob, @tier10k, @ahcastor, @sassal0x, @simondixontwitt, @crypto_crib_, @birdyword, @wublockchain, @scottmelker, @eliotwb, @eliotwb, @cl207, @asvanevik, @functi0nzer0, @avcrypto_, @thecryptomonk, @basedkarbon, @jconorgrogan, @dogetoshi, @wublockchain, @bigmagicdao, @loopifyyy, @riddle245, @carnage4life, @pauly0x, @bigmagicdao, @deadalnix, @tree_of_alpha, and @tier10k
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: seeking to win US allies, TikTok has proposed a complex, $1.5B plan to reorganize its US operations, including oversight of its key algorithms — Chinese-owned app proposes giving U.S. officials oversight of its algorithms — Two years into negotiations with U.S. regulators …
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Tweets: @deitaone, @patiencehaggin, @jamespindell, @paul__armstrong, @jchengwsj, @astaniscia86, @wsj, and @mayazi
| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
Some US universities, including Alabama's Auburn and the University of Oklahoma, are banning TikTok on their Wi-Fi networks, causing annoyance among students — The school's prohibition brings a geopolitical fight front and center for TikTok's biggest fans: young Americans.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the European Commission is preparing to send a statement of objections to Microsoft, regarding its $69B Activision Blizzard deal, in the coming weeks — Microsoft (MSFT.O) is likely to receive an EU antitrust warning about its $69 billion bid for “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard … | Ezra Reguerra / Cointelegraph: |
After North Korea's Lazarus Group moved ~41K ETH, worth ~$63.5M, from the Harmony bridge hack, Binance and Huobi freeze 124 BTC, worth ~$2.6M, linked to Lazarus — In a recent tweet, on-chain crypto detective ZachXBT said that the hackers have been moving $64 million in the last weekend.
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Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, NewsBTC, The Block, Ethereum World News, Emage, Metaverse Post, Cryptopolitan, Crypto Daily, Coinspeaker, Bitcoin News, CoinDesk, CoinGape, CoinJournal, and CryptoPotato
Tweets: @cz_binance, @zachxbt, @justinsuntron, @zachxbt, @whalecointalk, @tayvano_, and @zachxbt
| Reuters: |
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi says regulators have lifted a ban on new user registrations, signaling an end to a longrunning regulatory crackdown — China's ride hailing giant Didi Global said in a statement on Monday that it would be allowed to resume new user registration, after a more than year-long ban that curbed its growth.| Abhishek Vishnoi / Bloomberg: |
Tencent's Hong Kong stock has risen around 95% since October 28 and Alibaba's stock is up about 85% over a similar period, as China relaxes its tech crackdown — Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. have nearly doubled from their recent lows on growing signs that China is preparing to end … | Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org: |
Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry: Twitter axing APIs for third-party apps without notice is part of the “shit show” and leaves customers in the lurch — Well, it happened. — We knew it was coming. — A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it.
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TechCrunch, Thurrott, Stratechery, Android Police, MacStories, Engadget, TechCircle, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Social Media Today, Appleosophy, Mashable, and The Information
| Forbes: |
A look at Deltec, an obscure Bahamian bank that got a $50M loan from an FTX-tied entity in October 2021, and chairman Jean Chalopin, who has ties to FTX leaders — The loan was among several deals struck with Jean Chalopin, the head of Deltec and Moonstone banks — and co-creator of Inspector Gadget … | Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Shiba Inu developers plan to launch a beta testnet of Shibarium, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, in the coming weeks, focusing on metaverse and gaming applications — Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will serve as the the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain.
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Shiba Inu Ecosystem, The Block, Decrypt, CoinGape, CoinGape, CryptoPotato, Invezz, CryptoGlobe, crypto.news, The Crypto Basic, Watcher Guru, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, CryptoGlobe, Ethereum World News, and Micky
Tweets: @shibtoken, @shibsteve, @hsakatrades, and @cryptokoryo
| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
How Apple's supply chain is leaving China: moving some iPad and MacBook production to Foxconn's Vietnam plants, expanded iPhone production in India, and more — Four days before Christmas , while China was battening down the hatches to survive the explosion of Covid-19 infections around the country …
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iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Appuals.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Bloomberg, India TV News, The Motley Fool, and The Hill
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