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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a Mac mini with M2 eight-core CPU and 10-core GPU and a Mac mini with M2 Pro 12-core CPU; M2 chip design will be based on A15 — Apple this week introduced Mac Studio, which is somewhat based on the Mac mini but with much more powerful hardware - but that doesn't mean it's the end of Mac mini.| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Apple confirms that its Studio Display will work with Windows; some features, like Center Stage and True Tone, are macOS-only — Apple has confirmed to MacRumors that the brand new Studio Display will work when connected to PCs, but critical new features of the display will not carry …
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| Amanda Holpuch / New York Times: |
A look at @PayGapApp, a viral Twitter bot created by Francesca Lawson and Ali Fensome, which highlights the gender pay gap data of British companies — Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women's Day, one couple used …
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Eight more current and former PlayStation employees add their accounts of sexist treatment to a class action lawsuit filed against the company in November 2021 — Eight more women, former and current employees at Sony PlayStation, have added their accounts of sexist treatment …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon's board of directors approve a 20-for-1 stock split and Amazon says it plans to buy back up to $10B in shares; stock rises 6% after hours — - Amazon on Wednesday announced that the Board of Directors has approved a 20-for-1 stock split. — The company also said it plans to buy back up to $10 billion worth of shares.
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| Rachna Khaira / The Caravan: |
Investigation details how caller ID app Truecaller, which has 205M+ MAUs in India, uses India's weak data privacy laws to build its user information database — In October 2021, I called a journalist based in Pakistan, who did not know me. Surprisingly, they greeted me by my name when they received the call.
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| Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog: |
Substack's app lets users pause email delivery to read only in the app, building a moat for Substack that potentially protects it from competitors — Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.| On Substack: |
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| Christopher Harland-Dunaway / The Verge: |
An investigation into Tron founder and Poloniex investor Justin Sun, who according to an FBI subpoena is facing potential charges for wire fraud and more — Justin Sun, a budding Chinese cryptocurrency mogul, walked through the shiny lofted atrium of the departure terminal at South Korea's Incheon International Airport.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder lets US users access background checks via Garbo to screen matches for past violence and abuse; first two searches are free, then $2.50+ each afterward — Following last year's investment in the background-check nonprofit Garbo, Match Group today is rolling out Garbo-powered background checks to its flagship dating app Tinder.| Alissa Abrahami / Geektime: |
Israeli startup Lendai, whose AI tool helps foreign investors without a US credit history get financing for real estate, raises a $35M seed in equity and debt — Israel's Lendai raised $35 million in seed funding for its AI-based platform helping foreign investors get financing for their U.S. real estate
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| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
The SEC is considering a requirement that publicly traded companies disclose data breaches and other significant cybersecurity incidents within four days — Regulator offers rule that would mandate reporting of ransomware incidents and data breaches — WASHINGTON—Federal regulators …
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Sources describe how the US has bolstered Ukraine's cyber defenses with soldiers and cybersecurity experts, working with Ukraine years before Russia's attack — Months before the Russian invasion, a team of Americans fanned out across Ukraine looking for a very specific kind of threat.| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Orlando-based Stax, which offers flat-fee subscriptions for processing business payments, raises $245M from investors including Blue Star at a $1B+ valuation — Fintech's newest unicorn doesn't hail from San Francisco, London or Singapore. Instead, it's built a 10-figure valuation from central Florida.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Sony stops sales of PlayStation consoles and software in Russia and shuts its PlayStation Store following Ukraine vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov's request — - Sony's PlayStation unit says it has suspended all software and hardware shipments in Russia.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Play Store users in Russia will not be able to buy apps, games, IAPs, and subscriptions, in the coming days, due to a “payment system disruption” — Google today told Android app developers that Play Store users in Russia will soon no longer be able to purchase apps, games, IAPs, or subscriptions.Thanks:@technacity
| Michelle Ma / Protocol: |
In its Q4 earnings on Tuesday, Bumble said it is ceasing operations in Russia and leaving Russian and Belarusian app stores; Bumble stock closed up 41% on Wed. — Dating app Bumble is the latest to exit Russia as the war in Ukraine continues. — The company, which owns its eponymous app …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian game streaming service Loco raises a $42M Series A, bringing its total funding to ~$51M, sources say at a ~$145M valuation — Game streaming startup Loco said on Thursday it has raised $42 million as it looks to build, what it has told some investors, “Twitch for India.”
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
DeepMind details Ithaca, an AI model to help restore missing text from ancient Greek inscriptions and offer suggestions about where and when they were written — A ‘complementary tool’ to help historians unravel ancient text — Machine learning techniques are providing new tools …
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| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
JD.com reports Q4 revenue rose 23% YoY to $43.6B, above estimates, as its net loss reached $822M; JD's market cap has shrunk by ~40% to $97B over the past year — JD.com Inc. posted 23% growth in revenue, after China's second-largest e-commerce operator managed to grow users despite intensified competition and slowing consumption.
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Interviews with 30 people detail the rise and fall of Meta's Libra project, later renamed Diem, as lofty goals were undermined by Facebook's reputation — On June 24 2021, Jay Powell and Janet Yellen sat down for their weekly breakfast amid the austere surroundings of the US Treasury building on 1,500 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Q&A with Intel SVP and GM of Accelerated Computing Raja Koduri on Intel's Zettascale Initiative, zettascale architectural innovations, the metaverse, and more — We currently live in a sea of buzzwords. Whether that's something to catch the eye when scrolling through our news feed … Sponsor Posts
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