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Sources: Meta has drawn up plans to add “social tokens”, lending services, and a non-blockchain virtual currency that employees dubbed “Zuck Bucks” to its apps — Meta has drawn up plans to introduce virtual coins, tokens and lending services to its apps …
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
OpenSea adds Solana NFT trading support in beta; a marketplace search shows 865K NFTs minted on Solana — At long last, Solana support is finally live on OpenSea—in beta mode. — In brief — Solana NFTs have been added to OpenSea, the largest overall NFT marketplace.
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OpenSea, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, and The Block
Tweets: @opensea, @infinatecrypto, @opensea, and @loopifyyy
| Alyse Stanley / Washington Post: |
Epic Games and Lego form a long-term partnership to “shape the future of the metaverse” by building a safe place for children to play but offer few details — Epic Games has already outlined ambitious plans for the metaverse and Thursday the “Fortnite” maker announced it intends to build part of it with Legos.
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Tweets: @epicnewsroom, @raffers, and @lego_group
| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
One-click checkout service Bolt acquires crypto payments startup Wyre, sources say for around $1.5B — Deal extends crypto's hot M&A market following record deal activity in 2021 — Bolt Financial Inc., a payments-focused financial technology company, is acquiring crypto-services startup …
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CoinDesk, PR Newswire, The Block, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Coinspeaker, Crypto Executive Guide, and Reuters
Tweets: @bolt, @pt, @bigbrutha_, @timigod, @carnage4life, and @mayazi
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase adds support for the popular UPI payment method in India, making the cryptocurrency exchange functional in the country for the first time — Coinbase is adding support for the popular UPI payment instrument in India, making its eponymous cryptocurrency exchange functional …
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The Coinbase Blog, CoinDesk, The Economic Times, CoinGape, Micky, Coinspeaker, Inc42 Media, Bloomberg, and CoinDesk
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors focused on Ukraine, including attempts to hack Ukrainian military personnel — Facebook said Thursday it disrupted several covert influence operations targeting Ukrainians, as the company has intensified its fight …
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CNN, Meta, Bloomberg, Associated Press, CNET, Engadget, The Verge, CBS News, and New York Times
Tweets: @andymstone, @albertonardelli, @benimmo, @corintxt, @nicolesganga, @andymstone, @jeffstone500, and @kateconger
| Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch: |
Blockchain audit service CertiK raises an $88M Series B3 led by Insight, Tiger Global and Advent at a $2B valuation, bringing its total funding to $230M — CertiK, a Web3 and blockchain security company, has raised $88 million in its latest round, bringing its valuation to $2 billion.| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
How Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis, and others are pushing women to invest in NFTs, which critics see as a form of self-serving feminism centered on white women — Gwyneth Paltrow and Mila Kunis joined a Zoom in January to encourage 5,000 women in the audience to break into the male-dominated world of crypto.
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| Song Jung-a / Financial Times: |
Samsung expects Q1 operating profit to rise 50% YoY to $11.6B, the highest since 2018, and revenue to rise 18% YoY to $63B on strong smartphone and chip sales — South Korean group's strong sales undercut by performance concerns against rivals Apple and TSMC| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to hide and block Play Store apps that don't target an Android API within two years of the latest major Android release, starting on November 1 — Google is preparing to clear its Play Store of outdated apps. The company warned Android app developers that starting on November 1 …
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Thurrott, Android Police, Engadget, Android Developers Blog, The Verge, The Register, TechCircle, Wccftech, Android Central, MediaNama, 9to5Google, International Business Times, SlashGear, The Economic Times, Phandroid, Android Authority, and Liliputing
Tweets: @tychotithonus, @campuscodi, @artemr, @alexhern, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces “multisearch” for Lens, letting users ask questions about photos and screenshots, available in beta in the US on iOS and Android — One of the most interesting announcements at Google's Search-focused keynote in September was a big upgrade to Lens that lets you take a photo and ask questions about it.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based consumer electronics rental service Grover raises a $110M Series C in equity led by Energy Impact Partners and $220M in debt at a $1B+ valuation — A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it.
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Berkshire Hathaway discloses that it has purchased ~121M shares of HP Inc, worth ~$4.2B, for an 11.4% stake; HP's stock rises 11%+ — Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) disclosed on Wednesday that it has purchased nearly 121 million shares of HP Inc (HPQ.N), the latest in a series of large investments …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Nord Security, the Lithuania-based startup behind NordVPN, raises $100M, its first ever funding, at a $1.6B valuation led by Novator Ventures — VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations …
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EU-Startups, ArcticStartup, The Economic Times, Silicon Canals, cybernews.com, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, and Tech.eu
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC is investigating how Amazon disclosed its use of third-party seller data for its business; source: the probe has been under way for over a year — Tech giant's use of third-party sellers' data is a focus of regulator's probe, a person familiar with the matter says| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
JD's Richard Liu steps down as CEO, joining other Chinese tech tycoons who have exited top roles amid China's tech crackdown; President Xu Lei will take over — JD.com Inc.'s billionaire founder Richard Liu has stepped down as chief executive officer of China's No. 2 online retailer …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: online fast fashion retailer Shein raised between $1B and $2B in a round closed last week, valuing it at $100B; Shein was valued at ~$15B in 2020 — China-based fast-fashion seller now worth more than H&M and Zara combined — Fast-fashion retailer Shein was valued at $100 billion … | Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Fetch Rewards, which offers rewards to customers who submit receipts of purchases from 600+ partners, raises $240M led by Hamilton Lane at a $2.5B valuation — Fetch Rewards, a shopping rewards app backed by SoftBank Group Group's (9984.T) Vision Fund 2, has raised $240 million in a funding round …
| New York Times: |
Biden appears to show support for Amazon workers who unionized in Staten Island, saying in a speech: “By the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch” — “By the way, Amazon, here we come. Watch,” the president said. But the White House quickly said his remarks did not mean the government would get formally involved.| Rebecca Torrence / Fierce Healthcare: |
IntelyCare, whose app matches nurses with open shifts at post-acute care settings, raises a $115M Series C at a $1.1B valuation led by Janus Henderson Investors — Nurse staffing platform IntelyCare is now valued at $1.1 billion after landing $115 million in series C funding.
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| The Economic Times: |
Sources: Indian online learning startup Unacademy laid off around 1,000 employees to cut costs; Unacademy was valued at $3.4B when it raised $440M in 2021 — Bengaluru: Edtech startup Unacademy has laid off around 1,000 employees, including on-roll and contractual staff, in the past few weeks …
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Entrackr and Tech in Asia
| Audrey An / The Keyword: |
Google will roll out Privacy Guide, a guided tour of privacy and security settings in Chrome, to all desktop users on version 100 or above in the coming weeks — Product Manager, Chrome at Google Safety Engineering Center Munich — Your browser plays a big role in your online experience — including protecting your privacy.
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BetaNews, Neowin, 9to5Google, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @liliputingnews and @mattbrittin
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
New data-sharing proposals in Europe push for the expansion of facial recognition and to allow police forces across the EU to link their photo databases — Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people's faces.
Tweets: @wiredscience, @mattburgess1, @ellajakubowska1, @cttargeted, and @sakripol
| Washington Post: |
Apple restores the “Smart Voting” app run by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's supporters in Russia; Apple removed the app after the Kremlin threatened its execs — Apple has resumed allowing Russians to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, and iMore
Tweets: @dazeend and @davedrolet
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian conglomerate Tata Group rolls out Tata Neu, a “super app” combining at least seven services associated with Tata, competing with Jio Platforms and Amazon — The 154-year-old Indian giant, valued at $103 billion, operates 29 listed companies across nearly a dozen sectors including retail, travel to automobiles
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The Economic Times, The Economic Times, Livemint, and Business Standard
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Blockchain gaming startup Improbable raises $150M to expand M², which aims to help virtual worlds connect, led by a16z and Vision Fund 2 at a $1B valuation — One of the most lavishly funded European video game startups of recent years, Improbable Worlds Ltd., said it can bridge … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
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