Twitter lets US Blue subscribers tweet up to 4,000 characters; in timelines, longer tweets will be capped at 280 characters and have an option to “Show more”
need more than 280 characters to express yourself? we know that lots of you do... and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that. so we're introd...
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase has heard “rumors” the SEC wants to “get rid of” crypto staking for retail investors, which “would be a terrible path for the US”
Coinbase Global Inc.'s head Brian Armstrong escalated his war of words with the Securities …
Twitter's free APIs will work until February 13, when the company will launch a low-usage $100/month plan and a limited free plan and deprecates its Premium API
We have been busy with some updates to the Twitter API so you can continue to build and innovate with us. We're excited to announce an extension of the current free Twitter API access through February...
After a decade of waiting for a quality Harry Potter video game, some fans struggle to reconcile enjoying Hogwarts Legacy with JK Rowling's transphobic comments
Harry Potter fans have been waiting more than a decade for a video game worthy of the blockbuster entertainment franchise's dedicated following.
Many Twitter users reported issues on February 8, from outages to not being able to tweet except by scheduling or via an API; the issues seem to be mostly fixed
Shortly after Twitter launched its huge increase in max character count to 4,000 today, many users aren't able to tweet this afternoon.
Netflix rolls out its long-anticipated password sharing rules in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain; other countries will be added in the next few months
Under new rules, premium and standard account holders will be given option to add extra members for $7.99 per month
Inside FTX's final hours, described by employees, chat logs, and Sam Bankman-Fried: panic selling assets, trying to raise funds, SBF's silence, and bankruptcy
In January, I walked up the front steps of a single-storey, grey-shingled house in a neighbourhood on the fringe of Stanford University.
Q&A with Satya Nadella on Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, using AI to improve search as a product, competition with Google, the Prometheus model, and more
I'm coming to you from Microsoft's campus in Redmond, where just a few hours ago, Microsoft announced that the next version …
Nintendo's upcoming Zelda sequel will cost $70, up $10 over previous new titles, matching Sony and Microsoft and opening the door for more expensive video games
Nintendo Co.'s upcoming Zelda sequel will be pricier than the company's other Switch games, clearing the way for more game makers to also lift their prices.
Tether claims $700M in Q4 profit, in addition to its reserves, and $67.04B in total assets and $66.08B in liabilities; Tether-secured loans were down by $300M
- Tether issued its latest attestation report, saying its assets exceeded its liabilities as of December 2022.
The US and the UK sanction seven people, all based in Russia, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
The United Kingdom and United States on Thursday sanctioned seven people connected to what officials have told The Record is a single network behind …
SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell says the company limited Ukraine's military from using Starlink to control drones as its service was “never meant to be weaponized”
SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service …
The CISA publishes a recovery script for the ESXiArgs ransomware that encrypted files at 3,800+ organizations across the US, France, Italy, and other countries
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published a process for recovering files for organizations affected …
Google confirms that AI-generated content isn't against its Search guidelines, but using AI content to manipulate search results ranking violates its policies
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google :
Google's fraught history with AI ethics, a backlash after Duplex's unveiling, and a talent drain has left the company playing catch up with OpenAI and Microsoft
With Bard, its newly launched “experimental conversational AI service,” Google is scrambling to ship AI products.
A judge grants FTX approval to subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, brother, former FTX CTO Garry Wang, COO Constance Wang, and Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison
Failed crypto firm FTX received court approval on Wednesday to issue subpoenas to its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and members … Tweets: @certikalert and @smtuffy Tweets: @certikalert : #CertiKSkynetAler...
Robinhood reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $380M, net loss down 61% YoY to $166M, MAUs down by 0.8M QoQ to 11.4M, and full-year revenue down 25% YoY to $1.36B
Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) reported a 5% rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as interest income surged at the online brokerage …
Robinhood plans to buy up to 55M shares, or 7%+ of the company's outstanding shares, that Sam Bankman-Fried bought in 2022 and the US DOJ seized in January 2023
Investigation: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than photos of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies, or exercise are involved
Guardian exclusive: AI tools rate photos of women as more sexually suggestive than those of men, especially if nipples, pregnant bellies or exercise is involved Tweets: @womenreadwomen , @nyuniversity...
Researchers say ChatGPT can produce clean, convincing text that repeats conspiracy theories and misleading narratives but can sometimes debunk falsehoods too
Researchers used ChatGPT to produce clean, convincing text that repeated conspiracy theories and misleading narratives. Mastodon: @alexcc@mstdn.science . Tweets: @caulfieldtim , @egavactip , @bigmeani...
Nextracker, which sells solar trackers and licenses energy management software to solar project developers, raised $638M in its Nasdaq IPO at a $3.4B+ valuation
Nextracker, a Fremont, Calif.-based developer of solar tracker systems, raised $638 million in its IPO.
Apple's Services revenue hit $79.4B in 2022, more than Intel's $63.1B in revenue and the combined revenues of McDonald's and Nike
Apple Services business has now grown to become one of its most lucrative segments, with revenue surpassing that of major corporations.
Twitter launches its Blue subscription in India, Indonesia, and Brazil; in India, Blue costs ~$10.90/month on iOS and Android and ~$7.80/month on the web
NetBlocks: Turkey restores Twitter access, limited after the earthquake, after officials “remind Twitter of its obligations” on takedowns and disinformation
Brian Fung / CNN :
Google releases the first Android 14 developer preview, for Pixel phones, offering multi-device experiences, customization features, security changes, and more
Google introduced the new Android 14 operating system for Pixel smartphones … Jade Bryan / NextPit : Android 14 first test release launched and can be installed now Asif Iqbal Shaik / SamMobile : Goog...
UK CMA data on cloud gaming market share in 2022: Xbox had 60%-70%, Nvidia GeForce had 10%-20%, PlayStation had 10%-20%, Stadia had 0%-5%, and Luna had 0%-5%
In new statistics shared by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), we've learned that Google Stadia …
Disney ended 2022 with 161.8M Disney+ global subscribers, down 1% QoQ, its first drop since 2020's launch; Hulu had 48M and ESPN+ had 24.9M, both up 2% QoQ
what's going on? Chris Morris / Fortune : Bob Iger casts doubt on rumors that Disney will buy Hulu and says ‘everything is on the table’ Tom Power / TechRadar : Disney Plus loses its magic touch as mi...
Microsoft plans to embed Adobe's Acrobat PDF tech in Edge for Windows 10 and Windows 11 starting in March 2023 and remove Edge's legacy PDF engine in March 2024
The EU says Twitter's first voluntary report on how the company was tackling disinformation lacked data and didn't include commitments to empower fact-checkers
As Musk's Platform Antagonizes Regulators Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal : EU Warns Twitter Over Incomplete Content-Moderation Report Tweets: Jillian Deutsch / @deutschjill : “I am disappointed t...
Source: the SEC is investigating if crypto exchange Kraken offered unregistered securities in the US; the probe could lead to a settlement in the coming days
Major crypto exchange under investigation Steven Stradbrooke / CoinGeek : SEC probes Kraken for unregistered securities, threatens Coinbase staking Qadir AK / Coinpedia Fintech News : Kraken Exchange ...
UK-based Coincover, which offers tools to protect digital assets from hacks or human error, raised $30M led by Foundation, bringing its total funding to $41.6M
Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch :
Google shares AI updates across its services: expanding multisearch globally on mobile, Maps features for EV drivers, Lens AR translation, and Translate context
Internal memo: Apple names Carol Surface as its first chief people officer, shifting human resources responsibilities away from SVP of Retail Deirdre O'Brien
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg :
Clay Bavor, a Google veteran of 18 years who recently led the company's AR/VR efforts, leaves to start an AI company with former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor
17m — I started my first business in second grade … Leo Gebbie / independent : Don't expect to see an Apple virtual-reality headset soon Tweets: Megan Quinn / @msquinn : Impossible to overstate how ...
Meta says the company has completed its acquisition of Within, originally announced in October 2021, after a US judge denied the FTC's request to stop the deal
Scott Stein / CNET :
Cloudflare debuts Wildebeest, an open-source ActivityPub server built on Cloudflare's Supercloud that makes it easier to self-host a robust Mastodon instance
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ... https://github.com/... Tweets: Paul Johnston / @pauldjohnston : So... this is a thing... Fediverse on Cloudflare. So... you can run mastodon on Cloudflare without hav...
Shanghai-based lidar maker Hesai raised $190M in its Nasdaq IPO, becoming the first Chinese company to raise $100M+ in the US since October 2021, per Dealogic
Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times :
Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $400M, vs. $416M est., net loss up 102% YoY to $322.4M, and lays off 19% of its workforce; AFRM drops 16%+
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 2.6% YoY to $1.6B, net profit down 26% YoY to $425.5M; 2022 revenue grew 34% YoY to $7.27B and it expects Q1 revenue to fall by 12%
Che Pan / South China Morning Post : Tweets: @pstasiatech Tweets: Paul Triolo / @pstasiatech : China's biggest foundry SMIC sees profits fall by one-fourth on waning demand for electronic gadgets SMI...
A look at Stripe's obstacles before its IPO, including increasingly tough competition while moving upmarket, slowing revenue growth, and a lack of profitability
Jareau Wadé / Every : Tweets: @sarthakgh Tweets: Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : .@jkwade has committed the crime of writing a sobering piece on Stripe for @every https://every.to/... https://twitter.c...
The Federation data: active users on decentralized social networks grew from ~600K to ~2.6M in a few months, challenging claims that the “fediverse” is failing
Mike Masnick / Techdirt :
Instagram expands Gifts, a monetization feature that lets fans tip Reels creators using its virtual currency Stars, to more US creators, after a test in 2022
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Chiliz, the crypto startup behind fan token service Socios, launches its Layer 1 blockchain Chiliz Chain 2.0, a BNB Chain fork, shifting away from Ethereum
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