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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.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Studio Display's A13 Bionic chip, the same SoC that powers the iPhone 11, lets Apple add Center Stage, Spatial Audio, and “Hey Siri” to a desktop monitor — The A13 Bionic makes the most of the built-in webcam and speakers — Apple's $1,599 Studio Display will be available on March 18th …
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| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
A deep dive into Apple's M1 Ultra: two M1 Max dies combined into a single chip, 800GB/second memory bandwidth, 64 GPU cores to outperform the RTX 3090, and more — As part of Apple's spring “Peek Performance” product event this morning, Apple unveiled the fourth and final member of the M1 family of Apple Silicon SoCs, the M1 Ultra.
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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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| Stephen Totilo / Axios: |
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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| 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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| Financial Times: |
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.| 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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| Christopher Harland-Dunaway / The Verge: |
An investigation into Tron founder and Poloniex investor Justin Sun, who according to a 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.| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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
| 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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| 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 … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Twitter begins rolling out Twitter Shops in beta, letting select US merchants and partners add a virtual storefront with up to 50 items to their profiles on iOS — Currently only rolling out for select businesses on iOS — Twitter is rolling out a new shopping beta today: Twitter Shops …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Alice&Bob, which is building fault-tolerant quantum processors, raises a €27M Series A co-led by Elaia, Bpifrance, and Supernova Invest — Quantum computing has been something of a holy grail in the world of technology: in theory, it promises an unprecedented amount … Sponsor Posts
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