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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.| 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 — This blog is a preview of our 2022 Crypto Crime Report. Sign up here to reserve your copy and we'll email you the full report when it comes out in February!
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Tweets: @neerajka, @cdixon, @chainalysis, @sethforprivacy, @rickbakas, @carnage4life, @emilyrpeck, @chainalysis, @jowyang, @jerrybrito, 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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| 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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| 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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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter says it is testing an option to let iOS users retweet using 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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| 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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| 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's 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @isik5, @axelmerk, @coppetainpu, @timmaughan, @lonestarball, @fredwalton216, and @eganrichardson. 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
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Acorns plans to let users invest in individual stocks instead of just in its own ETF funds and says it could eventually support crypto investments — - Company currently only allows investing in its own ETF funds — Feature could eventually support crypto investments, CEO says
Tweets: @markgurman and @markgurman
| 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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| 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, @technology, @markdistef, and @taliaringer
| 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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Tweets: @mosseri, @tayhatmaker, @btssomma, @davemorin, @erinnicoleh_, @chrismessina, @rayhughesla, and @remyhdz_
| 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 … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Rupifi, which works with Flipkart, Jumbotail, and other e-commerce companies in India to offer a buy now, pay later service for mom-and-pop shops, raises $25M — Rupifi has raised $25 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup, which currently provides buy now …
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