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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The Lapsus$ group releases ~37GB of alleged Microsoft source code, covering Bing, Cortana, and 250+ web or mobile projects; Microsoft says it is investigating — The Lapsus$ hacking group claims to have leaked the source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects stolen from Microsoft's internal Azure DevOps server.
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Crypto VC Katie Haun, who left a16z in 2021, raises $1.5B, the largest debut fund by a female VC yet, allotting $500M for early- and $1B for late-stage startups — - Crypto investor Katie Haun has raised $1.5 billion for her new firm after a surprise departure from Andreessen Horowitz last year.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces its next-gen Hopper GPU architecture, optimized for AI workloads, and the first graphics card to use it, Hopper H100, which has 80B transistors — After much speculation, Nvidia today at its March 2022 GTC event announced the Hopper GPU architecture, a line of graphics cards …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Okta is investigating reports of a breach after Lapsus$ group posted alleged internal system screenshots; CEO says they could be related to a January incident — Authentication services provider Okta Inc (OKTA.O) is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says 150K+ creators have downloaded Omniverse, up from ~100K in January, and makes the real-time collaborative design tool available in the cloud — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire — The funding values Yuga Labs at $4 billion — Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the biggest NFT brands on the market …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces new Podcasts Connect creator features, including follower counts, uploading MP3 files as subscriber-only audio, and custom subscription banners — Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app.| Associated Press: |
Report: Facebook approved eight paid ads submitted by rights group Global Witness containing hate speech and calls for violence against Myanmar's Rohingya — JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence … | Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Zoom launches Avatars, which lets users show up to meetings as Memoji-like animals, and plans to add new video filter avatar options in the future — Or a variety of other animals — Zoom will let you show up to your next meeting as a rabbit, fox, dog, or another type of animal …
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| Catie Keck / The Verge: |
Roku announces OS 11, rolling out in the coming weeks with custom screensavers, a curated “what to watch” hub, and voice-enabled keyboards in more languages — Hello there, customizable Photo Streams — Roku device owners will soon have a whole host of new personalization features …
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Upshot, which provides NFT appraisals after launching in 2019 as an insurance-focused prediction tool, raises a $22M Series A2 led by Polychain Capital — The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT. — Upshot, a protocol that provides non-fungible token (NFT) appraisals …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Alphabet plans to spin off quantum tech group Sandbox and its 55 employees, led by founder and CEO Jack Hidary; investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt — - Sandbox, Alphabet's quantum technology group, is spinning off into an independent company. — It will be led by CEO Jack Hidary.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Valve releases an alpha version of Steam for Chrome OS, available on select recent high-end Chromebooks, after Google announced the effort in January 2020 — It'll even support Proton — Google says that an alpha version of Steam is finally available for Chrome OS users with specific machines to test …
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| Steven Melendez / Fast Company: |
Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan is departing at the end of March after three years, to spend more time with his family; COO Sean Leow will serve as interim CEO — Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan will be departing the Brooklyn-based crowdfunding company at the end of March, the company announced Tuesday.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram plans to let all US users, not just creators, tag Shopping products in the coming months, and says 1.6M users tag at least one brand per week — Instagram is expanding product tagging to everyone in the United States over the next few months, the company announced on Tuesday.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Data science collaboration service Hex raises a $52M Series B with investors including a16z, Snowflake, Databricks, Redpoint Ventures, and Amplify Partners — Hex has been moving briskly along its startup evolutionary path with its data science collaboration platform growing at a rapid pace …
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