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May 9, 2023, 4:35 AM

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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Ripple's CEO says the company will have spent $200M fighting SEC's lawsuit that accuses him, a co-founder, and Ripple of selling XRP as an unregistered security  —  - Ripple will have spent $200 million by the time its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is over, CEO Brad Garlinghouse said.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
David Pierce / The Verge:
How Google's attempt to create a better, faster mobile web for media companies with the AMP standard ended up ruining publishers' trust in the internet giant  —  Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP.  In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Google's passkey offering is refined and comprehensive enough to recommend, but the ecosystem is incomplete, despite PayPal, Kayak, and others using passkeys  —  The passkey ecosystem is far from complete, but Google's implementation is now ready to use.  —  By now, you've likely heard …
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Crypto exchange Bittrex files for bankruptcy in Delaware; filing: the company estimates both its liabilities and assets to be between $500M and $1B  —  Bittrex already announced its intention to exit the U.S., but also faces an SEC enforcement action.  —  Crypto exchange Bittrex has filed …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Internal docs: Google plans to announce generative AI updates at Google I/O on May 10, including launching PaLM 2, a general-use LLM supporting 100+ languages  —  - Google's hefty investments in artificial intelligence will be on display at its annual developer conference this week.
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
LinkedIn to cut 716 jobs and shut down InCareer, its local jobs app in China, by August 9, citing fierce competition and a challenging macroeconomic climate  —  LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday …
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers file pretrial motions to dismiss most criminal charges against him, but not charges tied to securities fraud and money laundering  —  Bankman-Fried did not move to dismiss charges tied to securities fraud or money laundering.  —  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried …
Akanksha Khushi / Reuters:
Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for an hour late on May 7 and for several hours on May 8, blaming heavy volumes and an unanticipated rise in network gas fees  —  Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for several hours on Monday, citing heavy volumes and a surge in processing fees …
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Truecaller plans to make its caller ID service available globally over WhatsApp and other messaging apps later in May to help users spot potential spam calls  —  Truecaller (TRUEb.ST) will soon start making its caller identification service available over WhatsApp and other messaging apps …

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