Amazon quietly launches Prime Gaming in India, weeks after testing the service, offering Prime and Video subscribers access to mobile, PC, and Mac games — Amazon has quietly rolled out Prime Gaming, its subscription service that offers access to a number of titles, to its members in India weeks …
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November, up from around 300,000 in October, as Twitter users flee the service — Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket …
Sources: DCG is attempting to raise capital and avoid bankruptcy for its Genesis subsidiary in part to avert a $350M loan repayment to Todd Boehly's Eldridge — Digital Currency Group would be on the hook for outstanding loan if crypto lender goes bankrupt, say insiders
Binance.US agrees to acquire Voyager Digital's assets out of bankruptcy in a deal worth $1.022B, subject to approval at a hearing on January 5 — Binance.US will buy Voyager Digital's assets out of bankruptcy in a deal worth $1.022 billion. — Voyager selected Binance.US as the highest …
Yuga Labs names former Activision Blizzard president and COO Daniel Alegre as CEO, starting in H1 2023 and replacing Nicole Muniz; Yuga develops the BAYC NFTs — The Bored Ape parent company said Alegre's previous gaming experience will help advance the brand's Otherside metaverse and propel …
Horizon World's Notorious B.I.G. concert achieved remarkable realism with the help of VFX studio Hyperreal, but raises ethical questions about VR resurrection — An avatar of the singer, who died in 1997, performed with live rappers on Meta's Horizon Worlds. — For a moment on Friday, Biggie Smalls was the only man on stage.
Crypto.com's 2022 World Cup sponsorship, a symbol of how aggressively crypto companies spent on ads to gain users, was largely overshadowed by FTX's collapse — At Sunday's World Cup championship final between France and Argentina, Crypto.com will have a highly coveted seat right on the sideline …
Investor letter: Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein details options if the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust's EFT plans fail, including a tender for outstanding shares — Michael Sonnenshein attempts to assuage fears of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust investors after collapse of FTX
The European Commission sends Meta a statement of objection for possible antitrust breaches over tying Marketplace to Facebook and imposing unfair trading terms — Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a complaint from European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it's unfairly squeezing …
Binance's BNB token dropped 9% over the past month, even as bitcoin remains steady, after record outflows; BNB has jumped over 1,600% in the past three years — The native token of crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. snapped a prolonged slide that was sparked in part by concerns about outflows …
A profile of ex-FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, a big GOP donor who emerged as a central player in the FTX scandal after flagging fraud to regulators — The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor. He also bought restaurants.
Twitter will stop users from promoting their presence on rival services, including Facebook, Mastodon, and Nostr, and will remove tweets and accounts that do so — Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post.
Twitter will remove accounts made to “promote other social platforms” and content that has links or usernames to Facebook, Mastodon, and others — We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.
Sources: Apple is working on Mac Pro with M2 Ultra, but cancelled the double Ultra capacity “Extreme” chips; new Mac Pro computers could be assembled in Vietnam — The new high-end Mac Pro with Apple silicon is behind schedule, and you can blame changes to the company's chip and manufacturing plans.
Douyin has become China's fourth biggest e-commerce company by GMV, as short videos prove ideal as bait for long ads by giving higher purchase conversion rates — Understanding the appeal of adverts for adverts — Once again, very serious people are talking very seriously about the geopolitical threat posed by dance skits.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times : How Schneider Electric is using AI in call centers and manufacturing to complement employees' work ...
