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Microsoft agrees a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch for the first time, pending FTC approval of its Activision deal, but offers no date — Microsoft has signed a deal to bring the Activision Blizzard-published Call of Duty franchise to Nintendo for the first time …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple reins in its ambitious self-driving plans for its electric vehicle, delayed to 2026, now with a steering wheel, pedals, and highway-only autonomy — Apple Inc. has scaled back ambitious self-driving plans for its future electric vehicle and postponed the car's target launch date …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple, AMD, and Nvidia have all indicated plans to buy chips from TSMC's future Arizona fabs, expected to open in 2024 and 2026 — - Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, ahead of remarks expected by President Joe Biden later in the day, where Cook confirmed Apple will buy chips built in the U.S.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple changes App Store pricing to range from $0.29 to $10,000, from $0.49 to $999.99, starting with subscription apps; top 100 prices require Apple's approval — Apple Inc. is changing the pricing structure for the App Store to let developers charge a wider range of amounts …
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| Financial Times: |
A spreadsheet SBF used in November lists nearly 500 alleged VC investments by Alameda, including in Circle, Genesis, Sky Mavis, Paxos, StarkWare, and Anchorage — A look inside Sam and Caroline's grab-bag of crypto, etc. — As well as running a crypto exchange that didn't exchange crypto …
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| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that would combine shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, inspired by WeChat — Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search …
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| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
US senators scale back a proposal that would have prohibited the government and its contractors from using China-made chips, after pressure from trade groups — U.S. senators scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S. government and its contractors … | William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk says Twitter's deputy general counsel Jim Baker was “exited”, citing “concerns” over the “suppression of information” related to the “Twitter Files” — Jim Baker, Twitter Inc.'s deputy general counsel, was pushed out of the company …
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Facing a large deficit in its treasury, DeFi protocol Sushi proposes diverting fees from the Kanpai protocol and reduces its runway requirement from $9M to $5M — Developers proposed to divert 100% of fees generated on the platform to Sushi's multisig for one year or until new tokenomics are implemented.
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| Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News: |
A look at Silvergate, one of the few US banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges, now drawing congressional scrutiny following FTX's collapse — Silvergate is one of the few U.S. banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges. FTX and related firms, like Alameda Research, had 20 Silvergate accounts.
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SEC.gov, U.S. Senator John Kennedy, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, ZyCrypto, and crypto.news
Tweets: @senjohnkennedy and @senwarren
| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits by $8B-$10B to under 15%; as of September 2022, ~23.5% of the bank's $103B deposits came from crypto — Nearly a quarter of the Wall Street bank's current deposits come from crypto-related businesses.
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Financial Times, TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @fintechfrank, @mayazi, @iamdcinvestor, @bobloukas, and @genia_xx
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Twitter ads for Amazon, Snap, Uber, and other major brands appeared on the pages of at least two white nationalists, whose accounts were restored by Elon Musk — Ads from dozens of major brands were appearing on white nationalist and extremist accounts — Ads for more than three dozen … | Bloomberg: |
Hedge fund Fir Tree Capital sues Grayscale Investments for info on potential mismanagement, as GBTC, down ~74% YTD, trades at a ~43% discount to its BTC's value — Fir Tree Capital Management is suing Grayscale Investments for information to investigate potential mismanagement and conflicts …
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crypto.news, CoinDesk, Watcher Guru, Cointelegraph, and The Block
Tweets: @ap_archpublic, @mhiesboeck, @tier10k, @bitfinexed, @nategeraci, and @iamdcinvestor
| New York Times: |
How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia's censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech — The cat-and-mouse experience of Proton, a Swiss company, shows what it's like to be targeted by Russian censors — and what it takes to fight back.
Tweets: @privacymatters, @satariano, @hatr, @protonvpn, @kenroth, and @natynettle
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
Pinterest adds Elliott Management's Marc Steinberg to its board as part of an agreement with the activist investor; Elliott has a 9%+ stake in Pinterest — Activist investor has also entered into a long-term agreement to help the social-media company grow — Pinterest Inc.
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| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
An Australian court fined Uber AU$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a AU$26M fine — An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees …
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 19 developed nations: 57% say social media has been good for democracy, 35% say it has been bad; in the US, 34% think it has been good for democracy — Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but also say it informs and raises awareness
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The Hill. Tweets: @richardwike, @aedwardslevy, @pewglobal, @johngramlich, @carrolldoherty, and @richardwike
| Jason McMaster / VentureBeat: |
GameOn, which develops the AI chatbot ChatOS, used by major sports brands to connect with fans, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M — Chat platform developer GameOn has raised $35 million in Series B funding. Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Mighty Capital …
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GameOn Technology and Milwaukee Business Journal
| Bloomberg: |
Nigeria's central bank slashes the daily ATM withdrawal limit from ~$337/day to ~$45/day in a bid to boost digital payments and eNaira digital currency adoption — Nigeria's central bank slashed the daily withdrawal limit from automatic teller machines in a bid to boost digital payments in Africa's most-populous nation.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Researchers find industrial robot exposure among Chinese workers led to a 7.5% decline in employment, 9% drop in hourly wages, and 14% increase in hours worked — Exposed to 'droids? Symptoms may include disinterest, unemployment, lower pay, along with a bit of depopulation| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K grocery deliveries per day in 260 Indian cities, via WhatsApp integration and using Dunzo for last-mile delivery — In its first Diwali season, JioMart's daily sales grew by 2.5 times, with the company managing to shed its grocery-only image.
Tweets: @restofworld, @parkyprakhar, @cengizyar, @nilchristopher, and @restofworld
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
WhatsApp begins rolling out cutomizable avatars, already available on Facebook and Instagram, letting users choose from 36 stickers — Avatars, the customizable characters that are already available across Meta services like Facebook and Instagram, are officially launching on WhatsApp.
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Meta, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Livemint, London Evening Standard, MacRumors, International Business Times, and BGR India
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