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Apple confirms it removed several Wordle clones from the App Store, after some app developers capitalized on the online guessing game's popularity — Apple Inc. removed several Wordle games from its App Store after users confused them with another word-play title popularized by Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities.
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Microsoft hires veteran semiconductor designer Mike Filippo from Apple; sources say Filippo will work on developing homegrown chips for Azure servers — Microsoft Corp. lured away a veteran semiconductor designer from Apple Inc. as it looks to expand its own server-chips efforts, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Canalys: worldwide PC shipments grew 15% YoY in 2021 to 341M, the highest annual number since 2012; Apple shipped 28.3% more units, Acer 21.8%, and Dell 18% — It would be easy to think PC sales dropped worldwide last year amid chip shortages, but that conventional thinking would be wrong.
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Coinbase says it is acquiring FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, and plans to bring crypto derivatives to its US customers — Coinbase is acquiring FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange. — The exchange company announced the move on Wednesday, saying … | Justin Hendrix / Tech Policy Press: |
Over 260 health professionals tell Spotify to implement a misinformation policy, after a Joe Rogan Experience episode featured a discredited scientist — More than 260 doctors, nurses, scientists, health professionals and others have signed an open letter calling on the streaming media platform Spotify to …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says no changes were made in iOS 15.2 that would've toggled iCloud Private Relay off and that no carriers have blocked its users from using the feature — Some iPhone users this week noticed that iCloud Private Relay suddenly stopped working with their cellular connections.| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
US Cyber Command says malware group MuddyWater is tied to Iranian intelligence, the first time the US government has publicly linked the threat actor to Tehran — U.S. Cyber Command on Wednesday revealed that a hacking group reputed for its cyberespionage campaigns is actually part of Iran's intelligence apparatus.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
FCC proposes stricter data breach reporting rules, including a mandate to notify customers of “inadvertent” breaches, scrapping a one-week wait period, and more — The Federal Communications Commission is the next US regulator hoping to hold companies more accountable for data breaches.
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TSMC reports Q4 revenue rose 24.1% YoY to $15.74B as net profit reached $6.01B; capex will reach $40B to $44B in 2022, up from $30B in 2021 — Taiwanese chip firm TSMC expects strong growth to accelerate in coming years due to booming semiconductor demand, as the tech giant on Thursday reported …
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
China's state-backed Blockchain Services Network (BSN) will roll out infrastructure to support NFTs; the NFTs will not be linked to cryptocurrencies — The BSN-Distributed Digital Certificate does not support crypto-transacted NFTs, and will allow businesses and individuals to build apps …
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| Felix Onuah / Reuters: |
Nigeria will lift its ban on Twitter after suspending it on June 4, 2021; Twitter decided to open an office in Nigeria, among other agreements — Nigeria will lift a ban on Twitter (TWTR.N) from midnight after the social media platform agreed to open a local office, among other agreements …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Instagram became the world's most downloaded app in Q4 2021, its best quarter since 2014 with installs up 10% QoQ, followed by TikTok and Facebook — Instagram is benefiting from TikTok's ban in India, and has now reclaimed the top spot in terms of total global downloads as of the fourth quarter of 2021.
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
Krafton, which makes PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, sues Apple and Google, arguing that neither company removed a game that allegedly copies PUBG — (Reuters) - The maker of the popular game “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds” says in a new U.S. lawsuit that a Singapore-based company … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based LEAD School, which is helping digitize affordable private schools, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $170M — Despite the recent boom of consumer-focused education learning platforms in India, the vast majority of students in the South Asian nation remain unserved.
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| Becky Bracken / Threatpost: |
Researchers report that a record 2,240 third-party WordPress plugin vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2021, up 142% YoY, of which 77% have known public exploits — Last year brought forth much more than a Ben Affleck-Jennifer Lopez reunion - analysts found the number of exploitable WordPress plugin vulnerabilities exploded.| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Research: London-based startups raised $25.5B in 2021, ahead of all other European cities, with most rounds over $100M; UK-based startups raised $40B in 2021 — London kept up a blistering pace of technology financing last year, leading all other European cities with $25.5 billion in fresh investment.
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| Andrew Deck / Rest of World: |
A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4M hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020 — A handful of designers have made their fortunes on the Line app, but now creators fear the market has become saturated.
Tweets: @mvzelenks, @decka227, @dlberes, @restofworld, and @anupkaphle
| Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times: |
HR software company Justworks postpones its $260M IPO, which could have valued it at up to $2B, citing “market conditions” amid a tech stock sell-off — Nasdaq listing delayed ‘due to market conditions’ as index of new public companies falls by nearly 10% this month
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at the Buy Nothing Project, which grew via Facebook Groups of neighbors gifting unwanted items and which now has 7K communities across 44 countries — In the same week, Katylin has seen a banana and a boat given away between neighbors, no strings attached.
Tweets: @russellholly
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Merit, which lets governments issue digital credentials that link back to a government license database, raises a $50M Series B led by Rose Park Advisors — When we think about identity in the digital world, it usually involves a username and password, but Merit (originally called Sigma) …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, competing with Apple's A-series and M-series chips, Snapdragon's new naming scheme, and more — Cristiano Amon is the president and CEO of Qualcomm, and he's always been a relentless cheerleader for what mobile computing …
Tweets: @clareconley, @reckless, @pbelesiotis, @trengriffin, and @qualcomm
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