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| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces it is buying Bungie, which makes Destiny and other games, for $3.6B; Bungie will become an independent subsidiary — Destiny studio will remain multiplatform, able “to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play”
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Tweets: @jasonschreier, @bungie, @jasonschreier, @loudmouthjulia, @brkeogh, @boogie2988, @stroughtonsmith, @pparsons, @vahn16, @stroughtonsmith, @andrearene, @levie, @harrisfoster, @loudmouthjulia, @knowsworthy, @ms5000watts, @maxwinebach, @rurikhan, @stroughtonsmith, @martinsfp, @reckless, @winkwinkerson, @destinythegame, @stevekovach, @kenli729, @agentbizzle, @film_girl, @snazzyq, @paultassi, @kifleswing, @stroughtonsmith, @tomwarren, @alexhern, @paultassi, @s3rioussam, @paultassi, @arlostuff, @maxwinebach, @vicious696, and @reckless
| The New York Times Company: |
The New York Times acquires Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures” — Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original …
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Tweets: @powerlanguish, @nytimes, @marcatracy, @daveyalba, @lpolgreen, @asteadwesley, @vogon, @dongwon, @mattsheffield, @mcmansionhell, @raynefq, @caissie, @neilanalien, @karaswisher, @smalljones, @wfkars, @ofirahy, @cmclymer, @krisholt, @paultassi, @jasonschreier, @levie, @parkermolloy, @rustybrick, @ellievhall, @norabf, @andreawoo, @rajasen, @laurenpelley, @lpolgreen, @__apf__, @maggiekb1, @jyarow, @priyavprabhakar, @youseegundam, @robertjimison, @bdsams, @rapplerdotcom, @scottnover, @jamespmcleod, @nrarmour, @phillyd, @sallykohn, @mizliz_, @grahamstarr, @stshank, @dylanmatt, @katierogers, @danlamothe, @christinemhall, @mohanadelshieky, @damiencave, @celeste_pewter, @jason_kint, @roywoodjr, @ofirahy, @elanazak, @acedtect, @mattmcgee, and @pappiness
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Ryan Breslow, co-founder of one-click checkout startup Bolt, steps down as CEO and becomes executive chairman, after his tweets bashing YC and Stripe went viral — Ryan Breslow, who founded the “one-click” checkout tech company Bolt as a Stanford student and dropped out of college to build it …
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PYMNTS.com and The Economic Times
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| Taylor Lyles / IGN: |
Discord starts letting US PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 users link their PSN accounts and display game activity; support for more countries is coming soon — Support will roll out first to US users, though. — PlayStation owners will able to connect their accounts to Discord starting today …
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Discord Blog, Video Games Chronicle, SlashGear, and Game Rant
Tweets: @discord, @gozutrucker69, @dimitrimonroez, and @playstation
| John Hendel / Politico: |
Nonprofit suicide chat service Crisis Text Line ends its data sharing relationship with for-profit spinoff Loris.ai and asks the company to delete existing data — The nonprofit mental-health hotline Crisis Text Line ended its data-sharing relationship with a for-profit spinoff Monday …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Silvergate Bank confirms it is purchasing the Diem Association's tech and other assets by issuing $132M in stock and paying $50M in cash; Diem is shutting down — The Diem Association is shutting down. — Silvergate Bank confirmed Monday that it's purchasing the technology and other assets from Diem …
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Diem, Silvergate, Silicon Republic, Cointelegraph, Mashable, MediaNama, The Verge, Channel NewsAsia, Financial Times, Engadget, and American Banker
Tweets: @diemassociation, @davidmarcus, @ccatalini, @davidmarcus, @ccatalini, @readdanwrite, @ccatalini, @taliagold, @diemassociation, and @juthica
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India proposes a 30% tax on income from the transfer of crypto, NFTs, and other digital assets and will launch a digital rupee in the next financial year — India on Tuesday proposed launching digital rupee in within a year and a 30% tax on income from transfer of virtual digital assets …
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Reuters, Bloomberg, The Economic Times, The Block, CoinDesk, Entrackr, The Economic Times, CoinGape, CryptoPotato, and The Crypto Basic
Tweets: @ashwinm_, @deepakshenoy, and @chandrarsrikant
| Wall Street Journal: |
Antenna: Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, and others struggle to retain US subscribers who joined to watch a hit show; some subscribers only stay for a few months — Roughly half of U.S. viewers who joined right after ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ were gone in six months, data show
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iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, The Wrap, MacRumors, and iMore
Tweets: @benmullin, @benmullin, @christianism, @iansherr, @ballmatthew, and @kimmasters
| Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
Pinterest adds an augmented reality tool for furniture to its mobile app, letting users see how 20K products from retail partners would look in their homes — The new tool expands on its existing technology used for beauty products — Pinterest Inc. is introducing a new augmented reality tool … | David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Source: the FTC, not the DOJ, is reviewing Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition and will focus on potential harm to rivals — The U.S. antitrust review of Microsoft Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will be handled by the Federal Trade Commission …
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Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, Video Games Chronicle, Neowin, Wccftech, and Reuters
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out updated 3D avatars across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Stories in the US, Canada, and Mexico — It's a step toward the company's concept of the metaverse — Facebook parent company Meta is introducing 3D avatars to Instagram Stories and direct messages and updating …
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XDA Developers, Facebook Technology, BGR India, CNET, and Android Headlines
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @instagram, @boztank, @gregpak, @kellymakena, @meta, @wongmjane, @andresegers, @dianelyssa, @wongmjane, @hondanhon, @ericstephen, @alexvoica, @taartfart, @sb2749, @alexvoica, and @kylebrussell
| Ed Dixon / SportsPro: |
Report: crypto-based sports fan platform Iqoniq, which partnered with Spain's LaLiga and others, has entered liquidation; Iqoniq raised €100M in July 2020 — Fan engagement platform Iqoniq has gone into liquidation, leaving multiple sporting organisations potentially out of pocket.
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The Times. More:
Insider Sport, Wigan Today, EconoTimes, RaceFans, and JOE.co.uk
Tweets: @martynziegler, @_condo, @martynziegler, @mhairim90, @mattwoosie, @timessport, and @carnage4life
| Reuters: |
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers' proposed €4.35B takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic falls apart as Germany's government misses the approval deadline — Germany's economy ministry said it could not complete its review of a planned sale of chip supplier Siltronic to Taiwanese rival GlobalWafers …
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Tech Xplore, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, and Taipei Times
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Byju's is talking to at least three SPACs, aims to unveil IPO plans with one of them in three to four weeks, and is exploring a $750M-$1B pre-IPO round — India's most valuable startup, the online education provider Byju's, is in negotiations with at least three special-purpose acquisition companies …
Tweets: @ranjanxroy and @ajitosu
| Reuters: |
Sources: Cybereason, which offers endpoint detection and response services, has confidentially filed for a US IPO that could value it at more than $5B — Cybereason, a security startup backed by SoftBank's (9984.T) Vision Fund 2 and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud unit …
| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Education publisher Pearson acquires Credly, which helps businesses issue digital credentials to certify workers' skills, for $140M; Credly has 2,000+ customers — Pearson already owned a 20% stake in the digital workforce credentialing platform worth about $40 million but is now buying the entire company.| Faseeh Mangi / Bloomberg: |
Riyadh-based Retailo, which aims to digitize mom-and-pop stores in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the UAE, raises a $36M Series A led by Graphene Ventures — The e-commerce platform Retailo has raised $36 million to help fund its effort to digitize mom-and-pop stores in Pakistan, U.A.E. and its home country of Saudi Arabia.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Deepnote, which offers a collaborative data science platform on top of Jupyter-based notebooks, raises a $20M Series A co-led by Index Ventures and Accel — Deepnote, a startup that is building a data science platform on top of Jupyter-compatible notebooks, today announced that it has raised …
Tweets: @deepnotehq and @theromit
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Joe Rogan posts a video to Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts” — 'I'm very sorry that this is happening to them.' — Joe Rogan has issued a response to the ongoing controversy …
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New York Times, ВІС …, and New York Magazine
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| Daniel Ek / Spotify: |
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Tweets: @eldsjal, @joerogan, and @mikeisaac
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