Sources detail Elon Musk's Twitter cost-cutting measures, including closing a data center, reducing training for new staff, and canceling janitorial services
Elon Musk has reduced the company to a bare-bones operation, and employees are under a “zero-based budgeting” mandate to justify any spending.
Sources: the FBI is investigating the leak of ~100K API keys linked to users of crypto trading service 3Commas, as a victims group claims to have lost over $20M
This week, an anonymous person leaked 100,000 API keys connected to the crypto trading service.
A hacker leaks 10K+ API keys, claiming to have ~100K, of crypto trader 3Commas' users; 3Commas told users they were “phished” before its CEO confirmed the leak
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Bahamas' Securities Commission says it is holding FTX assets worth $3.5B on a temporary basis and plans to deliver them to customers and creditors who own them
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas said on Thursday that it is holding FTX assets worth $3.5 billion based on market pricing …
After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M+ Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to investigate the “security issue”; Twitter hasn't issued a comment
A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.
Analysts and sources detail improving iPhone output in China despite COVID-19 issues; Foxconn's main Zhengzhou iPhone facility is now operating at ~70% capacity
Main Foxconn facility recovers to about 70% of capacity and wait times for iPhone Pro models shorten
An obituary for Dark Sky, which changed how people consume weather forecasts but is disparaged by scientists, as Apple plans to kill the iOS app on January 1
At the end of this year, Dark Sky—the popular, sleek, sometimes accurate weather app—will go dark, its various components ambiguously incorporated …
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the Digital Fair Repair Act, set to take effect on July 1, 2023, with amendments giving OEMs some exceptions and loopholes
When Jeannie Crowley came up with the idea for a student-run repair center … Paul Roberts / Fight to Repair : NY Governor Bows To Big Tech, Signs Slimmed Down Right To Repair Act Rich Brome / Phone Sc...
Tim Wu, who helped shape Biden's antitrust agenda, will leave his role as an adviser on January 4 to return to teaching antitrust law at Columbia Law School
Adviser Tim Wu, who helped to shape President Joe Biden's antitrust agenda, will leave his position Jan. 4, the White House said Friday.
Amazon starts Prime Air drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, delivering a small number of packages with a maximum 5lbs payload
Amazon Prime Air wants to deliver packages within 60 minutes. — Amazon has begun delivering orders by drone.
Twitter is reportedly closing its Seattle office, the company's second-largest engineering hub outside of San Francisco, and asking employees to work from home
Twitter is reportedly facing eviction at its Seattle office and is asking employees to work from home as the social media giant looks to cut costs under new owner Elon Musk.
Solana co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal scramble to move past FTX's stain on SOL, down 96% from November 2021; FTX and Alameda bought 58M+ SOL tokens
$50 billion in value wiped from the cryptocurrency in 2022 Mehron Rokhy / The Daily Hodl : Solana and Associated Tokens Down Over 96% From All-Time Highs As SOL Gets Delisted From Crypto Exchange Bren...
Apple is doubly vulnerable to Chinese escalation against Taiwan, which could impact the complex iPhone components and assembly, driving production to near zero
Chris Miller / The Atlantic :
Huawei has exited “crisis mode” following US restrictions and expects ~$91.5B in 2022 revenue, unchanged from 2021, due to growing telco infrastructure sales
Chairman says U.S. restrictions are new normal and company is back to business as usual
Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft plan to connect data centers to heating systems in Europe; Meta began in 2020 in Denmark, and Google is assessing its opportunities
Rising energy prices and new regulations contribute to an increase in projects — With an energy crisis hitting Europe …
Some US educators worry ChatGPT makes cheating undetectable; an OpenAI researcher says the company is running experiments to find the best ways to battle misuse
Teachers are on alert for inevitable cheating after release of ChatGPT https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Joe Dana / @joedanareports : I've been waiting to see a story like this. The best part of the...
China-based Freetech Intelligent Systems, which creates software and hardware for autonomous vehicles, raised a ~$100M Series B led by Chaos Investment
Freetech Intelligent Systems, a China-based autonomous driving firm, has raised nearly US$100 million in its series B round, Nikkei Asia reported. Source: Nikkei Asia . Tweets: @vaactiveangels and @te...
Canada's competition tribunal approves Rogers' $14.77B bid to acquire Shaw, saying the deal is “not likely to prevent or lessen competition substantially”
Canada's competition tribunal approved on Thursday Rogers Communications Inc's (RCIb.TO) C$20 billion ($14.77 billion) …
An Indian government official says mobile device makers will have to use USB-C as the standard for charging starting in March 2025, following the European Union
Pratigya Yadav / Business Standard :
FTX Japan, which has ~$94.5M in crypto assets and $46M in fiat currency, says it will resume withdrawals by mid-February through crypto exchange Liquid Japan
Ryan Browne / CNBC :
Chinese media reports that two government-backed institutions are working with Beijing-based Huaban to launch an NFT marketplace with secondary trading
A look at India's plan to gain semiconductor manufacturing share, including via a ~$10B incentive program, the Foxconn-Vedanta joint venture's issues, and more
Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis :
India plans to prioritize the development of global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, including their possible prohibition, under its ongoing G20 presidency
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer says crypto has had “some setbacks” since FTX fell, NFTs could one day be denominated in USD, and the company has a “healthy runway”
Server maker Supermicro's shares have soared 78%+ YTD, taking its market cap from $2.4B to $4.3B, outperforming all US tech companies valued at $1B or more
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