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Meta plans to reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with “new guardrails to deter repeat offenses”, after a two-year ban — - “We've always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country,” Clegg told Axios.
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Twitter reinstates some Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocks links to a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi — Human-rights groups say they have seen a rise in anti-Muslim material on the platform — Twitter Inc. under Elon Musk …
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After an uproar, Twitter suspends US white nationalist Nick Fuentes' verified account, one day after lifting the Holocaust denier's ban that began in July 2021 — ‘FUN WHILE IT LASTED’ — Twitter's decision to reinstate the account of unabashed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes worked out about exactly …
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Sources: Elon Musk's team has been exploring selling up to $3B in potential new Twitter shares to help repay some of the $13B in debt tacked on for the buyout — Elon Musk's team has held talks with investors about raising up to $3 billion to repay some of the $13 billion in debt tacked onto Twitter Inc …
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How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business — If Elon Musk has a tragic flaw, it isn't his temper, or his treatment of underlings, or his refusal to follow securities laws.| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM plans to lay off about 1.5% of its global workforce, or around 3,900 jobs, focusing on workers who remained after spinning off Kyndryl and Watson Health — International Business Machines Corp. delivered an upbeat annual sales forecast while announcing it would eliminate about 1.5% …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
IBM reports Q4 revenue of $16.69B, flat YoY, vs. $16.4B est., net income up 16% YoY to $2.71B, and software revenue up 2.8% YoY to $7.29B, vs. $7.12B est. — - IBM managed to avoid posting a revenue decline. — The company plans to cut about 3,900 jobs, or 1.5% of its workforce.| Akriti Sharma / Reuters: |
Microsoft resolved a networking issue impacting Azure, Outlook, Teams, and other services globally for hours; services in China and for governments were not hit — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took …
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| Bryce Elder / Financial Times: |
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including due to reputational, legal, and security risks — Extinction looms for FTAV's Mastodon presence — A few months ago, FT Alphaville thought it might be fun to host a Mastodon server.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
After an antitrust order in India, Google plans to add third-party billing for apps and games in February, revise phone maker and partner agreements, and more — Google is revising its business agreements with phonemakers and other partners in India and making a series of other changes …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
London-based crypto exchange Luno, owned by DCG, lays off 35% of its global workforce, citing market “turbulence”; Luno has a ~960 headcount per its LinkedIn — - London-based crypto exchange Luno informed employees of the redundancies at 12 p.m. GMT on Wednesday in a live-streamed town hall.
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| Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: |
Wharton School Professor Christian Terwiesch found that OpenAI's ChatGPT was able to pass the final exam for the school's MBA program, scoring between B- and B — ChatGPT uses AI to pass final exam at UPenn's Wharton — New research conducted by a professor at University … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
SK Hynix announces its LPDDR5T chip for mobile devices, with a 9.6Gbps data transfer speed, 13% faster than the previous LPDDR5X — In a bit of a surprise move, SK hynix this week has announced a new variation of LPDDR5 memory technology, which they are calling LPDDR5T.
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| Edward Gately / Channel Futures: |
North Carolina-based Zift Solutions, whose ZiftOne tool helps companies manage channel marketing, sales, and operations, raised $70M led by Investcorp — ITP's investment will help accelerate Zift Solutions' GTM strategy and continued international expansion.
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Sources: Marc Benioff's controversial acquisitions, preference for growth over profits, celebrity relations, and philanthropic pursuits have grated shareholders — Marc Benioff helped build software group into a Silicon Valley giant but shareholders are agitating for change
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Dutch chip equipment maker ASML reports Q4 sales up 29% YoY to €6.4B, 2022 net sales up 13% YoY to €21.1B, and forecasts 25% YoY net sales growth in 2023 — - Dutch chip equipment maker ASML forecast a 25% jump in 2023 revenue. — ASML CEO Wennink said China accounted …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Gemini-owned NFT platform Nifty Gateway's co-founders Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster leave the company, as Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss battle to save Gemini — - Nifty Gateway co-founders Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster are leaving Gemini. — Their departure comes amid challenging times at Gemini …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dell acquires Israel-based Cloudify, which offers a platform for cloud orchestration and infrastructure automation; sources say the deal was valued at ~$100M — Dell is making an acquisition to beef up its cloud services business, specifically its offerings in DevOps: the company is buying Cloudify …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google previews features for its open-source multiplatform UI framework Flutter, like RISC-V support and easier embedding of Flutter code into existing apps — Flutter, Google's open-source framework for building multi-platform apps for mobile, web and desktop, is hosting its Flutter Forward event in Nairobi, Kenya today.
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| Samuel Stolton / Politico: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to investigate Microsoft over allegedly unfairly tying Teams and other software to Office, after a Slack complaint in 2020 — European Union antitrust enforcers are planning to open an antitrust probe into Microsoft over its video and messaging service Teams …
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Sources: the FBI and the DOJ are examining Snapchat's role in the spread and sale of fentanyl-laced pills in the US, as part of a broader counterfeit drug probe — Federal agencies are questioning Snapchat's role in the spread and sale of fentanyl-laced pills in the US as part of a broader probe … Sponsor Posts
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