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U.S. clears way for release of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds as part of prisoner swap deal
Washington — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the eventual release of five American citizens detained in Iran by…
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d-Matrix, which designs chips aimed at the "inference" part of AI processing, raised a $110M Series B led by Temasek, taking its total funding to $154M (Max A. Cherney/Reuters)
Max A. Cherney / Reuters: d-Matrix, which designs chips aimed at the “inference” part of AI processing, raised a $110M…
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Ford hires former Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+, to form a team improving customers' software experience, part of the Ford+ plan (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Ford hires former Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+,…
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How Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense, is combating online disinformation from foreign adversaries, especially Russia (Steven Lee Myers/New York Times)
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times: How Sweden’s Psychological Defense Agency, a part of the Ministry of Defense, is…
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The US DOJ informed a federal judge that Sam Bankman-Fried won't face the campaign finance charge, which wasn't part of an extradition document with The Bahamas (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: The US DOJ informed a federal judge that Sam Bankman-Fried won’t face the campaign finance charge,…
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The FBI's seizure of Mastodon server Kolektiva.social in May, part of a raid over unrelated charges, should serve as a wakeup call to fediverse users and hosts (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Electronic Frontier Foundation: The FBI’s seizure of Mastodon server Kolektiva.social in May, part of a raid over unrelated charges, should…
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The EU enacts the €43B Chips Act, part of ambitious plans to produce 20% of the world's chips by 2030, after final approval from ministers (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU enacts the €43B Chips Act, part of ambitious plans to produce 20% of the…
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Sources: Amazon will require some remote corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon will require some remote corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring…
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New $2 billion Oklahoma theme park announced, and it’s not part of the Magic Kingdom
A theme park with an estimated $2 billion price tag is coming to the Midwest — and its location may…
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Netflix plans to stream the SAG Awards globally starting in 2024, as part of a multiyear deal; the 2023 ceremony will stream on Netflix's YouTube channel (Tyler Coates/The Hollywood Reporter)
Tyler Coates / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix plans to stream the SAG Awards globally starting in 2024, as part of…
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