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Vista Equity Strikes Deal to Acquire Cybersecurity Provider

Vista Equity Strikes Deal to Acquire Cybersecurity Provider

Oct 12, 2022

The private-equity firm has agreed to pay $24.90 a share to acquire KnowBe4, based...

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Egypt-based Telda, a money management and payments app, raised a $20M seed led by Sequoia and Global Founders, with Block and others participating (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Egypt-based Telda, a money management and payments app,...

Oct 12, 2022

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Egypt-based Telda, a money management and payments...

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Roku partners with Wyze to release smart home products, including lighting, plugs, and cameras, sold exclusively at Walmart starting October 17 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Roku partners with Wyze to release smart home products,...

Oct 12, 2022

Jon Porter / The Verge: Roku partners with Wyze to release smart home products,...

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PE firm Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire Florida-based KnowBe4, which offers security awareness training and a simulated phishing platform, for $4.6B (Laura Cooper/Wall Street Journal)

PE firm Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire Florida-based...

Oct 12, 2022

Laura Cooper / Wall Street Journal: PE firm Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire...

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Indian edtech giant Byju's plans to lay off 5% of its workforce, or around 2,500 people, in a bid to achieve profitability by 2023 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Indian edtech giant Byju's plans to lay off 5% of its workforce,...

Oct 12, 2022

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian edtech giant Byju's plans to lay off 5% of its...

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A look at Stratum V2, the first update to the open-source intermediary protocol used by many bitcoin miners since 2012, developed by Block's Spiral and others (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

A look at Stratum V2, the first update to the open-source...

Oct 12, 2022

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A look at Stratum V2, the first update to the open-source...

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London- and Miami-based Tatum, which offers tools to simplify blockchain app development, raised $41.5M led by Evolution Equity Partners (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)

London- and Miami-based Tatum, which offers tools to simplify...

Oct 12, 2022

Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: London- and Miami-based Tatum, which offers tools to simplify...

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Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on Android and Chrome to beta testers ahead of a wider launch in 2022 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on...

Oct 12, 2022

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out support for signing in with passkeys on...

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U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker

U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip...

Oct 12, 2022

Chip equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory chip...

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Vista Nears $4.5 Billion Deal to Buy KnowBe4

Vista Nears $4.5 Billion Deal to Buy KnowBe4

Oct 12, 2022

The private-equity firm is close to agreeing to pay almost $25 a share for the cybersecurity...

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What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 3, and potentially a mini PC and Surface accessories (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface...

Oct 12, 2022

Jon Fingas / Engadget: What to expect from Microsoft's Surface event: Surface Pro...

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British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, "completing the transformation" from physical to NFTs (Halisia Hubbard/NPR)

British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings...

Oct 12, 2022

Halisia Hubbard / NPR: British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings...

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Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote did nothing to address enormous skepticism and shows why the idea should have been an R&D project, not Meta's future (Parmy Olson/Bloomberg)

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote did nothing to address...

Oct 12, 2022

Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse keynote did nothing to address...

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South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix confirms receiving a one-year exemption from new US export restrictions on China, letting it supply its China-based facilities (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix confirms receiving a one-year...

Oct 12, 2022

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix confirms receiving...

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Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up 15.07% in its IPO debut, valuing it at ~$960M, in Tokyo's biggest offering so far in 2022 (Sam Byford/Reuters)

Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up...

Oct 12, 2022

Sam Byford / Reuters: Japanese fabless SoC design company Socionext closes up 15.07%...

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Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, raised a $40M Series A in May led by Paradigm; Ramaswamy also runs Neeva (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google...

Oct 12, 2022

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Blockchain web search startup nxyz, founded by ex-Google executive...

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SK Hynix Gets One-Year Reprieve From U.S. Chip Restrictions on China

SK Hynix Gets One-Year Reprieve From U.S. Chip Restrictions...

Oct 12, 2022

The South Korean memory-chip giant is the first to publicly disclose an exemption...

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The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision acquisition, including withholding games from rivals; Microsoft argues Sony is the dominant player (Christopher Dring/GamesIndustry.biz)

The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's Activision...

Oct 12, 2022

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: The UK's CMA details its concerns with Microsoft's...

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A look at India's plan to build a wholly local supply chain, as its IT minister says the government is "actively encouraging and supporting" Apple's investments (John Reed/Financial Times)

A look at India's plan to build a wholly local supply chain,...

Oct 12, 2022

John Reed / Financial Times: A look at India's plan to build a wholly local supply...

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Netflix joins the British ratings agency, or BARB, as a full member, publishing independently audited viewing figures on individual shows for the first time (Jim Waterson/The Guardian)

Netflix joins the British ratings agency, or BARB, as a...

Oct 12, 2022

Jim Waterson / The Guardian: Netflix joins the British ratings agency, or BARB,...

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Judge Rebuffs DOJ Request to Block Booz Allen's Cybersecurity Deal

Judge Rebuffs DOJ Request to Block Booz Allen's Cybersecurity...

Oct 12, 2022

Booz Allen in March moved to acquire EverWatch, a company it had been competing...

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Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to continue strikes

Workers at France’s refineries and fuel depots vote to...

Oct 12, 2022

Workers at Esso-ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies refineries and fuel depots in France’s...

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Paris-based Homa, which offers indie mobile game studios an SDK for optimizing their casual games, raised a $100M Series B led by Quadrille Capital and Headline (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Paris-based Homa, which offers indie mobile game studios...

Oct 12, 2022

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Homa, which offers indie mobile game studios...

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In a staff letter, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company plans to create greater decision-making separation between its chip design and chip production arms (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

In a staff letter, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company...

Oct 12, 2022

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: In a staff letter, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says...

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Sources: NYC-based health coaching app developer Noom, reportedly valued at $3.7B in May 2021, laid off 10%, or ~500 people, mostly from its coaching team (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Sources: NYC-based health coaching app developer Noom,...

Oct 12, 2022

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Sources: NYC-based health coaching app developer...

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TikTok plans to take prompt action against "exploitative begging" after an investigation found refugees in Syrian camps pleading for digital gifts on the app (BBC)

TikTok plans to take prompt action against "exploitative...

Oct 12, 2022

BBC: TikTok plans to take prompt action against “exploitative begging” after an...

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The Financial Stability Board publishes nine crypto regulation proposals for public consultation until December 15, planning to finalize suggestions by mid-2023 (Huw Jones/Reuters)

The Financial Stability Board publishes nine crypto regulation...

Oct 12, 2022

Huw Jones / Reuters: The Financial Stability Board publishes nine crypto regulation...

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TikTok says it will take prompt action against "exploitative begging", after an investigation found refugees in Syria pleading for digital gifts on the platform (BBC)

TikTok says it will take prompt action against "exploitative...

Oct 12, 2022

BBC: TikTok says it will take prompt action against “exploitative begging”, after...

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Sources: health coaching app developer Noom, reportedly valued at $3.7B in May 2021, laid off 10% of its staff, or ~500 people, mostly from its coaching team (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Sources: health coaching app developer Noom, reportedly...

Oct 12, 2022

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Sources: health coaching app developer Noom, reportedly...

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Financial Stability Board publishes a proposed crypto regulation framework for public consultation until December 15, plans to finalize suggestions by mid-2023 (Huw Jones/Reuters)

Financial Stability Board publishes a proposed crypto regulation...

Oct 12, 2022

Huw Jones / Reuters: Financial Stability Board publishes a proposed crypto regulation...

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Mango Markets, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker drained some of its funds via an oracle price manipulation; blockchain auditor OtterSec says for $100M+ (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Mango Markets, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker...

Oct 12, 2022

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Mango Markets, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker...

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Mango, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker was able to drain some funds via an oracle price manipulation; blockchain auditor OtterSec says for $100M+ (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Mango, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker was able...

Oct 12, 2022

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Mango, a DeFi platform on Solana, says a hacker was able...

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Meta's Facebook Takes Aim at Workers' PCs With New VR Headset

Meta's Facebook Takes Aim at Workers' PCs With New VR Headset

Oct 12, 2022

The company also announced partnerships with Microsoft and Zoom to improve hybrid...

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Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the thousands, as early as this month; some divisions, including sales and marketing, could see ~20% cuts (Bloomberg)

Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the...

Oct 12, 2022

Bloomberg: Sources: Intel is planning major job cuts, likely in the thousands, as...

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Intel Pushes to Further Separate Chip-Design, Production Arms

Intel Pushes to Further Separate Chip-Design, Production...

Oct 12, 2022

The new structure allows the company’s chip-making factories to work like contract...

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The $1,500 ticket to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

The $1,500 ticket to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Oct 12, 2022

Meta’s new Quest Pro headset device is its first mixed reality headset. | Courtesy...

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A look inside Meta's Reality Labs, with demos of its neural input wristband, 3D audio, photorealistic avatars with Codec Avatars 2.0, and 3D object scanning (Scott Stein/CNET)

A look inside Meta's Reality Labs, with demos of its neural...

Oct 12, 2022

Scott Stein / CNET: A look inside Meta's Reality Labs, with demos of its neural...

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Intel CEO Pushes to Further Separate Chip-Design, Production Arms

Intel CEO Pushes to Further Separate Chip-Design, Production...

Oct 12, 2022

The new structure allows the company’s chip-making factories to work like contract...

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PitchBook: venture capital investment in crypto startups declined 37% YoY in Q3 2022 to $4.44B, the industry's lowest level in more than a year (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

PitchBook: venture capital investment in crypto startups...

Oct 12, 2022

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: PitchBook: venture capital investment in crypto startups...

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The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and "incredibly thirsty"; the long pitch for VR and the metaverse came off as one of tech's hardest sells in a decade (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch)

The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and "incredibly...

Oct 12, 2022

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and...

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Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple may be able to supply the US market, or ~25% of global shipments, from assembly sites outside of China (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple...

Oct 12, 2022

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Kuo predicts that, in the next three to five years, Apple...

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Meta announces Horizon Worlds avatars are getting legs using an AI model to predict the body's position, an avatar store, avatars are coming to Reels, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta announces Horizon Worlds avatars are getting legs...

Oct 12, 2022

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta announces Horizon Worlds avatars are getting legs using...

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The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and "incredibly thirsty", with its prolonged pitch for VR and the metaverse coming off as one of tech's hardest sells (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch)

The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and "incredibly...

Oct 12, 2022

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and...

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Legs are finally coming to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Legs are finally coming to Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse

Oct 12, 2022

An avatar image of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presenting at the company’s Connect...

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In a rare speech, the UK's GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming warns China's tech ambitions, including a CBDC currency, are a security issue "that will define our future" (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)

In a rare speech, the UK's GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming warns...

Oct 11, 2022

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: In a rare speech, the UK's GCHQ head Jeremy Fleming...

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Biden Rule Would Add More Gig Workers to Company Payrolls

Biden Rule Would Add More Gig Workers to Company Payrolls

Oct 11, 2022

Move would count more workers at companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash as employees...

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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft partnership, metaverse plans, TikTok, BeReal, the Discovery Engine approach, and more (The Verge)

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality,...

Oct 11, 2022

The Verge: Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft...

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NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring VR experiences to Quest headsets in 2023, from The Office, DreamWorks, Blumhouse, the Peacock streaming app, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)

NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring VR experiences...

Oct 11, 2022

Todd Spangler / Variety: NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring VR experiences...

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Meta announces Horizon World avatars are getting legs, using an AI model to predict the body's position, an avatar store, avatars are coming to Reels, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta announces Horizon World avatars are getting legs,...

Oct 11, 2022

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta announces Horizon World avatars are getting legs, using...

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Meta says Horizon World avatars are getting legs, using an AI model to predict the body's position, announces an avatar store, will bring avatars to Reels, more (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Meta says Horizon World avatars are getting legs, using...

Oct 11, 2022

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta says Horizon World avatars are getting legs, using...

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Meta Quest Pro: A $1,500 Virtual-Reality Headset for Working in the Metaverse

Meta Quest Pro: A $1,500 Virtual-Reality Headset for Working...

Oct 11, 2022

Meta’s new face computer is more comfortable and has better visuals, plus facial-expression...

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NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring content to Quest VR headsets in 2023, from The Office, DreamWorks, the Peacock streaming app, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)

NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring content to Quest...

Oct 11, 2022

Todd Spangler / Variety: NBCUniversal partners with Meta to bring content to Quest...

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A video of Meta's Connect 2022 keynote, showcasing the Quest Pro mixed reality headset, plans for the metaverse, new partnerships, and more (Meta on YouTube)

A video of Meta's Connect 2022 keynote, showcasing the...

Oct 11, 2022

Meta on YouTube: A video of Meta's Connect 2022 keynote, showcasing the Quest Pro...

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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft partnership, plans for the metaverse, TikTok, BeReal, the Discovery Engine, and more (The Verge)

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality,...

Oct 11, 2022

The Verge: Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on the Quest Pro, mixed reality, the Microsoft...

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Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows 365, and Xbox Cloud Gaming to Quest VR headsets in the coming months; Teams will use Meta's avatars (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows...

Oct 11, 2022

Tom Warren / The Verge: Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows...

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Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier in 2022, lays off 11% of staff as part of restructuring, and its CFO departs to join HR software startup Rippling (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier in 2022, lays off 11% of...

Oct 11, 2022

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier in 2022, lays off...

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Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye...

Oct 11, 2022

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye...

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Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows 365, and Xbox Cloud Gaming to Quest VR headsets (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows...

Oct 11, 2022

Tom Warren / The Verge: Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows...

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Chinese Tech Threatens Global Security, U.K. Spy Chief Warns

Chinese Tech Threatens Global Security, U.K. Spy Chief...

Oct 11, 2022

Beijing’s efforts to exert vice-like control over technology both internationally...

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Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro VR headset, including eye-tracking and full-color passthrough video, shipping October 25 in 22 countries (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro VR headset, including...

Oct 11, 2022

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro VR headset, including...

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Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated development kit with a thoughtful design, improved controllers, one to two hours of battery, and more (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated...

Oct 11, 2022

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Hands-on with Meta Quest Pro: feels like a sophisticated...

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Chinese Tech Threatens Future Global Security, U.K. Spy Chief Warns

Chinese Tech Threatens Future Global Security, U.K. Spy...

Oct 11, 2022

Beijing’s efforts to exert vice-like control over technology both internationally...

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Meta says the Quest Store has $1.5B revenue to date, one-third of the 400 titles on the Quest store have grossed over $1M, and 33 have grossed more than $10M (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch)

Meta says the Quest Store has $1.5B revenue to date, one-third...

Oct 11, 2022

Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Meta says the Quest Store has $1.5B revenue to date,...

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Meta announces the Active Pack for Quest 2, offering exercise-ready accessories, including a wipeable facial interface, arriving on October 25, pricing TBA (Cameron Faulkner/The Verge)

Meta announces the Active Pack for Quest 2, offering exercise-ready...

Oct 11, 2022

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: Meta announces the Active Pack for Quest 2, offering...

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Livestream of Meta Connect 2022's keynote (Facebook)

Livestream of Meta Connect 2022's keynote (Facebook)

Oct 11, 2022

Facebook: Livestream of Meta Connect 2022's keynote  —  In the keynote, learn from...

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Source: the SEC is investigating whether Yuga Labs, creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, violated securities laws by selling its NFTs and ApeCoins (Matt Robinson/Bloomberg)

Source: the SEC is investigating whether Yuga Labs, creators...

Oct 11, 2022

Matt Robinson / Bloomberg: Source: the SEC is investigating whether Yuga Labs, creators...

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Livestream of Meta's Connect keynote (Facebook)

Livestream of Meta's Connect keynote (Facebook)

Oct 11, 2022

Facebook: Livestream of Meta's Connect keynote  —  In the keynote, learn from Mark...

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Police in Edmonton, Canada released a photo generated by Parabon NanoLabs using only the suspect's DNA, calling the decision a "last resort" (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

Police in Edmonton, Canada released a photo generated by...

Oct 11, 2022

Chloe Xiang / VICE: Police in Edmonton, Canada released a photo generated by Parabon...

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Intel and Google announce the co-designed E2000 chip for data centers, aiming to improve security and efficiency; Intel can sell the chip to other customers (Jane Lanhee Lee/Reuters)

Intel and Google announce the co-designed E2000 chip for...

Oct 11, 2022

Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: Intel and Google announce the co-designed E2000 chip...

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Labor Department Proposes Changes to Independent Contractor Rules

Labor Department Proposes Changes to Independent Contractor...

Oct 11, 2022

The revised regulations could make it harder for gig-economy companies such as Uber...

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Over a dozen job openings hint TikTok plans to open fulfillment centers in the US as the company looks to build an "international e-commerce fulfillment system" (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Over a dozen job openings hint TikTok plans to open fulfillment...

Oct 11, 2022

Sara Fischer / Axios: Over a dozen job openings hint TikTok plans to open fulfillment...

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Lego owner Kirkbi acquires Brainpop, which makes short educational animated videos and other materials for US schools, for $875M (Trefor Moss/Wall Street Journal)

Lego owner Kirkbi acquires Brainpop, which makes short...

Oct 11, 2022

Trefor Moss / Wall Street Journal: Lego owner Kirkbi acquires Brainpop, which makes...

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Crypto exchange Bittrex agrees to a $29.3M settlement with the US Treasury Department over potential liability for sanctions violations between 2014 and 2017 (Kollen Post/The Block)

Crypto exchange Bittrex agrees to a $29.3M settlement with...

Oct 11, 2022

Kollen Post / The Block: Crypto exchange Bittrex agrees to a $29.3M settlement with...

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Chinese Tech Threatens Future Global Security, Warns U.K. Spy Chief

Chinese Tech Threatens Future Global Security, Warns U.K....

Oct 11, 2022

Beijing’s efforts to exert vice-like control over technology both internationally...

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Over a dozen job openings indicate TikTok plans to build fulfillment centers in the US as it looks to build an "international e-commerce fulfillment system" (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Over a dozen job openings indicate TikTok plans to build...

Oct 11, 2022

Sara Fischer / Axios: Over a dozen job openings indicate TikTok plans to build fulfillment...

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The Department of Labor releases a nonbinding proposal to classify US gig workers as employees and not independent contractors; Uber and Lyft stocks drop 10%+ (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)

The Department of Labor releases a nonbinding proposal...

Oct 11, 2022

Noam Scheiber / New York Times: The Department of Labor releases a nonbinding proposal...

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Lego Owner to Acquire Education-Technology Firm Brainpop

Lego Owner to Acquire Education-Technology Firm Brainpop

Oct 11, 2022

Kirkbi is buying the U.S. video-learning firm for $875 million, according to the...

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Thoma Bravo plans to acquire ForgeRock, which makes identity verification software, for $2.3B in cash; ForgeRock raised $275M from its IPO in September 2021 (Jennifer Ryan/Bloomberg)

Thoma Bravo plans to acquire ForgeRock, which makes identity...

Oct 11, 2022

Jennifer Ryan / Bloomberg: Thoma Bravo plans to acquire ForgeRock, which makes identity...

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The Labor Department releases a nonbinding proposal to classify US gig workers as employees and not independent contractors (Noam Scheiber/New York Times)

The Labor Department releases a nonbinding proposal to...

Oct 11, 2022

Noam Scheiber / New York Times: The Labor Department releases a nonbinding proposal...

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Asian Chip Stocks Fall on U.S. Curbs of Tech Exports to China

Asian Chip Stocks Fall on U.S. Curbs of Tech Exports to...

Oct 11, 2022

TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix declined as investors expressed fear about broad ramifications...

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Insite, which uses AI to help companies price, distribute, and promote packaged goods, raised a $19M Series A from NewRoad Capital and Microsoft's M12 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Insite, which uses AI to help companies price, distribute,...

Oct 11, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Insite, which uses AI to help companies price, distribute,...

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Nvidia RTX 4090 review: great 4K performance, DLSS 3 transforms frame rates, and 24GB of VRAM, but 450W power draw, dongle adapter, huge, and expensive (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nvidia RTX 4090 review: great 4K performance, DLSS 3 transforms...

Oct 11, 2022

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia RTX 4090 review: great 4K performance, DLSS 3 transforms...

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Asian Chip Stocks Fall on U.S. Curbs on Tech Exports to China

Asian Chip Stocks Fall on U.S. Curbs on Tech Exports to...

Oct 11, 2022

TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix declined as investors expressed fear about broad ramifications...

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New York grants BNY Mellon, the US' oldest bank, permission to receive some customers' BTC and ETH; BNY will store keys, offer bookkeeping services, and more (Justin Baer/Wall Street Journal)

New York grants BNY Mellon, the US' oldest bank, permission...

Oct 11, 2022

Justin Baer / Wall Street Journal: New York grants BNY Mellon, the US' oldest bank,...

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Google announces Chromebooks for gaming: the $650 16" Acer Chromebook 516 GE, the $599 16" Lenovo IdeaPad, and the $399 15.6" ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip (Nathan Ingraham/Engadget)

Google announces Chromebooks for gaming: the $650 16" Acer...

Oct 11, 2022

Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: Google announces Chromebooks for gaming: the $650 16"...

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Sources: Apple plans to add 5G support to iPhone 12, 13, and 14 models in India by December through an iOS update and will met executives from Airtel this week (The Economic Times)

Sources: Apple plans to add 5G support to iPhone 12, 13,...

Oct 11, 2022

The Economic Times: Sources: Apple plans to add 5G support to iPhone 12, 13, and...

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Google adds automatic transcriptions in English to Meet and plans to add support for French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese in 2023 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Google adds automatic transcriptions in English to Meet...

Oct 11, 2022

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google adds automatic transcriptions in English...

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Shares of Big Asian Chip Makers Fall on U.S. Export Rules for China

Shares of Big Asian Chip Makers Fall on U.S. Export Rules...

Oct 11, 2022

Shares of Asia’s largest semiconductor makers declined as investors expressed fear...

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Google updates its Workspace enterprise suite, adding integration with Atlassian, Figma, and other services, releasing new APIs for Chat and Meet, and more (David Pierce/The Verge)

Google updates its Workspace enterprise suite, adding integration...

Oct 11, 2022

David Pierce / The Verge: Google updates its Workspace enterprise suite, adding...

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Google partners with Coinbase to let some customers pay for cloud services in crypto, starting in 2023; Coinbase will move some data from AWS to Google Cloud (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Google partners with Coinbase to let some customers pay...

Oct 11, 2022

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Google partners with Coinbase to let some customers pay for...

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IIHS survey: 53% of Super Cruise, 42% of Autopilot, and 12% of ProPILOT Assist users say they were "comfortable treating their vehicles as fully self-driving" (David Shepardson/Reuters)

IIHS survey: 53% of Super Cruise, 42% of Autopilot, and...

Oct 11, 2022

David Shepardson / Reuters: IIHS survey: 53% of Super Cruise, 42% of Autopilot,...

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Delta Bets on Flying Taxi Rides to and From Airports

Delta Bets on Flying Taxi Rides to and From Airports

Oct 11, 2022

The airline is making a $60 million investment in Joby Aviation and plans to offer...

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Nansen: former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, who resigned on September 27, has moved ~$960K in CEL and USDC from six wallets to exchanges so far in October (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Nansen: former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, who resigned...

Oct 11, 2022

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Nansen: former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, who resigned...

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A look at efforts by Twitch executives at TwitchCon to reassure streamers about monetary concerns, as Amazon stresses financial independence for the service (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)

A look at efforts by Twitch executives at TwitchCon to...

Oct 11, 2022

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: A look at efforts by Twitch executives at TwitchCon...

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Barcelona-based Factorial, which offers HR tools for SMBs, raised a $120M Series C led by Atomico at a $1B valuation, up from ~$500M in September 2021 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Barcelona-based Factorial, which offers HR tools for SMBs,...

Oct 11, 2022

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Barcelona-based Factorial, which offers HR tools for...

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Shares of Big Asian Chip Makers Fall on Latest U.S. Export Rules for China

Shares of Big Asian Chip Makers Fall on Latest U.S. Export...

Oct 11, 2022

Shares of Asia’s largest semiconductor makers declined as investors expressed fear...

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Tracxn: Indian startups raised $3B in Q3 2022, down 57% from Q2 and 80% YoY, in 334 deals, down from 674 in Q3 2021; Crunchbase: global funding dropped 53% YoY (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Tracxn: Indian startups raised $3B in Q3 2022, down 57%...

Oct 11, 2022

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Tracxn: Indian startups raised $3B in Q3 2022, down 57%...

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Amazon's second Prime Day event is an attempt to capture holiday spending ahead of Black Friday as growth lags; analysts estimate an extra $4.1B in Q4 sales (Financial Times)

Amazon's second Prime Day event is an attempt to capture...

Oct 11, 2022

Financial Times: Amazon's second Prime Day event is an attempt to capture holiday...

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Delta to Invest in Flying-Taxi Maker to Offer Rides to Airports

Delta to Invest in Flying-Taxi Maker to Offer Rides to...

Oct 11, 2022

Electric air-taxis aren’t yet allowed to fly passengers, but airlines are lining...

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Hollister Lets Teens Send Their Online Carts to Parents for Checkout

Hollister Lets Teens Send Their Online Carts to Parents...

Oct 11, 2022

The Abercrombie & Fitch Co. retailer hopes the Share2Pay system will lead to fewer...

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CNN closes its "Vault by CNN" NFT project, launched in 2021 to "own a piece of history", and plans to compensate purchasers with FLOW tokens or stablecoins (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

CNN closes its "Vault by CNN" NFT project, launched in...

Oct 11, 2022

Richard Lawler / The Verge: CNN closes its “Vault by CNN” NFT project, launched...

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Google plans to support the Pixel Watch with "at least" three years of Wear OS updates, including security updates (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google plans to support the Pixel Watch with "at least"...

Oct 11, 2022

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to support the Pixel Watch with “at least” three...

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Ofcom research: one-third of UK children between 8 and 17 with social media profiles use falsified adult ages, mainly by signing up with a fake date of birth (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ofcom research: one-third of UK children between 8 and...

Oct 11, 2022

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Ofcom research: one-third of UK children between 8 and...

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Portugal's budget proposes taxing gains on crypto purchases held for less than a year at 28%, a major shift for one of Europe's most crypto-friendly countries (Bloomberg)

Portugal's budget proposes taxing gains on crypto purchases...

Oct 11, 2022

Bloomberg: Portugal's budget proposes taxing gains on crypto purchases held for...

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Under Texas' social media law, Kanye West's antisemitic posts on Twitter and Instagram would likely stay up, signaling a difficult future for social media (Washington Post)

Under Texas' social media law, Kanye West's antisemitic...

Oct 11, 2022

Washington Post: Under Texas' social media law, Kanye West's antisemitic posts on...

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Close to a ‘historic deal’ on maritime border between Israel and Lebanon?

Close to a ‘historic deal’ on maritime border between Israel...

Oct 11, 2022

Both Israel and Lebanon's lead negotiators in the US-brokered talks on a maritime...

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Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner renounced his Russian citizenship in August, after leaving Russia in 2014; Milner has been an Israeli citizen since 1999 (Joseph Pisani/Wall Street Journal)

Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner renounced his Russian...

Oct 11, 2022

Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal: Billionaire tech investor Yuri Milner renounced...

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Frustration mounts as French drivers continue to face fuel shortages

Frustration mounts as French drivers continue to face fuel...

Oct 11, 2022

Shortages at fuel stations due to a refinery workers’ strike continue to impact...

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In a court hearing over Crypto.com erroneously sending an Australian woman $10.5M, an executive says a worker in Bulgaria entered the wrong data on Excel (The Guardian)

In a court hearing over Crypto.com erroneously sending...

Oct 11, 2022

The Guardian: In a court hearing over Crypto.com erroneously sending an Australian...

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Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's e-commerce userbase is expected to grow 25%-30% annually for the next five years, passing the US in two years (Pranav Balakrishnan/The Economic Times)

Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's e-commerce userbase...

Oct 11, 2022

Pranav Balakrishnan / The Economic Times: Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's...

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Canalys, IDC, and Gartner global Q3 2022 PC shipment estimates have a big discrepancy for Apple: up 1.7% YoY, up 40.2% YoY, and down 15.6% YoY, respectively (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Canalys, IDC, and Gartner global Q3 2022 PC shipment estimates...

Oct 11, 2022

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Canalys, IDC, and Gartner global Q3 2022 PC shipment estimates...

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Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's e-commerce userbase is expected to grow 25%-30% annually for the next five years and pass the US' number in two years (Pranav Balakrishnan/The Economic Times)

Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's e-commerce userbase...

Oct 11, 2022

Pranav Balakrishnan / The Economic Times: Bain & Co. and Flipkart report: India's...

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Chip-related stocks in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan slump after US curbs on China; on October 10, the PHLX index closed at a low not seen since November 2020 (Naoto Hosoda/Bloomberg)

Chip-related stocks in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan slump...

Oct 11, 2022

Naoto Hosoda / Bloomberg: Chip-related stocks in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan...

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Data analysis: users of Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking tool have focused on posts about COVID-19, false earthquake predictions, and election misinformation (Corin Faife/The Verge)

Data analysis: users of Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking...

Oct 11, 2022

Corin Faife / The Verge: Data analysis: users of Twitter's Birdwatch fact-checking...

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Data analysis of Twitter's Birdwatch crowdsourced moderation tool: posts regarding COVID and "stop the steal" misinformation have been top areas of focus (Corin Faife/The Verge)

Data analysis of Twitter's Birdwatch crowdsourced moderation...

Oct 11, 2022

Corin Faife / The Verge: Data analysis of Twitter's Birdwatch crowdsourced moderation...

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Chip-related stocks slump in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan after US curbs on China; the PHLX chip index fell to its lowest level since November 2020 on Monday (Naoto Hosoda/Bloomberg)

Chip-related stocks slump in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan...

Oct 11, 2022

Naoto Hosoda / Bloomberg: Chip-related stocks slump in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan...

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Meta spokesperson: documentation in an article alleging Instagram removed posts flagged by a BJP member in India without oversight "appears to be fabricated" (Andy Stone/@andymstone)

Meta spokesperson: documentation in an article alleging...

Oct 11, 2022

Andy Stone / @andymstone: Meta spokesperson: documentation in an article alleging...

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Unsealed court docs: Peiter Zatko said he burned 10 notebooks and deleted 100 computer files at the behest of Twitter managers as part of his severance package (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

Unsealed court docs: Peiter Zatko said he burned 10 notebooks...

Oct 11, 2022

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Unsealed court docs: Peiter Zatko said he burned 10 notebooks...

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European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill, which limits stablecoin token issuance, regulates mining, and more (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets...

Oct 11, 2022

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets...

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Airwallex, which provides cross-border banking and other financial services for businesses, raised a $100M Series E2, bringing its total funding to over $900M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Airwallex, which provides cross-border banking and other...

Oct 11, 2022

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Airwallex, which provides cross-border banking and other...

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European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill, which limits stablecoin token issuance, regulate mining, and more (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets...

Oct 11, 2022

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: European Parliament's economics committee approves Markets...

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PC Shipments Plunge 20%, Steepest Drop in More Than 20 Years

PC Shipments Plunge 20%, Steepest Drop in More Than 20...

Oct 11, 2022

Demand for personal computers fell by the fastest pace in over two decades as back-to-school...

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European Parliament approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill 28 to 1, which if passed in next vote will limit stablecoin token issuance, regulate mining, and more (Mat Di Salvo/Decrypt)

European Parliament approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill...

Oct 11, 2022

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: European Parliament approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill...

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Billionaire Investor Yuri Milner Renounces Russian Citizenship Amid War

Billionaire Investor Yuri Milner Renounces Russian Citizenship...

Oct 11, 2022

His firm, DST Global, has invested in technology companies including Facebook, Twitter...

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Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager is being exploited; a patch is available (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication bypass...

Oct 11, 2022

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Fortinet confirms a critical remote authentication...

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Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor, and maintain their open-source software dependencies at scale, emerges from stealth with a $25M seed (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor,...

Oct 11, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor,...

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Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict demand, raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $30M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict...

Oct 11, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict...

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Fortinet confirms the remote exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager; a patch is available (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Fortinet confirms the remote exploitation of a critical...

Oct 11, 2022

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Fortinet confirms the remote exploitation of a...

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San Francisco-based Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers predict demand, raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

San Francisco-based Trendsi, which helps sellers and manufacturers...

Oct 10, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: San Francisco-based Trendsi, which helps sellers and...

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Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor, and maintain open-source dependencies at scale, emerges from stealth with $25M in seed financing (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor,...

Oct 10, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Endor Labs, which helps businesses select, secure, monitor,...

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Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January 2022, and ~9% of its active Android installs opened the app every day in Q3 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs...

Oct 10, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs...

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WhatsApp users in India say the service, which has ~550M users in the country, has become overrun by spam from brands, some using WhatsApp's business tools (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

WhatsApp users in India say the service, which has ~550M...

Oct 10, 2022

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: WhatsApp users in India say the service, which...

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Nissan Confirms It Is in Talks Over Investment in Renault EV Unit

Nissan Confirms It Is in Talks Over Investment in Renault...

Oct 10, 2022

Renault and Nissan Motor said they are discussing ways to reinforce their partnership,...

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Tesla, BYD Break China Delivery Records as EV Rivalry Goes Global

Tesla, BYD Break China Delivery Records as EV Rivalry Goes...

Oct 10, 2022

As Elon Musk seeks to regain the lead in the Chinese market, the new-energy auto...

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Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed on over 3% of consumer PCs and 2.5% of business computers at the end of September, below Windows 7 (Barry Collins/Forbes)

Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed...

Oct 10, 2022

Barry Collins / Forbes: Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed...

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YouTube announces "handles", letting creators identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and Shorts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

YouTube announces "handles", letting creators identify...

Oct 10, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube announces “handles”, letting creators identify...

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Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January, and ~9% of its active installs on Android opened the app every day in Q3 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs...

Oct 10, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs...

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U.S. Chip Curbs Threaten China's Emerging Manufacturers

U.S. Chip Curbs Threaten China's Emerging Manufacturers

Oct 10, 2022

China’s semiconductor companies could find themselves in the crosshairs as the U.S....

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Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed on just 3% of consumer PCs and 2.5% of business computers at the end of Sept., less than Windows 7 (Barry Collins/Forbes)

Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed...

Oct 10, 2022

Barry Collins / Forbes: Lansweeper study of 27M Windows PCs: Windows 11 was installed...

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YouTube announces "handles", a new way for creators to identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, comments, and Shorts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

YouTube announces "handles", a new way for creators to...

Oct 10, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube announces “handles”, a new way for creators to...

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Days after Celsius shared all of its users' names and transaction histories in a bankruptcy filing, a website launches that lists who likely lost the most money (Zi Wang/Decrypt)

Days after Celsius shared all of its users' names and transaction...

Oct 10, 2022

Zi Wang / Decrypt: Days after Celsius shared all of its users' names and transaction...

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Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without moderator oversight flagged by Amit Malviya, who runs Indian nationalist party BJP's IT Cell, as part of XCheck (Jahnavi Sen/The Wire)

Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without moderator oversight...

Oct 10, 2022

Jahnavi Sen / The Wire: Source: Instagram removed 705 posts without moderator oversight...

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PayPal says a policy update proposing levying a $2,500 fine for "sending, posting, or [publishing]" misinformation contained "incorrect information" (Low De Wei/Bloomberg)

PayPal says a policy update proposing levying a $2,500...

Oct 10, 2022

Low De Wei / Bloomberg: PayPal says a policy update proposing levying a $2,500 fine...

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How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China amid a celebrity crackdown; research predicts the industry will go from ~$870M in 2021 to ~$6.7B in 2025 (Gloria Li/Financial Times)

How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China...

Oct 10, 2022

Gloria Li / Financial Times: How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China...

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Global PC shipments declined 15% YoY to 74.3M units in Q3 2022; Lenovo, HP, and Dell declined YoY by 16%, 28%, and 21%, respectively, while Apple was up 40% (IDC)

Global PC shipments declined 15% YoY to 74.3M units in...

Oct 10, 2022

IDC: Global PC shipments declined 15% YoY to 74.3M units in Q3 2022; Lenovo, HP,...

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Sources: Istanbul-based delivery startup Getir is in advanced talks to acquire Berlin-based Gorillas in a cash and equity deal; Getir raised $768M in March (Bloomberg)

Sources: Istanbul-based delivery startup Getir is in advanced...

Oct 10, 2022

Bloomberg: Sources: Istanbul-based delivery startup Getir is in advanced talks to...

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Samsung announces the first third-party TV makers to ship with its Linux-based Tizen OS in Europe and Australasia in 2022 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Samsung announces the first third-party TV makers to ship...

Oct 10, 2022

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Samsung announces the first third-party TV makers to ship...

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An interview with YouTuber Christopher Slayton, aka ChrisDaCow, on building the entire observable universe in Minecraft over nearly two months (April Rubin/New York Times)

An interview with YouTuber Christopher Slayton, aka ChrisDaCow,...

Oct 10, 2022

April Rubin / New York Times: An interview with YouTuber Christopher Slayton, aka...

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Ex-Fed chief Bernanke among US trio to win Nobel prize in economics

Ex-Fed chief Bernanke among US trio to win Nobel prize...

Oct 10, 2022

Former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke along with Douglas Diamond and Philip...

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German media reports the government plans to dismiss cybersecurity chief Arne Schoenbohm over possible contacts with Russian security services (Birgit Mitwollen/Reuters)

German media reports the government plans to dismiss cybersecurity...

Oct 10, 2022

Birgit Mitwollen / Reuters: German media reports the government plans to dismiss...

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Chinese semiconductor shares tumble after US export controls

Chinese semiconductor shares tumble after US export controls

Oct 10, 2022

Stock prices of companies like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. and...

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Google plans to shutter its Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard, announced in 2019, on November 21; Maps for Android's car-optimized UI will remain (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Google plans to shutter its Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard,...

Oct 10, 2022

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to shutter its Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard,...

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TSMC reports Q3 revenue rose 48% YoY to ~$19.4B, beating ~$19B estimates, as Micron, Kioxia, Samsung, and others report faltering sales and weakening demand (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

TSMC reports Q3 revenue rose 48% YoY to ~$19.4B, beating...

Oct 10, 2022

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: TSMC reports Q3 revenue rose 48% YoY to ~$19.4B, beating ~$19B...

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A look at efforts in the EU and US to make tech and streaming companies pay telecom operators for investments that the operators are making in their networks (Anna Gross/Financial Times)

A look at efforts in the EU and US to make tech and streaming...

Oct 10, 2022

Anna Gross / Financial Times: A look at efforts in the EU and US to make tech and...

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At least two TwitchCon attendees say they were severely injured, one with a broken back, after using Lenovo and Intel's foam pit scattered over bare concrete (Morgan Sung/NBC News)

At least two TwitchCon attendees say they were severely...

Oct 10, 2022

Morgan Sung / NBC News: At least two TwitchCon attendees say they were severely...

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A look at the history of online content moderation, which has become a top culture war issue since the 2016 election and is the subject of multiple court cases (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

A look at the history of online content moderation, which...

Oct 10, 2022

Will Oremus / Washington Post: A look at the history of online content moderation,...

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A look at the efforts to make technology and streaming companies pay telecom operators for the investment that the operators are making in their networks (Anna Gross/Financial Times)

A look at the efforts to make technology and streaming...

Oct 10, 2022

Anna Gross / Financial Times: A look at the efforts to make technology and streaming...

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How technology is helping the BBC's archive team digitize, catalog, and publish 23PB+ of content, which includes random clips that go viral on social media (Simon Usborne/The Guardian)

How technology is helping the BBC's archive team digitize,...

Oct 10, 2022

Simon Usborne / The Guardian: How technology is helping the BBC's archive team digitize,...

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Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party; the Alder Lake BIOS source code was leaked to 4chan and GitHub (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears to have...

Oct 10, 2022

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: Intel confirms their proprietary UEFI code appears...

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Kanye West's Twitter Account Locked Over Anti-Semitic Tweet

Kanye West's Twitter Account Locked Over Anti-Semitic Tweet

Oct 10, 2022

The musician and designer had returned to Twitter after being restricted from posting...

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Kanye West's Twitter Account Locked Over Purported Anti-Semitic Tweet

Kanye West's Twitter Account Locked Over Purported Anti-Semitic...

Oct 10, 2022

The musician and designer had returned to Twitter after being restricted from posting...

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A Dutch court calls webcam tracking of a remote worker an unreasonable intrusion, awarding him €75K after his US employer fired him for not turning on a webcam (NL Times)

A Dutch court calls webcam tracking of a remote worker...

Oct 10, 2022

NL Times: A Dutch court calls webcam tracking of a remote worker an unreasonable...

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Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has triggered false alarms and called 911 during rollercoaster rides or after a phone drop while driving (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)

Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection feature has...

Oct 9, 2022

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: Some iPhone 14 users say the crash detection...

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An analysis of Pornhub's transparency reports shows the site removed 8,547 pieces of content in 2021, down 98% YoY, after adding an uploader verification tool (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)

An analysis of Pornhub's transparency reports shows the...

Oct 9, 2022

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: An analysis of Pornhub's transparency reports...

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A look at Dance Diffusion, an AI music generator aiming to overcome the limitations of other open-source audio tools, and legal issues with AI-generated music (TechCrunch)

A look at Dance Diffusion, an AI music generator aiming...

Oct 9, 2022

TechCrunch: A look at Dance Diffusion, an AI music generator aiming to overcome...

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CEO of Biotech Lobbying Group on Leave Amid Clash Over Direction

CEO of Biotech Lobbying Group on Leave Amid Clash Over...

Oct 9, 2022

Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath is on leave amid dissent within BIO, the industry’s top...

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A look at BookScan, a subscription service for book sales data, exclusive to publishing executives, and its open-access alternative Post45 Data Collective (Melanie Walsh/Public Books)

A look at BookScan, a subscription service for book sales...

Oct 9, 2022

Melanie Walsh / Public Books: A look at BookScan, a subscription service for book...

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'The Owner of This iPhone Was in a Severe Car Crash'---or Just on a Roller Coaster

'The Owner of This iPhone Was in a Severe Car Crash'---or...

Oct 9, 2022

Apple’s crash detection for the iPhone 14 and new Apple Watch models can alert 911...

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Experts paint a dire picture for China's semiconductor industry and AI development after the US announced new export controls on chips and chipmaking tech (Financial Times)

Experts paint a dire picture for China's semiconductor...

Oct 9, 2022

Financial Times: Experts paint a dire picture for China's semiconductor industry...

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Electric-Vehicle Makers and Suppliers Drive Into a Stormy IPO Market

Electric-Vehicle Makers and Suppliers Drive Into a Stormy...

Oct 9, 2022

Electric-vehicle makers in Asia and the companies that supply them are rushing to...

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Indonesia's patchwork data security approach has resulted in several large-scale data leaks; experts say the personal data protection bill is a temporary fix (Antonia Timmerman/Rest of World)

Indonesia's patchwork data security approach has resulted...

Oct 9, 2022

Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World: Indonesia's patchwork data security approach...

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GIF, once called "the file format of the internet generation", is declining in use as young users say GIFs are "cringe" and MP4 videos make the format outdated (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)

GIF, once called "the file format of the internet generation",...

Oct 9, 2022

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: GIF, once called “the file format of the internet...

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GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments (Adele Peters/Fast Company)

GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite...

Oct 9, 2022

Adele Peters / Fast Company: GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and...

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A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed to treat ADHD in children; Akili raised $160M+ after going public via a SPAC deal in August 2022 (Rebecca Heilweil/Vox)

A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed...

Oct 9, 2022

Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed...

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Critics say the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, a digital privacy law for minors, could lead to invasive age verification methods like face-scanning (Emma Camp/Reason)

Critics say the California Age-Appropriate Design Code...

Oct 9, 2022

Emma Camp / Reason: Critics say the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act,...

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New York City-based Alkymi, which offers no-code workflow automation tools for business users, raised a $21M Series A led by Intel Capital (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

New York City-based Alkymi, which offers no-code workflow...

Oct 9, 2022

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: New York City-based Alkymi, which offers no-code workflow...

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New York-based Alkymi, which provides no-code workflow automation tools for business users, has raised a $21M Series A led by Intel Capital (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

New York-based Alkymi, which provides no-code workflow...

Oct 9, 2022

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: New York-based Alkymi, which provides no-code workflow...

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A look at business email compromise scams involving US real estate, and the small Secret Service team that helped recover $244M+ in stolen BEC funds since 2019 (Natalie Wong/Bloomberg)

A look at business email compromise scams involving US...

Oct 9, 2022

Natalie Wong / Bloomberg: A look at business email compromise scams involving US...

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An interview with CEO George Kurtz as CrowdStrike surpasses $2B in annual revenue and looks to become a bigger player in data observability and IT operations (Kyle Alspach/Protocol)

An interview with CEO George Kurtz as CrowdStrike surpasses...

Oct 9, 2022

Kyle Alspach / Protocol: An interview with CEO George Kurtz as CrowdStrike surpasses...

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Blizzard plans to require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use 2FA system SMS Protect to combat toxicity, but won't accept prepaid and VoIP numbers (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)

Blizzard plans to require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare...

Oct 9, 2022

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Blizzard plans to require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare...

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Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use SMS Protect, a 2FA system, to combat toxicity, but won't accept prepaid and VOIP numbers (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)

Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2...

Oct 9, 2022

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Blizzard will require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players...

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A look at business email compromise scams in the US involving real estate, and the Secret Service team that helped recover $244M in stolen BEC funds since 2019 (Natalie Wong/Bloomberg)

A look at business email compromise scams in the US involving...

Oct 8, 2022

Natalie Wong / Bloomberg: A look at business email compromise scams in the US involving...

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Q&A with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz as the company surpasses $2B in annual revenue and looks to become a bigger player in data observability and IT operations (Kyle Alspach/Protocol)

Q&A with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz as the company surpasses...

Oct 8, 2022

Kyle Alspach / Protocol: Q&A with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz as the company surpasses...

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Google Fitbit Sense 2 review: good stress tracking and nice UI but no Google Assistant or third-party apps, pricey at $300, and can't be called a smartwatch (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Google Fitbit Sense 2 review: good stress tracking and...

Oct 8, 2022

Victoria Song / The Verge: Google Fitbit Sense 2 review: good stress tracking and...

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Interview with founders of Character.ai, who say they left Google's LaMDA project to let users experiment with large language models through the use of chatbots (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Interview with founders of Character.ai, who say they left...

Oct 8, 2022

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: Interview with founders of Character.ai, who say...

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Rivian Recalls Nearly All of Its Vehicles Due to Loose Fastener

Rivian Recalls Nearly All of Its Vehicles Due to Loose...

Oct 8, 2022

Auto maker says an improperly installed fastener could cause excess wheel tilt and...

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A look at Ukraine's efforts to block crypto donations to Russia's military and paramilitary groups, who researchers say have received $4M+ since the invasion (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

A look at Ukraine's efforts to block crypto donations to...

Oct 8, 2022

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A look at Ukraine's efforts to block crypto donations to...

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A history of consumer VR since 2012, from the first Oculus developer kit and the 2016 hype cycle to Quest 2, and what mainstream success for VR could look like (Steve Haske/Ars Technica)

A history of consumer VR since 2012, from the first Oculus...

Oct 8, 2022

Steve Haske / Ars Technica: A history of consumer VR since 2012, from the first...

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An overview of Parag Agrawal's tenure as Twitter's CEO so far, as he battles declining business performance and plunging morale amid Elon Musk's takeover bid (Financial Times)

An overview of Parag Agrawal's tenure as Twitter's CEO...

Oct 8, 2022

Financial Times: An overview of Parag Agrawal's tenure as Twitter's CEO so far,...

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SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August 2022 and one in September 2022, according to CB Insights, as Masayoshi Son rethinks his strategy (Wataru Suzuki/Nikkei Asia)

SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in August...

Oct 8, 2022

Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia: SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 made just one investment in...

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DappRadar: the largest number of DAUs on Decentraland was 675 and on The Sandbox was ~4,503; Messari: Decentraland and The Sandbox have market caps of ~$1.3B (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

DappRadar: the largest number of DAUs on Decentraland was...

Oct 8, 2022

Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: DappRadar: the largest number of DAUs on Decentraland...

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Sources: Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein has been valued at $65B to $85B in private markets in recent months, down from $100B+ in April 2022 (Financial Times)

Sources: Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein has...

Oct 8, 2022

Financial Times: Sources: Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein has been valued...

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New US federal rules requiring health care organizations to give patients access to their full health records in digital format went into effect on October 6 (Casey Ross/STAT)

New US federal rules requiring health care organizations...

Oct 8, 2022

Casey Ross / STAT: New US federal rules requiring health care organizations to give...

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Rivian Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Rivian Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Oct 8, 2022

Auto maker says improperly installed fastener could cause a loss of steering control.

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Huobi, a top-10 crypto exchange by trading volume, has agreed to be acquired by Hong Kong-based About Capital; terms of the deal were not disclosed (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Huobi, a top-10 crypto exchange by trading volume, has...

Oct 8, 2022

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: Huobi, a top-10 crypto exchange by trading volume, has...

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Bad Bets Season 2: The Unraveling of Trevor Milton

Bad Bets Season 2: The Unraveling of Trevor Milton

Oct 8, 2022

The second season of the podcast series follows the rise and fall of the Nikola...

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Rivian Is Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Rivian Is Recalling Nearly All of Its Vehicles

Oct 8, 2022

Auto maker says improperly installed fastener could cause a loss of steering control.

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How HBO Max, Prime Video, and other streamers are trying to grow in a crowded market, including, sources say, via discounted bundles and deals with rivals (Wall Street Journal)

How HBO Max, Prime Video, and other streamers are trying...

Oct 8, 2022

Wall Street Journal: How HBO Max, Prime Video, and other streamers are trying to...

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FTC Pares Lawsuit Targeting Meta's Bid for Virtual-Reality Company

FTC Pares Lawsuit Targeting Meta's Bid for Virtual-Reality...

Oct 8, 2022

The agency still alleges the merger would be illegal, but has narrowed its argument...

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NYC-based Elpha Secure, which offers SMBs cybersecurity software alongside cyber insurance policies, raised a $20M Series A led by Canapi Ventures (Tim Keary/VentureBeat)

NYC-based Elpha Secure, which offers SMBs cybersecurity...

Oct 8, 2022

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: NYC-based Elpha Secure, which offers SMBs cybersecurity...

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FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked to a user's FTX account in 40 countries, focusing on Latin America, Europe, and Asia, after their US rollout (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked to a...

Oct 8, 2022

Kate Rooney / CNBC: FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked to a user's...

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Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition, the FTC asks a judge to remove some allegations of anticompetitive effects in the VR fitness app market (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition,...

Oct 8, 2022

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition, the...

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FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked directly to a user's FTX account in 40 countries, with a focus on Latin America, Europe, and Asia (Kate Rooney/CNBC)

FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked directly...

Oct 8, 2022

Kate Rooney / CNBC: FTX partners with Visa to offer debit cards linked directly...

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Elon Musk Got More Time to Close Twitter Deal, Not More Options

Elon Musk Got More Time to Close Twitter Deal, Not More...

Oct 8, 2022

The billionaire and the social-media company are discussing mechanics of closing...

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NYC-based Elpha Secure, which provides cybersecurity software combined with cyber insurance policies, has raised a $20M Series A led by Canapi Ventures (Tim Keary/VentureBeat)

NYC-based Elpha Secure, which provides cybersecurity software...

Oct 8, 2022

Tim Keary / VentureBeat: NYC-based Elpha Secure, which provides cybersecurity software...

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Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition, FTC asks a judge to remove some allegations about anticompetitive effects in the VR fitness apps market (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)

Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition,...

Oct 7, 2022

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: in its case against Meta's Within acquisition, FTC...

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Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price

Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price

Oct 7, 2022

Memory chips provide a key barometer of health for the semiconductor industry, which...

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Binance plans to cease most trading pairs involving Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the next week and "strongly" advises users to close out their positions (Forbes)

Binance plans to cease most trading pairs involving Helium...

Oct 7, 2022

Forbes: Binance plans to cease most trading pairs involving Helium Network Tokens,...

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Binance says it will cease trading Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the next week and advises users to close out their positions (Forbes)

Binance says it will cease trading Helium Network Tokens,...

Oct 7, 2022

Forbes: Binance says it will cease trading Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the...

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The Biden administration issues sweeping rules that significantly expand the limits on exports to China of chips and tools to make advanced chips and other tech (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)

The Biden administration issues sweeping rules that significantly...

Oct 7, 2022

Max A. Cherney / Protocol: The Biden administration issues sweeping rules that significantly...

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Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink devices, often in areas on the front line where their advances have not been made public yet (Financial Times)

Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of...

Oct 7, 2022

Financial Times: Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink...

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The Biden administration issues sweeping new rules significantly expanding the limits on exports of chips and chipmaking tools to China (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)

The Biden administration issues sweeping new rules significantly...

Oct 7, 2022

Max A. Cherney / Protocol: The Biden administration issues sweeping new rules significantly...

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Everyone wants a tip now. Do you have to give them one?

Everyone wants a tip now. Do you have to give them one?

Oct 7, 2022

Getty Images/Vox Thanks to touchscreens and the pandemic, tipflation is everywhere...

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U.S. Curbs Chip Exports in Bid to Slow China's Military Advance

U.S. Curbs Chip Exports in Bid to Slow China's Military...

Oct 7, 2022

Under the new rules, chip manufacturers must obtain a license from the Commerce...

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Facebook Warns Users About 400 Malicious Apps That Steal Passwords

Facebook Warns Users About 400 Malicious Apps That Steal...

Oct 7, 2022

The social-media company said it notified Apple and Google about the apps that were...

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U.S. Rewrites Digital Privacy Rules for Europeans to Keep Data Flowing

U.S. Rewrites Digital Privacy Rules for Europeans to Keep...

Oct 7, 2022

The U.S. is starting to implement a deal with the European Union aimed at allowing...

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Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink devices, often in newly liberated territories where their advances have not been made public yet (Financial Times)

Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of...

Oct 7, 2022

Financial Times: Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink...

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The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and institutions, including YMTC, to an "unverified list", limiting their ability to obtain regulated US tech (Ana Swanson/New York Times)

The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies and...

Oct 7, 2022

Ana Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration adds 31 Chinese companies...

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Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US data transfer framework seeking to address EU concerns of surveillance by US intelligence agencies (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the...

Oct 7, 2022

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: Biden signs an EO to implement Privacy Shield 2.0, the EU-US...

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A look at life in Meta's VR-based social network Horizon Worlds, interacting with early adopters including preteens, parents, insomniacs, and aspiring comedians (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

A look at life in Meta's VR-based social network Horizon...

Oct 7, 2022

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: A look at life in Meta's VR-based social network...

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Interview with Elon Musk: it is "vaguely therapeutic" to "play the fool on Twitter", Truth Social is a right-wing echo chamber that can be called Trumpet, more (Roula Khalaf/Financial Times)

Interview with Elon Musk: it is "vaguely therapeutic" to...

Oct 7, 2022

Roula Khalaf / Financial Times: Interview with Elon Musk: it is “vaguely therapeutic”...

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Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its BNB Chain in an exploit; "majority" of BNB are in the hacker's wallet, ~$100M worth were "unrecovered" (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)

Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from its...

Oct 7, 2022

Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: Binance says 2M BNB, worth ~$570M, were stolen from...

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Meta warns 1M Facebook users that their account info may have been stolen by 400+ apps, often via a "Login with Facebook" button, on App Store and Google Play (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Meta warns 1M Facebook users that their account info may...

Oct 7, 2022

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta warns 1M Facebook users that their account info may...

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All pumped out: France hit by petrol shortage

All pumped out: France hit by petrol shortage

Oct 7, 2022

We take a closer look at the petrol shortage hitting certain French service stations....

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Jiko, a neobank that gives companies "low-cost access" to short-term US Treasury bills, raised a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $87.7M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Jiko, a neobank that gives companies "low-cost access"...

Oct 7, 2022

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Jiko, a neobank that gives companies “low-cost access”...

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Samsung details GDDR7, already in production, with speeds up to 36Gbps, doubling GDDR6's 18Gbps, and plans to release new V-NAND chips with a 230-layer design (Francisco Pires/Tom's Hardware)

Samsung details GDDR7, already in production, with speeds...

Oct 7, 2022

Francisco Pires / Tom's Hardware: Samsung details GDDR7, already in production,...

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EU doc: regulators sent game developers ~100 questions about Microsoft's Activision acquisition, including whether Activision's games may be blocked from rivals (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

EU doc: regulators sent game developers ~100 questions...

Oct 7, 2022

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU doc: regulators sent game developers ~100 questions about...

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Document: EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the Microsoft-Activision deal, like will Microsoft block rivals' access to Activision's games (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Document: EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions...

Oct 7, 2022

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Document: EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions...

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Sources: Crypto.com saw a 30%-40% reduction in headcount between June and August, with 2,000+ employees leaving the company, mostly due to layoffs (Asa Hiken/Ad Age)

Sources: Crypto.com saw a 30%-40% reduction in headcount...

Oct 7, 2022

Asa Hiken / Ad Age: Sources: Crypto.com saw a 30%-40% reduction in headcount between...

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Samsung Expects Profit to Slump

Samsung Expects Profit to Slump

Oct 7, 2022

Memory-chip and smartphone businesses are feeling the effects of curbed consumer...

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EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the Microsoft-Activision deal, including whether Microsoft will block rivals' access to Activision's games (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the...

Oct 7, 2022

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: EU regulators sent game developers ~100 questions on the...

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Sources: the US plans to spare SK Hynix and Samsung from the brunt of new restrictions on DRAM and NAND chipmakers in China planned to be released this week (Reuters)

Sources: the US plans to spare SK Hynix and Samsung from...

Oct 7, 2022

Reuters: Sources: the US plans to spare SK Hynix and Samsung from the brunt of new...

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Binance Estimates $100 Million Was Stolen in Blockchain Hack

Binance Estimates $100 Million Was Stolen in Blockchain...

Oct 7, 2022

Crypto exchange Binance said late Thursday that $100 million was likely stolen as...

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Samsung says its Q3 profit dropped 31.7% YoY to $7.7B amid inflation and estimates that revenue for Q3 increased 2.7% to about $53B (Kim Jaewon/Nikkei Asia)

Samsung says its Q3 profit dropped 31.7% YoY to $7.7B amid...

Oct 7, 2022

Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: Samsung says its Q3 profit dropped 31.7% YoY to $7.7B...

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Samsung Expects Profits to Slump

Samsung Expects Profits to Slump

Oct 7, 2022

Memory-chip and smartphone businesses are feeling the effects of curbed consumer...

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In an internal memo, Meta's VP of Metaverse said Horizon Worlds is suffering from too many quality issues and even the team building it isn't using it very much (Alex Heath/The Verge)

In an internal memo, Meta's VP of Metaverse said Horizon...

Oct 7, 2022

Alex Heath / The Verge: In an internal memo, Meta's VP of Metaverse said Horizon...

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Twitter Deal Could Saddle Banks With Hundreds of Millions in Losses

Twitter Deal Could Saddle Banks With Hundreds of Millions...

Oct 7, 2022

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter would be paid for in part with $13 billion of debt...

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Binance Smart Chain suspends transactions due to a bridge exploit, estimating that $100M to $110M in assets were moved off chain, of which $7M has been frozen (CoinDesk)

Binance Smart Chain suspends transactions due to a bridge...

Oct 7, 2022

CoinDesk: Binance Smart Chain suspends transactions due to a bridge exploit, estimating...

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Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the Twitter trial and says that if the deal doesn't close by 5pm on October 28, the trial begins in November (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the...

Oct 7, 2022

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the...

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Amazon stops working on Scout, its autonomous home delivery cooler-sized robot in testing since 2019; source: ~400 people were working on the project globally (Bloomberg)

Amazon stops working on Scout, its autonomous home delivery...

Oct 7, 2022

Bloomberg: Amazon stops working on Scout, its autonomous home delivery cooler-sized...

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Amazon has stopped working on Scout, its autonomous home delivery robot that had been in testing since 2019; source: ~400 people were working on the project (Bloomberg)

Amazon has stopped working on Scout, its autonomous home...

Oct 7, 2022

Bloomberg: Amazon has stopped working on Scout, its autonomous home delivery robot...

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Twitter-Musk Judge Postpones Trial as Deal Talks Stall

Twitter-Musk Judge Postpones Trial as Deal Talks Stall

Oct 7, 2022

The surprise ruling, granting a request by Elon Musk, effectively ends negotiations...

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Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the Twitter trial and says the deal must close by October 28, otherwise a trial will be scheduled in November (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the...

Oct 7, 2022

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Filing: a judge grants Elon Musk's request to halt the...

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Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute, Gab, Gettr, Parler, Rumble, Telegram, or Truth Social, but no one site drew over 2% of those seeking news (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)

Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute, Gab,...

Oct 7, 2022

Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: Pew: 6% of US adults regularly get news on BitChute,...

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Twitter, Elon Musk Trial Postponed as Talks Continue

Twitter, Elon Musk Trial Postponed as Talks Continue

Oct 7, 2022

The surprise ruling, granting a request by Mr. Musk, effectively ends negotiations...

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Filing: judge puts the Elon Musk v. Twitter trial on hold until October 28 to allow the parties to close their deal, otherwise a November trial date will be set (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Filing: judge puts the Elon Musk v. Twitter trial on hold...

Oct 7, 2022

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Filing: judge puts the Elon Musk v. Twitter trial on...

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A judge puts the trial between Elon Musk and Twitter on hold until October 28 so the parties can close their deal, otherwise a November trial date will be set (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

A judge puts the trial between Elon Musk and Twitter on...

Oct 7, 2022

Richard Lawler / The Verge: A judge puts the trial between Elon Musk and Twitter...

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AMD Cuts Revenue Forecast

AMD Cuts Revenue Forecast

Oct 7, 2022

The company cites a weaker-than-expected PC market and “significant inventory correction...

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AMD Reports Quarterly Sales Below Guidance

AMD Reports Quarterly Sales Below Guidance

Oct 7, 2022

The company cites a weaker-than-expected PC market and “significant inventory correction...

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Twitter Blue Subscribers in the U.S. Can Now Edit Tweets

Twitter Blue Subscribers in the U.S. Can Now Edit Tweets

Oct 7, 2022

Paid Twitter subscribers in the U.S. can now edit their tweets within the first...

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AMD announces ~$5.6B in preliminary Q3 revenue, below its outlook of $6.7B plus or minus $200M, driven by weaker Client segment revenue and supply chain issues (Todd Haselton/CNBC)

AMD announces ~$5.6B in preliminary Q3 revenue, below its...

Oct 7, 2022

Todd Haselton / CNBC: AMD announces ~$5.6B in preliminary Q3 revenue, below its...

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NLRB complaints: the Alphabet Workers Union says some contract workers were fired for supporting a union or faced retaliation after pushing for better benefits (Julia Love/Bloomberg)

NLRB complaints: the Alphabet Workers Union says some contract...

Oct 6, 2022

Julia Love / Bloomberg: NLRB complaints: the Alphabet Workers Union says some contract...

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AMD announces preliminary Q3 revenue of ~$5.6B, lower than outlook of $6.7B +/- $200M, primarily due to weaker Client segment revenue and supply chain issues (Todd Haselton/CNBC)

AMD announces preliminary Q3 revenue of ~$5.6B, lower than...

Oct 6, 2022

Todd Haselton / CNBC: AMD announces preliminary Q3 revenue of ~$5.6B, lower than...

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In NLRB complaints, the Alphabet Workers Union claims some contract workers were fired for supporting a union and faced retaliation after pushing for benefits (Julia Love/Bloomberg)

In NLRB complaints, the Alphabet Workers Union claims some...

Oct 6, 2022

Julia Love / Bloomberg: In NLRB complaints, the Alphabet Workers Union claims some...

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Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck on a debt-financing issue; Musk wants to reserve the right to sue Twitter for allegedly misleading him about bot accounts (Bloomberg)

Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck on a debt-financing...

Oct 6, 2022

Bloomberg: Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck on a debt-financing issue; Musk...

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Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial starting on October 17, since he is arranging financing and his acquisition would close by October 28 (New York Times)

Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial...

Oct 6, 2022

New York Times: Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial starting...

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Twitter-Musk Talks Continue, Focus on Financing, Litigation

Twitter-Musk Talks Continue, Focus on Financing, Litigation

Oct 6, 2022

The negotiations are centered on ensuring that Elon Musk’s debt financing will remain...

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Twitter, Musk Talks Continue, Focus on Financing, Litigation

Twitter, Musk Talks Continue, Focus on Financing, Litigation

Oct 6, 2022

The negotiations are centered on ensuring that Elon Musk’s debt financing will remain...

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Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial, saying he is working to arrange financing for the deal and his acquisition would close by October 28 (New York Times)

Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial,...

Oct 6, 2022

New York Times: Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial, saying...

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Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not to support the weaponization of their products and say adding weapons will erode trust in robots (Ina Fried/Axios)

Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge...

Oct 6, 2022

Ina Fried / Axios: Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not...

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Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers...

Oct 6, 2022

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Shopify settles a lawsuit with five major education publishers...

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Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck over debt-financing issue; Musk seeks to reserve rights to file a fraud suit over claims Twitter misled about bot accounts (Bloomberg)

Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck over debt-financing...

Oct 6, 2022

Bloomberg: Sources: Musk-Twitter talks are stuck over debt-financing issue; Musk...

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Shopify settles a lawsuit with major educational publishers that claimed the platform ignored notices of users selling pirated textbooks and other materials (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Shopify settles a lawsuit with major educational publishers...

Oct 6, 2022

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Shopify settles a lawsuit with major educational publishers...

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Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not to support the weaponization of their products, say adding weapons will erode trust in robots (Ina Fried/Axios)

Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge...

Oct 6, 2022

Ina Fried / Axios: Six robotics companies, including Boston Dynamics, pledge not...

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Source: Tiger Global seeks to raise $6B for its next fund that invests in privately held tech companies, less than half of what it raised for its prior fund (Dan Primack/Axios)

Source: Tiger Global seeks to raise $6B for its next fund...

Oct 6, 2022

Dan Primack / Axios: Source: Tiger Global seeks to raise $6B for its next fund that...

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China Seeks a Quantum Leap in Computing

China Seeks a Quantum Leap in Computing

Oct 6, 2022

A global race is on to create quantum computers that could in seconds solve problems...

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TikTok Parent ByteDance Sees Losses Swell in Push for Growth

TikTok Parent ByteDance Sees Losses Swell in Push for Growth

Oct 6, 2022

The social-media giant saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above...

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Google Expands Its Hardware With New Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 and 7 Pro Phones

Google Expands Its Hardware With New Pixel Watch, Pixel...

Oct 6, 2022

The latest Pixel smartphones, due Oct. 13, have sharper cameras and battery life...

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This next-generation video game requires a prescription

This next-generation video game requires a prescription

Oct 6, 2022

Courtesy of Akili The future of video games is about more than just fun. On the...

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Twitter is rolling out an edit button to Twitter Blue subscribers in the US (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Twitter is rolling out an edit button to Twitter Blue subscribers...

Oct 6, 2022

Jay Peters / The Verge: Twitter is rolling out an edit button to Twitter Blue subscribers...

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ByteDance's August report to staff says revenue grew 80% to $61.7B in 2021 but operating losses more than tripled to $7.15B as it spent heavily on growth (Salvador Rodriguez/Wall Street Journal)

ByteDance's August report to staff says revenue grew 80%...

Oct 6, 2022

Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: ByteDance's August report to staff says...

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Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch with Wear OS 3.5 taking some cues from watchOS but its band mechanism might take some getting used to (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch with...

Oct 6, 2022

Victoria Song / The Verge: Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch...

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Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch with a digital crown and a side button and Wear OS 3.5 is the best wearable UI Google has ever put out (Victoria Song/The Verge)

Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch with...

Oct 6, 2022

Victoria Song / The Verge: Pixel Watch hands-on: feels like a round Apple Watch...

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'The Federal Reserve is doing a bad job': Economist Steve Hanke

'The Federal Reserve is doing a bad job': Economist Steve...

Oct 6, 2022

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won't cause a deep recession but that...

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This is not your millennial’s job market

This is not your millennial’s job market

Oct 6, 2022

New grads have reason to be excited about the job market. | Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews...

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Google announces the Tensor G2 SoC, giving Pixel users new camera features, like Night Sight and Face Unblur, while retaining a similar architecture to the G1 (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Google announces the Tensor G2 SoC, giving Pixel users...

Oct 6, 2022

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google announces the Tensor G2 SoC, giving Pixel...

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An interview with Google's SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh on the new Pixel Watch, integration with Fitbit, ambient computing, and more (David Pierce/The Verge)

An interview with Google's SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh...

Oct 6, 2022

David Pierce / The Verge: An interview with Google's SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh...

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Google announces the Pixel Watch with a 41mm case, circular, domed display, Fitbit-based health features, and more, starting at $350, preorders open today (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Google announces the Pixel Watch with a 41mm case, circular,...

Oct 6, 2022

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Google announces the Pixel Watch with a 41mm case, circular,...

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Google unveils the Pixel 7 with a 6.3-inch display, Tensor G2, updated 50MP and 12MP rear cameras, Wi-Fi 6E+, face unlock, and Android 13, starting at $599 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Google unveils the Pixel 7 with a 6.3-inch display, Tensor...

Oct 6, 2022

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Google unveils the Pixel 7 with a 6.3-inch display, Tensor...

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After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving vehicle startups, little progress has been made as companies take shortcuts and losses continue to mount (Max Chafkin/Bloomberg)

After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving...

Oct 6, 2022

Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: After investors bet an estimated ~$100B on self-driving...

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Google says Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users will get free access to Google One's VPN service later in 2022, but other Google One features require a subscription (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)

Google says Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users will get free...

Oct 6, 2022

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google says Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users will get free...

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Source: a Paris court lowers a 2020 antitrust fine against Apple from €1.1B to €372M; the fine was related to alleged behavior within its distribution network (Mathieu Rosemain/Reuters)

Source: a Paris court lowers a 2020 antitrust fine against...

Oct 6, 2022

Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: Source: a Paris court lowers a 2020 antitrust fine against...

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Google announces the Pixel 7 Pro with a 6.7-inch 120Hz LTPO display, updated "camera bar", Tensor G2, up to 256GB, Android 13, and face unlock, starting at $899 (Damien Wilde/9to5Google)

Google announces the Pixel 7 Pro with a 6.7-inch 120Hz...

Oct 6, 2022

Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: Google announces the Pixel 7 Pro with a 6.7-inch 120Hz...

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Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking program Birdwatch visible to all US users (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking...

Oct 6, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking...

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A live blog of the "Made by Google" event, where Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and more are expected (David Pierce/The Verge)

A live blog of the "Made by Google" event, where Pixel...

Oct 6, 2022

David Pierce / The Verge: A live blog of the “Made by Google” event, where Pixel...

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Sources: Google has requested manufacturers to make 8M units of its Pixel 7 range, its largest-ever order, aiming to double smartphone sales in 2023 (Nikkei Asia)

Sources: Google has requested manufacturers to make 8M...

Oct 6, 2022

Nikkei Asia: Sources: Google has requested manufacturers to make 8M units of its...

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President Joe Biden has yet to appoint a US CTO after 20 months in office, a position Barack Obama filled within three months (Cristiano Lima/Washington Post)

President Joe Biden has yet to appoint a US CTO after 20...

Oct 6, 2022

Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: President Joe Biden has yet to appoint a US CTO...

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Global VC funding in Q3 2022 was $81B, down 53% YoY from $171B and 33% QoQ from $121B, the lowest level since $70.6B in Q1 2020 (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)

Global VC funding in Q3 2022 was $81B, down 53% YoY from...

Oct 6, 2022

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding in Q3 2022 was $81B, down 53% YoY...

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Minnesota-based Arctic Wolf, which offers cybersecurity tools and on-site experts, raised $401M in debt, after raising $150M at a $4.3B valuation in July 2021 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Minnesota-based Arctic Wolf, which offers cybersecurity...

Oct 6, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Minnesota-based Arctic Wolf, which offers cybersecurity...

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Musk, Twitter at Odds Over Terms to Close Deal

Musk, Twitter at Odds Over Terms to Close Deal

Oct 6, 2022

The billionaire and the social-media platform are hashing out conditions tied to...

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Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021 (Bloomberg)

Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same...

Oct 6, 2022

Bloomberg: Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead...

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Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and identify potential risks and bad actors, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $123M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and...

Oct 6, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies...

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What it’s like to graduate college in this economy

What it’s like to graduate college in this economy

Oct 6, 2022

New grads have reason to be excited about the job market. | Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews...

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Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew ~$30M between May and June 2022 before the lender's bankruptcy (CoinDesk)

Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel...

Oct 6, 2022

CoinDesk: Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO...

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An investigation shows Amazon, Microsoft, and others destroy millions of data storage devices each year, creating huge waste when software wiping methods exist (Financial Times)

An investigation shows Amazon, Microsoft, and others destroy...

Oct 6, 2022

Financial Times: An investigation shows Amazon, Microsoft, and others destroy millions...

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OPEC+ production cuts pile further pressure on global inflation

OPEC+ production cuts pile further pressure on global inflation

Oct 6, 2022

The decision by the OPEC+ oil cartel to lower global production to 2 million barrels...

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Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO Nuke Goldstein withdrew ~$56M between May and June 2022 before the lender's bankruptcy (CoinDesk)

Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel...

Oct 6, 2022

CoinDesk: Court filing: Celsius ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky, ex-CSO Daniel Leon, and CTO...

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Elon Musk's Twitter deal comes as the company is weakened by macroeconomic trends and Musk's own actions; analysts expect just 4.5% revenue growth in 2022 (Alexa Corse/Wall Street Journal)

Elon Musk's Twitter deal comes as the company is weakened...

Oct 6, 2022

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: Elon Musk's Twitter deal comes as the company...

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DeFiLlama: Circle has burned a record ~$9B of its USDC stablecoin in the past 90 days, decreasing supply from $55.55B to $46.57B, as DeFi yields decline (Osato Avan-Nomayo/The Block)

DeFiLlama: Circle has burned a record ~$9B of its USDC...

Oct 6, 2022

Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: DeFiLlama: Circle has burned a record ~$9B of its...

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Fake LinkedIn executive profiles, which pair AI-generated photos with text from real accounts, are becoming headaches for HR departments and invite-only groups (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

Fake LinkedIn executive profiles, which pair AI-generated...

Oct 6, 2022

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Fake LinkedIn executive profiles, which pair AI-generated...

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Two weeks ahead of China's 20th communist party congress, censors seem to be blocking TLS-based circumvention tools that locals use to bypass the Great Firewall (TechCrunch)

Two weeks ahead of China's 20th communist party congress,...

Oct 6, 2022

TechCrunch: Two weeks ahead of China's 20th communist party congress, censors seem...

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Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules post the Optus hack, enabling telcos to share IDs with banks for better monitoring during data breaches (Renju Jose/Reuters)

Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules...

Oct 6, 2022

Renju Jose / Reuters: Australia proposes changes to its consumer privacy rules post...

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Sources: to evade US sanctions, Huawei is supporting PXW, a startup based in its hometown Shenzhen that ordered chipmaking equipment for a semiconductor plant (Bloomberg)

Sources: to evade US sanctions, Huawei is supporting PXW,...

Oct 6, 2022

Bloomberg: Sources: to evade US sanctions, Huawei is supporting PXW, a startup based...

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iPhone 14 Plus review: multiday battery, big bright screen, and light, but hard to use one-handed, no ProMotion, and adopting eSIM will be painful for some (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

iPhone 14 Plus review: multiday battery, big bright screen,...

Oct 6, 2022

Allison Johnson / The Verge: iPhone 14 Plus review: multiday battery, big bright...

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Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its lead litigation attorney on October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out closing the $44B deal (Financial Times)

Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk...

Oct 6, 2022

Financial Times: Sources: Twitter agreed to delay a deposition of Elon Musk by its...

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Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting, hiking, off-roading, and other outdoor activities, raised an $87.4M Series B led by Summit Partners (David Erickson/Missoulian)

Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting,...

Oct 6, 2022

David Erickson / Missoulian: Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for...

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Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting, hiking, and off-roading, raised a $87.4M Series B led by Summit Partners (David Erickson/Missoulian)

Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for hunting,...

Oct 6, 2022

David Erickson / Missoulian: Montana-based onX, which makes navigation apps for...

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Sources: Twitter has agreed to delay a deposition by Elon Musk scheduled for October 6 in Austin, as both sides hash out a way to close the $44B deal (Financial Times)

Sources: Twitter has agreed to delay a deposition by Elon...

Oct 6, 2022

Financial Times: Sources: Twitter has agreed to delay a deposition by Elon Musk...

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Sources: Elon Musk plans to skip his October 6 deposition by Twitter's lawyers in Austin (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

Sources: Elon Musk plans to skip his October 6 deposition...

Oct 6, 2022

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Sources: Elon Musk plans to skip his October 6 deposition...

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Elon Musk, Twitter at Odds Over Terms of Agreement to Close Deal

Elon Musk, Twitter at Odds Over Terms of Agreement to Close...

Oct 6, 2022

The billionaire and the social-media platform are hashing out conditions tied to...

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Elon Musk, Twitter Discussed Price Cut to $44 Billion Takeover in Recent Weeks

Elon Musk, Twitter Discussed Price Cut to $44 Billion Takeover...

Oct 6, 2022

Representatives of Elon Musk and Twitter held unsuccessful talks about a possible...

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Sources: in the weeks before Elon Musk's renewed bid, his representatives asked Twitter about redoing the deal at a lower price, for as much as 30% less (New York Times)

Sources: in the weeks before Elon Musk's renewed bid, his...

Oct 6, 2022

New York Times: Sources: in the weeks before Elon Musk's renewed bid, his representatives...

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A look at Iranian activists' fight for internet access amid the regime's crackdowns, including using Tor servers inside Iran to bypass internet blockades (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

A look at Iranian activists' fight for internet access...

Oct 6, 2022

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: A look at Iranian activists' fight for internet access...

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An illustrated guide showing how Stable Diffusion generates images from text using a CLIP-based text encoder, an image information creator, and an image decoder (Jay Alammar)

An illustrated guide showing how Stable Diffusion generates...

Oct 6, 2022

Jay Alammar: An illustrated guide showing how Stable Diffusion generates images...

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Minneapolis-based NetSPI, which offers penetration testing and attack surface management services, raised $410M from KKR, bringing its total funding to $500M (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Minneapolis-based NetSPI, which offers penetration testing...

Oct 6, 2022

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Minneapolis-based NetSPI, which offers penetration...

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Fast Company brings its site back online after eight days offline, saying a cyberattack hit its CMS and "no customer or advertiser information was disclosed" (Brendan Vaughan/Fast Company)

Fast Company brings its site back online after eight days...

Oct 6, 2022

Brendan Vaughan / Fast Company: Fast Company brings its site back online after eight...

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Judge Pushes Ahead With Trial Date as Twitter, Musk Talk

Judge Pushes Ahead With Trial Date as Twitter, Musk Talk

Oct 6, 2022

The Delaware chancellor ordered Elon Musk’s team to search for more potential messages...

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Elon Musk can’t fix Twitter because no one can

Elon Musk can’t fix Twitter because no one can

Oct 6, 2022

Elon Musk at the Met Gala, May 2022. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images A $44 billion...

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Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to invest €730M to build a chip materials plant in Italy to create a self-reliant supply chain amid shortages (Lauly Li/Financial Times)

Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to invest...

Oct 6, 2022

Lauly Li / Financial Times: Dutch chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to...

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Former Uber Security Chief Found Guilty of Obstructing FTC Probe

Former Uber Security Chief Found Guilty of Obstructing...

Oct 6, 2022

Joe Sullivan covered up a 2016 data breach by paying hackers a $100,000 “bug bounty,”...

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A Twitter trial would expose Elon Musk to scrutiny. Buying Twitter might help him avoid it.

A Twitter trial would expose Elon Musk to scrutiny. Buying...

Oct 6, 2022

Elon Musk at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas, April 2022. | Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via...

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A US federal court jury finds ex-Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan guilty for not disclosing a 2016 breach of customer and driver records to regulators (Cade Metz/New York Times)

A US federal court jury finds ex-Uber Chief Security Officer...

Oct 6, 2022

Cade Metz / New York Times: A US federal court jury finds ex-Uber Chief Security...

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Elon Musk's Twitter Reversal Revives Takeover Bid for a Now-Weaker Firm

Elon Musk's Twitter Reversal Revives Takeover Bid for a...

Oct 6, 2022

Billionaire’s latest about-face over his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter has him...

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Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group (Bloomberg)

Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to...

Oct 6, 2022

Bloomberg: Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and...

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Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator trained on 14M video-text pairs, 60M image-text pairs, and the public LAION-400M image-text dataset (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator...

Oct 6, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator...

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SpaceX, NASA Launch Latest Crew to Space Station

SpaceX, NASA Launch Latest Crew to Space Station

Oct 5, 2022

The mission marks the sixth time SpaceX has flown astronauts to the station for...

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Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator trained on 14M video-text pairs, 60M image-text pairs, and the LAION-400M image-text dataset (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator...

Oct 5, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google unveils Imagen Video, a text-to-video AI generator...

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DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to solve a matrix multiplication problem by building a 3D TensorGame board game, beating a record that has stood for 50+ years (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to solve a matrix multiplication...

Oct 5, 2022

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to...

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Chainalysis: MENA's crypto market grew the fastest from July 2021 to June 2022, with transaction volume up 48% YoY to $566B; Latin America was second at 40% YoY (Yousef Saba/Reuters)

Chainalysis: MENA's crypto market grew the fastest from...

Oct 5, 2022

Yousef Saba / Reuters: Chainalysis: MENA's crypto market grew the fastest from July...

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Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting Android and iOS users include up to four videos, images, and GIFs in the same tweet (David Cohen/Adweek)

Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting...

Oct 5, 2022

David Cohen / Adweek: Twitter rolls out its mixed media feature globally, letting...

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OPEC+ to slash oil output, despite US lobbying

OPEC+ to slash oil output, despite US lobbying

Oct 5, 2022

The group of oil producers known as OPEC+ say they will slash their daily output...

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Source: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commissioned a documentary about his company and himself as he thinks the media has a malicious agenda to smear tech execs (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

Source: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commissioned a documentary...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Source: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commissioned a...

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Chainalysis: MENA was the fastest-growing crypto market between July 2021 and June 2022, with transaction volume up 48% YoY to $566B; North America grew 36% (Yousef Saba/Reuters)

Chainalysis: MENA was the fastest-growing crypto market...

Oct 5, 2022

Yousef Saba / Reuters: Chainalysis: MENA was the fastest-growing crypto market between...

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The trailer for Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary that Brian Armstrong commissioned to show the "good, bad, and ugly", makes it look like a hagiography (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

The trailer for Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: The trailer for Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary...

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Elon Musk's Twitter Reversal Renews Takeover Bid for a Now-Weaker Firm

Elon Musk's Twitter Reversal Renews Takeover Bid for a...

Oct 5, 2022

Billionaire’s latest about-face over his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter has him...

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Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary that Brian Armstrong commissioned to show the "good, bad, and ugly", feels more like a hagiography to reset his narrative (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary that Brian Armstrong...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Coin: A Founder's Story, a documentary that Brian Armstrong...

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Facebook Tweaks News Feed, Giving Users More Control

Facebook Tweaks News Feed, Giving Users More Control

Oct 5, 2022

The social-media company said users can now choose “show less” or “show more” on...

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With Twitter Reversal, Elon Musk Is Renewing Takeover of Company Hit by Economy, His Attacks

With Twitter Reversal, Elon Musk Is Renewing Takeover of...

Oct 5, 2022

Billionaire’s latest about-face over his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter has him...

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SpaceX, NASA Launch Latest Crew Launch to Space Station

SpaceX, NASA Launch Latest Crew Launch to Space Station

Oct 5, 2022

The mission marks the sixth time SpaceX has flown astronauts to the station for...

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DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to quickly solve a matrix multiplication problem by building a custom TensorGame board game, beating a 50-year-old record (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)

DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to quickly solve a matrix...

Oct 5, 2022

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to...

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OPEC+ agrees to cut oil production to boost prices

OPEC+ agrees to cut oil production to boost prices

Oct 5, 2022

The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries on Wednesday decided to sharply cut...

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Brian Armstrong's "Coin: A Founder's Story", a documentary commissioned to show the "good, bad, and ugly", feels like a hagiography to reset his narrative (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)

Brian Armstrong's "Coin: A Founder's Story", a documentary...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Brian Armstrong's “Coin: A Founder's Story”, a documentary...

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In a first, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to 10+ outside VC funds to invest in underrepresented startup founders at or before the seed stage (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

In a first, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: In a first, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to...

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Experts say political ads on Meta's platforms no longer represent good ROI, thanks to a stagnating user base and policy changes that make targeting voters hard (Anna Edgerton/Bloomberg)

Experts say political ads on Meta's platforms no longer...

Oct 5, 2022

Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: Experts say political ads on Meta's platforms no longer...

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The 3 Best Workout Headphones For Very Sweaty Runners

The 3 Best Workout Headphones For Very Sweaty Runners

Oct 5, 2022

Do you keep ruining headphones with perspiration? The Fixer is here to help.

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SpaceX, NASA Set for Latest Crew Launch to Space Station

SpaceX, NASA Set for Latest Crew Launch to Space Station

Oct 5, 2022

The mission would mark the sixth time SpaceX has flown astronauts to the station...

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What to expect from Google's "Made by Google" event: Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and potentially Pixel device previews and Nest hardware (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

What to expect from Google's "Made by Google" event: Pixel...

Oct 5, 2022

Jon Fingas / Engadget: What to expect from Google's “Made by Google” event: Pixel...

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A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks (Heather Murphy/New York Times)

A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify...

Oct 5, 2022

Heather Murphy / New York Times: A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition...

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Sources: Elon Musk and Twitter have not yet reached an agreement to end litigation; Musk is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday in Austin (Tom Hals/Reuters)

Sources: Elon Musk and Twitter have not yet reached an...

Oct 5, 2022

Tom Hals / Reuters: Sources: Elon Musk and Twitter have not yet reached an agreement...

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Spotify buys Kinzen, which helps identify misinformation and hate speech; the Dublin-based company partnered with Spotify in 2020, initially on election content (Dawn Chmielewski/Reuters)

Spotify buys Kinzen, which helps identify misinformation...

Oct 5, 2022

Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: Spotify buys Kinzen, which helps identify misinformation...

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A review of Intel's $329 Arc A770 and $289 Arc A750: ideal for 1080p gaming, slick design, and good performance, but weird driver bugs and few software controls (Tom Warren/The Verge)

A review of Intel's $329 Arc A770 and $289 Arc A750: ideal...

Oct 5, 2022

Tom Warren / The Verge: A review of Intel's $329 Arc A770 and $289 Arc A750: ideal...

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Meta details updates to the Facebook Feed to let users increase or decrease posts from friends, Groups, and Pages, helping improve Meta's AI-based ranking (Steve Dent/Engadget)

Meta details updates to the Facebook Feed to let users...

Oct 5, 2022

Steve Dent / Engadget: Meta details updates to the Facebook Feed to let users increase...

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An interview with Unity CEO John Riccitiello on its game engine's future, merging with ironSource, monetization vs. creation, falling stock price, and more (Brendan Sinclair/GamesIndustry.biz)

An interview with Unity CEO John Riccitiello on its game...

Oct 5, 2022

Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: An interview with Unity CEO John Riccitiello...

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Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely on $12.5B from banks at a time when offloading risky debt is difficult, potentially leading to losses (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely...

Oct 5, 2022

Bloomberg: Elon Musk's revived $44B Twitter acquisition could rely on $12.5B from...

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A report by Senator Warren's office: fraud and scams are occurring more often on P2P payments app Zelle, with banks only reimbursing ~47% of defrauded customers (Ken Sweet/Associated Press)

A report by Senator Warren's office: fraud and scams are...

Oct 5, 2022

Ken Sweet / Associated Press: A report by Senator Warren's office: fraud and scams...

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LA County arrests election software maker Konnech's CEO Eugene Yu over the alleged theft of data on poll workers and says some data was found stored in China (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)

LA County arrests election software maker Konnech's CEO...

Oct 5, 2022

Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: LA County arrests election software maker Konnech's...

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Tesla plans to remove ultrasonic sensors from some new Model 3 and Y cars this month and Model S and X cars in 2023 in favor of camera and software assistance (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Tesla plans to remove ultrasonic sensors from some new...

Oct 5, 2022

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Tesla plans to remove ultrasonic sensors from some...

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An interview with Sky Mavis co-founder Aleksander Larsen on staying play-to-earn after the hack, unfair criticisms, improving security, raising funds, and more (Ryan Weeks/The Block)

An interview with Sky Mavis co-founder Aleksander Larsen...

Oct 5, 2022

Ryan Weeks / The Block: An interview with Sky Mavis co-founder Aleksander Larsen...

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A look at "Crypto Twitter", which acts as a town hall where traders, investors, scammers, content creators, founders, and others connect, do business, and relax (Brady Dale/Axios)

A look at "Crypto Twitter", which acts as a town hall where...

Oct 5, 2022

Brady Dale / Axios: A look at “Crypto Twitter”, which acts as a town hall where...

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A US judge sentences Capital One hacker Paige Thompson, who accessed data on over 100M people, to five years of probation; DOJ says it is "very disappointed" (Associated Press)

A US judge sentences Capital One hacker Paige Thompson,...

Oct 5, 2022

Associated Press: A US judge sentences Capital One hacker Paige Thompson, who accessed...

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Uber's SVP of Mobility Andrew Macdonald says chronic driver shortages are now over, letting the company focus on improving cancellations and wait times (Financial Times)

Uber's SVP of Mobility Andrew Macdonald says chronic driver...

Oct 5, 2022

Financial Times: Uber's SVP of Mobility Andrew Macdonald says chronic driver shortages...

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Taiwan pledges to work closely with the US and other allies to implement "very firm" export controls and prevent China's military from acquiring advanced chips (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Taiwan pledges to work closely with the US and other allies...

Oct 5, 2022

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Taiwan pledges to work closely with the US and other allies...

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Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools for security teams, raised a $55M Series B extension, bringing the total Series B to ~$77M (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools...

Oct 5, 2022

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools...

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A report from Chess.com alleges widespread cheating in 100+ online games by Hans Moke Niemann, who was accused of cheating by champion Magnus Carlsen (Wall Street Journal)

A report from Chess.com alleges widespread cheating in...

Oct 5, 2022

Wall Street Journal: A report from Chess.com alleges widespread cheating in 100+...

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Sources: in a first, Apple asks suppliers to move some AirPods and Beats production to India as early as 2023; some AirPods are already made in Vietnam (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Sources: in a first, Apple asks suppliers to move some...

Oct 5, 2022

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: Sources: in a first, Apple asks suppliers to move...

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A look at possible outcomes for Twitter under Elon Musk: firing Parag Agrawal, revolts by employees, bringing back Donald Trump, adding new features, and more (Kevin Roose/New York Times)

A look at possible outcomes for Twitter under Elon Musk:...

Oct 5, 2022

Kevin Roose / New York Times: A look at possible outcomes for Twitter under Elon...

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Q&A with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on returning to Intel, resetting the culture, replacing executives, decision making, long-term plans, new chip plants, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Q&A with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on returning to Intel,...

Oct 5, 2022

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on returning to Intel,...

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IriusRisk, which offers companies an automated threat modeling platform, raised a $29M Series B led by Paladin Capital, bringing its total funding to ~$40M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

IriusRisk, which offers companies an automated threat modeling...

Oct 5, 2022

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: IriusRisk, which offers companies an automated threat...

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Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is "experiencing a mass DDoS attack" on its servers, preventing hundreds of users from joining the game's launch (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is "experiencing...

Oct 5, 2022

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is “experiencing...

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Gopuff taps Grubhub to deliver groceries, alcohol, and household items across the US, starting in NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Austin (Sabiq Shahidullah/Bloomberg)

Gopuff taps Grubhub to deliver groceries, alcohol, and...

Oct 5, 2022

Sabiq Shahidullah / Bloomberg: Gopuff taps Grubhub to deliver groceries, alcohol,...

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Amazon sues Washington state's Department of Labor & Industries, claiming an order forcing the company to reduce a warehouse's hazards breaks the 14th Amendment (Katyanna Quach/The Register)

Amazon sues Washington state's Department of Labor & Industries,...

Oct 5, 2022

Katyanna Quach / The Register: Amazon sues Washington state's Department of Labor...

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A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups kept "long-term" access to a US military contractor's network via the open-source Python toolkit Impacket (Suzanne Smalley/CyberScoop)

A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups...

Oct 5, 2022

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop: A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups...

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US prosecutors accuse a man of remotely swiping 713 bitcoins from a hardware wallet seized in a case against his brother, who ran crypto mixing service Helix (David Voreacos/Bloomberg)

US prosecutors accuse a man of remotely swiping 713 bitcoins...

Oct 5, 2022

David Voreacos / Bloomberg: US prosecutors accuse a man of remotely swiping 713...

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Switzerland-based cybersecurity company Infinigate merges with Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Starlink to form a company with a ~$2.2B estimated annual revenue (Reuters)

Switzerland-based cybersecurity company Infinigate merges...

Oct 5, 2022

Reuters: Switzerland-based cybersecurity company Infinigate merges with Dubai-based...

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US officials accuse a man of remotely swiping 713 bitcoins from a wallet seized in a case against his brother, who operated crypto mixer Helix to launder money (David Voreacos/Bloomberg)

US officials accuse a man of remotely swiping 713 bitcoins...

Oct 5, 2022

David Voreacos / Bloomberg: US officials accuse a man of remotely swiping 713 bitcoins...

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A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups had "long-term" access to the network of a defense company using open-source Python toolkit Impacket (Suzanne Smalley/CyberScoop)

A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups...

Oct 5, 2022

Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop: A CISA report finds multiple government hacking groups...

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Elon Musk says buying Twitter "is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app"; Musk previously teased launching X.com as a social media site (Jeremy C. Owens/MarketWatch)

Elon Musk says buying Twitter "is an accelerant to creating...

Oct 5, 2022

Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: Elon Musk says buying Twitter “is an accelerant to...

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Amazon is discontinuing Glow, its video calling device aimed at kids, amid lackluster sales and a shift in consumer behavior, after debuting it last year (Bloomberg)

Amazon is discontinuing Glow, its video calling device...

Oct 5, 2022

Bloomberg: Amazon is discontinuing Glow, its video calling device aimed at kids,...

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Meta debuts Instagram ads on the Explore page and tests ads in profile feeds, letting creators earn extra income, and a shorter ad format for Facebook Reels (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Meta debuts Instagram ads on the Explore page and tests...

Oct 5, 2022

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta debuts Instagram ads on the Explore page and tests...

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Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite, a tool set for healthcare professionals that uses AI to scan medical images with faster and more accurate diagnoses (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite, a tool set...

Oct 5, 2022

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Google Cloud launches Medical Imaging Suite, a tool...

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Facebook to End Bulletin, the Subscription Newsletter Service It Launched Last Year

Facebook to End Bulletin, the Subscription Newsletter Service...

Oct 5, 2022

The service, launched in June 2021 as a competitor to Substack and other newsletter...

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S. Daniel Leon, Celsius co-founder and chief strategy officer, has resigned; Lior Koren, the company's global tax director, will assume the role (Paige Tortorelli/CNBC)

S. Daniel Leon, Celsius co-founder and chief strategy officer,...

Oct 5, 2022

Paige Tortorelli / CNBC: S. Daniel Leon, Celsius co-founder and chief strategy officer,...

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This year’s physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here’s how their work could change the world.

This year’s physics Nobel Prize went to pioneers in quantum...

Oct 4, 2022

The inside of an IBM System One quantum computer. | Bryan Walsh/Vox A brief guide...

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Twitter confirms Musk to proceed with $44 billion takeover deal

Twitter confirms Musk to proceed with $44 billion takeover...

Oct 4, 2022

Twitter told regulators on Tuesday that Elon Musk sent a letter saying he will go...

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Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover is back on

Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter takeover is back on

Oct 4, 2022

Just two weeks before going to trial, Elon Musk has agreed to follow through with...

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Elon Musk's proposal to proceed with his Twitter bid for $54.20/share hinges on receiving debt financing and the end of all legal actions related to the deal (Axios)

Elon Musk's proposal to proceed with his Twitter bid for...

Oct 4, 2022

Axios: Elon Musk's proposal to proceed with his Twitter bid for $54.20/share hinges...

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This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to pioneers in quantum tech. Here’s how their work could change the world.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to pioneers in...

Oct 4, 2022

The inside of an IBM System One quantum computer. | Bryan Walsh/Vox A brief a guide...

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A Delaware judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to see if whistleblower Peiter Zatko contacted Elon Musk's lawyers before backing out of the deal (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

A Delaware judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited...

Oct 4, 2022

Adi Robertson / The Verge: A Delaware judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited...

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Facebook Parent to Shrink Some Offices as It Adapts to Hybrid Work

Facebook Parent to Shrink Some Offices as It Adapts to...

Oct 4, 2022

Meta says it will consolidate some spaces and rearrange office layouts to make them...

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Google Settles Arizona User-Tracking Suit

Google Settles Arizona User-Tracking Suit

Oct 4, 2022

The search giant will pay $85 million to resolve a suit claiming that it recorded...

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Micron to Spend Up to $100 Billion on Chip Factory in New York

Micron to Spend Up to $100 Billion on Chip Factory in New...

Oct 4, 2022

The semiconductor plant in Clay, N.Y., would be the largest in the U.S., as Washington...

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Arizona's AG: Google will pay $85M to resolve the state's consumer privacy lawsuit that claims it surreptitiously collects users' location data for targeted ads (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)

Arizona's AG: Google will pay $85M to resolve the state's...

Oct 4, 2022

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: Arizona's AG: Google will pay $85M to resolve the state's...

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Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter again, spam bots and all

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter again, spam bots and all

Oct 4, 2022

Elon Musk at a Norwegian energy summit, August 2022. | Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via...

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In an email to recruiters, Amazon says it is freezing most corporate hiring in its retail business for the rest of 2022; AWS is not affected by the freeze (Karen Weise/New York Times)

In an email to recruiters, Amazon says it is freezing most...

Oct 4, 2022

Karen Weise / New York Times: In an email to recruiters, Amazon says it is freezing...

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A judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to see if whistleblower Peiter Zatko contacted Elon Musk's lawyers before he backed out of the deal (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

A judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe to...

Oct 4, 2022

Adi Robertson / The Verge: A judge says Twitter can proceed with a limited probe...

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In an email to recruiters, Amazon said it is freezing corporate hiring in its retail business for the rest of the year; AWS is not affected by the freeze (Karen Weise/New York Times)

In an email to recruiters, Amazon said it is freezing corporate...

Oct 4, 2022

Karen Weise / New York Times: In an email to recruiters, Amazon said it is freezing...

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Meta says it will be shutting down Bulletin, its newsletter service, by early next year (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)

Meta says it will be shutting down Bulletin, its newsletter...

Oct 4, 2022

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter: Meta says it will be shutting down Bulletin,...

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Source: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding with the acquisition at the original $54.20 per share; Twitter stock jumps 12%+ (Ed Hammond/Bloomberg)

Source: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding...

Oct 4, 2022

Ed Hammond / Bloomberg: Source: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding...

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The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases the Matter 1.0 standard for smart homes and opens its certification program (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases the Matter...

Oct 4, 2022

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: The Connectivity Standards Alliance releases...

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Sources: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding with the acquisition at $54.20 per share; Twitter stock jumps 13%+ (Ed Hammond/Bloomberg)

Sources: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding...

Oct 4, 2022

Ed Hammond / Bloomberg: Sources: in a letter to Twitter, Elon Musk proposes proceeding...