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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
One-click checkout service Bolt acquires crypto payments startup Wyre, sources say for around $1.5B, which would make it the largest non-SPAC crypto merger yet — Deal extends crypto's hot M&A market following record deal activity in 2021 — Bolt Financial Inc., a payments-focused financial …
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PR Newswire, Crunchbase News, CoinDesk, Finextra, The Block, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, Reuters, Coinspeaker, and Crypto Executive Guide
Tweets: @bolt, @austinj, @oduneweniyi, @brunoswerneck, @henrylmcnamara, @timigod, @bigbrutha_, @carnage4life, @mayazi, and @pt
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase adds support for the popular UPI payment method in India, making the cryptocurrency exchange functional in the world's second-largest internet market — 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, Cryptopolitan, Coinspeaker, Bloomberg, Inc42 Media, Micky, CoinDesk, and ZyCrypto
| 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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| 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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Epic Games, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, Bloomberg, Forbes, Game Developer, Marketing Dive, SlashGear, PC Gamer, Wccftech, TrueAchievements, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, VentureBeat, Variety, Axios, TheGamer, Polygon, Digital Trends, GameSpot, Kotaku, Pocket-lint, Video Games Chronicle, and Gamereactor UK
Tweets: @epicnewsroom, @ldignan, @thedextriarchy, @raffers, and @lego_group
| CoinDesk: |
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen gives her first speech on digital assets, saying a central bank digital currency would require years of development and more — The U.S. official addressed CBDCs, stablecoins and regulations. — A digital dollar could become a “trusted money comparable to physical cash …
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Tweets: @samjsutton, @cz_binance, @robblackwellab, @robblackwellab, @robblackwellab, @ustreasury, and @joonian
| 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, web3lunch, CryptoSlate, CryptoPotato, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, and The Block
Tweets: @opensea, @infinatecrypto, @opensea, and @loopifyyy
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
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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The Verge, Ars Technica, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, Protocol, Input, Engadget, TNW, Fortune, The Guardian, Decrypt, PC Gamer, iPhone in Canada Blog, CryptoPotato, U-Studio's Newsletter, Finextra, Insider, Reuters, CoinGape, Mashable, MSPoweruser, ExchangeWire.com, Silicon Republic, KnowTechie, TechCircle, Cryptonews, Ethereum World News, Winvesta Crisps, City A.M., Crypto Briefing, The Context, Micky, Coinspeaker, TechRadar, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, TheStreet, Slashdot, CoinDesk, Telegraph, and Social Media Today
| 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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Side Chat With Stephanie. Tweets: @heatherkelly, @nitashatiku, @cryptostacys, @sm, @katienotopoulos, @laurawags, @adriyoung, @sarahnemerson, @laurawags, and @helenbrosnan
| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Meta disrupts several covert influence operations against Ukraine by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors, including attempts to hack Ukrainian military personnel — Facebook said Thursday it disrupted several covert influence operations targeting Ukrainians, as the company has intensified …
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CNN, Meta, Engadget, PCMag, Bloomberg, Associated Press, New York Times, SecurityWeek, CNET, The Verge, and CBS News
| 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.| 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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CNBC, Finbold, The Register, Protocol, WRAL TechWire, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, Benzinga, Angeline's Thoughts, and Financial Times
Tweets: @jesserpound, @fmanjoo, @rationalwalk, @kendallbaker, @stevekovach, @tuviae, @jyarow, @mgsiegler, and @jordannovet
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Activision Blizzard will make all of its 1,100 temporary and contingent QA workers full-time employees starting July 1 and will raise minimum hourly rate to $20 — Nearly 1,100 temp game testers are getting full-time jobs with benefits — Activision Blizzard has just announced …
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Game Developer, Windows Central, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, and IGN
Tweets: @adashtra and @jaypeters
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
OpenPhone, which provides SMBs with a business phone line through its mobile app, raises a $40M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $56M — Pam answering the phone at Dunder Mifflin become one of the most iconic refrains of life at The Office, and it's really no wonder that it did …
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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
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| 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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Macworld, PCWorld, The Verge, Neowin, BetaNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Liliputing, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @liliputingnews and @mattbrittin
| 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, Business Standard, and Livemint
| 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 …
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Input, Axios, Bloomberg, Morning Brew, and PingWest
Tweets: @buccocapital, @gavinsbaker, @jchengwsj, and @jchengwsj
| 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.
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TechRadar and Newslit Daily
Tweets: @nixxin, @wiredscience, @mattburgess1, @ellajakubowska1, @cttargeted, and @sakripol
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Mexico City-based online-only supermarket Jüsto raises a $152M Series B led by General Atlantic, after raising a $65M Series A in February 2021 — Jüsto, the Mexico City-based online grocer, continues to run on all cylinders with a goal of saturating the Latin American market.
Tweets: @christinemhall
| 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 …
| 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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Bloomberg, Forbes, AltFi, PYMNTS.com, Crunchbase News, Silicon Canals, Tech.eu, Sifted, and EU-Startups
| The Economic Times: |
Sources: Indian online learning startup Unacademy laid off around 1,000 employees to cut costs; Unacademy last raised $440M in August 2021 at a $3.4B valuation — Bengaluru: Edtech startup Unacademy has laid off around 1,000 employees, including on-roll and contractual staff, in the past few weeks … | Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Mandiant and CrowdStrike partner to help customers investigate and mitigate threats; Mandiant will begin deploying CrowdStrike's tools — Two of the most prominent U.S. cybersecurity companies have struck a deal to work more closely together, extending a trend of cooperation among companies … | 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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hitconsultant.net, FinSMEs, MobiHealthNews, and PitchBook
| 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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HotHardware.com News, GamesIndustry.biz, Thurrott, Developer Tech News, Android Police, Android Developers Blog, Pocketnow, Android Central, Engadget, MSPoweruser, TechCircle, The Register, The Verge, Android Headlines, MediaNama, The Economic Times, International Business Times, SlashGear, Phandroid, and Android Authority
Tweets: @mishaalrahman, @campuscodi, @googleplaybiz, @tychotithonus, @artemr, @alexhern, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman
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