Thursday, January 5, 2023

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 …



Wednesday, January 4, 2023

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.



The US case against alleged Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg highlights traders treating crypto as a game, forgetting the real-world consequences (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
The US case against alleged Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg highlights traders treating crypto as a game, forgetting the real-world consequences  —  Mango  —  So here's a trade.  — You open two accounts on a commodity futures exchange, Account A and Account B.



Bitcoin miner Core Scientific plans to shut down mining rigs tied to Celsius Mining, its largest client with 37K+ machines, as both companies undergo bankruptcy (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk:
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific plans to shut down mining rigs tied to Celsius Mining, its largest client with 37K+ machines, as both companies undergo bankruptcy  —  The two firms have been engaged in litigation over a 2020 hosting contract, which Core Scientific says is costing it $2 million in revenue per month.



A look at three pieces of Indian government legislation planned in 2023 to regulate US tech giants, mixing EU antitrust rules with China-style surveillance (Megha Mandavia/Wall Street Journal)

Megha Mandavia / Wall Street Journal:
A look at three pieces of Indian government legislation planned in 2023 to regulate US tech giants, mixing EU antitrust rules with China-style surveillance  —  American tech firms will face hard choices in India this year  —  The standoff between India and U.S. tech giants will intensify …



Twitter users in Australia and New Zealand report the service being down for over 12 hours, starting around 6:40am AEST on January 4 (Zachariah Kelly/Gizmodo Australia)

Zachariah Kelly / Gizmodo Australia:
Twitter users in Australia and New Zealand report the service being down for over 12 hours, starting around 6:40am AEST on January 4  —  It seems to be every day now that we're writing a story on Twitter, and today's no exception.  Twitter appears to be down or poorly functioning for some users in Australia and New Zealand.



Arm VP Dennis Laudick says the company more than doubled automotive revenue since 2020 thanks to more complex cars; Arm's 2022 total revenue rose 35% to £2.7B (Anna Gross/Financial Times)

Anna Gross / Financial Times:
Arm VP Dennis Laudick says the company more than doubled automotive revenue since 2020 thanks to more complex cars; Arm's 2022 total revenue rose 35% to £2.7B  —  SoftBank-owned company battles Intel and MIPS in auto sector as it prepares for blockbuster listing



SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting with three local health centers (Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters)

Stefanno Sulaiman / Reuters : SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting w...