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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 -
Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Unpacking the 2022 crypto credit crisis and its parallels with the 2008 financial crisis by analyzing Three Arrows Capital's collapse, FTX's implosion, and more -
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 -
Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: Filing: US bank Silvergate confirms processing wire transfers for traders on Alameda, claiming to have conducted “extensive due diligence” on FTX and Alameda -
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 -
Kif Leswing / CNBC: Apple, AMD, and Nvidia have all indicated plans to buy chips from TSMC's planned Arizona fabs — - Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at an event in Arizona on Tuesday … -
Financial Times: TSMC plans to more than triple its Arizona investment to $40B, building a fab for 3nm chips, set to open in 2026, and making 4nm chips in its fab for 5nm chips -
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 -
Adi Robertson / The Verge: Meta's Oversight Board releases a report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, citing “shortcomings” and calling for “radically” more transparency -
Steven Levy / Wired: A look at Tony Fadell's new Ledger Stax crypto hardware wallet with an E Ink touchscreen, manufactured by Foxconn for Ledger and debuting on December 6 for $279 -
Jon Porter / The Verge: Google brings continuous scrolling to desktop search in English in the US, loading six pages of results, after a similar change on mobile in October 2021 -
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 -
Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: After criticism from users, ConsenSys revises MetaMask's data collection practices, including stopping logging IP addresses directly alongside transaction data -
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: The NLRB finds that Apple illegally interfered with union organizing in Atlanta by interrogating workers, making them attend anti-union meetings, and more -
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Loft Dynamics, which makes a VR training simulator for helicopter pilots, has raised $20M in a round led by Craft Ventures, Sky Dayton, and Up Partners -
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple launches its Self Service Repair program in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, the first expansion outside the US -
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Rackspace confirms a ransomware attack is behind an ongoing outage to its hosted Microsoft Exchange services but says its other products are fully operational -
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 -
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: Sources: EU privacy regulators rule that Meta's TOS should not require that users agree to personalized ads based on their online activity; Meta can appeal -
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, is hit with a large DDoS attack causing its apps and website to go offline; “IT Army of Ukraine” claims credit for the attack -
Brad Smith / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft's president discusses the FTC reportedly blocking the Activision Blizzard acquisition and says the company offered Sony a 10-year Call of Duty deal -
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 -
Reuters: Goldman Sachs plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after FTX's collapse hit valuations and dampened investor interest -
McKinsey & Company: A survey finds that while 50% of businesses have adopted AI in 2022, 2.5x higher than in 2017, AI adoption has plateaued between 50%-60% for the past few years -
Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US-TikTok national security deal faces further delays as US officials fret over the app's risks; both sides agree Oracle will host TikTok's US data