Technology
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CryptoSlam: NFT trading volume fell from $24M+ on December 20 to $12.9M on December 25, down for a second consecutive year; Yuga's BAYC rallied before Christmas (MK Manoylov/The Block)
MK Manoylov / The Block: CryptoSlam: NFT trading volume fell from $24M+ on December 20 to $12.9M on December 25,…
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2022 saw the re-emergence of hacktivism on a large scale, with some new tactics and approaches blurring the lines between hacktivism and state-sponsored attacks (Matt Burgess/Wired)
Matt Burgess / Wired: 2022 saw the re-emergence of hacktivism on a large scale, with some new tactics and approaches…
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After a 24+ hour Alibaba Cloud outage on December 18, Alibaba names Wu Zeming as CTO and says CEO Daniel Zhang Yong will oversee Cloud, effective immediately (Tracy Qu/South China Morning Post)
Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post: After a 24+ hour Alibaba Cloud outage on December 18, Alibaba names Wu…
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Solana cofounders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal scramble to move past FTX's stain on their token, down 96% from November 2021; FTX and Alameda bought 58M+ SOL (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: Solana cofounders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal scramble to move past FTX’s stain on their token,…
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Behind the rise of "cozy" games that encourage players to take their time in open worlds devoid of competition and went from niche to video game fixture in 2022 (Makena Kelly/The Verge)
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Behind the rise of “cozy” games that encourage players to take their time in open…
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Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary markets, compounding a fall in valuations, amid layoffs and a slow IPO market (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Brokers and investors: Silicon Valley workers are offloading shares in secondary markets, compounding a fall…
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TSMC begins mass production of next-gen 3nm chips in Taiwan, which need ~35% less power than 5nm chips, following Samsung, and also plans to build 2nm plants (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TSMC begins mass production of next-gen 3nm chips in Taiwan, which need ~35% less power than…
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Jon Peddie Research: shipments of discrete GPUs fell 42% YoY to ~14M in Q3 2022, including ~6.9M units for desktop PCs, the lowest number since at least Q3 2005 (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)
Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Jon Peddie Research: shipments of discrete GPUs fell 42% YoY to ~14M in Q3 2022,…
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The SEC says FTX made two $100M investments using customer funds in fintech company Dave in March 2022 and blockchain startup Mysten Labs in September 2022 (CNBC)
CNBC: The SEC says FTX made two $100M investments using customer funds in fintech company Dave in March 2022 and…
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A US appeals court revives a lawsuit accusing Google and others of violating children's privacy state laws by tracking their YouTube activity for ad targeting (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US appeals court revives a lawsuit accusing Google and others of violating children’s privacy state…
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