December
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Dune Analytics: 630K+ wallets created 2.82M Ethereum Name Service domains in 2022, including 430K in September, the most, and 52K in December, the least (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Dune Analytics: 630K+ wallets created 2.82M Ethereum Name Service domains in 2022, including 430K in September,…
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A hacker allegedly leaks a data set containing email addresses of 200M+ Twitter users, apparently a cleaner version of the 400M set circulating in December 2022 (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: A hacker allegedly leaks a data set containing email addresses of 200M+ Twitter users, apparently a…
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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 (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Bonk, a Shiba Inu-themed coin on Solana issued on December 25, has risen 2,220% in the…
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Layoffs.fyi estimates tech companies cut over 150,000 jobs in 2022, compared to around 80,000 between March and December 2020 and 15,000 across all of 2021 (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Layoffs.fyi estimates tech companies cut over 150,000 jobs in 2022, compared to around 80,000 between March and…
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Verizon decommissioned its 3G network on December 31, the last major US carrier to do so after AT&T and T-Mobile turned off services earlier in 2022 (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)
Mitchell Clark / The Verge: Verizon decommissioned its 3G network on December 31, the last major US carrier to do…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28, set to take effect on July 1, 2023, with amendments that give OEMs some exceptions (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)
Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28, set…
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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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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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CCS Insight: global shipments of VR and AR devices fell 12%+ YoY to 9.6M in 2022; NPD Group: US sales of VR headsets fell 2% YoY to $1.1B as of early December (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: CCS Insight: global shipments of VR and AR devices fell 12%+ YoY to 9.6M in 2022;…
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