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Netflix stock fell 41% from a November high as US subscriber numbers hit maturity, forcing it to rely on developing markets and verticals like gaming for growth — New York (CNN Business)Just like its comedy film “Don't Look Up,” the sky may be falling for Netflix.| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
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A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status — Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will come with an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome addition: a small group of unionized workers.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Hands-on with a pre-release mid-2018 build of Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS for dual-screen devices — We take a look at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS project. — Ever wondered what Microsoft's canceled version of Windows for the Surface Duo was going to be like?
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as hexagon-shaped profile pictures — Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
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Twitter terminated its head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko this week, and CISO Rinki Sethi will depart in the coming weeks; both execs joined Twitter in 2020 — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter shook up the top ranks of its security team this week with the termination of the head …
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| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
CoinGecko: the cryptocurrency industry's market cap fell to ~$1.8T amidst a selloff; in 24 hours, BTC fell to ~$36K, down 10%+, ETH fell to ~$2.6K, down ~13% — Cryptocurrencies are getting rekt. — Crypto blue-chips bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) breached key $40,000 …
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| Alana Semuels / TIME: |
Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio — As part of an effort to regain its position as a leading maker of semiconductors amidst a global chip shortage …
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| Reuters: |
Investigation finds that Binance withheld information from regulators and maintained weak checks on customers even as it publicly welcomed government oversight — In public, Binance said it welcomed government oversight. At the same time, the firm was withholding information from regulators …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: 93 themes and plugins for WordPress downloaded from AccessPress had backdoors dating back to September, allowing attackers full admin control — A massive supply chain attack compromised 93 WordPress themes and plugins to contain a backdoor, giving threat-actors full access to websites.
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| Karl Evers-Hillstrom / The Hill: |
Amazon, at $20.3M, and Meta, at $20.1M, spent record sums on federal lobbying in 2021, both up ~7% YoY; Google spent $9.6M, up 27%; Apple spending fell to $6.5M — Amazon and Meta, Facebook's parent company, spent record sums on federal lobbying in 2021 as they fought legislation to limit their expansive market power.
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| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
CA court orders YouTuber Ruben Sim to pay $150K to Roblox and stay off the platform, after Roblox accused him of leading a “cybermob” that terrorized players — Roblox YouTuber Ruben Sim accused of leading ‘cybermob’ on the game platform — An Oakland, California court …
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| Bloomberg: |
IBM to sell part of Watson Health, including image software offerings and extensive data sets, to private equity firm Francisco Partners, sources say for $1B+ — International Business Machines Corp. agreed to sell part of its IBM Watson Health business to private equity firm Francisco Partners …
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