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In an interview, SBF admits involvement in Alameda's largest uses of funds: spending $3B to buy out Binance's stake in FTX and pouring $4B into venture capital — Exchange's former CEO says he was close to key decisions at nominally separate trading firm — Speaking from his bed in Nassau … | Ankush Khardori / New York Magazine: |
Unlike Bernie Madoff, SBF has not confessed to any criminal conduct, arguing FTX's collapse was purely sloppiness, meaning a US prosecution could take some time — On December 11, 2008, Bernie Madoff was arrested and criminally charged with one of the biggest financial frauds in history … | Stephanie Murray / The Block: |
SBF says John Ray III is not working with him or responding to messages, claims Ray made false statements, and dodges questions on Alameda and loaning funds — - Sam Bankman-Fried is taking aim at John Ray, the new CEO of FTX, claiming he's been iced out after the firm filed for bankruptcy protection.| Reuters: |
Source: Foxconn expects its Zhengzhou plant to resume full production in late December or early January, but plans may change; November revenue drops 11.4% YoY — Apple supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) expects its COVID-hit Zhengzhou plant in China to resume full production around late December to early January … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Apple's efforts to reduce its dependence on Foxconn; sources say Apple wants suppliers in China, Vietnam, and India to actively plan product assembly — Burned by Covid lockdowns and worker protests at Foxconn plants, the iPhone maker is looking to diversify the supply chain that has powered its growth| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: mass shipments of Apple's AR/VR headset may be delayed until H2 2023, from previously estimated Q2 2023, due to “software-related issues” — Mass shipments of Apple's long-rumored AR/VR headset may be delayed until the second half of 2023 due to unspecified “software-related issues … | Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
Rackspace confirms a “security incident” impacted its hosted Microsoft Exchange services, leading to an “extended outage”; customers complain of poor support — Warns recovery could take several days and pledges better support after customer complaints| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Stack Overflow temporarily bans users from sharing responses generated by ChatGPT, pending a ruling in the future; most answers are wrong on closer inspection — Stack Overflow, the go-to question-and-answer site for coders and programmers, has temporarily banned users from sharing responses generated by AI chatbot ChatGPT.| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
An interview with Max Levchin on Affirm, the US CFPB's inquiry into BNPL services, problems with credit cards, the current economic environment, and more — The PayPal cofounder on why his “buy now, pay later” company Affirm is a healthier way to borrow, what caused the techlash, and Elon Musk's Twitter.| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk says Apple has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter, after claiming on November 28 that Apple had “mostly stopped” Twitter ads — Elon Musk said Apple Inc. has “fully resumed” advertising on Twitter Inc., further de-escalating a brewing war between two of the world's most influential tech companies.| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Survey of 8,000 young people in nine European countries finds 34% have pirated content, 27% reported trolling someone, 22% reported inciting violence, and more — EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone - while UK least ‘cyberdeviant’ of nine countries| Christopher Byrd / New Yorker: |
A wide-ranging interview with Cory Doctorow on lessons from science fiction, Big Tech's comeuppance, surveillance capitalism, smart contracts, dApps, and more — A conversation about the “mediocre monopolists” of Big Tech, the weirdness of crypto, and the real lessons of science fiction.
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