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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
FTX identifies ~$5.5B in “liquid” assets for recovery, including $415M in “unauthorized third-party transfers” possibly tied to a hack found after its collapse — - FTX has identified about $5.5 billion worth of digital assets for recovery, a number that includes $415 million in “hacked crypto.”
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Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @spreekaway, @jconorgrogan, @leomschwartz, @b1ockgreg, @crymeacoin, @epsilontheory, @stephanie_murr, @sbf_ftx, @leomschwartz, @ftx_official, @edzitron, @0xfungy, @sbf_ftx, @metalawman, @growing_daniel, @kadhim, @fed_speak, @smtuffy, @blakestonks, @cryptogodjohn, @sbf_ftx, @longshorttrader, @smtuffy, @kadhim, @metalawman, @kadhim, @ajammirabilis, @sindap, @jconorgrogan, @compound248, @buccocapital, @sindap, @john_j_brown, @joeconsorti, @autismcapital, @ariehkovler, @alistairmilne, @leomschwartz, @sbf_ftx, @celsiusloans, @kadhim, @fejau_inc, @tier10k, @bitfinexed, @frances_coppola, @thecryptomonk, @kaz_khadem, @spreekaway, @bitboy_crypto, @kadhim, @tradermayne, @pythianism, @trungtphan, @mattmedved, @compound248, @davidgerard, @leomschwartz, @teddyschleifer, @kadhim, and @ariehkovler
| CoinDesk: |
Analysis: 196 members of the new Congress accepted donations from Sam Bankman-Fried or other FTX senior executives, including Kevin McCarthy and Chuck Schumer — The session began with 196 U.S. lawmakers who took direct contributions from Sam Bankman-Fried and other former FTX executives …
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple indefinitely postpones its lightweight AR glasses due to technical difficulties and is instead planning a lower-cost MR headset for 2024 or 2025 — Apple Inc. is still planning to unveil its first mixed-reality headset this year, but an even more important follow-up product …
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| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Source: Microsoft is contemplating cutting ~5% of its workforce, or ~11,000 jobs, and could announce the layoffs in the coming days, before company earnings — Microsoft is finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce amid a global economic slowdown, Sky News learns.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra specs allegedly leak, showing 6.1, 6.6, and 6.8-inch screens, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the Ultra's 200MP sensor, and more — Spec sheets for all three devices in Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone lineup, the Galaxy S23 series, appear to have leaked online.| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Tesla's Autopilot software director testified in 2022 that an October 2016 video promoted by Elon Musk was staged, showing self-driving features the cars lacked — A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping …
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
Apple plans to hire a third-party firm to audit its US labor practices, focusing on human rights, after an investor coalition pushed for the assessment — The tech giant will assess its compliance with its official human rights policy, according to a federal filing.| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
As Apple shifts from China, experts worry India will struggle with iPhone production due to supply chain issues, labor woes, a lack of automation, and more — The tech giant increasingly finds itself beholden to America's biggest geopolitical rival. But is diversification even possible?
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
By suing Genesis Global Capital and Gemini Trust over Gemini Earn in 2023, the SEC is years late to addressing the crypto lending product marketed as a security — Earn — Well, of course: … We covered this in 2021, when Coinbase Global Inc.'s similar crypto lending program was shut down by the SEC before it started.
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Tweets: @ritholtz, @coinbureau, @carnage4life, @spiritofpines, @texasvc, and @matt_levine
| Erin Woo / The Information: |
Source: Twitter manager Siddharth Rao told employees that daily revenue was 40% lower than a year earlier and more than 500 top advertisers have paused spending — A senior Twitter manager told employees that the company's daily revenue on Tuesday was 40% lower than the same day a year ago …
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Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @carnage4life, @fake_api, @amir, @investor_nick_, and @erinkwoo
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Canalys: global smartphone shipments fell 17% YoY in Q4 2022 and 2022 shipments fell 11% YoY to under 1.2B, the lowest quarterly and annual levels since 2013 — One of these days I'll have some positive news to share about the global smartphone market. Today is not that day.
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Canalys, ZDNet, Sammy Fans, South China Morning Post, Softpedia News, Android Authority, and SamMobile. Tweets: @canalys
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Investigation: starting in November 2021, OpenAI contracted Kenya-based Sama to label violent and toxic content, paying workers $2/hour, to improve ChatGPT — Content warning: this story contains descriptions of sexual abuse — ChatGPT was hailed as one 2022's most impressive technological …
Tweets: @pt, @nkulw, @billyperrigo, @elinor_carmi, @billyperrigo, @billyperrigo, @hare_brain, @billyperrigo, @charleskriel, and @deekbhardwaj
| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
A look at LockBit, a Russia-linked hacking group that claimed responsibility for compromising 40 organizations in the past month, including the UK's Royal Mail — LockBit claims it has compromised 40 organisations around the world in just the past month — As the UK's Royal Mail grappled … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Discord acquires Gas, a poll-based app with 1M+ DAUs that is popular among teens for sharing anonymous compliments and positive affirmations with each other — Discord has acquired the Gas social app. The poll-based app has become popular among teens in recent months, allowing friends to share compliments with each other.
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Discord Blog, Bloomberg, Mashable, Appuals.com, Adweek, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @nikitabier, @adamnash, @tomwarren, @zoescaman, @winnielaux_, @jasoncitron, @joulee, @peer_rich, @anuatluru, @carygolomb, @rpandey1234, and @gergelyorosz
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon begins laying off 18,000+ employees, impacting around 1% of its total workforce and 6% of its corporate staff, mostly in its retail and HR departments — Amazon.com Inc. is set to begin a round of layoffs ultimately affecting more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cull in its history … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple updates its Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro options, improved graphics performance, up to 32GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and more, starting at $599 — Apple today launched the new Mac mini lineup, available with M2 and M2 Pro chips inside. The M2 Mac mini starts at a new lower price of $599.
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Apple, AppleInsider News, Macworld, Neowin, TechNewsWorld, Pocket-lint, Wccftech, CNBC, Digit, Gizchina, iThinkDifferent, SlashGear, and TechEBlog
Tweets: @linustech, @handleym99, @dylan522p, @dylan522p, @dimensionmedia, and @stevemoser
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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Tweets: @parkerortolani, @ianzelbo, @joannastern, @tim_cook, @tldtoday, @0xa1ec, @sondesix, @benjhaisch, @rsgnl, @iupdate, @film_girl, and @gregjoz
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