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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
ESA says E3 2022 will not be held in person and will be an online-only event in the summer due to COVID-19 concerns — The Entertainment Software Association is shifting the Electronic Entertainment Expo to an online-only event out of concerns around the pandemic.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
The ITC issues a final ruling declaring Google infringed on audio tech patents held by Sonos and is banned from importing products that violate Sonos' IP — The company will not be allowed to import products that infringe on Sonos patents, including smart speakers, video streaming devices, and some computers and phones.
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ITC, Protocol, XDA Developers, Google Nest Community, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Thurrott, Android Police, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, and Android Central
Tweets: @mishaalrahman, @reckless, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @rdrv3, @rdrv3, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman
| Henry Updegrave / Chainalysis: |
A record $14B flowed to criminal crypto addresses in 2021, up from $7.8B in 2020, driven by DeFi scams; total crypto transaction volume hit $15.8T, up 567% YoY — Cryptocurrency-based crime hit a new all-time high in 2021, with illicit addresses receiving $14 billion over the course of the year, up from $7.8 billion in 2020.
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Tweets: @neerajka, @cdixon, @iampaulgrewal, @jp_koning, @rickbakas, @chainalysis, @carnage4life, @emilyrpeck, @chainalysis, @jowyang, @jerrybrito, @sethforprivacy, and @chainalysis
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify introduces Call-to-Action Cards, a visual ad format for podcasts that puts clickable cards inside show and episode pages — Spotify is today introducing is introducing a new ad format aimed at podcasters which it's calling “Call-to-Action Cards” — or CTA cards, for short.
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Spotify, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, PCMag, MUO, RAIN News, CNET, Android Headlines, Engadget, iMore, XDA Developers, Thurrott, and PhoneArena
Tweets: @markstenberg3, @ericmarkowitz, and @mattnavarra
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn plans to launch interactive, audio-only live events this month in beta for some creators and a video version in the spring — LinkedIn, now with more than 800 million people listing their professional profiles to build out their careers, is taking its next steps to get them to spend more time on the platform.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Mozilla pauses accepting crypto donations following a widespread backlash, mostly over carbon emissions, including from co-founder Jamie Zawinski — Mozilla is the latest company to take heat for its involvement with cryptocurrency — Mozilla, the nonprofit organization that makes …
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, Bloomberg, JWZ, and Slashdot
Tweets: @jwz, @plinss, @mozilla, @harryhalpin, @parismarx, @aridavidpaul, @dwr, @j4vv4d, @jgarzik, and @nneuman
| Maria Shen / Electric Capital: |
Research: with 4,000+ monthly active developers, Ethereum has the largest open-source crypto ecosystem, followed by Polkadot, Cosmos, Solana, and Bitcoin — Executive Summary — Web3 developers are at an all-time high and growing faster than ever. — 18,000+ monthly active developers commit code …
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Finbold, InsideBitcoins.com, Developer Tech News, Web3 Investor, and Cryptonews
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter says it is testing “Quote Tweet with reaction”, an option to let iOS users retweet and attach a video reaction — Twitter on Thursday launched a new feature in its iOS app for a small group of users. With this option, it's now possible to retweet someone's post and add your own video reaction using your camera.
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Tweets: @twittersupport, @yeaitstrill, @imranzomg, @angryblacklady, @desdakon, @mikesuszek, @quinnypig, @jackgrimse, and @onthedownlotho
| The Wire: |
How Modi's BJP uses an app called Tek Fog, with ShareChat integration, to spread propaganda, target critics on WhatsApp, and hijack Facebook and Twitter trends — The Wire investigates claims behind the use of ‘Tek Fog’, a highly sophisticated app used by online operatives to hijack major social media …
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
DeFi credit protocol Goldfinch raises a $25M Series A extension led by a16z, which also led its $11M Series A last year, and announces the Goldfinch Foundation — Decentralized credit protocol Goldfinch has raised $25 million in a Series A extension round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …
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goldfinch_fi, Andreessen Horowitz, Fortune, FinLedger, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @ariannasimpson, @viktorbunin, @acsventures, @km, @a16z, @mrjasonchoi, and @iandaos
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Internet disruption in Kazakhstan, the world's second-biggest bitcoin mining hub, shut down an estimated 15% of the world's miners before internet was restored — - The second-biggest country for bitcoin mining lost its internet access, taking as much as 15% of the network offline.
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The Guardian, Reuters, Fortune, PingWest, New York Times, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, The Wealth Gap, Cryptopolitan, Protos, and Slashdot
Tweets: @isik5, @kenziesigalos, @robseamans, @heidi_cuda, @soychicka, @eganrichardson, @axelmerk, @fredwalton216, @coppetainpu, @timmaughan, and @lonestarball. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Signal quietly made its MobileCoin-based cryptocurrency payments feature available to all users globally in November 2021, after a UK beta test in the spring — A beta “payments” feature now lets some users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe.
Tweets: @a_greenberg
| Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post: |
On the January 6 riot anniversary, data scientists say AI models can help forecast similar events, as some question their accuracy and potential for misuse — A year after the attack on the Capitol, data scientists say artificial intelligence can help forecast insurrection — with some caveats
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Gizmodo, Media Matters for America, CNN, Bloomberg, and Protocol
| Sarah Pringle / Axios: |
Sources: IBM is trying again to sell its unprofitable Watson Health division, potentially for $1B+; IBM spent $4B+ on M&A to build Watson Health — IBM has resurrected its sale process for IBM Watson Health, with hopes of fetching more than $1 billion, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.
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SiliconANGLE, EnterpriseAI, Slashdot, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @counternotions and @harrymccracken
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Acorns is building Customizable Portfolios, to let users invest in individual stocks instead of only in its ETFs, and says it could eventually support crypto — - Company currently only allows investing in its own ETF funds — Feature could eventually support crypto investments, CEO says
Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman
| Elisa Braun / Politico: |
France's data regulator, the CNIL, fines Google €150M and Meta €60M for failing to let French users easily reject cookie trackers — PARIS — French data regulator the CNIL is set to fine Google €150 million and Facebook €60 million for violating EU privacy rules.
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Tweets: @markdistef, @markdistef, @technology, and @taliaringer
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Tencent's WeChat plans to add support for China's digital yuan, e-CNY, to WeChat Pay, which has 800M+ MAUs — - Tencent-owned WeChat, China's largest messaging app and one of the country's biggest payment services, will begin supporting the digital yuan. — The People's Bank of China …
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CHINAdaily, DeFi Insights, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, and Cointelegraph
| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
Instagram tests the ability to switch between a Home feed, a Favorites feed, and a Following chronological feed, rolling out to all users in H1 2022 — Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced today that the app is rolling out for some users the ability to switch between different feeds.
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Search Engine Journal, KnowTechie, PCMag, Digital Trends, Redmond Pie, and BetaNews
Tweets: @mosseri, @tayhatmaker, @btssomma, @davemorin, @erinnicoleh_, @chrismessina, @rayhughesla, and @remyhdz_
| Ben Klemens / Wired: |
An economist details working in VR using an Oculus headset: few distractions and little motion sickness, but typing is hard and forehead gets numb — This is how it feels in the future Mark Zuckerberg promised—disembodied and unaware of my surroundings. — I have spent hundreds of hours working here in virtual reality.
Tweets: @counternotions and @davezatz
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apptopia and Sensor Tower: Meta's Oculus app saw 2M downloads across the App Store and Google Play since Christmas Day, with a majority of installs in the US — Consumers worldwide have downloaded Meta's Oculus app, the mobile companion for Oculus VR devices including the Quest 2 … Sponsor Posts
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