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| Devlin Barrett / Washington Post: |
The US DOJ arrests two people in New York and seizes ~$3.6B worth of bitcoin allegedly stolen in a 2016 Bitfinex hack, its “largest financial seizure ever” — The Justice Department announced Tuesday it had seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin allegedly stolen as part …
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Tweets: @bitfinex, @eamonjavers, @harrylitman, @nktpnd, @eamonjavers, @scottmelker, @nkulw, @sgurman, @mattzeitlin, @smorgasboredom, @sarahnemerson, @ericgeller, @epro, @freddieraynolds, @pwnallthethings, @ldrogen, @fintechfrank, @justinhendrix, @fintechfrank, @davidgura, @real_vijay, @burgessct, @saylor, @cobie, @bitcointina, @ericgeller, @tuurdemeester, @susanlitv, @eamonjavers, @silvermanjacob, @mylegacykit, @campuscodi, @lorenzofb, @jon_christian, @joshdcaplan, @weldpond, @campuscodi, and @mimms
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils Tap to Pay, letting US merchants accept payments with an iPhone and a partner-enabled app “later this year”; partners include Stripe and Shopify — Apple has officially announced a new Tap to Pay feature for iPhone. This feature, coming later this year …
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Tweets: @patrickc, @lukemiani, @callebtc, @chancehmiller, @nyse, @edwinwee, @deitaone, @jerrycap, @callumj, @collision, @patio11, and @ishanagarwal24
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Peloton CEO John Foley will step down and ex-Spotify and Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy will take over; Peloton will cut ~2,800 jobs and cancel its Ohio factory — Exercise-equipment maker to name former Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy as successor, overhaul board and cut costs
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Insider, Peloton Interactive, Inc., The Verge, CNBC, AppleInsider, The Irish Times, CNN, CNBC, Forbes, NBC News, New York Times, Crunchbase News, Business Wire, Washington Post, Financial Times, New York Post, WRAL TechWire, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Fortune, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Newslit Daily, MobiHealthNews, PCMag, MobileSyrup, and Protocol
Tweets: @silviakillings, @realbengilbert, @cararlombardo, @ryxcommar, @deniseyu21, @macaree, @lisatozzi, @asymco, @sam_l_shead, @stevekovach, @cararlombardo, @jeffnolan, @johnbiggs, @silviakillings, @feitsbarstool, @ldignan, @carnage4life, @joannastern, @carlquintanilla, @carnage4life, @parismartineau, @tomgara, @charlesarthur, @neilcybart, @carnage4life, @wsj, and @film_girl
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple plans to improve benefits for full- and part-time US retail workers, including doubling paid sick days and increasing PTO, amid a tight labor market — Apple Inc. plans to significantly increase its benefits for U.S. retail store workers as it grapples with a tightening labor market …
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Engadget, CNBC, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacDailyNews, and iMore
Tweets: @markgurman and @zoeschiffer
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft is in talks to acquire cybersecurity research and incident response company Mandiant, whose stock closed up 17.86% on Tuesday — Microsoft Corp. is considering making a bid for cybersecurity-research and incident response company Mandiant Inc., according to a person familiar … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia and SoftBank call off Nvidia's Arm acquisition, following regulatory scrutiny; Arm CEO Simon Segars resigns, replaced by Arm IP group president Rene Haas — Nvidia's deal to acquire Arm is off, the two companies and Arm owner SoftBank announced Tuesday. — With this, there is also a major leadership change at Arm.
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Arm, SoftBank Group Corp., Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Creative Strategies, Financial Times, Japan Today, Protocol, MarketWatch, iTnews, CNBC, Business Wire, Financial Times, The Register, MUO, ZDNet, Computerworld, The Next Platform, Gizmodo, Liliputing, Windows Central, TechRadar, SlashGear, PYMNTS.com, and ServeTheHome
Tweets: @nathanbenaich, @patrickmoorhead, @etherealmind, @underfox3, @darrenpjones, @epro, @ryan_browne_, @thekenyeung, @sam_l_shead, @rdrv3, @arm, @bgurley, @cmagovuk, @inafried, and @iancutress
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sony's new PS5 beta adds a “Hey PlayStation” voice command feature, initially for US and UK accounts, alongside changes to party chats — Sony is also making changes to the way parties work — Sony announced that it will begin rolling out its second PS5 software beta on Wednesday …
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PlayStation.Blog, VentureBeat, Engadget, and Video Games Chronicle
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google rolls out Journeys for Chrome on desktop, letting users revisit old browsing sessions, based on searches from the omnibar, organized by subject matter — Journeys groups your search history together by category — Google Chrome is rolling out Journeys, a feature that lets you revisit … | CNBC: |
Amazon Care rolls out its telehealth service nationwide, expands in-person care to more US cities, and adds Whole Foods, Silicon Labs, and TrueBlue as customers — - Amazon is launching its telehealth program, known as Amazon Care, nationwide and has signed up a handful of new companies to use its services.
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About Amazon, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Tech Xplore, Forbes, and The Verge
Tweets: @samzeb and @daniel_kraft
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok updates its policies to improve safety for LGBTQ users, including banning misgendering and deadnaming, adds tools for age-appropriate content, and more — Months after TikTok was hauled into its first-ever major congressional hearing over platform safety, the company is today announcing …
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TikTok, Protocol, Variety, The Verge, Engadget, BBC, dot.LA, Insider, Social Media Today, GLAAD, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @lesbiantech, @mattnavarra, @dickiminaj, @glaad, @tiktokcomms, and @issielapowsky
| John Markoff / New York Times: |
As data centers grow, engineers at Meta, Google, and other companies worry about the reliability of ever-smaller chips and hardware failures with unclear causes — As the largest computer networks continue to grow, some engineers fear that their smallest components could prove to be an Achilles' heel.
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Beyond Search. Tweets: @doctorkarl, @heatwavekgns, @trippmickle, @nytimestech, @markoff, and @nytimestech
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
As Meta dips under a $600B market cap it may avoid antitrust liability, since it falls under the threshold set by recent US House bills as a “covered platform” — - Facebook owner Meta closed with a market cap below $600 billion on Tuesday for the first time since May 2020.
Tweets: @lauren_feiner, @mmasnick, @levie, @karlbode, @lutherlowe, @wexler, @sama, @itai_leshem, @danprimack, @carnage4life, @lutherlowe, @jason_kint, and @samro
| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
A look at Apple's IAP changes for Dutch dating app developers: its proposal seemingly isn't compliant, reducing the commission by just 3% is spiteful, and more — The continuing saga of Apple's conflict with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) — the Dutch equivalent …
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Infrequently Noted, Protocol, and AdExchanger
Tweets: @brianamerige, @volkring, @tolmasky, @tolmasky, @stroughtonsmith, @ia, @steipete, @tolmasky, @adhalls, @thijsniks, @mluisbrown, and @tolmasky
| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
Crypto infrastructure startup Alchemy raises a $200M Series C extension from Lightspeed and Silver Lake at a $10.2B valuation, up from $3.5B in October 2021 — Alchemy, a startup that provides blockchain tools, has been growing fast: It raised buckets of money last year and attracted dozens …
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Alchemy Blog, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, DeCential, Blockworks, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, blog.alchemy.com, Axios, The Block, Cointelegraph, Forbes, and Financial Times. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Shiona McCallum / BBC: |
The UK's Online Safety Bill would mandate that porn websites verify users' ages or face fines; similar proposals were quietly dropped in 2019 after criticism — Porn websites in the UK will be legally required to verify the age of their users under new internet safety laws.
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GOV.UK, The Verge, VICE, The Register, KnowTechie, TechSpot, and ComputerWeekly.com
Tweets: @dcms, @jonesyfay, @sajidjavid, @doctorow, @paulbernaluk, and @mikestabile
| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
Netflix and Amazon had fewer Oscar nominations in 2022; half of the Best Picture nominees had little to no theater time and all major studios used hybrid models — This morning's Oscar nominations suggest a rethink — or at least a collective hitting of the pause button — on the status of streaming in the awards conversation.
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Economist, The Independent, Deadline, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Loop, Deadline, New York Times, GoldDerby, Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Axios, CNET, Engadget, GeekWire, iMore, and The Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @filmupdates, @theacademy, @dadehayes, and @tedhope
| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
Airmeet, which offers online event hosting services, raises a $35M Series B, and says it helped 120K+ event organizers stream 150M minutes of video in 2021 — Delaware-based Airmeet is offering a dedicated platform to help enterprises make their big events truly virtual and interactive.
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Entrackr, FinSMEs, and Airmeet HUB
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A review of digital advertising in 2022, which has shifted from a Google-Meta duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces — Six years ago tomorrow, in The Reality of Missing Out, I wrote that the digital advertising market was settled, and Google and Facebook won:
Tweets: @anthpb, @jonathankopnick, @anthpb, @anthpb, @jhstoneham, and @btsavage
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Lyft Q4: revenue of $970M, vs. $940M est. and up from $570M YoY, average revenue per rider of $51.79, up 14% YoY, but 18.73M active riders, down from 18.94M QoQ — - Lyft reported fourth-quarter earnings after-the-bell on Tuesday. — Lyft reported 18.73 million active riders in the last quarter of 2021.
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, and Lyft, Inc.
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Partech Partners report: African startups raised a record $5.2B in 2021 across 681 deals, up from $1.43B across 359 deals in 2020 — Last year was record-breaking for African startups. I know I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record, but the astronomical growth is worth highlighting again and again.| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
GlobalFoundries reports Q4 revenue of $1.85B, up 74% YoY, net income of $43M, up 108% YoY, and FY 2021 revenue of $6.59B, up 36% YoY — GlobalFoundries CEO Caulfield says company will produce “another year of strong growth in revenue and profitability in 2022.”| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
ID.me says it will make automated facial recognition verification optional for its government partners and let users delete their face scans starting on March 1 — The major reversal comes one day after the IRS ended its use of ID.me's facial recognition service and amidst an outpouring of public pushback.
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The EU details the Chips Act, which would make €43B in public and private funding available for R&D and chip production, seeking to compete with the US and Asia — Legislation could mobilize about $49 billion in government and private cash, though critics fear a subsidy race
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European Commission, Japan Today, Politico, Telecoms.com, The Irish Times, Bloomberg, The Register, Pocketnow, and Engadget
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
GiveSendGo, the main donation service used by Freedom Convoy supporters, fixed a flaw that exposed thousands of ID docs from donors due to an exposed S3 bucket — The donation site used by truckers in Ottawa who are currently protesting against national vaccine mandates has fixed a security lapse …
Tweets: @zackwhittaker
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