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FTX top engineer testifies Bankman-Fried spent $1.13 billion on celebrities and sponsorships

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FTX top engineer testifies Bankman-Fried spent $1.13 billion on celebrities and sponsorships

admin October 16, 2023

Nishad Singh, FTX's former engineering head, testified on Monday about Sam Bankman-Fried's "excessive" spending

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Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here

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Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here

admin October 16, 2023

Revenue growth at Microsoft's business social network has slowed as advertisers pull back in an uncertain economy.

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Apple’s iPhone loses top spot in China to Huawei: Analysts

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Apple’s iPhone loses top spot in China to Huawei: Analysts

admin October 16, 2023

Huawei overtook Apple's iPhone in the leading spot for smartphone market share in China.

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Bankman-Fried needs Adderall to testify, defense requests delay in trial

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Bankman-Fried needs Adderall to testify, defense requests delay in trial

admin October 16, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers say he urgently needs his long-release Adderall, otherwise they'll need to take a day...

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Cryptocurrencies rise, sending bitcoin over $30,000 at one point, on optimism for a new ETF

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Cryptocurrencies rise, sending bitcoin over $30,000 at one point, on optimism for a new ETF

admin October 16, 2023

Digital currencies were higher to start the week as hopeful investors weighed the likelihood that the U.S....

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How to make a FaceTime call from your Apple TV 4K

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How to make a FaceTime call from your Apple TV 4K

admin October 16, 2023

You can now make a FaceTime call from your TV if you have an Apple TV running...

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Tether freezes 32 crypto wallets holding $873,118 linked to terrorism and warfare in Israel, Ukraine

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Tether freezes 32 crypto wallets holding $873,118 linked to terrorism and warfare in Israel, Ukraine

admin October 16, 2023

Tether has frozen 32 virtual wallets linked to crypto-funded terrorism and warfare in Israel and Ukraine, according...

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Meta’s unique approach to developing AI puzzles Wall Street, but techies love it

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Meta’s unique approach to developing AI puzzles Wall Street, but techies love it

admin October 16, 2023

Meta's AI push, driven by its Llama large language model, takes a page out of the open...

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China gives Ehang the first industry approval for fully autonomous, passenger-carrying air taxis

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China gives Ehang the first industry approval for fully autonomous, passenger-carrying air taxis

admin October 13, 2023

Ehang shares have nearly doubled in price this year, before trading was temporarily halted Monday pending a...

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Secret recording of Caroline Ellison meeting with Alameda staff exposed in SBF criminal trial

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Secret recording of Caroline Ellison meeting with Alameda staff exposed in SBF criminal trial

admin October 13, 2023

A recording of a meeting Caroline Ellison had with Alameda Research staffers as the firm was imploding...

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Stablecoin Tether promotes tech chief to CEO, taking over from mysterious crypto leader

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Stablecoin Tether promotes tech chief to CEO, taking over from mysterious crypto leader

admin October 13, 2023

In a surprise move, the chief technology officer of stablecoin firm Tether, Paolo Ardoino, has been promoted...

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How Israel’s tech community is responding to the Israel-Hamas war

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How Israel’s tech community is responding to the Israel-Hamas war

admin October 13, 2023

Amid the war, much of Israel's tech community is still finding a way to push forward, according...

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Meta says it’s stepping up misinformation enforcement during Israel-Hamas war

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Meta says it’s stepping up misinformation enforcement during Israel-Hamas war

admin October 13, 2023

Meta created a special operations center with experts fluent in Hebrew and Arabic.

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Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK, clearing way for deal to close

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Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK, clearing way for deal to close

admin October 13, 2023

Britain's top competition watchdog on Friday gave the green light to Microsoft's proposed $69 billion takeover of...

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Microsoft closes $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard after lengthy regulatory review

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Microsoft closes $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard after lengthy regulatory review

admin October 13, 2023

Nineteen months after agreeing to the company's largest purchase ever, Microsoft has closed its acquisition of Activision...

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Tesla whistleblowers filed a complaint to the SEC in 2021, but the agency never interviewed them. Here’s what the complaint said

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Tesla whistleblowers filed a complaint to the SEC in 2021, but the agency never interviewed them. Here’s what the complaint said

admin October 12, 2023

Two whistleblowers' complaint to the SEC about Tesla alleged that Elon Musk's automaker may have run afoul...

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Caroline Ellison says she wasn’t an ambitious person until she met Sam Bankman-Fried

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Caroline Ellison says she wasn’t an ambitious person until she met Sam Bankman-Fried

admin October 12, 2023

Ellison, the former Alameda CEO and ex-girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried, faced cross-examination in the FTX founder's fraud...

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Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation

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Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation

admin October 12, 2023

Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation, graphic content

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Elon Musk’s X rebuts EU allegations of ‘illegal’ content about the Israel-Hamas conflict

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Elon Musk’s X rebuts EU allegations of ‘illegal’ content about the Israel-Hamas conflict

admin October 12, 2023

The EU said there are "indications" that X is "being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation"...

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While ChatGPT stokes fears of mass layoffs, new jobs are being spawned to review AI

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While ChatGPT stokes fears of mass layoffs, new jobs are being spawned to review AI

admin October 12, 2023

Prolific, a U.K.-based online survey tool, provides people with compensation for reviewing AI outputs.

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