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Bitcoin falls 7%+ to under $32,000, its lowest level since July 2021, as investors flee riskier investments; Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and others also drop — Bitcoin extended losses, dropping below $31,000 for the first time since July 2021, putting its decline from a November record high …
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| Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: |
UST loses its dollar peg twice in <48 hours, dropping under $0.95, after the Luna Foundation Guard said it would defend the stablecoin with bitcoin reserves — TerraUSD (UST) has lost its dollar peg for the second time in three days, falling to as low as $.98, according …
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| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will start letting some US creators test digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, and won't charge for sharing NFTs — Meta will start testing digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
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Staff email: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company will slash marketing and incentive spending, treat hiring as a “privilege”, focus on profit, and more — - Uber will slash spending on marketing and incentives and treat hiring as a “privilege,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an email to staff on Sunday.
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
The White House says 20 ISPs, including Verizon, Comcast, and Charter, have agreed to offer 100 Mbps internet service for $30 per month to low-income families — The White House said Monday 20 internet service providers have agreed to offer $30 high-speed internet plans to low-income families …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
ACLU and Clearview AI reach a settlement where the company agrees to permanently stop selling its facial recognition service to most businesses in the US — The settlement marks one of the most significant court actions yet against a company known for downloading billions of people's photos …
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| Washington Post: |
Researchers: Elon Musk, who promised to defeat Twitter's “spam bots or die trying”, has for years benefited from bots, from fake followers to Tesla shills — Mechanized accounts have sought to boost Tesla shares, deride critics and push the pending takeover of Twitter.
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| Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: as China restricts access during the pandemic, Apple is relying more on local engineers, using live streaming and AR to help US staff monitor progress — Tech giant passes more authority to local workers, uses live streaming and augmented reality to ensure products made in China come out on time
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| New York Times: |
Tesla stock has fallen nearly 30% since Elon Musk disclosed his Twitter stake, as investors worry about the deal's structure and Twitter becoming a distraction — The chief executive's debt load, his divided attention and Twitter's own challenges could all take a toll on his electric-car company.| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Costa Rica's president declares a state of emergency after the Conti ransomware group published 672GB of data that appears to be from government agencies — The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group on multiple government bodies.
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Despite Apple's push into AR, its lack of mobile Safari support for web-based AR lags browser providers like Google, Samsung, who have supported WebXR for years — “AR is going to change the way we use technology forever.” For the past five years, Tim Cook has used every possible opportunity … | Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Hugging Face, which is building an open source library for natural language processing tech, raises a $100M Series C at a $2B valuation led by Lux Capital — Newly valued at $2 billion, the AI 50 debutant originated as a chatbot for teenagers. Now, it has aspirations …
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