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An X post from US SEC Chair Gary Gensler says that the @SECGov's “twitter account was compromised”, and that the agency has not approved spot bitcoin ETFs — The X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is deciding whether to approve bitcoin ETFs, “was compromised,” the regulator told CoinDesk.
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Threads: @pkedrosky. X: @garygensler, @secgov, @senatorhagerty, @senlummis, @cgasparino, @prestonjbyrne, @gaborgurbacs, @lopp, @rephuizenga, @eric_bigfund, @repannwagner, @stevenkelly49, @denniskelleher, @0xmert_, @ohaiom, @leonidasnft, @bitfinexed, @ntmoney, @tomhschmidt, @jimstewartson, @williamturton, @alexeiarora, @dancow, @bushidotoken, @greg16676935420, @twobitidiot, @racheltobac, @chiweethedog, @hdevalence, @tree_of_alpha, @taylorbuley, @dystopiabreaker, @dystopiabreaker, @elonmusk, @udiwertheimer, @jespow, @krakenfx, @prestonjbyrne, @coinbase, @bonecondor, @lopp, @johnedeaton1, @autismcapital, @bgarlinghouse, @danprimack, @jbsdc, @jseyff, @beeple, @tyler, @herminewong_xyz, @theflowhorse, @packym, @mcshane_writes, @ryansadams, @darky999, @davidsacks, @stevenkelly49, and @robinwigg. Forums: Hacker News
| CNBC: |
X confirms the @SECGov account was compromised and says “the compromise was not due to any breach of X's systems” and that the account didn't have 2FA enabled — - X said late Tuesday it has completed a preliminary probe into the compromised account of the U.S. Securities …
Source: @safety. More: Silicon Republic, CyberScoop, Cointelegraph, Reuters, Associated Press, KNSD-TV, Cryptonews, CoinGape, The Crypto Basic, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, The Block, CryptoPotato, Tech Xplore, and Chicago Sun Times
| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitch could cut ~500 employees, or ~35% of its staff, as soon as January 10, after concerns over company losses and several top executives leaving — Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year. — Amazon.com Inc.'s livestreaming site Twitch is poised …
More: TechCrunch, gamedeveloper, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, TechStartups, TechRadar, MCV/DEVELOP, Pocket Gamer.biz, Video Games Chronicle, Business Insider, Proactive, Gameranx, PhoneArena, Tech.co, Livemint, Tech in Asia, SiliconANGLE, Business Today, Push Square, TheGamer, Digital Trends, Aftermath, Dexerto, Reuters, PC Gamer, Business Post, The Information, PC Games Insider, IGN, and The Messenger
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Internal memo: Amazon Studios SVP Mike Hopkins says “several hundred roles” are being cut 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.| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
Valve's Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, 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.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
HPE plans to acquire networking gear maker Juniper Networks for about $14B, or $40 per share, in an all-cash deal; JNPR jumps 21%+ — - HPE is acquiring Juniper Networks for about $14 billion in cash, the companies said Tuesday. — Juniper shares had their best day in 20 years …
More: Official Juniper …, The Register, FinTech Global, eeNews Europe, SecurityWeek, Data Center Knowledge, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DatacenterDynamics, Silicon Republic, Metaverse Post, RTÉ, ITPro, Tech Xplore, TechSpot, RCR Wireless News, Broadband TV News, Light Reading, Network World, TechRadar, SiliconANGLE, CRN, Wall Street Journal, Proactive, The Information, Financial Times, Constellation Research, Reuters, Bloomberg, and KNSD-TV
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Source: Humane laid off 10 staff, or 4% of its workforce, to cut costs and plans to lower budgets in 2024, as the company reshuffles some executive positions — Humane laid off 4 percent of employees this week in a move that was described as a cost cutting measure to those who were impacted …
More: TechCrunch, Business Today, Engadget, and Android Headlines
| 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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| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March 2024 — The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it. The interface is extra cute …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Apple pulls Binance, Kraken, Mexc, KuCoin, and four other crypto exchanges from the App Store in India, after they were flagged for operating “illegally” — Apple has pulled apps of at least nine crypto exchanges including Binance and Kraken from its App Store in India …
More: AppleInsider, Bloomberg, Metaverse Post, Crypto Daily, Protos, Bitcoin Insider, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, CoinGape, CoinDesk, Watcher Guru, and CryptoSlate
| Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports December 2023 revenue down 8.4% YoY to ~$5.7B, Q4 revenue flat YoY to ~$20.1B, beating estimates, and 2023 revenue down 4.5% YoY to ~$69.56B — - Chipmaker's holiday period stopped bleeding of prior quarters — TSMC has advised cautious optimism about semiconductor rebound
More: AppleInsider, South China Morning Post, Taiwan Semiconductor …, and Reuters
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| Nelson Aguilar / CNET: |
Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing experience — Apple has AirDrop. Android now has Quick Share. — At CES 2024 today, Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, nextpit, ProPakistani, Sammy Fans, Sam Lover, Bloomberg, and Chrome Unboxed
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X: @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, and @sondesix
| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY — - Recovery among chip makers may be uneven as demand returns — Global chip sales rose for the first time in more than a year …
More: Silicon Republic, eeNews Europe, Business Post, and Tech in Asia
| 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| Nick Carey / Reuters: |
E-scooter rental startups Tier and Dott plan to merge, with their investors Mubadala, Sofina, and others putting in €60M, forming Europe's largest operator — E-scooter rental firms Tier Mobility and Dott said on Wednesday that they will merge to form the largest European operator …
More: Tech.eu, TechCrunch, Forbes, Sifted, City A.M., Dott, Silicon Canals, and Zag Daily
| Siddharth Cavale / Reuters: |
At CES 2024, Walmart unveils a generative AI search tool and says it is developing a tool to help InHome users quickly add commonly ordered items to their carts — Walmart (WMT.N) on Tuesday unveiled two new AI-powered tools at the CES conference in Las Vegas to help shoppers quickly search … | Andre Gee / Rolling Stone: |
Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff uploads its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive, after a server crash in March 2023 — DatPiff uploaded its extensive free mixtape catalog to the Internet Archive to protect it for the foreseeable future| 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.
X: @basche42 and @anaswanson
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs — Intel Corp. is making an ambitious play for the automotive sector with the launch of specialist versions of its newest, artificial intelligence-enabled chips.
More: eeNews Europe, Intel, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Business Today, Forbes, Phandroid, AnandTech, and The Verge
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC plans to shut down the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as the GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding … | Bloomberg: |
Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time — - Saudi Arabia dominates tech scene with 52% share of funding — Overall regional funding drops 23% amid shifting landscape| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Meituan's market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business — - Chinese food delivery giant Meituan lost about $82 billion in market cap in 2023 from its yearly high, according to CNBC calculations.| Financial Times: |
Demis Hassabis, chief of DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, believes the company would halve drug discovery times after inking deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis — Chief of Google's AI unit and Isomorphic Labs spells out targets following $3bn Eli Lilly-Novartis partnerships
X: @kymawhite
| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Documents: sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich quietly invested $63M+ in European startups via London VC firm Target Global between 2015 and 2021 — Venture capital fund Target Global managed tens of millions of dollars for Roman Abramovich and helped the now-sanctioned oligarch build …
X: @_iainmartin, @giacomotognini, @_iainmartin, @_iainmartin, and @hkanji
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany's Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details — Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Tuesday said that it has reached a $1 billion deal with Germany's Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE) … | Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press: |
A US federal judge temporarily halts the enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social media apps.| Qianer Liu / Financial Times: |
Sources: Chinese companies are repurposing Nvidia's gaming chips for AI to counter US' sanctions; RTX 4090 is one of the most popular models to be repurposed — US export controls force developers to strip components from PC graphics cards — Chinese companies are resorting to chips repurposed …
More: Finbold and guru3d.com
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