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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony halves its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to around 1M units after disappointing early preorders; the headset launches on February 22 — Sony Group Corp. reduced projections for the initial launch of its PlayStation VR2 headset dramatically after early pre-orders disappointed …
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Tweets: @jaay_rock_, @mldghost, @directfeedgames, @xcloudtimdog, @rocco_botte, @wario64, @fourhman, @ogg1993, @ericpresidentvr, @tomwarren, @6d6f636869, @lildom911, and @johntv
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Independent examiner: Celsius misled investors and sometimes used new customer funds to pay for withdrawals, CEO Alex Mashinsky made false claims, and more — Shoba Pillay was appointed by a New York bankruptcy court to look at whether the crypto lender operated as a Ponzi scheme
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| The Verge: |
Apple HomePod (second-gen) review: great sound quality, useful sensors, speedy Siri, and deep Apple integration, but pricey and best experience needs two units — Apple's second take on the HomePod doesn't stray far from the original, but it's better all around.
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announce a venture to explore social apps, the first being Artifact, a TikTok-like app for news articles — EXCLUSIVE: Meet Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text — Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are back.
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| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
Sources: Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony do not plan to attend E3 2023, to be held in-person from June 13 to June 16; E3 2022 was canceled due to the pandemic — All three of gaming's first-party console manufacturers appear poised to skip E3's big return. — E3's first physical event … | Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to €3.2B and a €270M loss, up from €39M YoY, as operating costs rose 44% YoY; paying subscribers were up 10M to 205M — Music streaming group adds subscribers but is hit by rise in operating expenses — Spotify's losses ballooned …
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
A draft EU “fair-share” document proposes making Netflix, Alphabet, and other “large traffic generators” to help pay for next-generation internet infrastructure — The European Union is weighing a proposal to make technology companies that use the most bandwidth …
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| Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: |
A look at the history of generative AI and developments that paved the way for breakthroughs, including CUDA, convolutional neural networks, and transformers — A new class of incredibly powerful AI models has made recent breakthroughs possible. — Progress in AI systems often feels cyclical.
Tweets: @arstechnica
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge allows the names of the two people who posted SBF's $250M bail to be made public, but stays the ruling until at least February 7, expecting an appeal — A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried …
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Tweets: @tier10k, @tier10k, @evirae, @joelkatz, @kenklippenstein, @sgodofsk, and @autismcapital
| Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: |
Samsung reports Q4 operating profit down 69% YoY to ~$3.5B, its lowest since Q3 2014, and revenue down 8% YoY to ~$57.3B, citing weak chip and smartphone demand — South Korean tech giant's slump expected to continue in first half of this year — SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday …
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
The European Commission plans to require that country regulators report six times a year on GDPR investigations and more, after a complaint by rights group ICCL — It's well established that the European Union has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, threatening fines of up to 4% of a company's annual turnover.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Stripe is aiming to raise ~$2.5B at a $55B to $60B valuation, led by Thrive Capital, which has committed $1B; Stripe was valued at ~$95B in March 2021 — Thrive has committed $1 billion, which would value the payments provider Stripe at about $55 billion to $60 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @eliotwb, @p_ferragu, @jessicalessin, @daniellemorrill, and @eghosao
| Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: |
Paramount Global plans to merge its Showtime streaming service with Paramount+'s ad-free tier later in 2023 and call the new offering Paramount+ with SHOWTIME — It's been a long time coming, but later this year, Paramount Global will finally fully integrate the streaming arm …
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The Hollywood Reporter, Engadget, Variety, Deadline, Fortune, Digital Trends, Axios, New York Times, PCMag, Tech Advisor, Broadband TV News, and GameSpot
| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Kaspersky: from January 2020 to June 2022, hacker groups offered salaries from six figures to $1.2M, bonuses, and paid leave to attract talent on the dark web — Despite the obvious risks, tech jobs with hacking groups can be alluring for those who need the money or want to do the work.
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Mastodon: @Quinnypig@awscommunity.social. Tweets: @vxunderground, @aminsabeti, @weldpond, @securelist, @kaspersky, @cyberscoopnews, and @_mg_
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Manu Jain, who led Xiaomi's India business for seven years, leaves, the latest of many key departures; sources say Jain pitched investors about an EV startup — Manu Jain, the executive who helped Xiaomi set up and scale business in India, has left the company, he said Monday … Sponsor Posts
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