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Sources: Apple issued rare bonuses of restricted stock worth $50K-$180K to select engineers, after Meta poached ~100 Apple engineers over the past few months — Apple Inc. has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Some LastPass users say their master passwords were compromised and used in blocked login attempts from unknown IPs; LastPass blames “credential stuffing” — Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Waymo partners with Chinese automotive company Geely to bring a “rider-first” EV with no steering wheel to its US robotaxi Waymo One fleet in the coming years — Waymo One is Alphabet's Lyft/Uber competitor that's live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco.
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| BBC: |
Amazon says it has updated Alexa after the voice assistant “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a penny to the prongs of a half-inserted plug — Amazon has updated its Alexa voice assistant after it “challenged” a 10-year-old girl to touch a coin to the prongs of a half-inserted plug.
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| Tanzeel Akhtar / CoinDesk: |
DeBank, which lets users track and analyze their DeFi investments, raises $25M led by Sequoia China at a $200M valuation — Decentralized finance (DeFi) portfolio firm DeBank has raised $25 million in a funding round that was led by venture capital firm Sequoia China.
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| Michail / GSMArena.com: |
Xiaomi unveils the 6.28-inch 12 and 6.73-inch 12 Pro with Snapdragon 8, 50MP camera, up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB SSD, coming December 31 starting at ~$580 — After months of leaks and rumors, Xiaomi's 12 series is now official with two entries - Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Adam Mosseri says in 2022 Instagram will “double down” on video, consolidate its video products around Reels, and focus on creators, transparency, and messaging — In a brief year-end video message, Instagram head Adam Mosseri offered some insight into what's ahead for the platform.| Shannon Liao / Washington Post: |
Riot Games agrees to pay $100M to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination lawsuit with current and former women employees and California state agencies — “League of Legends” publisher Riot Games announced Monday that it is settling a 2018 gender-based discrimination class-action suit …
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
The App Store's most popular iOS app on Christmas was Oculus, a promising sign for Meta, which does not disclose how many VR headsets it sells — - Meta, Facebook's parent company, had the most popular app in Apple's App Store on Christmas: the Oculus VR app.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Sources: Iranian hackers were behind the ransomware attack that took down some live streams for Cox radio and TV stations in early June — The ransomware attack that crippled the IT systems and live streams of Cox radio and TV stations earlier this year was the work of Iranian hackers, The Record has learned.| Jacky Wong / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese AI company SenseTime raises ~$700M in a Hong Kong IPO, below its $2B goal after pricing shares at the low end, after delaying its IPO earlier this month — SenseTime has developed strong AI technology. Next, it needs to figure out how to make money from it.
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| Bloomberg: |
Overview of Bitcoin in 2021: continued big price fluctuations, crossed $67,000 in November, 75%+ of circulating supply held by “illiquid addresses”, and more — Cryptocurrency trader Stephane Ouellette has a special alarm that sounds whenever digital-asset prices post sudden outsize declines.
Tweets: @crypto, @crypto, and @kgreifeld
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