Techmeme: As bitcoin falls to ~$43K, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says the country “bought the dip” and acquired 150 more BTC, taking its total holding to 700 (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Kuo: an iPhone SE with 5G is coming in H1 2022; a cheaper 6.7" iPhone and two high-end models with a punch-hole display and 48MP wide camera are due in H2 2022 — Following last week's release of the iPhone 13 lineup, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with new expectations for what to expect from the iPhone 14.

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Tweets: @chancehmiller and @9to5mac

José Adorno / 9to5Mac:

Kuo revises forecast and says an under-display Touch ID for iPhone will not arrive until H2 2023 and a foldable iPhone is not expected until 2024 — A week after Apple announced the new iPhone 13 line, reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo have shared a few tidbits about an iPhone …

More: Businesskorea, Laptop Mag, CNET, FrontPageTech.com, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and Notebookcheck.net

Federico Viticci / MacStories:

In-depth iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 review: many quality-of-life updates, especially to core apps, but few bold new features and no big iPad productivity leaps — In my career as an iOS reviewer, I don't think I've ever seen a response as universally positive and enthusiastic as the general public's reception of iOS 14 last year.

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Tweets: @viticci, @viticci, @viticci, @viticci, @jamesthomson, @viticci, @johnvoorhees, and @viticci

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:

Review of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which are now available: focus modes are great, Safari update is an acquired taste, and iOS' Dark Sky-style Weather is excellent — Apple's latest updates lay good groundwork, but don't add many big new features — iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are strange updates.

More: iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @cgartenberg and @om

Benjamin Bain / Bloomberg:

Coinbase quietly updates its blog to say it is tabling the launch of Lend, a product intended to pay users interest for lending out tokens, after SEC pressure — - Company faced threat by agency to sue if it pursued plan — SEC has taken a tougher line on crypto under Gary Gensler

Source: Coinbase. More: CoinDesk, TechCrunch, Decrypt, The Block, and Cointelegraph

Tweets: @silviakillings and @silviakillings

Michael Kozlowski / Good e-Reader:

Amazon leaks updated Kindle Paperwhite devices with larger 6.8-inch displays in two variants: 8GB for $149 CAD and 32GB for $209.99 CAD, both with 17 LEDs — Amazon is going to be releasing a new Kindle Paperwhite in the next few days. The E-Reader will have a 6.8 inch screen and will come …

More: XDA Developers, TalkAndroid.com, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, Input, Neowin, Engadget, Liliputing, PCMag, and SlashGear

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Filing: Twitter agrees to pay $809.5M to resolve claims from 2016 that it provided misleading engagement information to investors — Twitter disclosed a binding agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, under which the social network will pay $809.5 million to resolve claims it provided misleading engagement info to investors.

Source: SEC. More: Bloomberg, The Hill, The Verge, Engadget, PR Newswire, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, and MarketWatch

Tweets: @chrismessina, @chrisfralic, and @twitterir

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:

Europol, alongside Italian and Spanish police, arrest 106 people accused of working for the Italian Mafia and laundering over €10M made through cybercrimes — European police accused several people of SIM swapping, phishing, and hacking in support of Italian organized crime.

Source: Europol. More: CyberScoop, ZDNet, BleepingComputer, The Record, and The Hacker News

Tweets: @lorenzofb and @europol

Bloomberg:

Data integration startup Fivetran raises $565M Series D led by a16z at a $5.6B valuation and acquires enterprise data company HVR for $700M in cash and stock — - Fivetran acquires HVR and raised $565 million for data tech — Fivetran customers include Square, DocuSign, Forever 21

More: VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, FinSMEs, ZDNet, Reuters, and Business Wire

Kim Lyons / The Verge:

ByteDance says Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, will limit users under 14-years-old to 40 minutes per day, between 6am and 10pm, in China — Douyin's youth mode will limit kids under 14 to 40 minutes a day — The Chinese version of the popular short video app TikTok, known as Douyin …

More: The Register, Bloomberg, BBC, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, Tubefilter, Billboard, CNN, KnowTechie, New York Post, Insider, CNET, Engadget, TNW, and phonearena.com

Tweets: @lizalinwsj, @martinsfp, @antd, @jerometaylor, @carnage4life, @brianroemmele, @jchengwsj, and @echinanews

Reuters:

Sources: Didi co-founder and president Jean Liu says she plans to step down and expects China's government will take control of the company; stock down 8%+ — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) co-founder and President Jean Liu has told some close associates that she intends to step down …

Yogita Khatri / The Block:

As bitcoin falls to ~$43K, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says the country “bought the dip” and acquired 150 more BTC, taking its total holding to 700 — El Salvador has purchased 150 more bitcoins (worth $6.8 million at current prices), President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter Monday …

Source: @nayibbukele. More: The Independent, Bloomberg, New York Post, CNBC, TechSpot, Reuters, Crypto Briefing, Bitcoin News, Livemint, CryptoSlate, and Cointelegraph

Tweets: @nayibbukele, @zidanism, @pt, @ianbremmer, @cz_binance, and @acczibit

Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot:

In a live Q&A, Epik's CEO Rob Monster was talked into taking down a site that doxxed journalists and admitted the controversial web host was breached last week — Rob Monster sparred with journalist and hackers and even asked Jesus to rebuke the demons in the room.

More: Ars Technica, TechRadar, and Gizmodo

Tweets: @stevanzetti, @josephmenn, and @mikaelthalen

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