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Wall Street Journal:
Binance says the NYDFS ordered Paxos to stop issuing its BUSD stablecoin, which has 6.2M holders; Paxos will continue redemptions until at least February 2024  —  Firm will continue to manage redemptions of the product  —  New York regulators directed a crypto company to stop issuing …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the SEC told Paxos the agency plans to sue the crypto firm, alleging the Paxos-issued and listed Binance USD stablecoin is an unregistered security
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Twilio plans to cut ~17% of its workforce, or ~1,500 jobs, after laying off ~11% in September 2022 and will form two units to spend less and be more efficient  —  - Twilio on Monday announced plans to cut about 1,500 employees, or around 17% of its workforce, according to a blog post shared on the company's website.
Shenghao Bai / Counterpoint Research:
Analysis: the iPhone 14 Pro Max 128GB's blended bill of materials cost is ~$464, up 3.7% on the iPhone 13 Pro Max, with 22%+ accounting for Apple-designed chips  —  - The blended bill of materials (BoM) cost for the iPhone 14 Pro Max with 128GB Nand flash is about $464, a 3.7% increase from that of the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
A study finds 11 data brokers selling Americans' mental health information, including on antidepressants, insomnia, and attention issues, likely from app makers  —  Capitalizing on the pandemic explosion in telehealth and therapy apps that collect details of your mental health needs …
Samantha Cole / VICE:
A look at the torrent of deepfake porn harassment targeted at female creators as a Twitch streamer is caught and admits to buying deepfakes of fellow streamers  —  After Atrioc was caught buying non-consensual, pornographic deepfakes of fellow Twitch streamers, the abuse against women targeted has been endless.
Dmitri Brereton / DKB Blog:
At Microsoft's demo last week, the “new Bing” incorrectly summarized Gap's Q3 2022 earnings and provided wrong info on a pet vacuum and Mexico City nightlife  —  Microsoft knowingly released a broken product for short-term hype  —  Bing AI got some answers completely wrong during their demo.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple releases macOS Ventura 13.2.1, iOS 16.3.1, and iPadOS 16.3.1 with a patch for a WebKit arbitrary code execution bug reportedly being actively exploited  —  The macOS Ventura 13.2.1, iPadOS 16.3.1, and iOS 16.3.1 updates that Apple released today include minor bug fixes …
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:
Bakkt plans to shut down its consumer crypto app on March 16, two years after debuting Bakkt App with partners including Starbucks, Best Buy, and Choice Hotels  —  Users will be able to manage their assets over the web after March 16.  —  Digital asset platform Bakkt (BKKT) …
Financial Times:
A look at Andy Jassy's challenges running Amazon, down by $1T in market cap since he took over in 2021: cutting staff and costs, growing Prime's value, and more  —  Investors joining Amazon's earning call earlier this month were greeted with a surprise guest: the group's chief executive, Andy Jassy.

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Reuters:
A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to lift its White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico for 14 days, calling it likely unconstitutional

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says it is raising another $7.5B in debt to pay for its WBD acquisition and pay down other debt, bringing the total debt it intends to raise to $44.4B

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Barry Diller withdraws People's bid to buy the stake in MGM Resorts it didn't already own, in a deal valuing the company at ~$12.4B; People holds ~27% of MGM

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