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Tuesday’s top tech news: Elon squares off against Apple

By Verge Staff

• Youtube

  The “Zeus” skin for Junker Queen is the star of the Overwatch 2, season two trailer.

  Polygon has a breakdown of Overwatch 2 changes coming December 6th along with the shapeshifting new tank Ramattra.

  tl;dr — Sojourn’s getting a sniper nerf, Blizzard World is back in the rotation, and logging in before the end of S1 unlocks either all three new characters for Overwatch 1 players, or two of the three new heroes new players.

  But if you’re waiting for Zeus Junker Queen, that’s coming as part of an Olympus LTM available from January 5th until January 19th.

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• Twitter

  FTX-backed decentralized crypto exchange Serum declares itself “defunct.”

  As The Block points out, the fall of FTX has also caused a collapse in the now-defunct Serum DeFi exchange, a project backed by FTX, Alameda Research, and the Solana Foundation.

  Update authority for its code was held by insiders at FTX, which has left developers unable to address known security risks.

  Now the project is promoting a community fork called OpenBook, and says the future of its SRM token — which once had a market cap of over $1 billion but is now down to around $60 million — is “uncertain.”

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• The Verge

  Fellow Apple Music users, it’s finally our time.

  The Spotify-using masses are gearing up for the release of Spotify Wrapped, and Apple Music finally has a (not very good, but still existent, which is something) answer. You can get your Apple Music Replay stats right now — here’s how to do it.

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• Twitter

  Ronaldo said it was his goal, but the ball says different.

  FIFA’s decision to use connected ball technology during this year’s World Cup is making it difficult for Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to claim a goal during yesterday’s match with Uruguay. He says his head touched the ball before it went in, but Adidas says the ball showed no contact.

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• The Verge

  A hole in... fun?

  Today Nintendo Switch Sports — basically a spiritual successor to Wii Sports — is getting a big update, which includes the long-awaited addition of golf. Just be sure to hold on to those Joy-Con controllers firmly before swinging. For more on the game, check out our original review.

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• Nov 29, 2022, 2:00 PM UTCCasey Newton and Zoe Schiffer

  Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Elon Musk

  They’re skeptical of their workers, too. Plus, new details on Musk’s ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users

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• Nov 28, 2022, 11:47 PM UTCMitchell Clark and Emma Roth

  Crypto finance firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy following the fall of FTX

  The ‘contagion’ of failed crypto firms has claimed another casualty as BlockFi cites its financial entanglements with FTX.

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• Twitter

  Here we go again.

  Nintendo will debut the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie on Tuesday at 5PM ET / 2PM ET. Alongside the announcement, Nintendo also shared a first look at what appears to be the inside of Princess Peach’s castle. You can hang out in the YouTube waiting room right now.

  I’m hoping the trailer features as little of Chris Pratt’s boring Mario voice as possible and instead focuses on Jack Black’s Bowser.

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