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In a letter to a group of victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames them, saying that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords” — Facing more than 30 lawsuits from victims of its massive data breach, 23andMe is now deflecting the blame …
More: Gizmodo, New York Post, The Messenger, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and The Verge
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| Sarah Martin / The Guardian: |
The CEO of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse, introduced to investors in 2021, doesn't appear to exist; Chainalysis: HyperVerse's 2022 consumer losses were $1.3B — Exclusive: Steven Reece Lewis was introduced to investors with an impressive list of qualifications and achievements, but no organisation cited can find any record of him
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok aims to grow TikTok Shop US' merchandise volume tenfold to $17.5B in 2024 and plans to launch TikTok Shop in Latin America in the coming months — - ByeDance's video app is fast expanding beyond advertising … The 2024 merchandise volume goal for the US version of TikTok Shop … | The Information: |
TikTok plans to raise TikTok Shop's US seller fees from 2% to 8% over the next few months; a source says TikTok has started reducing some merchant subsidies — TikTok powered early growth in its U.S. shopping service by offering low sellers' fees and footing the bill for deep discounts.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Xerox plans to cut 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring; the company had ~20,500 employees as of December 31, 2022, per an SEC filing; XRX drops 12%+ — - Xerox announced plans to cut 15% of its workforce as part of a plan to implement a new organizational structure and operating model.
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LinkedIn: Louella Fernandes and Don Sarvis
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
The US NLRB accuses SpaceX of illegally firing eight employees in 2022 for circulating a letter critical of founder and CEO Elon Musk — The National Labor Relations Board said the rocket company had wrongly dismissed eight people for a letter raising concerns about the chief executive.
More: SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Hill, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, The Verge, The Daily Beast, Fortune, TechCrunch, Financial Times, and Ars Technica
| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
SpaceX launches its first six Starlink satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as part of its Direct to Cell service in partnership with T-Mobile US — - Starlink satellites capable of connecting to normal phones — Companies racing toward service via cell towers in space
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
Researchers built three AI models to analyze 2,000TB of maritime satellite imagery and create the first global map of vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure — Using satellite imagery and AI, researchers have mapped human activity at sea with more precision than ever before.
More: Nature, Global Fishing Watch, The Conversation, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, TechCrunch, New Scientist, Earth.com, and The Messenger
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| Macauley Peterson / Blockworks: |
Etherscan, the leading block explorer for Ethereum that was founded in 2015, acquires Solscan, a block explorer for Solana founded in 2021 — Solscan and Etherscan “share a vision of providing credibly neutral and equitable access to blockchain data,” the teams say
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch changes its sexual content policies again and says the platform won't allow streamers to “imply or suggest that they are fully or partially nude” — Twitch is changing its sexual content policies again, this time to prohibit implied nudity on the platform.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Intel spins out Articul8, an AI company backed by DigitalBridge and others; executives did not share the deal's value or if Intel would retain a majority stake — Intel (INTC.O) on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts …
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Threads: @dylanljmartin. X: @dylanonchips, @dylanonchips, @articul8_ai, @diamariesbeat, @anissagardizy8, @intelnews, and @beth_kindig
| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
Tencent bought back a record $1.3B of shares in December as China's gaming rules triggered a selloff; daily buybacks more than doubled since December 22, 2023 — - Tencent share price yet to recover after Dec. 22 plunge — Daily repurchases more than doubled since new proposal
More: Fortune
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