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Sources: Apple is working on Macs with a touchscreen; the first model may be a MacBook Pro with an OLED display supporting gestures, set to be released in 2025 — Apple Inc. is working on adding touch screens to its Mac computers, a move that would defy long-held company orthodoxy and embrace …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Canalys, IDC, and Gartner report global PC shipments fell for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q4 2022, by 28%-29% YoY to 65.3M-67.2M units; Dell fell ~37% YoY — When you look at fourth quarter worldwide PC sales data from Canalys, IDC and Gartner, it's fair to say that the news was not great …
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| Forbes: |
JPMorgan Chase is suing the founder of Frank, a student loan software startup acquired for $175M, over allegedly lying about scale by creating 4M+ fake users — The financial giant is suing the founder of a Mark Rowan-backed startup it acquired, claiming the fintech, Frank, had sold the financial giant on a “lie.”
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and AirPods with a $99 price target will likely begin in the second half of 2024 or the first half of 2025 — Mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and more affordable AirPods will likely begin in the second half of 2024 …
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| Kali Hays / Insider: |
Sources: Twitter is leaving at least 12 international offices due to closures or not paying rent, including in Hong Kong, Mexico, Ghana, Australia, and India — - Twitter is leaving at least a dozen international offices due to closures or not paying rent. — Hubs in Europe and even Twitter's headquarters in Asia are shuttered.
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| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Amazon partners with Ava Labs, which develops the Avalanche blockchain, to support Avalanche's infrastructure and dApp ecosystem through its AWS marketplace — Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Ava Labs, the company building out layer-1 blockchain Avalanche … | Frank Landymore / Futurism: |
CNET has been using an “AI engine” to write financial explainers under a CNET Money byline since November 2022, reviewed, fact-checked, and edited by a human — Next time you're on your favorite news site, you might want to double check the byline to see if it was written by an actual human.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: in December, Twitter started considering auctioning off usernames to generate revenue; Elon Musk had said he wants to free up 1.5B inactive usernames — The company has discussed selling some user names through online auctions, people with knowledge of the plans said.
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| Tim Reynolds / Associated Press: |
A federal judge terminates FTX's 19-year, $135M naming rights deal with Miami-Dade County's Heat arena, a massive undertaking involving the roof and more — The naming rights deal between FTX and Miami-Dade County was terminated Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy court …
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| Bloomberg: |
Bulgarian police say London-based crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided on Thursday, seeking information on suspected money laundering and tax crimes — Crypto lender Nexo's office in Sofia was raided by Bulgarian police on Thursday as part of an investigation into suspected money laundering and tax crimes.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Memo: Microsoft plans to give US salaried staff unlimited Discretionary Time Off plus 10 corporate holidays, leaves of absence, mental health time off, and more — Microsoft is giving its US employees unlimited time off. The announcement was made in an email to employees from Kathleen Hogan …
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| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
Source: OpenAI will get all of the equity back once $92B in profit plus $13B in initial investment are paid to Microsoft and once other investors earn $150B — I don't usually write about business deals, much less about rumors about business deals, but this one has me scratching my head …
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| Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku: |
Some creators are protesting YouTube's policy changes to regulate swearing and violence, which demonetize gaming videos and retroactively impact old content — YouTube's policy changes on swearing and violence are being retroactively applied to old gaming content| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Source: Stripe lowers its internal valuation by ~11% to $63B, its third known cut since June 2022, bringing the total reduction to ~40% in the past six months — Stripe has cut the internal value of its shares by about 11%, implying a valuation of $63 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Tweets: @theinformation, @amir, and @stockgeektv
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
A set of allegedly official Samsung Galaxy S23 marketing images leak, showing four colors, a refined design, and more; S23 Ultra's camera is rumored to be 200MP — The Galaxy S23 from Samsung is set to be announced on the first day of February. Even though that's a given …
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| Joe Biden / Wall Street Journal: |
In an op-ed, Joe Biden asks Republicans and Democrats to unite “to pass strong bipartisan legislation to hold Big Tech accountable”, saying the risks are clear — Congress can find common ground on the protection of privacy, competition and American children.
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| Reuters: |
TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 26.7% YoY to $19.93B and net income up 78% YoY to $9.72B, beating estimates of ~$9.5B, even as the chip industry downturn continues — Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) reported a forecast-beating 78% rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, as strong sales … | Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: |
Yuga Labs announces a skill-based game, Dookey Dash, accessed via a free mint for BAYC holders called Sewer Passes, running between January 18 and February 15 — The gamified expansion of its Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem involves minting a free Sewer Pass to play a game called Dookey Dash.
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Sources: the DOJ is investigating Ian and Dylan Macalinao over Solana stablecoin exchange Saber Labs, after an exposé showed they faked a web of DeFi protocols — The investigation follows a CoinDesk exposé that showed Ian and Dylan Macalinao used a web of 11 pseudonymous identities …
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International Business Times, Crypto Daily, and Watcher Guru
Tweets: @autismcapital and @eug_ng
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitter says that the company's investigation found “no evidence” that its users' data sold online was obtained by exploiting vulnerabilities in its systems — Twitter said that after investigating reports that data on upwards of 400 million users was being sold online, it found …
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Privacy, Infosecurity, TechRadar, The Hacker News, Bloomberg, The Record, and BleepingComputer
| Bloomberg: |
South Korean social media giant's Kakao Entertainment, which offers apps for animated shows and novels, raised $930M from Saudi Arabia's PIF and Singapore's GIC — Kakao Entertainment Corp. has won $930 million from the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and Singapore …
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TechCrunch, Variety, Tech in Asia, and The Korea Herald
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Paris-based Ubisoft's stock drops ~15% after the company slashed its forecasts, reported “markedly and surprisingly slower” holiday sales, and delayed games — Shares shed 19% after Paris-based games group predicts net bookings will fall by a tenthSponsor Posts
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