Journals

Reuters: LSEG: US bitcoin ETFs saw $4.6B worth of shares traded on January 11, their first day of trading; Grayscale, BlackRock, and Fidelity dominated trading volumes  —  U.S.-listed bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $4.6 billion worth of shares trade hands… Read More »LSEG: US bitcoin ETFs saw $4.6B worth of shares traded on January 11, their first day of trading; Grayscale, BlackRock, and Fidelity dominated trading volumes (Reuters)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: The FCC sends letters to nine of the largest automakers, raising concerns about abusive partners using connected car apps to harass and track their victims  —  The Federal Communications Commission is concerned about abusive… Read More »The FCC sends letters to nine of the largest automakers, raising concerns about abusive partners using connected car apps to harass and track their victims (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board  —  Both Al Gore and James Bell are… Read More »Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft briefly unseated Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in early trading on Thursday but closed out the day under Apple  —  – Microsoft on Thursday briefly unseated Apple as the world’s most… Read More »Microsoft briefly unseated Apple as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in early trading on Thursday but closed out the day under Apple (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: A look at SEC’s hilariously grudging approval of bitcoin ETFs and the likelihood that they will be “physical” ETFs or interest-paying ETFs in the future  —  A store of value, grudging SEC statements, interest-paying Bitcoin ETFs,… Read More »A look at SEC’s hilariously grudging approval of bitcoin ETFs and the likelihood that they will be “physical” ETFs or interest-paying ETFs in the future (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Jon Victor / The Information: Alphabet Union says Wednesday’s layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people, making it the largest round of cuts since January 2023  —  A spokesman for a union representing workers at Google’s owner, Alphabet, said… Read More »Alphabet Union says Wednesday’s layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people, making it the largest round of cuts since January 2023 (Jon Victor/The Information)

Alex Koller / CNBC: Google Cloud launches new generative AI tools for retailers to improve online shopping, including a chatbot that can offer product recommendations to consumers  —  – Google launched several new AI tools for retailers to improve online… Read More »Google Cloud launches new generative AI tools for retailers to improve online shopping, including a chatbot that can offer product recommendations to consumers (Alex Koller/CNBC)

Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press: eBay will pay $3M to resolve charges over a harassment campaign by staffers who sent spiders and other disturbing items to those behind the EcommerceBytes blog  —  Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a… Read More »eBay will pay $3M to resolve charges over a harassment campaign by staffers who sent spiders and other disturbing items to those behind the EcommerceBytes blog (Alanna Durkin Richer/Associated Press)

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: 1X, an OpenAI-backed developer of humanoid robots with plans to bring its bipedal robot NEO to the market, raised a $100M Series B from EQT Ventures and others  —  1X Technologies, a Norwegian startup robotics startup… Read More »1X, an OpenAI-backed developer of humanoid robots with plans to bring its bipedal robot NEO to the market, raised a $100M Series B from EQT Ventures and others (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat)

Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020”  —  Discord is laying off 17 percent of… Read More »Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020” (Alex Heath/The Verge)