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Sources: Elon Musk fired a Twitter engineer for suggesting that his engagement numbers are tanking not because of a bug but because his popularity is waning — Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max — For weeks now, Elon Musk has been preoccupied with worries about how many people are seeing his tweets.
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Tweets: @zoeschiffer, @oneunderscore__, @caseynewton, @superwuster, @scalzi, @waltmossberg, @anthony, @acitrano, @andrewflood, @robindlaws, @danprimack, @bydavidgardner, @heerjeet, @tomcoates, @lorakolodny, @fmanjoo, @phil_lewis_, @martinsfp, @tomgara, @seankeeleyisme, @iboudreau, @zachbussey, @jareddipane, @futureboy, @taylorlorenz, @kurtwagner8, @tim_maliyil, @karaswisher, @caylenb, and @harrymccracken
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Kraken agrees to pay $30M and discontinue its crypto-asset staking products to settle SEC allegations that its staking services broke US securities rules — Kraken will pay $30 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it broke US securities rules …
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| Financial Times: |
Inside FTX's final hours, described by employees, chat logs, and Sam Bankman-Fried: panic selling assets, failing to raise money, SBF's silence, and bankruptcy — In January, I walked up the front steps of a single-storey, grey-shingled house in a neighbourhood on the fringe of Stanford University.
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Rejecting a deal to let Sam Bankman-Fried use encrypted messaging, a judge orders SBF's lawyers to form a plan to tighten his bail to ensure messages are saved — A federal judge said he was not satisfied with a plan that lawyers for the disgraced FTX founder struck with prosecutors to limit his use of encrypted messaging apps.
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| Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: |
A judge lets FTX subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, brother, former FTX CTO Garry Wang, former FTX COO Constance Wang, and ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison — Failed crypto firm FTX received court approval on Wednesday to issue subpoenas to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and members … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Yahoo plans to lay off 20%+ of its workforce and restructure its ad tech unit, impacting 50%+ of the unit, or 1,600+ people; CEO says the cuts are “strategic” — Yahoo plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring of its ad tech unit, executives told Axios.
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| Alexander Martin / The Record: |
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan — The United Kingdom and United States on Thursday sanctioned seven people connected to what officials have told The Record …
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Brian Armstrong says Coinbase has heard “rumors” the SEC wants to “get rid of” crypto staking for retail investors, which “would be a terrible path for the US” — Coinbase Global Inc.'s head Brian Armstrong escalated his war of words with the Securities …
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Microsoft's GitHub cuts 10% of its staff, or an estimated 300+; GitLab cuts 7%, or an estimated 114; report: GitHub will close offices and shift to remote work — Microsoft Corp.'s GitHub unit and publicly traded rival GitLab Inc. today both announced layoffs, disclosing plans to let go 10% and 7% of their respective workforces.
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| Joey Roulette / Reuters: |
SpaceX has limited Ukraine's military from using Starlink to control drones; COO Gwynne Shotwell says the internet service was “never meant to be weaponized” — SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service …
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PayPal says its CEO and president Dan Schulman will retire and leave the company at the end 2023; he will remain a member of PayPal's board of directors — - Schulman became PayPal CEO after the company's split from eBay in 2015. — PayPal said on Thursday that CEO and president Dan Schulman …
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| Celso Martinho / The Cloudflare Blog: |
Cloudflare debuts Wildebeest, an open-source ActivityPub server built on its Supercloud service that makes it easier to self-host a Mastodon-compatible instance — Loading... The Fediverse has been a hot topic of discussion lately, with thousands, if not millions, of new users creating accounts …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Tether claims $700M in Q4 profit, in addition to its reserves, and $67.04B in total assets and $66.08B in liabilities; Tether reduced its secured loans by $300M — - Tether issued its latest attestation report, saying its assets exceeded its liabilities as of December 2022.
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| Justinas Baltrusaitis / Finbold: |
Apple's Services revenue hit $78.1B in 2022, more than Intel's $63.1B, double Netflix's $31.6B, and above the $72.3B combined revenues of McDonald's and Nike — Apple Services business has now grown to become one of its most lucrative segments, with revenue surpassing that of major corporations.| Bloomberg: |
Nintendo's upcoming Zelda sequel will cost $70, $10 more than prior new titles, matching Sony and Microsoft and opening the door for more expensive video games — Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Zelda sequel will be pricier than the company's other Switch games, clearing the way for more game makers to also lift their prices.
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Researchers say ChatGPT can produce clean, convincing text that repeats conspiracy theories and misleading narratives but can sometimes debunk falsehoods too — Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives.
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Mastodon: @alexcc@mstdn.science. Tweets: @jjvincent, @caulfieldtim, @rachelcoldicutt, @bigmeaninternet, @ldrogen, @newsguardrating, and @egavactip
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
After over a decade of waiting for a quality Harry Potter video game, some fans battle to reconcile enjoying WBD's Hogwarts Legacy with JK Rowling's transphobia — Harry Potter fans have been waiting more than a decade for a video game worthy of the blockbuster entertainment franchise's dedicated following.
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| Kathryn Hardison / Wall Street Journal: |
Lyft reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $1.2B, a net loss of $588.1M vs. $283.2M YoY, and active riders up 8.7% YoY to 20.4M; stock is down 20%+ on weak guidance — Ride-hailing company reports highest number of users in nearly three years — Lyft Inc. LYFT -3.16%decrease …
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The Information, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Lyft, Inc., CNBC, and Fast Company. Tweets: @edludlow
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Meta submits data to the EU showing that pop up content warnings stopped Facebook users sharing 25% of flagged posts and 38% on Instagram; TikTok reports 29% — The warnings that pop up when someone tries to share potentially false or misleading posts on TikTok Inc., Instagram and Facebook are ignored most of the time.| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
The US DOT says it is investigating Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens, after an alert from an animal welfare advocacy group — The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it is investigating Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink … Sponsor Posts
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