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| Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg: |
Source: Binance is considering de-listing USDC and other tokens from US projects, ending US partnerships, and closing VC investments, amid regulatory scrutiny — Crypto giant Binance Holdings Ltd. is considering ending relationships with US business partners as regulators turn up the heat.
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The Information, Reuters, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, CoinJournal, Ethereum World News, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @cz_binance, @muyaoshen, and @wublockchain
| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
The SEC says Do Kwon and Terraform Labs have withdrawn $100M+ in fiat currency from a Swiss bank since June 2022, after moving 10K+ Bitcoin out of a cold wallet — Crypto fugitive Do Kwon and the firm he founded transferred over 10,000 Bitcoin out of their doomed project and turned …
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CoinDesk, Gizmodo, Finbold, Watcher Guru, CoinGape, CoinJournal, and CryptoPotato
Tweets: @poordart, @emilyjnicolle, and @news_of_alpha
| Bloomberg: |
The SEC sues Terraform Labs and Do Kwon, accusing them of selling unregistered securities and perpetrating a fraudulent scheme that lost $40B+ in market value — The US Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to sue the company behind TerraUSD, a crypto stablecoin whose collapse …
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| New York Times: |
Microsoft is considering limiting Bing chatbot's conversation lengths and adding tools to let users restart conversations or give them more control over tone — The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.
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| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @stshank, @annesraders, @mattmcgee, @kantrowitz, @happyhermit78, @thatsjust_v_, @sheila_dang, @kenli729, @martyswant, and @heydave7
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta gave ~10% of employees subpar ratings in recent performance reviews, a potential sign of more layoffs, and cut a bonus metric to 85% of its target — The performance-review process is expected to set the stage for more workforce reductions this year — Why Tech Layoffs Don't Reflect the Job Market
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Tweets: @tsoh_investing, @bobbywilson1004, @sal19, @samro, and @ivanthek
| Clothilde Goujard / Politico: |
Under the Digital Services Act, online platforms disclose their MAUs in the EU: YouTube has 401M+, Facebook ~255M, Instagram ~250M, TikTok 150M, Twitter 100.9M — TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have now confirmed they will face the strictest rules under the EU's content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA).
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Tweets: @clothildegouj, @claesdevreese, @markscott82, @kelseylh, @rebekahktromble, @markscott82, @benedictevans, and @bertuzluca
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent cuts its 300-strong metaverse unit and drops VR hardware plans due to trouble achieving quick profitability and the need for a big investment — Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) is abandoning plans to venture into virtual reality hardware, as a sobering economic outlook prompts …
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Reuters, Metaverse Post, Engadget, Road to VR, Video Games Chronicle, Game Rant, crypto.news, GameSpot, TechNode, The Block, Forkast, Pandaily, PingWest, and Slashdot
Tweets: @therealjoshye and @therealjoshye
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI aims to improve ChatGPT's behavior by reducing biases, allowing more user customization, and getting more public input into the company's decision-making — We're clarifying how ChatGPT's behavior is shaped and our plans for improving that behavior, allowing more user customization …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Fitbit plans to remove adventures, challenges, and open groups on March 27 and replace Studio with an SDK; Google says the app's features were of “limited use” — Fitbit users: better one-up your friends in challenges while you still can. Starting March 27th …
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XDA Developers, TalkAndroid.com, 9to5Google, Engadget, Neowin, and Android Central
Tweets: @epro, @jannaschulze, and @carnage4life
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Source: the UK CMA is investigating a deal in which Google pays Apple a portion of search revenue generated by people using Chrome on iOS — Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari — EXCLUSIVE Google has been paying Apple a portion …
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MacRumors, Search Engine Land, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Appuals.com, and Techaeris. Tweets: @rustybrick
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Samsung says the Message Guard feature in Galaxy S23 series will prevent zero-click exploits via messaging apps by detecting malware hidden in image attachments — Zero-click attacks, which can install malware onto a device without the user clicking or tapping on anything, have been on the rise in recent years.
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Samsung Newsroom, HotHardware, XDA Developers, Android Central, SlashGear, Appuals.com, Wccftech, PCMag, The Verge, Sammy Fans, Phone Scoop, GSMArena.com, and SamMobile. Tweets: @samsungmobile
| Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
The FTC launches an Office of Technology, increasing the number of technologists on staff from 10 to ~22 ahead of legal battles with Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta — Happy Friday! A quick programming note: The newsletter will be off Monday for the holiday, but back in your inboxes Tuesday.
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Tweets: @ewwilkins, @ftc, @zacharygraves, @viacristiano, and @devindra
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund's Savvy Games Group now owns 8.3% of Nintendo, the largest outside stake, up from ~6% at the start of 2023 — Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund became the largest outside shareholder of Nintendo Co. on Friday, in the latest move by the Gulf state to lower its reliance on oil.
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GamesIndustry.biz, Axios, Associated Press, Game Rant, My Nintendo News, Eurogamer.net, GameSpot, Video Games Chronicle, Game Developer, and GoNintendo
Tweets: @knoebelbroet, @alexjamesfitz, @serkantoto, @6d6f636869, and @gibiz
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GoDaddy says it discovered a multi-year security breach in early December 2022 where unknown attackers stole source code and installed malware on its servers — Web hosting giant GoDaddy says they suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware …
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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q4 revenue up 40% YoY to $1.8B, vs. $1.77B est., a $642M net loss, vs. $265M est., up from $155M YoY, and 32M+ MAUs, up from 25M+ YoY — People are spending more on food delivery even as prices rise — DoorDash Inc.'s DASH -1.95%decrease; red down pointing triangle revenue rose … Sponsor Posts
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