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In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk says he expects Twitter to “be okay” next year after cost cutting, claiming the company was on course to spend ~$5B in 2023 — Social network's owner offers snapshot of dire finances to explain huge lay-offs since $44bn takeover| CNBC: |
Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges including conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering — - Sam Bankman-Fried is set to fly to the U.S., where he faces multiple criminal charges tied to the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX.| Bloomberg: |
A Bahamas judge approves Sam Bankman-Fried's extradition to the US; SBF's case will now go to the Bahamas foreign minister for sign-off — Sam Bankman-Fried's extradition was approved by Bahamas judge on Wednesday, clearing one of the final hurdles for him to be sent to the US to face a litany of criminal charges.| New York Times: |
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team is discussing a post-extradition deal with the DOJ to let him be released on bail, subject to approval from a judge — Lawyers for the FTX founder are in talks about a deal that could allow him to be released on bail when he is extradited to the United States on fraud charges.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple plans to cancel or postpone iPhone SE 4 mass production, set for 2024, due to lower than expected shipments of its middle- and lower-tier iPhones — Apple will cancel or postpone mass production for the planned 2024 iPhone SE 4, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today in a series of tweets.| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Okta tells customers its GitHub repositories were hacked this month and its source code was stolen, but says hackers did not access service or customer data — Okta, a leading provider of authentication services and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, says that its private GitHub … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Anker admits its Eufy security cameras' live view feature on its web portal “has a security flaw”, but fails to address why anyone can view unencrypted streams — On the last episode of “Will Anker ever tell us what's actually going on with its security cameras rather than lying … | CoinDesk: |
US-based crypto miner Core Scientific files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, estimating its liabilities and assets at $1B-$10B and creditors at 1,000-5,000 — The publicly traded miner expects support from some of the holders of its convertible notes in a restructuring deal.| New York Times: |
Mark Zuckerberg testified in US federal court about Meta's acquisition of Within, as the FTC seeks an injunction to stop the deal, in a highly unusual challenge — Meta's chief executive made a rare court appearance as the Federal Trade Commission tries to block his company's purchase of the virtual reality start-up Within.| Brian Fung / CNN: |
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Sources: the NFL is in advanced talks to give YouTube exclusive Sunday Ticket rights; a deal could be reached as early as December 21 after an NFL owner meeting — DirecTV currently pays for rights to subscription package that allows football fans to watch most Sunday afternoon games| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
George Hotz, aka geohot, who joined Twitter on November 18 after Elon Musk's “extremely hardcore” pledge, resigned, saying he could not make “any real impact” — George Hotz, known for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone and jailbreaking the PS3 … | Tom Gerken / BBC: |
The UK's Intellectual Property Office says sharing passwords for online streaming services such as Netflix breaks civil and criminal law — Sharing passwords for online streaming services such as Netflix is against the law, according to a government agency.| Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: |
Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton says 2023 will be a “recovery year” for the company and customers should not expect the Pi 5, due to ongoing supply chain issues — To avoid cannibalizing supply for other Pi products, the next model must wait. — Few who have tried to buy … | Micah Lee / The Intercept: |
Donie O'Sullivan, Drew Harwell, and other journalists remain locked out of their Twitter accounts despite lifted suspensions, until they delete a specific tweet — I've been writing critically about billionaire Elon Musk since he took over Twitter — particularly about his “free speech” … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Deep Voodoo, founded by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to develop deepfake technology and cost-effective visual effects, raised $20M — The creators of “South Park” have secured a $20 million investment for their AI entertainment startup Deep Voodoo.| Lee Fang / The Intercept: |
Internal documents: from at least 2017, Twitter helped the Pentagon in its covert online foreign propaganda campaigns including by whitelisting CENTCOM accounts — Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.| Alex Stamos / @alex@cybervillains.com: |
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