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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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| 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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| 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 … | 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.
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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.| 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 … | 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.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
The US DOJ charges five Russian nationals with hacking two SEC Filing Agents between January 2018 and September 2020, and using the stolen info for stock trades — The US Department of Justice has charged today five Russian nationals, including a former officer of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency …
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U.S. Department of Justice, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Dark Reading, Gizmodo, Associated Press, CyberScoop, iTnews, and The Register
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal files for IPO seeking to raise $165M; Snapdeal targets the non-English speaking and non-affluent bulk of India's population — Snapdeal Ltd., the Indian e-commerce startup backed by SoftBank Group Corp., filed preliminary documents for an initial public offering …
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Entrackr, The Economic Times, and Moneycontrol
Tweets: @1kunalbahl, @mugdhacnbctv18, @mugdhacnbctv18, and @markets
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Oracle will acquire electronic medical records company Cerner for $28.3B, or $95 per share, in an all-cash deal, its biggest acquisition yet — - Enterprise software giant Oracle will acquire electronic medical records company Cerner. — Enterprise software giant Oracle …
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The Register, Reuters, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Cerner, TechRadar, The Information, CRN, MedCity News, Channel Futures, TechCrunch, Database Trends …, hitconsultant.net, SiliconANGLE, New York Post, Protocol, Barron's Online, Kansas City Business Journal, STAT, Tech News, WRAL TechWire, and Slashdot
Tweets: @keystonelemur, @ldignan, @eanmeyer, @danielnewmanuv, @riptari, and @gerritd
| Moneycontrol: |
MapmyIndia, which provides mapping data to Apple, Amazon, and others, rises 53% on market debut, opening at $20.88 per share after listing at $13.64 — CE Info Systems, popularly known for its brand MapmyIndia, made a strong debut on the bourses on December 21 despite volatility in the equity market … | Brian Sozzi / Yahoo Finance: |
Rocket Companies, a consumer finance-focused holding company, will pay $1.275B in cash to acquire personal finance app Truebill, which has 2.5M members — Rocket Companies CEO Jay Farner wasn't kidding around when he told Yahoo Finance Live in November he was on the hunt for acquisitions …
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TechCrunch, FinLedger, PR Newswire, Reuters, MarketWatch, Crain's Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press, Technical.ly DC, PYMNTS.com, Crowdfund Insider, and Benzinga
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| New York Times: |
Investigation details China's social media propaganda machine, which uses private contractors to generate content to sculpt opinion on Facebook and Twitter — Register accounts on foreign social media platforms — 按月报单 价
Tweets: @muyixiao, @walterlohman, @noupside, @kenvogel, @zachcoelius, @williamyang120, @paulmozur, @yaqiu, @danharris, @etawakening, @benjamint0001, @pekingmike, @niubi, @feliciasonmez, @nytimes, @mmcintire, @samuelbickett, @c_m_churchman, @gadyepstein, @robertbluey, @kenvogel, @mauracunningham, @baldingsworld, @pacstandardtw, @judah_grunstein, @smxfr, @sinbad_w, and @aleszubajak
| 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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Saudi Arabia-based Sary, a B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects small retailers with a network of wholesalers and manufacturers, raises a $75M Series C — - Saudi Arabia B2B e-commerce marketplace Sary has raised SR281 million ($75 million) in a Series C round led by Sanabil Investments … Sponsor Posts
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