| 6:30 PM • | 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 |
| 5:50 PM • | 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 |
| 4:55 PM • | Kif Leswing / CNBC: Apple, AMD, and Nvidia have all indicated plans to buy chips from TSMC's planned Arizona fabs |
| 4:45 PM • | 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 |
| 3:10 PM • | 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 |
| 2:05 PM • | 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 |
| 1:45 PM • | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple changes App Store pricing to range from $0.29 to $10K, from $0.49 to $999.99, starting with subscription apps; top 100 prices require Apple's approval |
| 1:30 PM • | 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 |
| 12:35 PM • | Rakteem Katakey / Bloomberg: NRG Energy agrees to acquire Utah-based Vivint, which sells smart thermostats, locks, lights, and more, for $2.8B in cash, ~33% above December 5's closing price |
| 12:30 PM • | 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 |
| 12:20 PM • | 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 |
| 11:55 AM • | 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 |
| 11:35 AM • | 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 |
| 11:30 AM • | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says Telegram Premium passed 1M subscribers since its June 2022 launch; the monthly subscription costs $5 in the US and £5 in the UK |
| 11:05 AM • | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Robinhood opens a waitlist for Robinhood Retirement, claiming zero minimums and the “first and only” IRA with a 1% match on every eligible dollar contributed |
| 10:54 AM • | 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 |
| 9:50 AM • | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snapchat partners with Adidas to launch a Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users a limited time to buy an item they can only acquire with Snap Tokens, a first |
| 9:45 AM • | Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Sources: Amazon reaches a deal with the EU to end two antitrust investigations, increasing visibility of rivals' products and adding offers for non-Prime orders |
| 9:38 AM • | 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 |
| 9:35 AM • | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Amazon updates its Luna game streaming service to let users play Ubisoft PC games they own without having to pay the $17.99 per month subscription |
| 9:30 AM • | 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 |
| 9:25 AM • | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: The US Army awards $49.9M to autonomous truck startup Kodiak Robotics for self-driving vehicles for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other “high-risk” missions |
| 9:15 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Oslo-based grocery delivery startup Oda raised ~$151M from Kinnevik, Verdane, and Summa Equity at a ~$353M post-money valuation, down from ~$900M in April 2021 |
| 8:55 AM • | John Seabrook / New Yorker: How a young generation of musicians uses TikTok, amassing huge followings but making little money, while some older musicians remain opposed to the platform |
| 8:30 AM • | Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: After criticism from users, ConsenSys revises MetaMask's data collection practices, including stopping logging IP addresses directly alongside transaction data |
| 7:55 AM • | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Israel-based NeuReality, which is developing low-cost and power-efficient AI inferencing chips, raised a $35M Series A led by Samsung Ventures and others |
| 7:25 AM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: YouTube begins rolling out Twitch-like YouTube Emotes, available in the emoji picker across comment sections and live chats, initially focused on gaming |
| 7:20 AM • | Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: Hong Kong officials and legislators criticize Google over a pro-democracy song, “Glory to Hong Kong”, appearing among the top results for the national anthem |
| 7:05 AM • | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Osome, a “super app” for corporate services, raised a $25M Series B, after a $16M Series A in June 2021, and says 11K+ companies are its clients |
| 6:55 AM • | 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 |
| 6:45 AM • | Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: Verizon replaces consumer unit chief Manon Brouillette, who joined from Vidéotron in July 2021, with CEO Hans Vestberg; Verizon's stock is down ~29% in 2022 |
| 6:30 AM • | David Pan / Bloomberg: Kaiko: as FTX disintegrated, trading volume at the largest crypto exchanges jumped 23% to $705B in November, mainly driven by a 30% jump on Binance |
| 6:15 AM • | 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 |
| 6:00 AM • | 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 |
| 5:50 AM • | 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 |
| 5:45 AM • | 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 |
| 5:40 AM • | 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 |
| 5:35 AM • | Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: The EU and the US agree to coordinate chip subsidy programs, including reciprocal information sharing and an early warning system for supply chain disruptions |
| 5:30 AM • | 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 |
| 5:25 AM • | Financial Times: Sources: the UK Treasury finalizes expanded crypto regulation plans, including letting the FCA restrict how companies run and advertise, after FTX's implosion |
| 5:20 AM • | 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 |
| 5:15 AM • | Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: Meta threatens to consider removing news from its apps if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar's “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act |
| 2:45 AM • | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: London-based Chattermill, which analyzes customer feedback data across channels to give companies actionable insights, raised a $26M Series B led by Beringea |
| 1:55 AM • | Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: Some laid-off tech workers on H-1B visas from Meta, Shopify, Twitter, and other tech companies say their employers did not provide adequate immigration support |
| 12:45 AM • | Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: E-commerce marketing startup Rokt raised a secondary funding round at a $2.4B valuation led by Square Peg, up from $1.95B in December 2021, ahead of its IPO |
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