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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Infrastructure bill has an amendment to tax code section 6050I that requires some recipients of digital assets worth $10K+ to report sender's details to IRS — The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting requirement.
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
House passes $1T+ bipartisan infrastructure bill, with a controversial crypto tax provision and $65B in broadband funding; Biden could sign the bill within days — - The House passed a more than $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it has identified and fixed a firmware issue with its T2 security chip, which bricked some Macs while upgrading to macOS Monterey — macOS Monterey was released to the public last month with new features such as Focus modes, Shortcuts, and more.
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| Antoine Gara / Financial Times: |
Sources: McAfee is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth over $14B, including $4B in debt, led by private equity firm Advent International — Buyout would be one of largest this year and mark end of company's brief stint on public markets — Antivirus software company McAfee … | Bloomberg: |
Apple hires CJ Moore, Tesla's Autopilot Software director who in January told the DMV that Musk's “Full-Self Driving” claims didn't “match engineering reality” — - CJ Moore drew controversy for remarks to DMV investigators — Apple continues to develop car technology under new managers
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| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
FOI request reveals US Treasury acquired data feeds enabling government use of sensitive data from smartphone apps not subject to due process restrictions — The Treasury Department has in recent months expanded its digital surveillance powers, contracts provided to The Intercept reveal …
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin Cash briefly spiked 4.6% on Friday after a fake PR Newswire press release, which also appeared on Kroger.com, claimed Kroger will begin accepting it — The cryptocurrency rose over 4.6% from $602.63 at around 11:30 UTC to $630.70 in less than 15 minutes after the publication of a fraudulent announcement.
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| PYMNTS.com: |
Abound, an online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers and brands, raises a $36.7M Series B led by D. E. Shaw, bringing total raised to $59.6M — Wholesale marketplace Abound raised $36.7 million in a Series B funding round led by D. E. Shaw group, with additional support … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Neuro-ID, whose real-time behavioral analytics tool helps companies reduce fraud and customer friction, raises a $35M Series B led by Canapi Ventures — Much of our days are built around digital experiences, and companies are increasingly looking for ways to unlock conversion and optimize fraud screening.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple and TSMC plan to produce 3nm chips for Macs as soon as 2023, with as many as four dies and up to 40 CPU cores per chip — Apple is taking the PC world by storm with its first debut of Apple Silicon chips inside of Macs, taking what it learned from developing the iPhone and iPad …
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| Harrison Weber / dot.LA: |
Bird closes its first day on the NYSE flat at $8.40 per share, after going public via a SPAC merger which valued it at ~$2.3B — Bird, the Santa Monica-based firm that makes and rents electric scooters, ended its first full day as a publicly traded company with its stock price up by a fraction of a percent at $8.40 per share.
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Gather, which builds metaverse-like environments for offices, events, and conferences, raises a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures — Gather, a US provider of a metaverse platform, raised $50M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures … Sponsor Posts
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