Source: Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges like conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering
Former crypto CEO's decision could expedite the criminal and civil cases against him — NASSAU, Bahamas …
Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes”
is he creating conflicts of interest? Is he misappropriating company resources? Tesla is not Musk's private plaything. I've got many questions for the Tesla Board. https://www.nytimes.com/... Marcus H...
Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change”
Elon Musk is actively searching for a new chief executive officer for Twitter Inc., CNBC's David Faber reported …
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select accounts, helping companies identify brands and key employees via badges, but doesn't share other perks and pricing
Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.
FTX plans to recoup political donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and his associates, estimated at $70M+ in the 2021-2022 election cycle, to help repay creditors
Crypto group's new management says if funds are not returned voluntarily it will pursue recipients in court
Over 100 BTC claimed to be inaccessible was moved out of cold wallets tied to QuadrigaCX, the exchange that went bankrupt in 2019 after its CEO allegedly died
More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend. Quadriga's bankruptcy trustee …
As US lawmakers considered adding antitrust bills to the omnibus spending package, tech trade group CCIA, Meta, Amazon, and more ramped up opposition to them
Industry has spent more than $100 million to fight antitrust measures and other bills in Congress — How Apple's iPhone and Apps Trap You in a Walled Garden
Amazon agrees to settle two EU antitrust cases related to third-party sellers on its platform, won't pay a fine, and will adhere to commitments for seven years
Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to settle two European Union antitrust cases related to allegations about its treatment of third-party sellers …
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some MacBook production to Vietnam in 2023, asking Foxconn to begin as early as May, to further diversify from China
iPhone maker aims to have ‘out of China’ production alternatives for key products — TAIPEI — Apple plans to move …
TikTok begins telling users why a video was recommended in the For You feed, such as previous interactions or followed accounts
TikTok is launching a new feature that allows users to see why a particular video was recommended to them in their For You feed, the company announced on Tuesday.
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November, up from around 300,000 in October, as Twitter users flee the service
Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket …
A look at Modulo Capital, a mysterious multi-strategy hedge fund founded in 2022 and based in Albany in The Bahamas, which received $400M from Alameda Research
Tracy Wang / CoinDesk : Tweets: @smtuffy , @hsakatrades , @founderannie , @fxmacro , @mattwalshinbos , @0x_tracy , @jcoviedo6 , @hsakatrades , and @smtuffy Tweets: Sean Tuffy / @smtuffy : SBF launder...
Apple fixes a macOS vulnerability, reported by Microsoft, that let attackers bypass Gatekeeper, a feature that checks if apps are notarized and developer-signed
Apple has fixed a vulnerability attackers could leverage to deploy malware on vulnerable macOS devices via untrusted applications capable …
Changpeng Zhao confirms Binance acquired the remaining 49% stake in Indonesian crypto exchange Tokocrypto; the unit will cut 58% of jobs and replace its CEO
Binance Holdings Ltd.'s Indonesian unit is cutting jobs and replacing its top executive after the parent company took nearly full control over it.
An analysis shows how Chinese-language bots on Twitter drowned out tweets about protests over China's zero-COVID-19 policy, as people sought to evade censors
Twitter and its new owner, Elon Musk, have recently vowed to crack down on bots. But the flood of spam for Chinese users …
The DEA finds a Mexico-based methamphetamine and cocaine gang operating across the US, Mexico, Europe, and Australia used Binance to launder $15M to $40M
A methamphetamine and cocaine gang operating across the U.S., Mexico, Europe and Australia used the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance …
ProPublica plans to return $1.6M received from SBF's family foundation, setting aside the money until legal authorities decide where it should be sent
potentially even more so. Speaking as someone with huge respect for @propublica. A disclosure requirement to list all funders, investors and owners of news entities would increase trust. https://twitt...
Sources: some Twitter investors were told Elon Musk would step down after three to six months and are divided on his decisions; any new CEO would report to Musk
BetterHelp, Cerebral, and other digital mental health companies are failing to offer quality care due to unprofessional therapists, a pressure to grow, and more
Heavy advertising and other strategies from Silicon Valley's playbook boost providers' growth but not the quality of care Tweets: @weemelter , @damseldystopia , @moominmarxist , @modernistwitch , @ame...
Antenna: 9% of Netflix's US sign-ups in November were for its ad tier; 57% of subscribers to the plan were re-joining or new signups, while 43% downgraded
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal :
Binance.US plans to acquire Voyager Digital's assets in a deal worth $1.022B, beating other bids and subject to bankruptcy court approval at a January 5 hearing
Claire Boston / Bloomberg :
Chinese media reports: Xiaomi begins laying off ~15% of its 35,314 employees, combating weaker sales due to COVID-19 lockdowns and slower consumer spending
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which has an ambitious goal of unseating iPhone maker Apple from the No 1 spot globally by 2024 …
Amazon rolls out the Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT :
Amazon quietly launches Prime Gaming in India, weeks after testing the service, offering Prime and Video subscribers access to mobile, PC, and Mac games
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
A drop in VC deals and a slow IPO market are pushing tech startups to debt-based options; Preqin shows new VC deals fell 42% YoY to $286B in January to November
Tech founders seek creative financing solutions to sustain their businesses as venture capital dries up
Auto parts maker Magna agrees to acquire a driver-assistance unit from SSW Partners for about $1.5B in cash and expects combined sales to reach $3B in 2024
Elisabeth Behrmann / Bloomberg :
South Korean financial super app Toss raised $405M Series G at a 9.1T won valuation, or ~$7B, after a 8.5T won valuation in June '21; Toss Bank has 5M users
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
A profile of London-based crypto trading firm Wintermute in the aftermath of UST and FTX's implosion and a $160M hack, as revenues dramatically decline in 2022
By deftly navigating crypto's frontier markets and winning big on the collapse of Terra's stable coin, Wintermute has grown …
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA's 46.1%, NYC's 47.6%, and Austin's 62.7%
Bloomberg : Tweets: @carnage4life , @stevecase , @emrosenberg , @romyvarghese , and @jordannovet Tweets: @carnage4life : San Francisco faces a $728M budget shortfall as layoffs and WFH means downtown...
Twitter says #WC2022 for the FIFA World Cup generated 147B impressions, surpassing #WC2018 and more than doubling the impressions of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics
apart from the poll where users said he should give up control of Twitter Craig Hale / TechRadar : The World Cup final pushed Google Search to its highest traffic ever Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada...
An analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more
Matt Levine / Bloomberg : Tweets: @matt_levine , @shoepergirl , @gthartley , @iihavetoes , @johnpaczkowski , @ben_mathes , and @rachaelmyrow Tweets: Matt Levine / @matt_levine : This newsletter must ...
Google settles a lawsuit with an ex-employee who said the Fellowship of Friends sect dominated a Google unit; longtime sect member Peter Lubbers leaves Google
Cade Metz / New York Times : Tweets: @markamesexiled and @scottnover Tweets: Mark Ames / @markamesexiled : Curious why NYTimes goes out of its way to avoid using the word “cult” when describing this ...
Sources: DCG is attempting to raise capital and avoid bankruptcy for its Genesis subsidiary in part to avert a $350M loan repayment to Todd Boehly's Eldridge
as always, thanks for reading and follow me here Tweets: Katie Martin / @katie_martin_fx : Genesis failure would land owner with $350mn payout to financier Todd Boehly @nikasgari here on crypto, Chels...
CyberCube, a cyber risk analytics service for insurance firms, raised $50M from Morgan Stanley Tactical Value and others, bringing its total funding to $100M+
but that requires robust #analytics tools. How @cybcubecom helps assess risk: https://venturebeat.com/...
Tumblr adds support for livestreaming to its iOS and Android apps in the US; the service is powered by video platform Livebox, which lets users tip streamers
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Open-source database service MariaDB closed down 39.6% in its NYSE debut after a SPAC merger, reaching a $368M market cap, below its $672M valuation in February
Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE :
Germany-based VMRay, which offers advanced threat detection and analysis, raised a $34M Series B led by Tikehau Capital, bringing its total funding to $62M+
Callum Cyrus / Tech.eu :
ImagenAI, which uses AI to help photographers edit photos and automate postproduction, raised $30M from Summit Partners, bringing its total funding to $34M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Helm.ai, which uses unsupervised learning to train models for its autonomous driving software, raised a $31M Series C led by Freeman Group at a $431M valuation
A profile of OpenAI, which raised $1B from Microsoft after Sam Altman demoed an AI model to Satya Nadella in 2019, as some doubt its path to meaningful revenue
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