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Explainer-Sam Bankman-Fried: Who is FTX’s founder and why was he arrested?
By Hannah Lang and Tom Hals (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday with defrauding investors in what r...
Dec 13, 2022
Microsoft says it offered to agree to FTC consent decree on ‘Call of Duty’ games
(Reuters) - Microsoft President Brad Smith said on Tuesday the company had offered to agree to a legally-binding consent decree with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to provide "Call of Duty" games t...
Dec 13, 2022
Warner Bros launches Discovery+ on Amazon Prime Video in Canada
(Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery Inc on Tuesday launched its Discovery+ streaming service on Amazon.com's Prime Video platform in Canada. Prime users can sign up for the ad-free version of Discovery+...
Dec 13, 2022
Analysis-China’s massive older chip tech build up raises U.S. concern
By Jane Lanhee Lee, Josh Horwitz and Alexandra Alper OAKLAND, Calif./SHANGHAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's largest chip maker SMIC is ramping up production of a decade-old chip technology, key to ma...
Dec 13, 2022
Bankman-Fried seeks bail in Bahamas magistrate court
NASSAU (Reuters) - Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer on Tuesday requested bail for the one-time crypto magnate after Chief Magistrate JoyAnn Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried had the rig...
Dec 13, 2022
Apple prepares to allow alternative app stores on iPhones, iPads – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. As part of the changes, custom...
Dec 13, 2022
NSA warns that hackers are going after U.S. networking gear
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency on Tuesday said a foreign hacking group named APT5, which is known as being Chinese, had been caught exploiting a vulnerability inside...
Dec 13, 2022
Bankman-Fried Bahamas court hearing adjourned to consider bail jurisdiction
NASSAU (Reuters) - Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's hearing in a Bahamas magistrate court is adjourned until 2:15 p.m. (1715 GMT) on Tuesday to consider whether the court has jurisdiction over bail,...
Dec 13, 2022
Google asks court to toss out federal antitrust lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google asked a federal court late on Monday to toss out the U.S. Justice Department's 2020 lawsuit against it, which alleged that the search giant violated antitr...
Dec 13, 2022
Factbox-From BlockFi to Genesis, crypto firms reel from exposure to FTX
(Reuters) - After the collapse of major cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the industry is bracing for further pain because of the exposure of many companies to FTX and its affiliated trading firm Alameda R...
Dec 13, 2022
