Journals

Financial Times: Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance’s $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first  —  Penalties for lax controls in 2023 exceed those on traditional finance groups… Read More »Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance’s $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first (Financial Times)

Rachel Kaser / VentureBeat: Second Dinner, the developer behind Marvel Snap, raised a $100M Series B led by Griffin Gaming Partners to build out its popular mobile collectible card game  —  Second Dinner, the developer behind Marvel Snap, announced today… Read More »Second Dinner, the developer behind Marvel Snap, raised a $100M Series B led by Griffin Gaming Partners to build out its popular mobile collectible card game (Rachel Kaser/VentureBeat)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases new visionOS developer guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps  —  Apple on Monday finally confirmed that Vision Pro will… Read More »Apple releases new visionOS developer guidelines, asking developers to refer to Apple Vision Pro apps as “spatial computing apps”, not AR, VR, XR, or MR apps (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Jody Godoy / Reuters: Netflix defeats a shareholder lawsuit over accusations of hiding the impact of account sharing; Netflix lost ~50% of its value in 2022 after growth warnings  —  Netflix (NFLX.O) has defeated a lawsuit filed by shareholders in… Read More »Netflix defeats a shareholder lawsuit over accusations of hiding the impact of account sharing; Netflix lost ~50% of its value in 2022 after growth warnings (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft’s OpenAI investment is reviewable under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds  —  – EU watchdog follows UK regulator in weighing a probe  — Move… Read More »The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft’s OpenAI investment is reviewable under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)

Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: Berlin-based Robinhood rival Trade Republic reported a “solid double-digit million euro” net profit in the year to September, a first, up from a €145M loss YoY  —  Berlin-based start-up hails results as proof of business… Read More »Berlin-based Robinhood rival Trade Republic reported a “solid double-digit million euro” net profit in the year to September, a first, up from a €145M loss YoY (Olaf Storbeck/Financial Times)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: In a November 2023 appeal, Apple objected to EU’s DMA designation of all App Stores as a single service, iOS interoperability, and iMessage NIICS designation  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has challenged EU tech rules designating its… Read More »In a November 2023 appeal, Apple objected to EU’s DMA designation of all App Stores as a single service, iOS interoperability, and iMessage NIICS designation (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Bloomberg: Beijing’s judicial bureau says a state-backed institution cracked Apple’s AirDrop to identify message senders, and police found multiple suspects via the method  —  – Beijing agency claims to have found way to identify senders  — Declaration follows efforts to… Read More »Beijing’s judicial bureau says a state-backed institution cracked Apple’s AirDrop to identify message senders, and police found multiple suspects via the method (Bloomberg)

Mia Sato / The Verge: How the internet reshaped itself around Google’s algorithms, including by using SEO tricks, and the company’s role in many websites now using similar designs  —  How the internet reshaped itself around Google’s search algorithms —… Read More »How the internet reshaped itself around Google’s algorithms, including by using SEO tricks, and the company’s role in many websites now using similar designs (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Ofcom creates a new team of nearly 350 people, including hires from Meta, Google, and Microsoft, dedicated to online safety and plans to hire 100 more in 2024  —  UK regulator hires executives from Meta,… Read More »Ofcom creates a new team of nearly 350 people, including hires from Meta, Google, and Microsoft, dedicated to online safety and plans to hire 100 more in 2024 (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)