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Apple will let dating app developers in the Netherlands offer alternative payment options, complying with an order to do so by January 15 or face fines — Apple said on Saturday it would allow developers of dating apps in the Netherlands to offer non-Apple payment options to their users …
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| Microsoft Security Blog: |
Microsoft identifies a destructive malware operation targeting multiple Ukrainian orgs; the malware looks like ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism — - Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) — Microsoft Digital Security Unit (DSU) — Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team
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| Charlotte Schubert / GeekWire: |
DexCare, whose software helps health systems manage capacity and patient appointment booking, raises a $50M Series B, after a $20M round in March 2021 — Seattle health-tech startup DexCare, spun out of Providence's digital innovation group, announced a $50 million funding round Thursday.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is uncertain about using a glass back for the 2022 iPad Pro, and is testing a larger glass Apple logo on the iPad Pro's back for MagSafe charging — Apple is expected to introduce new iPad Pro models this year - previous rumors suggested that the company had been experimenting …
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| Fais Khan / startups and econ: |
Analysis: Coinbase influences cryptocurrency returns, most coins underperform BTC and ETH over time, and VC-backed coins give the worst returns of all — Note: This is not investment advice and my investment disclosures are below. — Special thanks to my Ali Khan for running the scripts to grab and analyze pricing data.
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| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T spent $9.1B, Dish $7.3B, and T-Mobile $2.9B in FCC's 5G auction for the 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz band previously reserved for military use; Verizon was absent — Federal Communications Commission's most recent auction of wireless spectrum licenses will require military cooperation| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft laying undersea fiber-optic cables helped increase data transmission capacity by 41% in 2020 while reducing costs — The four tech giants increasingly dominate the internet's critical cable infrastructure — To say that Big Tech controls the internet might seem like an exaggeration.
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| David Ingram / NBC News: |
A look at the SMART Health Card, a minimal verification system that uses QR codes to check COVID-19 vaccine status, available to ~200M people in the US — The SMART Health Card is voluntary and minimal by design to protect personal information. About 80 percent of vaccinated people in the U.S. most likely have access to it.
Tweets: @rklau, @david_ingram, @cendemtech, @benadida, and @hypervisible
| Andrea Park / FierceBiotech: |
Verana Health, which offers an AI-powered data analytics engine for medical research, raises a $150M Series E co-led by J&J Innovation and Novo Growth — With a new CEO at the helm, the recent launch of an artificial-intelligence-powered data analytics engine and, now …
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State AGs' lawsuit alleges Google misled publishers and advertisers for years about ad pricing by deflating sales for some while increasing prices for buyers — Details show Google employees fretting its ad tech auctions were ‘untruthful’ and based in ‘insider information’
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| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
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| Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters: |
Russia's FSB says it detained and charged REvil ransomware gang members at the request of the US; source: Russian citizens won't be handed over to the US — Russia's FSB security service conducted a special operation against ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States …
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| Lisa Richwine / Reuters: |
Netflix raises its monthly subscription prices by $1 to $2 in the US and Canada; the standard US plan has increased from $13.99 to $15.49 per month — Netflix Inc has raised its monthly subscription price by $1 to $2 per month in the United States depending on the plan, the company said on Friday …
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| Kiel Porter / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: Chicago has 26 unicorns, 13 of which reached the status in 2021; 17 VC funds in Chicago raised $7.42B in 2021, up from three raising $977M in 2016 — U.S. technology investors have traditionally fixated on scouring the two coasts in search of the next startup ready for the big time.Sponsor Posts
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Meet Zoho Books MCP: Bring AI-powered accounting to your business — Isn't change the only constant? And that holds true for accounting too. For years, accounting software has helped businesses manage their finances …
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