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Amazon Devices & Services SVP David Limp, who oversees Alexa, Echo, and other products, plans to leave the company later in 2023; a successor hasn't been named — David Limp's retirement will be latest departure from e-commerce giant's leadership under CEO Andy Jassy
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Filing: BAM Trading, which runs Binance.US, seeks a protective order against the SEC due to “conducting a fishing expedition”; the SEC seeks four depositions — - BAM Trading, the company behind Binance.US, filed a motion on Monday to seek a protective order against the SEC.
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| Luc Cohen / Reuters: |
In an amended indictment, the US DOJ alleges SBF used money he stole from FTX customers to make $100M+ in political campaign donations before the 2022 midterms — Sam Bankman-Fried used money he stole from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange to make more than $100 million …
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| Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Nielsen: linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV use in July, a first in two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record high of 38.7% of TV use — Nielsen's monthly platform rankings show broadcast and cable making up less than half of all TV use. — Broadcast and cable networks …
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Analysis: the average prices of major ad-free streaming service are up nearly 25% in about a year, as streamers try to push users toward ad-supported tiers — Price push by Disney, others is part of effort to trim losses, steer users toward more-lucrative ad-supported plans — Call it streamflation.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
YouTube starts mass removal of videos promoting “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or discouraging “seeking professional medical treatment” — YouTube will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Email: X no longer lets advertisers promote their accounts within the platform's timeline to gain followers; a source says such ads generate $100M annually — X, the company formerly known as Twitter, will no longer allow advertisers to promote their accounts within the platform's timeline …
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X: @xdaily, @mediaevan, @wexler, @dawnposts, and @riddle245
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia bought 3,000+ Nvidia H100 GPUs and the UAE purchased thousands of Nvidia GPUs; Nvidia expects to ship ~550K H100 GPUs globally in 2023 — Gulf nations acquire thousands of GPUs amid global shortage of semiconductors needed to build large language models
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Netflix begins a “limited beta test” of its cloud-streamed games on the web, TVs, and streaming devices from Roku, LG, Amazon, and more, in Canada and the UK — Netflix is kicking off the first public tests of its cloud-streamed games. … In a blog post, Netflix VP …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Comcast launches the Xfinity Storm-Ready WiFi, a cellular backup internet device to weather storms and power outages, for $252, or $7 per month for 36 months — Comcast is launching a new cellular-equipped backup internet device that's designed to keep customers connected during storms and localized outages.| Patrick Wingrove / Reuters: |
Amazon says Amazon Pharmacy will automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons to 15+ insulin and diabetes medicines, lowering the cost to as little as $35 — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday its online pharmacy will automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons to more than 15 insulin …
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
The FCC says 20M+ US households enrolled in a program to receive $30 per month subsidies for internet access, up from 10M in early 2022 and 16M in February 2023 — More than 20 million US households are now receiving discounts on internet service as part of a federal program created to close …
More: Federal Communications Commission and CNET
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
How a scam tied to ad firm CPABuild hosts malicious PDFs, indexed by search engines, on hacked .gov, .org, and .edu sites, often luring Fortnite or Roblox users — The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network.Sponsor Posts
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