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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Jack Dorsey causes controversy by criticizing Web3, tweeting: “You don't own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives” — Fresh off relinquishing the chief executive reins of Twitter Inc., Bitcoin enthusiast Jack Dorsey has taken …
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| Stephen Totilo / Axios: |
Inside Ubisoft's unprecedented developer exodus over the past 18 months, including at least five of the top 25-credited people from Far Cry 6, its top 2021 game — Colleagues across Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft have names for the procession of developers who have departed over the past 18 months …
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| New York Times: |
Crypto and blockchain startups raised $28B+ in 2021, up 4x YoY, according to PitchBook, as large tech companies lose execs and engineers to crypto companies — Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with crypto.
Tweets: @cdixon, @andy8052, @mdudas, @karaswisher, @rachaelrad, @alexisohanian, @joemccann, @shiraovide, @otsukimicrypto, @laurashin, @daiwaka, @xamat, @gartenberg, and @mattzeitlin
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
TikTok faces allegations that it copied code from broadcast app OBS Studio and other open source projects for Live Studio without adhering to licensing terms — TikTok's latest video production tool is said to be violating open source licenses: The company's new Live Studio Windows app … | Isla McKetta / Speedtest Stories & Analysis: |
A look at US satellite internet speeds, with Starlink median download/upload speeds of 87.3 Mbps and 13.5 Mbps, followed by HughesNet at 19.3 Mbps and 2.5 Mbps — Satellite internet is making headlines across the globe as Starlink continues to launch service in new countries and Viasat plans to acquire Inmarsat.| Mario Gabriele / The Generalist: |
A deep dive into Yuri Milner's DST Global, which has a proven ability to correctly call internet trends and has successfully caught multiple technological waves — DST has one of the craziest track records of all time. Somehow, it still slips under the radar. — In collaboration with Kalshi...
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| Taylor Kerns / Android Police: |
Google will end support for OnHub, a $200 router and smart home hub launched in 2015, in December 2022, offering owners 40% off the latest Nest Wifi router — More like OffHub, am I right? — In 2015, Google launched OnHub, a $200 router-smart home hub hybrid with an easy-to-use app to manage it.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
The UK's National Crime Agency shares 585M+ compromised passwords, found during an investigation, with Have I Been Pwned, after the FBI started sharing in May — The UK National Crime Agency has shared a collection of more than 585 million compromised passwords it found during an investigation …
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Tweets: @z3r0trust, @campuscodi, and @troyhunt
| Reuters: |
UK business management software company Sage agrees to buy the remaining 83% stake it doesn't own in retail operating systems provider Brightpearl for ~$299M — British software company Sage Group (SGE.L) said on Monday it would buy the remaining 83% stake in cloud-based software provider Brightpearl …
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| chromeOS.dev: |
Google says the “number of users engaging with Android apps” on Chrome OS is up 50% YoY; in May, it said Chrome OS grew 92%+ YoY, 5X faster than the PC market — Large screens are getting a lot of love from Android users. Not only has Chrome OS grown 92% in the past year …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Voi, a Stockholm-based startup offering e-scooter and e-bike rentals, raises a $115M Series D co-led by Raine Group and VNV Global and will prepare for an IPO — The European e-scooter market is currently the main battleground for companies playing in the micromobility space …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Study: stablecoin supply has reached $140B+, up 388% in 2021 from $29B at the start of the year, driven by DeFi and derivatives markets — The market for stablecoins experienced breakneck growth in 2021, with the supply for dollar-backed cryptocurrencies surging by 388%, according to data compiled by The Block Research.| Sahar Massachi / MIT Technology Review: |
A framework for fixing social media: apply lessons from physical cities, prevent fake accounts, improve corporate behavior, and listen to integrity workers — We need to make our online spaces more similar to our offline ones to limit the reach of bad actors and keep people safe.
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Yenta. Tweets: @bengoldsmith, @etbrooking, @sayhar, @sayhar, @sayhar, @sayhar, @marklittlenews, @sayhar, @sayhar, @samidh, @sayhar, @sayhar, and @kara_dunford
| Amanda Morris / New York Times: |
A look at navigational apps for the blind and low vision people, which have features with mainstream potential like indoor and personalized navigation — A proliferation of new apps designed to help blind and low vision people could prove useful for everyone.
Tweets: @acbnational, @nytimesbusiness, and @amandamomorris
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Crypto staking service Figment raises a $110M Series C led by Thoma Bravo at a $1.4B valuation; Figment has $10M in revenue/month with ~$100M projected for 2021 — Quick Take — Staking provider Figment has raised $110 million at a $1.4 billion valuation.
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Business Wire, figment.io, SiliconANGLE, Coinspeaker, CryptoPotato, Decrypt, Blockworks, CoinDesk, and Forbes. Tweets: @splitcapital
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
T-Mobile says its Scam Shield service blocked 21B scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls in 2021, as scam call traffic hit an all-time high of 425M calls per week — T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls this year through its free Scam Shield robocall …
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T-Mobile, Engadget, Threatpost, Android Central, TmoNews, and Telecompetitor. Tweets: @cybersquarepeg
| Nguyen Xuan Quynh / Bloomberg: |
Vietnam-based MoMo, a super app for money transfer, insurance, donations, investments, and more, raises a ~$200M Series E led by Mizuho Bank at a $2B+ valuation — Vietnam's M_Service JSC, which operates Warburg Pincus LLC-backed fintech app MoMo, crossed $2 billion in valuation after raising …
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