December
- Technology
SEC filing: MicroStrategy acquires ~3,205 BTC for ~$56.4M between November 1 and December 24, taking its holding to 135K BTC, and sells 704 BTC to offset gains (Oliver Knight/CoinDesk)
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: SEC filing: MicroStrategy acquires ~3,205 BTC for ~$56.4M between November 1 and December 24, taking its…
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Sensor Tower: Pinduoduo's marketplace Temu app had 10.8M US installations since September 1 and became the most downloaded US app from November 1 to December 14 (Shen Lu/Wall Street Journal)
Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: Sensor Tower: Pinduoduo’s marketplace Temu app had 10.8M US installations since September 1 and…
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Pathmatics: about 70% of Twitter's top 100 ad spenders before Elon Musk's takeover were not spending on the service as of the week ending December 18 (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Pathmatics: about 70% of Twitter’s top 100 ad spenders before Elon Musk’s takeover were not spending on…
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Netflix will add Nike Training Club workouts to its offerings from December 30, with plans to add over 90 Nike Training Club workouts in total (BreAnna Bell/Variety)
BreAnna Bell / Variety: Netflix will add Nike Training Club workouts to its offerings from December 30, with plans to…
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Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December and some were asked to keep working; one said he was dissuaded from testing (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
Viola Zhou / Rest of World: Sources: Foxconn workers in Zhengzhou say they got COVID-19 at the plant in December…
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Binance says it was hit by roughly $6B in net withdrawals between December 12 and December 14, which it was able to fulfill "without breaking stride" (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Binance says it was hit by roughly $6B in net withdrawals between December 12 and December 14, which…
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On December 16, Twitter reinstated at least 12 far-right accounts including election misinformation celeb Mike Lindell and popular QAnon fans like Patrick Byrne (Media Matters for America)
Media Matters for America: On December 16, Twitter reinstated at least 12 far-right accounts including election misinformation celeb Mike Lindell…
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Paytm will buy back up to 10.5M shares worth ~$103M at a 50%+ premium to the December 13 closing price, seeking to convince investors of a path to profitability (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: Paytm will buy back up to 10.5M shares worth ~$103M at a 50%+ premium to…
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A database of the FBI's threat information sharing program InfraGard containing contact details of its 80K+ members has been up for sale since December 10, 2022 (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: A database of the FBI’s threat information sharing program InfraGard containing contact details of…
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