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Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up — Some people who downloaded the social media app received error messages when they tried to create an account. Others were placed on a waitlist.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Expected Mac 2022 lineup: Mac mini with M1 Pro and M2; 13" MacBook Pro, 24" iMac, and MacBook Air with M2; iMac Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max; a half-sized Mac Pro — As Apple gears up for its first product launch event of the year, the spotlight turns to its 2022 Mac plans.
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| Will Gottsegen / CoinDesk: |
OpenSea says 32 users had NFTs stolen as part of a targeted phishing campaign that scammed them into signing malicious smart contracts — Emails purporting to be from the NFT marketplace about a planned smart contract migration may have been a phishing attack.
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| The Guardian: |
An investigation shows how vigilantes use Facebook to incite ethnic killings in Ethiopia, accusing Meta of inaction on hate speech and misinformation — Social media giant accused of inaction after users post ‘horrifying and hateful content’ Civilians walk past an abandoned tank …
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange FTX.US launches FTX Gaming, a gaming unit offering “crypto-as-a-service” for game companies to launch tokens and add NFT support — Crypto exchange FTX is launching its own gaming unit, aimed at encouraging more game publishers to embrace cryptocurrencies, blockchain networks and non-fungible tokens.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Despite billions spent over 15 years, Amazon's grocery strategy is unprofitable and incoherent; research: Amazon and Whole Foods had 2.4% US share in December — - Amazon's grocery endeavors have cost many billions of dollars over the past 15 years but have yet to yield a coherent strategy.
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| Alan Rappeport / New York Times: |
The IRS says taxpayers looking to access their accounts online without facial recognition can choose to ID themselves via a “virtual interview with agents” — The agency, dealing with controversy over its decision to use facial recognition software, said it would allow taxpayers …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the company's strategy after its failed Arm bid, Omniverse's progress, and its bet on self-driving cars — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn't get to fulfill his dream of acquiring Arm for $80 billion. Regulators held the deal up and Huang called off the deal after “giving it our best shot.”| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: great performance, improved cameras, and welcome S Pen support, but lackluster battery and unflattering night selfie portraits — A worthy Note successor that stands alone — Phones in a flagship lineup have come to feel like variations on a theme.
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| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
Tencent shares fell 5.2% on Monday as Chinese tech stocks had their worst two-day drop since July 2021, amid fears of impending Chinese regulatory crackdowns — Chinese technology shares had their worst two-day drop since July due to renewed fears Beijing may roll out more restrictions for private enterprise.| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Beyond Identity, which offers a password-free zero trust multifactor authentication service for enterprises, raises a $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation — If multifactor authentication (MFA) is one of our best hopes for making a dent in cybercrime, it could be a while before everyone's actually using it.
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| Alfred Cang / Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based crypto trading platform Amber Group raises a $200M Series B extension at a $3B valuation led by Temasek, bringing its total funding to $328M — Singaporean state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte was among investors in a funding round that valued cryptocurrency-trading platform Amber Group …
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