Sources: Taiwan's space agency plans a low-earth orbit satellite communications project to help resist any attacks by China, inspired by Starlink in Ukraine (Kathrin Hille/Financial Times)

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
Sources: Taiwan's space agency plans a low-earth orbit satellite communications project to help resist any attacks by China, inspired by Starlink in Ukraine  —  Country wants to emulate Elon Musk's Starlink in wake of Ukraine war with low-Earth orbit start-up

Twitter hasn't paid severance to employees Elon Musk fired

Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in late October, and his first order of business was to fire half of the workforce. These sacked employees were expected to receive severance, but it appears they are still waiting for the same. Last year on November 4, Musk fired half of the employees across different teams and regions, and the firing continued for several weeks. Out of these 3,500 employees, 1,000 were posted in California, as per the documents filed with the state. https://ift.tt/vYQD3tK

Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off 20% of its ~1,100 staff, citing the "bear market"; CoinGecko: Huobi had the 8th largest exchange volume in November 2022 (Reuters)

Reuters:
Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off 20% of its ~1,100 staff, citing the “bear market”; CoinGecko: Huobi had the 8th largest exchange volume in November 2022  —  Crypto exchange Huobi plans to lay off about 20% of its staff, the company told Reuters on Friday …

Salesforce's layoffs hit Tableau, acquired for $15.7B in 2019, harder than other divisions, after CEO Mark Nelson was ousted in late December 2022 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Salesforce's layoffs hit Tableau, acquired for $15.7B in 2019, harder than other divisions, after CEO Mark Nelson was ousted in late December 2022  —  Salesforce Inc. division Tableau was hit harder than other units in the company's largest-ever round of jobs cuts this week …

Kuo: due to development issues, Apple is "more likely" to debut its mixed-reality headset in the spring or at WWDC than in January as previously predicted (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Kuo: due to development issues, Apple is “more likely” to debut its mixed-reality headset in the spring or at WWDC than in January as previously predicted  —  Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a tweet thread today that ongoing delays with development of Apple's mixed-reality headset …

A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country (Varsha Bansal/Rest of World)

Varsha Bansal / Rest of World:
A profile of Shaik Salauddin, an Uber driver turned union leader, who has become a quasi-celebrity in India after fighting for gig worker rights in the country  —  Shaik Salauddin: the Indian driver-turned-union leader who is brushing shoulders with top politicians and giving ride-hailing firms a run for their money.

Google may move Supreme Court to challenge CCI ruling on Android

The Supreme Court approach will come after Google suffered a setback on Wednesday when a tribunal turned down its request to block the antitrust ruling. The company argued implementation of CCI's directives will hurt its long-standing business model and consumer interests. A spokesperson for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. https://ift.tt/1zxWqmU

After YouTuber Coffeezilla reported on Logan Paul's apparently sham NFT game CryptoZoo, Paul finally responds, acknowledging some involved were "bad actors" (Levi Winslow/Kotaku)

Levi Winslow / Kotaku:
After YouTuber Coffeezilla reported on Logan Paul's apparently sham NFT game CryptoZoo, Paul finally responds, acknowledging some involved were “bad actors”  —  Blockchain investigator Stephen ‘Coffeezilla’ Findeisen may see Paul in court  —  After keeping his mouth shut …

After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
After FTX collapsed, citizen journalists, including @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg, stepped up to cover the saga, often outshining traditional media  —  A group of online creators has skyrocketed to fame by covering every aspect of the meltdown, but some optimize for attention over accuracy

Satya Nadella meets PM, assures cooperation for Digital India campaign

Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing it as an "insightful meeting". https://ift.tt/zmDsvLp

Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge:
Philips Hue owner Signify launches a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs, available for $130, effectively a software version of the $250M Play HDMI Sync Box  —  Signify, owner of the Philips Hue brand, is launching a Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs.

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, the most, and 52K in December, the least  —  The figure represents 80% of all registrations since the service launched.  —  Ethereum Name Service (ENS) saw a lifetime record number …

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 past week and 150% in the past 24 hours, offsetting some of SOL's decline  —  The memecoin is up over 150% in the past 24 hours and have recorded some of the highest trading volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges.

Memo: Salesforce plans to lay off around 10% of its staff and close some offices, expecting to incur $1.4B to $2.1B in charges for the restructuring (Nivedita Balu/Reuters)

Nivedita Balu / Reuters:
Memo: Salesforce plans to lay off around 10% of its staff and close some offices, expecting to incur $1.4B to $2.1B in charges for the restructuring  —  Salesforce Inc (CRM.N) said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10% of its employees and close some offices as a part of its restructuring plan …

A look at Samsung's TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge:
A look at Samsung's TV updates in 2023: Neo QLEDs converting SDR to HDR, futuristic MicroLED TVs, improvements to The Frame, and software and AI updates  —  Last year, Samsung radically shook up the TV market with the introduction of its first OLED model in many years.