Sources: Microsoft plans to release a version of Bing that uses OpenAI's ChatGPT tech to answer some search queries, possibly launching as soon as Q1 2023
Microsoft could soon get a return on its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, which gives humanlike text answers to questions.
A look at Samsung's TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates
Last year, Samsung radically shook up the TV market with the introduction of its first OLED model in many years.
Twitter plans to relax its longstanding ban on cause-based ads in the US and will expand the political advertising the company permits in the coming weeks
Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to “facilitate public conversation around important topics.”
Coinbase agrees a $100M settlement with NY regulators over breaking anti-money-laundering laws, comprising a $50M fine and $50M for compliance; COIN jumps 9%+
The U.S. crypto exchange will pay a $50 million fine for letting customers open accounts with few background checks and spend $50 million to improve compliance.
Memo: Salesforce plans to lay off around 10% of its staff and close some offices, expecting to incur $1.4B to $2.1B in charges for the restructuring
Salesforce Inc (CRM.N) said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices as a part of its restructuring plan …
What to expect at CES 2023: advanced driver assistance, iterative TV improvements, Matter-compatible smart home devices, laptops, monitors, hearables, and more
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The Irish DPC fines Meta €390M over behavioral ad data violations, giving Meta three months to resolve the issues, a significant blow to Meta's EU ad business
Meta faces €390 million in fines and must find a new legal route to targeted ads, while the Irish regulator is suing …
Roku plans to launch its own TVs in spring 2023 across two brands, Roku Select and Roku Plus, ranging from 24-inches for $119 to 75-inches for $999
Roku is making big news at CES 2023: the company long known for its streaming players and easy-to-use software plans to release its own lineup of TVs this year.
Bonk, a Shiba Inu-themed coin on Solana issued on December 25, has risen 2,220% in the past week and 150% in the past 24 hours, offsetting some of SOL's decline
The memecoin is up over 150% in the past 24 hours and have recorded some of the highest trading volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges.
A judge sets SBF's trial for October 2023, allows redacting his bond signers' names for now, and amends his bail terms to prohibit him from accessing FTX funds
furiously writing notes to his attorneys on a legal pad and pointing to them with a biro. Leo Schwartz / @leomschwartz : After Judge Kaplan granted Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers' request to redact the n...
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to all eight criminal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering; if convicted, he faces up to 115 years in prison
If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 115 years in prison. — Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO …
Android's director of engineering said Google wants RISC-V as a “tier-1” Android architecture and shared a years-long roadmap at December 2022's RISC-V summit
Google's keynote at the RISC-V Summit promises official, polished support. — Over the holiday break …
The US Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC warn banks that issuing or holding crypto “is highly likely to be inconsistent with safe and sound banking practices”
Regulators say holding cryptocurrencies is likely inconsistent with safe banking practices — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
Twitter Product Engineering Lead Behnam Rezaei and Senior Director of HR Business Partner Katie Marcotte both resign; Marcotte was at Twitter for 10 years
ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying scandal
NFT service Magic Eden, the largest Solana marketplace, blames a hacked image caching service after some users were served porn and TV stills instead of the NFT
The top Solana marketplace says there's no need to panic, and it has not been hacked. — Some users of Magic Eden …
Sources: crypto payments startup Wyre told staff that it is shutting down; Bolt planned to acquire Wyre for ~$1.5B but canceled the deal in September 2022
Wyre, a crypto payments company founded in 2013, has told employees that it is shutting down amid layoffs, Axios has learned.
Sources: China is pausing massive investments and costly subsidies for its chip industry amid a COVID-19 wave, seeking alternatives to help homegrown chipmakers
China is pausing massive investments aimed at building a chip industry to compete with the US, as a nationwide Covid resurgence strains …
Nvidia upgrades its $19.99 per month GeForce Now plan, renamed Ultimate, to support 240 fps streaming, ultrawide monitors, and more by using RTX 4080 GPUs
Nvidia announced some new features for its cloud gaming service during its virtual CES press conference.
Twitter appears to have resolved an issue in Australia and New Zealand that caused downtime for over 12 hours, starting around 6:40am AEST on January 4
Zachariah Kelly / Gizmodo Australia :
The US case against alleged Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg highlights traders treating crypto as a game, forgetting the real-world consequences
Mango — So here's a trade. — You open two accounts on a commodity futures exchange, Account A and Account B. Tweets: @pt , @matt_levine , @mrauchs , @martincschmalz , @aservais1 , @michaelbkelley ,...
The Wireless Power Consortium and Apple are working on a next-generation “Qi2” wireless charging standard based on MagSafe, set to arrive by the end of 2023
why it matters Laurent Giret / Thurrott : New Qi2 Standard to Bring MagSafe-like Charging to Android Sean Hollister / The Verge : Qi2: How Apple might finally harness MagSafe by giving it away Matthew...
Under a new Louisiana law, visitors to websites that contain 33.3% or more pornographic material must verify their age, including by using LA Wallet
To enact R.S. 9:2800.28, relative to material harmful to minors … Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner : Government ID now required to access online pornography in Louisiana Samantha Cole / VICE :...
Nvidia plans to bring its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to Hyundai's, Polestar's, and BYD's infotainment systems, but offers no timeline or eligible cars
James Vincent / The Verge :
Cybersecurity company Rapid7 hires Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the former Twitter security chief and whistleblower, to advise consulting clients
Former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, whose whistleblower claim against the company triggered multiple ongoing investigations …
A report details Apple's AR/VR headset: a ~$3,000 price tag, Sony Micro OLED displays, manufacturer Pegatron assembled thousands of prototypes in 2022, and more
The Communications Workers of America says that ~300 quality-assurance testers in Microsoft's ZeniMax unit voted to form a union, Microsoft's first in the US
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal :
FTX's collapse has forced the global sports industry to rethink lucrative crypto sponsorship deals, some of which were replacing gambling partners
Future of big-ticket sponsorship deals between top-flight clubs and digital assets industry hangs in the balance Tweets: @kevin_kcdpr and @katie_martin_fx Tweets: Kevin Dinino / @kevin_kcdpr : It shou...
Scams have started impacting Amazon sellers across Pakistan, which Marketplace Pulse says has the third-highest number of registered sellers on the platform
@SiddiquiZuha & I report🧵 https://restofworld.org/...
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific plans to shut down mining rigs tied to Celsius Mining, its largest client with 37K+ machines, as both companies undergo bankruptcy
Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk :
Chinese regulators approve Ant Group's plan to raise ~$1.5B for its consumer unit, signaling progress in the government-ordered overhaul of the fintech firm
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg :
Apple's market cap sinks below $2T, as its stock closes down 3.74% to $125.07, a year after becoming the first and only public company to hit a $3T market cap
Vimeo lays off 11% of its workforce, citing the uncertain economic environment, after cutting 6% in July 2022; the company had 1,200+ staff as of December 2021
Grace Kay / Insider :
Report: Indian crypto exchanges lost 81% of their trading volume between July and October 2022, as traders turned to foreign exchanges due to India's crypto tax
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
A look at three pieces of Indian government legislation planned in 2023 to regulate US tech giants, mixing EU antitrust rules with China-style surveillance
American tech firms will face hard choices in India this year — The standoff between India and U.S. tech giants will intensify …
Nvidia brings its GeForce RTX 40 GPUs to laptops, offering the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 for $1,999+ on February 8 followed by the RTX 4050 for $999+ on February 22
Foxconn partners with Nvidia to produce electronic control units based on Nvidia's Drive Orin intelligent vehicle SoC and use them in Foxconn's manufactured EVs
Sabela Ojea / Wall Street Journal :
Shopify president says Shopify's Audiences tool, which uploads customer data to Meta and Google's ad platforms, is a key focus amid Apple's privacy crackdown
Ampere Analysis: a decade-long original TV show spending boom is expected to slow to a crawl in 2023; streaming services will cut growth from 25% in 2022 to 8%
Alex Barker / Financial Times :
Financial e-commerce and consumer data analytics company GoLogiq plans to acquire blockchain fintech startup GammaRey for $320M in stock
next up another merger partner with $9 billion in assets. How fast could the next one be signed? GOLQ is moving FAST. @WilliamPFarran1 @JMacInvesting $MMTPL $MULN $GME $AMC $WULF https://twitter.c...
The Global X Fintech ETF dropped 52% in 2022, above the broader financial sector's 12% drop and Nasdaq Composite Index's 33%, weighed down by interest rates
Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal :
Arm VP Dennis Laudick says the company more than doubled automotive revenue since 2020 thanks to more complex cars; Arm's 2022 total revenue rose 35% to £2.7B
Anna Gross / Financial Times :
Suhail Sameer, CEO of New Delhi-based fintech BharatPe, plans to step down to an advisor on January 7, after co-founder Ashneer Grover's exit in February 2022
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
SEC filing: Amazon secures an $8B loan from DBS Bank, Mizuho Bank, and others, maturing in 364 days, to offset the “uncertain macroeconomic environment”
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
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