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The US SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, Grayscale, ARK 21Shares, Bitwise, WisdomTree, Fidelity, VanEck, Invesco, Valkyrie, Hashdex, and Franklin — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, including those of Grayscale …
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
US SEC Chair Gary Gensler concedes that losing in court after rejecting Grayscale's spot bitcoin ETF left the agency with little choice but to approve such ETFs — The SEC chair said a court forced his hand and that the agency's decision to greenlight a spot bitcoin ETF doesn't signal support of that or any other digital asset.
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X: @nic__carter, @eleanorterrett, @kamikaz_eth, @riabhutoria, @fintechfrank, @dogetoshi, @laurashin, @laurashin, @adamscochran, @laurashin, @adamscochran, @nategeraci, and @ericbalchunas. LinkedIn: Lisa Rubin
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI debuts a GPT Store for paid users to share and find custom chatbots and plans to start sharing revenue in Q1; users have already made 3M+ chatbots so far — The store will feature a bot leaderboard, and will eventually introduce payments. — OpenAI has launched an online store …
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X: @rowancheung, @kraftful, @inafried, @frantzfries, @sundeep, @sama, @haydenfield, @officiallogank, @sama, @gdb, and @openai
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Jorge Alcantara Barroso
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Team, a new subscription plan for teams of up to 149 people, for $30 per user per month, or $25 per user per month billed annually — OpenAI is launching a new subscription plan for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot, aimed at smaller, self-service-oriented teams.
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| The Verge: |
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy confirms plans to cut 500+ jobs, or ~35% of its staff, and says its workforce was oversized for its business' size, after March 2023 cuts — Twitch is laying off more than 500 employees, or around 35 percent of its staff, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy announced this morning.
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LinkedIn: Dan Rayburn, Justin Gerrard, Jalyssa Eliasen, and Spencer Soper
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Memo: Amazon Studios SVP Mike Hopkins says the company would cut “several hundred roles” in its Prime Video and MGM Studios units; both had cuts in early 2023 — Division leader Mike Hopkins said “we've identified opportunities to reduce or discontinue investments in certain areas” in a memo to staff on Wednesday.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
X quietly removes the ability for paying subscribers to set an NFT as a profile picture, a feature Twitter launched in January 2022 for Twitter Blue subscribers — On Tuesday, Elon Musk's X wrote about a grand vision for the company in 2024, which includes launching peer-to-peer payments and more AI-powered tools.| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
Valve plans to add an “AI disclosure section” to Steam, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content and to let gamers report illegal AI content — New survey update will ask developers to disclose how their games use generative AI.| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
The US DOJ says SAP will pay $220M+ to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign bribery practices, and enter a three-year deferred prosecution — - SAP, the $192 billion German enterprise tech company, will pay more than $230 million to settle investigations into worldwide …
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| New York Times: |
How RISC-V, the US-developed, open-source chip instruction set architecture, became a central tool for Chinese companies and governments, leading to US concerns — A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China's ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology.| Politico: |
Sources: Amazon won't offer concessions to the European Commission to garner approval for its $1.4B takeover of iRobot; the EU's final deadline is February 14 — Amazon won't offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4 billion takeover …
More: The Information and KNSD-TV
| Maria Sherman / Associated Press: |
Luminate's 2023 report: the global music industry passed 4T streams in 2023, a new record and up 34% YoY; Taylor Swift accounted for one in every 78 US streams — Listened to more music last year? You're not alone. — The global music industry surpassed 4 trillion streams in 2023 …
More: Axios, CNN, Billboard, Luminate, Variety, Music Business Worldwide, and Music Ally
| Andre Gee / Rolling Stone: |
Mixtape platform DatPiff uploads its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive, after experiencing a server crash in March 2023 — DatPiff uploaded its extensive free mixtape catalog to the Internet Archive to protect it for the foreseeable future| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Netflix Games downloads rose 180%+ YoY to 81.2M globally across the App Store and Google Play in 2023, with Q4 accounting for ~53% of downloads — Just over two years ago, Netflix announced it would enter a new business: gaming. Amid a mobile gaming market dominated by free …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog
| Gene Maddaus / Variety: |
SAG-AFTRA signs a deal with AI voiceover company Replica Studios, requiring consent to create voice replicas for use in video games and safe storage of assets — The union announced the deal with Replica Studios on Tuesday at CES in Las Vegas. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union's executive director …
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Mastodon: @shi@tech.lgbt. X: @lilyprojp, @pumpkindaddyy, @the_streamr, @cathycryan, @bravadochara, @therealrutledge, @sirlarr, and @discussingfilm. Forums: Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI is in talks with CNN and Fox Corp. to license their text, video, and image content; Time “is in discussions with OpenAI” about a content deal — - Startup has said it's in discussions with dozens of publishers — Negotiations come as OpenAI faces New York Times lawsuit| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
The US ITC files its opposition to Apple's motion for the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 sales ban to remain paused for the duration of the company's appeal — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today formally opposed Apple's motion for the Apple Watch sales ban to remain paused for the duration of Apple's appeal.
More: Reuters, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Wccftech
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Data.ai's State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B — After the app economy slowed for the first time ever in 2022, things picked up pace again over the past year.
More: data.ai, Social Media Today, Fast Company, Pocket Gamer.biz, PhoneArena, and Bloomberg. X: @dataai
| Karen Gilchrist / CNBC: |
With ~50% of adults set to vote in 2024, the WEF's Global Risks Report 2024 ranks AI misinformation and disinformation ahead of war, climate change, and more — - Concern over the impact of artificial intelligence in disrupting election outcomes has topped the list of the biggest risks for 2024, according to a new report.| Financial Times: |
How UK online clothes shoppers shifting back to physical stores post-pandemic exacerbated online retailers' challenges, including logistics and new upstarts — The pandemic turbocharged internet clothing sales, but a return to stores has left the UK's ecommerce pioneers with serious challenges| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
The US SEC is working with the FBI to investigate the false X post on January 9 about approving spot bitcoin ETFs; the agency approved 11 of them on January 10 — - The SEC spokesperson said the agency will provide updates as appropriate and said any agency action on exchange rule filings will be posted on the agency's website.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 200-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails — Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an advanced research lab in Beijing is politically tenable.
More: New York Post and MSPoweruser
| Amrita Khalid / The Verge: |
YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more — If you search YouTube for what to do if someone is suffering a heart attack, the platform will now display credible first-aid explainer videos …
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