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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, @ericwdolan, @loganbartlett, @rapplerdotcom, @nkulw, @sgurman, @mattzeitlin, @skupor, @sarahnemerson, @jordanschachtel, @ericgeller, @epro, @freddieraynolds, @pwnallthethings, @ldrogen, @fintechfrank, @justinhendrix, @fintechfrank, @scottmelker, @davidgura, @real_vijay, @burgessct, @nftherder, @eamonjavers, @saylor, @cobie, @bitcointina, @zhusu, @harrylitman, @ericgeller, @tuurdemeester, @susanlitv, @eamonjavers, @smorgasboredom, @bgarlinghouse, @silvermanjacob, @nktpnd, @mylegacykit, @campuscodi, @scottmelker, @lorenzofb, @eringriffith, @jon_christian, @joshdcaplan, @weldpond, @campuscodi, @mimms, and @roshunpatel
| 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, @edwinwee, @deitaone, @bzamayo, @jerrycap, @lukemiani, @snazzyq, @snazzyq, @nyse, @simplepc, @sarthakgh, @callumj, @tobi, @collision, @tim_cook, @patio11, @ishanagarwal24, @ishanagarwal24, @bzamayo, @vadimyuryev, @callebtc, @trungtphan, @tomwarren, @rsgnl, @benedictevans, @erenbali, @chancehmiller, @benedictevans, @markgurman, @chancehmiller, and @stalman
| 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 …
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PYMNTS.com, Business Wire, MarketWatch, CRN, iTnews, SiliconANGLE, MSSP Alert, Channel Futures, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and Windows Central
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
As Meta dips under a $600B market cap, it may avoid antitrust liability since it falls below 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.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sony's second PS5 beta adds a “Hey PlayStation” voice command feature, for US and UK accounts at first, alongside party chat changes and new UI settings — Sony is also making changes to the way parties work — Sony announced that it will begin rolling out its second PS5 software beta …
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| Darren Loucaides / Wired: |
A deep dive into the CEO and history of Telegram, which has about 30 core employees, minimal content moderation, and, until recently, no ongoing revenue — Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for.| 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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iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, and Engadget
Tweets: @markgurman, @zoeschiffer, @t1redpr0, @jesshutch, and @kevinmorales___
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
GiveSendGo, the main donation service used by Freedom Convoy supporters, fixes a flaw that exposed thousands of donor ID documents via an exposed AWS S3 bucket — The donation site used by truckers in Ottawa who are currently protesting against national vaccine mandates has fixed a security lapse …
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| 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, CNET, Fierce Healthcare, SiliconANGLE, and Becker's Hospital Review
Tweets: @daniel_kraft, @samzeb, and @amazonnews
| 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:
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Australian Financial Review, CNN, and Transistori
| 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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| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tells US Senator Wyden that it's “transitioning” away from using Mitto for passcodes, as the text message services firm faces surveillance accusations — Twitter Inc. told a U.S. senator it is cutting ties with a European technology company that helped it send sensitive passcodes to its users via text message.| 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.”
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Globalfoundries Inc., Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Investor's Business Daily, and MarketWatch. Tweets: @tiernanraytech
| Shubham Agarwal / The Verge: |
Interviews with over a dozen workers for rapid grocery delivery services in India show they spent months healing after injuries and paid their own medical bills — India's instant delivery apps are pushing drivers into accidents — Mahesh knew he was running out of time.| The Intercept: |
Purchase records and docs show that 14 of the 15 US Cabinet departments and several other federal agencies bought Cellebrite phone hacking tools in recent years — Investigators with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service frequently work to thwart a variety of environmental offenses …
Tweets: @marahvistendahl, @foxcahn, @marahvistendahl, @stopspyingny, and @hypervisible
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Promethium, an AI-powered augmented data management provider for data and analytics teams, raises a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners — Data fabric solutions startup Promethium Inc. announced today that it has raised $26 million in new funding to scale up new customer growth with additional hiring and build out its product.
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| Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: |
Trialjectory, which uses AI to match cancer patients to clinical trials and help drug companies recruit patients, raises a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners — The company helps patients find clinical trials and works with pharma companies to limit barriers to enrollment.
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PR Newswire, Wall Street Journal, and FierceBiotech
Tweets: @ct_innovate, @freddytn, and @sid_healthcare
| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: supply chain management companies raised $11.3B in 2021, up from $5.9B in 2020 and beating the previous record of $9.1B in 2019 — Nearly two years into the pandemic, supply chain disruptions still dominate headlines as do large funding rounds by tech companies aiming to solve the problem.| 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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Tweets: @silviakillings, @realbengilbert, @cararlombardo, @lisatozzi, @moorehn, @asymco, @bunkieperkins, @asymco, @thecityofjules, @stevekovach, @jeffnolan, @johnbiggs, @ryxcommar, @kyliebytes, @silviakillings, @deniseyu21, @feitsbarstool, @ldignan, @asymco, @joannastern, @carlquintanilla, @parismartineau, @tomgara, @carnage4life, @wsj, @film_girl, @streetfightwcrs, @sherman4949, @gwillowwilson, and @macaree
| 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 …
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The Keyword, Slashdot, Android Police, Search Engine Land, TechRadar, XDA Developers, and Android Central. Tweets: @googlechrome
| 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.
Tweets: @doctorkarl, @heatwavekgns, @nytimestech, and @markoff
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