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December 21, 2021, 2:35 PM
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Vlad Savov / Bloomberg:
Jack Dorsey's tweet stirs uproar: “You don't own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It's ultimately a centralized entity”  —  Fresh off relinquishing the chief executive reins of Twitter Inc., Bitcoin enthusiast Jack Dorsey has taken …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely steps down as CEO, naming head of communications and marketing Ami Gan as his replacement; Stokely will remain as an adviser  —  OnlyFans named spokesperson Ami Gan as its new chief executive officer, replacing Tim Stokely, who founded and built the media company …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T plans to sell its Xandr programmatic advertising marketplace to Microsoft; the deal would not include the ad sales business supporting DirecTV  —  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews.
New York Times:
Crypto and blockchain startups raised $28B+ in 2021, up 4x YoY, according to PitchBook, as large tech companies lose execs and engineers to crypto companies  —  Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with crypto.
Isla McKetta / Speedtest Stories & Analysis:
A look at US satellite internet speeds, with Starlink median download/upload speeds of 87.3 Mbps and 13.5 Mbps, followed by HughesNet at 19.3 Mbps and 2.5 Mbps  —  Satellite internet is making headlines across the globe as Starlink continues to launch service in new countries and Viasat plans to acquire Inmarsat.
Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog:
In 2021, 906 developers are projected to pass $1M annual revenue for the first time on Apple's App Store and Google Play, vs. 475 in 2016 and 1,003 in 2020  —  As global consumer spending in mobile apps is projected to again reach new heights in 2021, Sensor Tower Store Intelligence data reveals …
Politico:
Sources detail Amazon's increasingly close relationship with the DOJ and FBI, as it tips off the agencies about employees and third-party sellers  —  Amazon has increasingly tipped off the Justice Department and FBI to investigate its own employees and the sellers using its platform, according to a POLITICO analysis. 
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt:
Render Network, a P2P network that offers remote rendering power for 3D visuals, raises $30M led by Multicoin Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M  —  In brief  — Render Network, a peer-to-peer service for providing 3D rendering power, has raised $30 million.
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Sahar Massachi / MIT Technology Review:
A framework for fixing social media: apply lessons from physical cities, prevent fake accounts, improve corporate behavior, and listen to integrity workers  —  We need to make our online spaces more similar to our offline ones to limit the reach of bad actors and keep people safe.

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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises

Washington Post:
Two Stars and Stripes advisory board members sue the US Defense Department, saying new restrictions on the paper violate the First Amendment and federal law

Adam Rose / The Guardian:
Police at an NJ immigration center's protests treated media inconsistently; the US Press Freedom Tracker counted 30 assaults by officers on reporters in a week

More News

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Indian e-commerce startup Snapdeal files for an IPO seeking to raise $165M; Snapdeal focuses on India's non-English speaking, non-affluent, and non-urban people
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
T-Mobile says its Scam Shield service blocked 21B scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls in 2021, as scam call traffic hit an all-time high of 425M calls per week

Earlier Picks

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Voi, a Stockholm-based startup offering e-scooter and e-bike rentals, raises a $115M Series D co-led by Raine Group and VNV Global and will prepare for an IPO
Stephen Totilo / Axios:
Inside Ubisoft's unprecedented developer exodus over the past 18 months, including at least five of the top 25-credited people from Far Cry 6, its top 2021 game
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
The US DOJ charges five Russian nationals with hacking two SEC Filing Agents between January 2018 and September 2020, and using the stolen info for stock trades
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
The UK's National Crime Agency shares 585M+ compromised passwords, found during an investigation, with Have I Been Pwned, after the FBI started sharing in May
Brian Sozzi / Yahoo Finance:
Rocket Companies, a consumer finance-focused holding company, will pay $1.275B in cash to acquire personal finance app Truebill, which has 2.5M members
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Oracle will acquire electronic medical records company Cerner for $28.3B, or $95 per share, in an all-cash deal, its biggest acquisition yet
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