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CoreWeave closed a $650M secondary share sale led by Jane Street, Magnetar, Fidelity Management, and Macquarie Capital, a source says at a $23B valuation (Krystal Hu/Reuters)

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South Korea arrests 215 people on suspicion of stealing $228M in crypto, the country's biggest crypto investment scam with 28 types of tokens sold to 15K people (Cynthia Kim/Reuters)

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A group of 13 former TSMC staff sue the company in California over an alleged "discriminatory scheme" that favors Taiwanese foreign workers at its US plants (Sarah Emerson/Forbes)

A group of 13 former TSMC staff sue the company in...

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Sources: execs at xAI rivals were alarmed by how fast Elon Musk set up the 100K GPU cluster Colossus; a source says Sam Altman argued with Microsoft over it (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)

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Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, and other EU countries (Emma Roth/The Verge)

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Amazon launches Amazon Haul, a storefront on its app that promises "crazy low prices" on a range of items, to compete with Temu and Shein (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Amazon launches Amazon Haul, a storefront on its a...

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A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US FTC lawsuit seeking its break up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush competitors (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

A US judge rules that Meta must face trial in a US...

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In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its neighbors should form a "North American Compact for AI" to compete with China in talent, financing, and more (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

In a policy blueprint, OpenAI says the US and its ...

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Sources detail Elon Musk's role in Trump's transition: Mar-a-Lago meetings, calls with world leaders, voicing support for Brendan Carr at the FCC, and more (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)

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PitchBook: tech as a percentage of total private equity deal value was 28.3% in Q3, up from 18.7% in Q2, as VC firms and tech startups turn to PE for liquidity (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)

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An interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, who says he won't rule out any Xbox exclusive coming to PlayStation, discusses potential M&A, and more (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

An interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spence...

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Super Micro delays another filing as it searches for a new accounting firm, saying it can't file its 10-Q for Q3 2024, after failing to file its annual 10-K (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

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How gambling apps are ravaging Brazil in the wake of legalization; Nubank reassured investors in September 2024 that it had limited exposure to troubled bettors (Bloomberg)

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Amazon recently told staff with disabilities that it was adding a more rigorous vetting process to approve working from home, as it moves to five days per week (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Amazon recently told staff with disabilities that ...

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Sources: OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are all seeing diminishing returns from costly efforts to build new AI models; a new Gemini model misses internal targets (Bloomberg)

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Sources: top crypto executives are courting Bitcoin enthusiast and Trump transition co-chair Howard Lutnick; the industry is seeking to reshape the SEC and more (New York Times)

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How Roger Ver, known as "Bitcoin Jesus", is fighting the IRS, which says he owes $48M+ after selling $240M in tokens, from Mallorca after his April 2024 arrest (Bloomberg)

How Roger Ver, known as "Bitcoin Jesus", is fighti...

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Bluesky says it has gained 1M+ users in the week since the US election, mostly in the US, the UK, and Canada, and now has 14.7M users in total (Callie Holtermann/New York Times)

Bluesky says it has gained 1M+ users in the week s...

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