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Sources: Sony halves its PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units in Q1 after early preorders disappointed; the headset is slated to launch 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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| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
Independent examiner: Celsius misled its investors, 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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Tweets: @chriswelch, @detroitborg, @maxwinebach, @maxwinebach, @rsgnl, @mkbhd, @cnet, @jonyiveparody, @jp2e, and @supersaf
| 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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| 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, and adds 10M paying subscribers to hit 205M — Music streaming group adds subscribers but is hit by rise in operating expenses
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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 …
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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 generative AI's history and advances before recent breakthroughs, including Nvidia's CUDA, convolutional neural networks, and Google's transformers — A new class of incredibly powerful AI models has made recent breakthroughs possible. — Progress in AI systems often feels cyclical.
Tweets: @elipariser, @tnatw, and @arstechnica
| 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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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A look at Microsoft's 343 Industries, the prized studio behind Halo, after a leadership overhaul, layoffs, and more; sources detail a pivot to Unreal Engine — Microsoft Corp. says it's going to keep making new games in the popular Halo franchise at its prized 343 Industries studio — despite rumors to the contrary.
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| 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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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
A US judge says the names of the two people who posted SBF's $250M bail can be made public, but holds 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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| 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.| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Tech Nation, the UK government-sanctioned tech ecosystem builder, plans to cease operations on March 31 after losing its grant funding to a Barclays-run program — After over ten years in operation, Tech Nation, the UK's government-sanctioned ecosystem builder for UK tech startups …
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Tweets: @technation, @johnycassidy, @robertscammell, @adoranwodo, @brdbrnm, @amyrlewin, @thomasforth, @hacksultan, @oduneweniyi, and @hkanji
| 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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Tweets: @matthewacherry and @markagee
| 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 … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Stripperweb, a key forum for sex workers for 20+ years, plans to shut down on February 1, per its website, leading its community to rush to archive its content — The forum's community is working overtime to archive decades of history — There are some people on the internet who don't want to be found.
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The Daily Dot. Tweets: @prolepeach, @edith_outlier, @cammodelweb, @mazltv_cocktail, @mayakendrickxo, @mayakendrickxo, and @asilbwrites
| Wall Street Journal: |
After the market crashed, Madonna, Kim Kardashian, Tom Brady, and other celebrities have faced civil lawsuits from investors over promoting crypto projects — Prominent endorsers named as defendants in class-action lawsuits, while agents warn clients away from future deals
Tweets: @saraheneedleman and @melissajpeltier
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
A look at US cases that may define the bounds of free speech online, including Gonzalez v. Google, Twitter v. Taamneh, and a fight over CA's kid safety law — - The U.S. justice system, including the Supreme Court, will consider cases that will help determine the bounds of free expression on the internet.
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The Guardian, Roll Call, USA Today, Tech Xplore, and Newstrail.com
Tweets: @adamkovac, @jess_miers, @netchoice, @evan_greer, @aclu, and @dcnorg
| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Twitter shuts down CoTweets, an experimental feature allowing two users to author a tweet in tandem; in a month, CoTweets will show as authored from one user — If you're reading this, it's already too late to post a CoTweet. — Did you use Twitter's fairly new CoTweets feature?Sponsor Posts
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