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Who needs a gaming console? Not Xbox, not anymore. Twitter is gonna give Elon the firehose treatment. Dell unveils some new XPS goodness. Apple does its own banking. More signs of the NFT market cooling off. And a popular developer tool is riding off into the sunset.

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• Microsoft’s new Xbox TV app streams games without a console later this month (The Verge)
• The Xbox game streaming TV app feels almost like the real thing (The Verge)
• Xbox Project Moorcroft will bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass (The Verge)
• In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data (Washington Post)
• Dell unveils a slimmer XPS 13 and a detachable 2-in-1 (Engadget)
• Apple Will Handle Lending Itself With New Pay Later Service (Bloomberg)
• Ethereum’s Merge Upgrade Goes Live Today on Ropsten Testnet (Decrypt)
• ApeCoin Owners Vote Against Leaving the Ethereum Blockchain (Bloomberg)
• The NFT slump is real (TechCrunch)
• GitHub sunsets Atom, the software dev environment it launched in 2011 (TechCrunch)

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Meta got sued by most the States. California has forced Cruise to stop its autonomous vehicle testing. Will earbuds be key in any AI future? Tech earnings season snuck up on me at least. And is Sam Bankman Fried going to have to take the stand in order to keep himself out of prison?

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• Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids (CNBC)
• California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit (TechCrunch)
• Qualcomm turns to Wi-Fi to take wireless earbuds and headphones to the next level (The Verge)
• Controversial Chip in Huawei Phone Produced on ASML Machine (Bloomberg)
• Can Sam Bankman-Fried argue his way out of trouble? (FT)

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The famous stock market player Bernard Baruch once said, paraphrasing: Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four. The main purpose of the market is to make fools of as many people as possible. Today, stories of this lesson being learned by both major VC firms and Elon Musk. Oh, and how North Korean hackers infiltrate companies.

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• Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (The Guradian)
• Here’s how North Korean operatives are trying to infiltrate US crypto firms (CNN)
• Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Go Bargain Hunting for Beaten-Down Tech Stocks (The Information)
• Elon’s Out (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
• Tweet Storm #1
• Tweet Storm #2

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Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China. The first major tech regulation bill of this wave is set to debut in the Senate today. TCL’s cheap smartphones sound pretty good, actually. The gaming industry is serious about combatting cheating. Instacart might be on strike this weekend, and Gitlab celebrates its IPO.

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• Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China (WSJ)
• Effort to Bar Tech Companies From ‘Self-Preferencing’ Gains Traction (WSJ)
• Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do (The Verge)
• Canadian Instacart workers to walk off job in bid to secure better working conditions (Toronto Star)
• TCL’S BUDGET 20S AND 20SE PHONES DEFY EXPECTATIONS (The Verge)
• Call of Duty’s new anti-cheat system includes a kernel-level driver to catch PC cheaters (The Verge)
• Joe Montana prepares for biggest windfall as a venture capitalist ahead of GitLab’s $10 billion IPO (CNBC)

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A ransomware attack has brought down large sections of the Irish health service. Why Disney+ numbers are suddenly looking so weak to investors. A deep dive review on whether or not, or even to what degree, Elon’s internet service from space can free us from ISP hell. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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• Cyber attack 'most significant on Irish state' (BBC)
• Disney Plus Hits 103.6 Million Subscribers as Rapid Growth Slows, ESPN Plus Perks Up (Variety)
• STARLINK REVIEW: BROADBAND DREAMS FALL TO EARTH (The Verge)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• To Understand Amazon, We Must Understand Jeff Bezos (New York Times)
• The PlayStation 5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised (Wired)
• Apple is Holding Back the Creator Economy (Every)
• Robinhood’s Big Gamble (The New Yorker)
• What Is an Entertainment Company in 2021 and Why Does the Answer Matter? (Matthew Ball)
• How the Personal Computer Broke the Human Body (Vice)

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