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Sources: the US DOJ, which has an ongoing four-year-old probe into Apple's alleged anticompetitive behavior, has taken interest in Apple blocking Beeper Mini — Beeper Mini, which offers iPhone messaging on Android phones, has grown fast and its duel with the tech giant has gotten the attention of antitrust regulators.
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China publishes draft rules for online gaming, including setting spending limits and banning daily login rewards; stocks for Tencent and NetEase both drop 10%+ — - Tencent, NetEase shares dive in Hong Kong after new rules — Beijing has in recent years sought to combat gaming addiction
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ScamSniffer: Google and X ads are promoting sites containing “MS Drainer”, a cryptocurrency drainer that has stolen $59M from 63,210 victims since March 2023 — Google and Twitter ads are promoting sites containing a cryptocurrency drainer named ‘MS Drainer’ that has already stolen $59 million … | Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Paxos plans to expand its products to the Solana blockchain on January 17, 2024, after receiving approval from the New York Department of Financial Services — The leading stablecoin issuer Paxos has received regulatory approval to expand its products to the Solana blockchain, which it plans to launch on January 17, 2024.
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Spotify pulls support for two music festivals in France, in protest against a new tax that would impose a levy of 1.5% to 1.75% on all music streaming services — Spotify is pulling support for two music festivals in protest against a controversial new tax directed at music-streaming platforms operating … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Humane says it will begin shipping its Ai Pin in March 2024, starting with customers who placed priority orders — Humane announced Friday that the AI Pin, its splashy AI-powered wearable, will start shipping in March 2024. … While Humane didn't share a specific date for when orders … | Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
After the Jedi cloud contract fell apart, the US DOD has allocated less than 2% of its $9B Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, started in December 2022 — In the past year, less than 2 percent of $9 billion set aside to upgrade the U.S. military's computing technology has been committed
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Hacked files show Insomniac's challenges juggling teams, timelines, and budgets amid possible Sony cuts; Spider-Man 2 cost ~$300M, almost 3x Spider-Man's cost — Internal documents show how a big PlayStation studio plans its future — Insomniac Games quickly established itself …
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| Erin Nolan / New York Times: |
Prosecutors: Pornhub operator Aylo admits to profiting for years from porn depicting sex trafficking victims, will pay a $1.8M+ fine, and be assigned a monitor — The company that operates Pornhub and other adult websites has agreed to pay damages to women who said pornographic videos of them were posted online without their consent.| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple discussed multiyear deals worth $50M+ with NBC News, Condé Nast, IAC, and other publishers to train its generative AI systems on news articles — The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers' news articles.| Financial Times: |
How SoftBank's $500M bet on US mortgage lender Better, once valued at $7B, backfired; BETR is down 90%+ since its August 2023 IPO after a US SEC investigation — Multibillion-dollar investment in start-up soured as interest rates rose and Spac craze ended — In April 2021 … | Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Data center infrastructure company Arkon Energy raised $110M to grow its US bitcoin mining capacity and plans to launch an AI cloud service in Norway — Arkon Energy, a data center infrastructure company, closed a $110 million private funding round to expand its operations …
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