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India seeks to block the URLs of nine offshore crypto exchanges, including Binance, Kraken, KuCoin, and Huobi, for not complying with anti-money laundering laws — Apart from Binance and Kucoin, the other virtual digital assets service providers (VDA SP) who have been issued notice … | Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg: |
Apple submitted a software workaround that could let the company sell non-infringing Apple Watch versions as soon as January 12, while appealing the US ITC ban — The Cupertino, Calif.-based tech giant won a temporary reprieve from a federal appeals court Wednesday, two months …
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| Raymond Wong / Inverse: |
A look at Apple's renewed interest in Mac gaming, powered by Apple silicon, and an interview with Apple executives about Dynamic Caching, Game Mode, and more — On July 21, 1999, Steve Jobs stood on stage in front of a packed Macworld Expo New York audience and announced a video game …
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| Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi unveils the SU7, its first EV, saying its aim is to become a top global carmaker in 15 to 20 years, which CEO Lei Jun calls his final entrepreneurial bet — - Tech company's first electric car is joining a crowded market — SU7 made in partnership with state-owned Beijing Automotive
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft readies AI-focused Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for spring 2024, in both Intel and Arm variants with improved designs and new features — Microsoft is making major updates to its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines with improved designs, new features, and next-gen silicon.
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| Financial Times: |
Disney, WBD, Comcast, and Paramount face a reckoning in 2024 after losing $5B+ in 2023 from the streaming services the US conglomerates built to take on Netflix — Tie-ups and cuts on menu as Disney, Warner, Comcast and Paramount seek new ways to keep up — The world's largest traditional …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft relies on a false belief that copyright can limit the right to read and process data — This week the NY Times somehow broke the story of... well, the NY Times suing OpenAI and Microsoft. I wonder who tipped them off.| New York Times: |
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| Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: |
Filing: Google agrees to settle a 2020 lawsuit that accused Google of tracking activity in Chrome's incognito mode and tying it to users' profiles — 2020 lawsuit accused Google of tracking incognito activity, tying it to users' profiles. — Google has indicated that it is ready to settle …
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Binance CEO Richard Teng says the crypto exchange's user base grew 30% to 170M accounts in 2023; Binance Pay, Binance Earn, and Binance's P2P platform all grew — The largest cryptocurrency trading venue added 40 million accounts to 170 million. — Register Now
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Affirm's stock grew 430% in 2023, outperforming all $5B+ US tech companies and rebounding from its 90% fall in 2022, due to partnerships with Amazon and others — - Affirm shares have skyrocketed more than 400% this year, outperforming all U.S. tech companies worth $5 billion or more.| Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times: |
Seattle-based online retailer Zulily, which had a ~$7B market cap in 2014, winds down; in a December 11 lawsuit, Zulily accused Amazon of stifling its business — Once an e-commerce star, online retailer Zulily will liquidate its inventory to pay its creditors as it winds down.
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks — NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers …
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