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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Ukrainian officials say they stopped an attack on an energy facility with help from ESET and Microsoft, and identified a new variant of the Industroyer malware — Ukrainian officials said they stopped an attack on an energy facility with the help of researchers from ESET and Microsoft.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has delayed adding a blood pressure monitor to Apple Watch until 2024, possibly 2025, after difficulties with accuracy during testing — Apple Inc.'s plan to add a highly anticipated blood-pressure monitor to its smartwatch has hit some snags and the technology isn't expected …
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MacRumors, Tom's Guide, iClarified, BGR, iThinkDifferent, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, SlashGear, PCMag, XDA Developers, iMore, AppleTrack, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, PhoneArena, iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie, Macworld, The Shortcut, AppleInsider, The Verge, iMore, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iMore, 9to5Mac, and MacRumors
Tweets: @vadimyuryev, @business, @markgurman, @ivanthek, and @stevekovach
| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius, recently valued at ~$3B, says only accredited US investors will be able to add new assets and earn rewards starting April 15 — In the US, only accredited investors, and those with coins already in the Earn platform, will be able to earn rewards.
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Tweets: @ctolarsson, @haileylennonbtc, and @cryptowendyo
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list — DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave. — When Google launched Chrome back in 2008, it changed the web overnight.
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Spread Privacy, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Neowin, Macworld, Engadget, TechSpot, Computerworld, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechCrunch, SlashGear, iClarified, The Verge, Digital Trends, Protocol, BetaNews, iMore, Fossbytes, and Broadband TV News
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @jeremiahg, @beahbl, @alexhern, @byunfinished, @wired, and @mattburgess1
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of a16z VC Chris Dixon, who made early bets on crypto startups like Coinbase; sources: a16z plans to fold its crypto funds back into its central funds — The Andreessen Horowitz partner is the new no. 1 on Forbes' 21st annual Midas List of top venture investors, thanks to savvy bets on tokens …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: two weeks after the launch of CNN+, the premium streaming service has garnered under 10K DAUs, amid reports that CNN has spent ~$300M on the effort — - Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said.
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| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is sentenced to 5+ years in prison and fined $100K for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions — Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.| New York Times: |
Many tech companies, eager to please employees returning to offices, are providing perks like concerts with pop stars, food trucks, and “appreciation events” — Tech companies really want their employees to be happy — or at least less annoyed — about returning.
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @kocienda, @kocienda, @kocienda, @kocienda, @kocienda, @business, @kevinhoctor, @madelinecuddihy, @rmac18, @karlbode, @taylorlorenz, @gregbensinger, @taylorlorenz, @chipgoines, @jordanzakarin, @tminsberg, @karlbode, @dannygroner, and @taylorlorenz
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Court docs: T-Mobile paid hackers ~$200K via a third party to stop an ongoing leak of stolen data on 30M customers, but the hackers kept selling it regardless — After hackers targeted T-Mobile in August, T-Mobile hired a third-party firm that went undercover and bought exclusive access to the data.
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National Crime Agency, Engadget, TmoNews, and Security Boulevard
Tweets: @motherboard, @nca_uk, and @jason_koebler
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is rolling out Effect House, which lets creators make AR effects that others can use in videos, to all users after a closed beta test last fall — Last August, TechCrunch noted TikTok was working to build its own augmented reality (AR) development platform called Effect House …
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TikTok, Protocol, Digital Trends, The Verge, Social Media Today, afrotech.com, Android Headlines, Engadget, The Information, Neowin, iMore, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @tomemrich
| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
Circle, which maintains the USDC stablecoin, raises $400M from BlackRock, Fidelity, and others, after raising $440M in May 2021 — BlackRock and Fidelity headlined the stablecoin issuer's latest funding round, which follows a $440 million raise from last May.
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PR Newswire, Circle, Bloomberg, The Block, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoPotato, Crypto Briefing, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Ethereum World News, Blockworks, TechCrunch, FinSMEs, CoinGape, Axios, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @jerallaire, @yueqi_yang, @jerallaire, @apompliano, and @mayazi
| Bloomberg: |
KKR agrees to buy Barracuda, which helps companies manage and protect cloud data, from Thoma Bravo; sources: the deal values Barracuda at ~$3.8B including debt — KKR & Co. has agreed to to acquire cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. from Thoma Bravo.| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
RaidForums, used by Lapsus$, Babuk, and other extortion gangs, is seized in a US-led international operation; Europol says the hacking forum had 500K+ users — The RaidForums hacker forum, used mainly for trading and selling stolen databases, has been shut down and its domain seized …
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Register, Flashpoint, File411's Newsletter, Ars Technica, and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @joetidy, @campuscodi, and @fbi
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates iMovie for iOS and iPadOS with Magic Movie, for automatic movie creation from clips and photos, and storyboards for a template-guided approach — Apple is releasing an iMovie update today for iOS and iPadOS. iMovie 3.0 introduces two new major features — storyboards and Magic Movie.
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MacRumors, Apple, Thurrott, App Store, XDA Developers, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, appadvice.com, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar, Apple Must, Macworld, Redmond Pie, PetaPixel, AppleInsider, Engadget, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, 9to5Mac, iMore, and The Verge
Tweets: @macworld, @jgamet, @stroughtonsmith, @wholemarsblog, @chinanderm, @chrismessina, and @reneritchie
| Nikkei Asia: |
Major iPhone manufacturer Pegatron, Mac manufacturer Quanta, and iPad maker Compal suspend factory operations near Shanghai amid strict COVID-19 measures — TAIPEI — Three key Apple suppliers have suspended production in and near Shanghai as strict COVID-19 lockdown measures show signs …
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CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Al Jazeera, The Verge, Bloomberg, MacDailyNews, TechSpot, Digital Trends, XDA Developers, iPhone in Canada Blog, South China Morning Post, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, PCMag, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @mingchikuo, @vadimyuryev, @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, @mingchikuo, and @chengtingfang
| Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: |
Diligent Robotics, which develops a robot called Moxi to help hospital staff with routine, not-patient-facing tasks, closes a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Moxi performs delivery tasks in hospitals, like bringing supplies, delivering lab samples and distributing personal protective equipment.
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PR Newswire and TechCrunch
| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
NFT and metaverse content creation company Infinite Reality announces an all-stock deal worth $470M to acquire esports company ReKTGlobal — ReKT is known for its ownership of the successful esports teams Team Rogue and the London Royal Ravens. — Metaverse company Infinite Reality … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify rebrands companion app Spotify Greenroom as Spotify Live and integrates its live audio capabilities in the main app minus the interactive features — As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app …
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Spotify, Engadget, iMore, Android Headlines, Neowin, 9to5Mac, Variety, Android Police, XDA Developers, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Verge
Tweets: @spotifynews and @chrismessina
| New York Times: |
NFT avatar startup Genies raises $150M led by Silver Lake at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $250M — Silver Lake is leading a $150 million funding round for Genies, an avatar technology company that provides digital tools to create and sell online characters, clothes …
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Billboard, PR Newswire, CoinDesk, The Block, Cointelegraph, CryptoPotato, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, dot.LA, TechCrunch, and Blockworks
| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
Data.ai: TikTok users spent $847M on in-app payments from January through March, up 184% YoY, a record for an app; TikTok had 1.6B MAUs at the end of March — Dubbing Russia's invasion of Ukraine “the first TikTok war” is by now a cliché, but we still have very little insight … | Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk is facing a proposed shareholder class action that alleges Musk's delayed SEC filings disclosing his stake kept Twitter's share price artificially low — Elon Musk was sued by a Twitter Inc. shareholder who claims the Tesla Inc. CEO's delay in disclosing his ownership of more than 5% …
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Associated Press, Reuters, The Guardian, Benzinga, Protocol, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Forbes, NBC News, Engadget, Politico, Insider, US District Court Southern District of New York, and Axios. Tweets: @counternotions
| Jill R Shah / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Meta spent $26.8M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021, up 6% from 2020, far above other execs, such as Sundar Pichai ($4.3M) and Jeff Bezos ($1.6M) — The cost of keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe keeps going up for Meta Platforms Inc., far outstripping what similar technology companies with high-profile executives are spending.| Eric Migicovsky: |
On the 10th anniversary of smart watch maker Pebble's Kickstarter launch, its founder says Pebble failed as it tried to expand beyond a hacker user base — I've been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never published it.Sponsor Posts
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