How did bitcoin do on its first day of ETF trading? Where are all these tech layoffs coming from? The weird case of eBay executives allegedly harassing people. A look at the AI company taking direct aim at Google Search. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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US bitcoin ETFs see $4.6 billion in volume in first day of trading (Reuters)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (The Verge)
U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case (NYTimes)
This One-Year-Old Startup Is Hoping to be the Next Google—Can It Succeed? (The Information)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

How AI Replaced the Metaverse as Zuckerberg’s Top Priority (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God (Fast Company)
How much detail is too much? Midjourney v6 attempts to find out (ArsTechnica)

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Fri. 01/12 – Perplexity, The AI Challenger To Google Search