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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Twitter quietly updates its developer agreement with a clause banning third-party clients, after claiming the company was “enforcing long-standing API rules” — In case there was any doubt about Twitter's intentions in cutting off the developers of third-party apps …
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| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO but plans to stay on as executive chair; the company promotes COO Greg Peters to co-CEO with Ted Sarandos — Streaming company names new leadership as it looks to reset after ‘tough year’ in 2022 — Reed Hastings is stepping …
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 1.9% YoY to $7.85B, $55M net income, down from $607M YoY, 231M paid memberships, adding 7.66M subscribers vs. 4.57M expected — - Netflix added 7.66 million paid subscribers during the fourth quarter, more than the 4.57 million Wall Street expected.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Netflix plans to roll out paid password sharing “more broadly” later in Q1 2023 and expects some “cancel reaction” before an improvement in overall revenue — The era of Netflix password sharing will soon come to a close. Netflix has plans to enforce password-sharing rules … | Catherine Larkin / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: T-Mobile says a hacker stole data for ~37M customer accounts, including names and addresses, but no passwords, SSNs, or financial information — T-Mobile US Inc. said a hacker obtained data for 37 million customer accounts, though it didn't include payment card information or personal identifying numbers.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
PayPal says hackers accessed the sensitive data of ~35K users, including addresses and social security numbers, in a December 2022 credential stuffing attack — PayPal is sending out data breach notifications to thousands of users who had their accounts accessed through credential stuffing attacks that exposed some personal data.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out Quiet Mode, which silences notifications, auto-replies to DMs, and informs friends, and plans to prompt teens to enable the feature at night — Instagram announced today it's expanding its selection of time management tools with the launch of a new feature called “Quiet Mode.”
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| The Block: |
Crypto lender Nexo agrees to pay $45M in penalties to settle US SEC and state charges for failing to register the offer and sale of its Earn Interest Product — - The SEC charged Nexo for failing to register the offer and sale of its crypto asset lending product, called the Earn Interest Product.
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| Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle: |
Sony announces the PlayStation VR2's full launch game lineup, including Tetris Effect and 12 other new titles; PSVR games will not be compatible with PSVR 2 — 13 NEW TITLES HAVE BEEN REVEALED FOR THE HEADSET — Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed the final PlayStation VR 2 launch line-up …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
In his first interview, FTX CEO John Ray III says he set up a task force to explore restarting the exchange, saying customers praised its technology, and more — In his first public interview since taking over the failed cryptocurrency exchange, John J. Ray III said that he's open to the idea of rebooting operations
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Myspace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb's PLAI Labs raised a $32M seed led by a16z to build social platforms leveraging generative AI and Web3 — A $32 million seed round may seem like a throwback to frothier times like . . .2021. But that's how much PLAI Labs just raised in a deal led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).| David McCabe / New York Times: |
On Friday, SCOTUS may discuss whether to hear two cases challenging social media laws in Texas and Florida and plans to hear two Section 230 cases in February — The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms.
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| Chainalysis: |
Analysis: ransomware attackers received at least $456.8M in 2022, falling ~40% from $765.6M in 2021 and $765M in 2020, as victims increasingly refuse to pay — 2022 was an impactful year in the fight against ransomware. Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022 …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Wikimedia updates Wikipedia's design for the first time in over a decade, improving search, accessibility, the table of contents section, and language switching — Wikipedia, one of the world's top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade.| Wall Street Journal: |
The FAA says a contractor unintentionally deleted computer files used in a pilot-alert system while trying to sync two databases resulting in last week's outage — The federal air-safety regulator said no evidence of cyberattack or malicious intent was found| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Texas Instruments names COO Haviv Ilan as its next CEO, starting on April 1, replacing Rich Templeton, who was CEO for 19 years and will remain company chairman — - Rich Templeton has run Texas Instruments for almost 19 years, and the company has outperformed one exchange-traded fund for chips.
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, MarketWatch, Texas Instruments, Reuters, and Texas Instruments Incorporated. Tweets: @matt_cochrane7
| Wall Street Journal: |
CoinDesk retains Lazard investment bankers to help the outlet explore its options, including a partial or full sale, after “numerous” indications of interest — Company has ‘received numerous inbound indications of interest,’ CEO Kevin Worth says
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| Financial Times: |
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are cutting staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investments fell 75% YoY to $801M in 2022 — Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment … Sponsor Posts
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