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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Platformer is leaving Substack and migrating to Ghost, saying it doesn't believe Substack will publicly commit to proactively removing pro-Nazi material — After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack. Over the next few days, the publication will migrate …
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| Reuters: |
LSEG: US bitcoin ETFs saw $4.6B worth of shares traded on January 11, their first day of trading; Grayscale, BlackRock, and Fidelity dominated trading volumes — U.S.-listed bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $4.6 billion worth of shares trade hands as of Thursday afternoon …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020” — Discord is laying off 17 percent of its staff, a move that CEO Jason Citron said is meant to “sharpen our focus and improve …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to allow more real-money games on the Play Store, starting with India, Brazil, and Mexico in June 2024, in compliance with local laws — Google announced today that the company plans to support more real-money games (RMG) on the Play Store this year by allowing more types of games in the category following local laws.| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Alphabet Union says Wednesday's layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people, making it the largest round of cuts since January 2023 — A spokesman for a union representing workers at Google's owner, Alphabet, said Wednesday's layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people …
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X: @alphabetworkers, @carnage4life, @jon_victor_, @google_jp_union, and @danielthall. Forums: Hacker News
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft briefly unseated Apple as the world's most valuable publicly traded company in early trading on Thursday but closed out the day under Apple — - Microsoft on Thursday briefly unseated Apple as the world's most valuable publicly traded company in early trading but closed out the day under Apple.
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| Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press: |
eBay will pay $3M to resolve charges over a harassment campaign by staffers who sent spiders and other disturbing items to those behind the EcommerceBytes blog — Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees …
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| Tom Coates / plasticbag.org: |
Notes on Meta's plans for Threads integration with the fediverse, which, at least superficially, the company is carrying out cautiously and in good faith — This is an exceptionally long post detailing pretty much everything I learned at an event shortly before Christmas at Meta's offices in San Francisco.
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board — Both Al Gore and James Bell are retiring from Apple's board of directors, Apple announced today.
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X: @markgurman, @counternotions, @kifleswing, @rsgnl, @markgurman, and @jwsherrod. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK plans to publish “key tests” that need to be met to pass new AI laws, including if its new AI Safety Institute fails to identify risks — Ministers keep threat of future curbs but persist with light-touch regulatory regime — The UK government is set to publish … | Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI has signed up 260 enterprise customers with 150K+ employees combined for the corporate version of ChatGPT, barely four months after launching the product — - Startup launched ChatGPT Enterprise barely four months ago — Product is part of push to boost revenue from AI chatbot| Jessica Mathews / Fortune: |
An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days — Garry Tan, president, chief executive officer and cofounder of Y Combinator, during an interview on an episode of “The Circuit” at Y Combinator offices.| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Genesis agrees to a settlement with the NYDFS, under the terms of which it will surrender its BitLicense, cease operations in New York, and pay an $8M fine — The New York Department of Financial Services plans to announce later today a settlement with Genesis Global Trading …
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on managing deals with publishers, launching the GPT Store, OpenAI's corporate structure, Sam Altman's departure, and more — The AI startup's top dealmaker is trying to convince publishers it will be a better partner than other tech companies they've clashed with over the years.
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