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| Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
Meta's plan to take up to a 47.5% cut of each virtual transaction on Horizon Worlds draws criticism from NFT proponents; OpenSea takes a 2.5% cut — Meta, previously known as Facebook, is figuring out how to monetize the metaverse. … It's been nearly six months since the company formerly known …
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CNBC, MacRumors, Platformer, Insider, Road to VR, HotHardware.com News, New York Times, Reuters, Protocol, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Fortune, and DappRadar Blog
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Meta plans two AR glasses for 2024, one codenamed Nazare, independent from phones with holograms to interact, and another cheap set codenamed Hypernova — Mark Zuckerberg has a grandiose vision for the metaverse, and he hopes that you'll one day see the same thing, too …
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Tweets: @firstadopter, @disappoptimism, @starfire2258, @alexhcranz, @alexeheath, @jerrycap, @prvncher, @firstadopter, @ballmatthew, @yoda, @pranavdixit, @jake_k, @alexeheath, @ldrogen, @mdudas, and @alexeheath
| Stacy Elliott / Decrypt: |
An anonymous crypto trader seems to have bought $400K of tokens that were later listed on Coinbase, before the list was public; the tokens are now worth $572K+ — An Ethereum wallet went on a token shopping spree, focusing entirely on assets Coinbase later revealed it is considering listing.
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@cobie. More:
The Coinbase Blog, Coinmonks, CryptoSlate, The Daily Hodl, and Vault
Tweets: @darth, @friscojosh, @newsycombinator, @blockanalia, @silvermanjacob, @somospostpc, @blockanalia, @digitalassetbuy, @silvermanjacob, and @yoda
| Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: |
An Atlassian outage that began on April 4 left ~400 companies without access to Atlassian Cloud services for many days, and only 45% have since regained access — Hundreds of companies have no access to JIRA, Confluence and OpsGenie. What can engineering teams learn from the poor handling of this outage?
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Atlassian Engineering, The New Stack, ZDNet, and iTnews
Tweets: @atlassian, @cynicalsecurity, @vxunderground, @vickyharp, @jeanqasaur, @jgarzik, @itsaveragejoe_, @jsensarma, @trumpery45, @brownteaming, @msuriar, @film_girl, @product_blinch, @sjvn, @caseynewton, @gergelyorosz, @savan_nahar68, @gergelyorosz, @atlassian, @atlassian, @atlassian, @atlassian, @gergelyorosz, and @carnage4life
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google quietly launches its Switch to Android app for iOS as an unlisted app — Google is preparing to launch a brand new way to move from Apple's iPhones to an Android device. Here's your first look at Google's “Switch to Android” app running on an iPhone.
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App Store, TechCrunch, Protocol, The Verge, Macworld, XDA Developers, Android Authority, MacRumors, BigTechWire, and iClarified
| Lesley Goldberg / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Amazon will rebrand IMDb TV as Freevee starting April 27 and plans to grow its slate of originals by 70% in 2022 — The ad-supported streamer, home to ‘Alex Rider’ and a growing slate of original series and movies, will change its name starting April 27. — Amazon-backed IMDb TV is being rebranded.
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Tweets: @sub8u, @willmckinley, @loudmouthjulia, @harrymccracken, @jesseltaylor, @tcarmody, @kerrymflynn, @loislane79, @elanazak, @sepinwall, @wyattduncan, @blowryontv, @joeotterson, @jessicasara, @fellawhomstdve, @markdistef, @edzitron, @philnobilejr, @televisionaryzw, @dylanljmartin, @kslane, and @mgsiegler
| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
Google says it will invest $9.5B across 2022 to build US offices and data centers, with plans to create 12,000 jobs, up from the $7B announced in 2021 — Google said it will invest $9.5 billion in offices and data centers in the U.S. over 2022., putting money behind its bid to get more workers back in its buildings.
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Tweets: @pkafka, @sundarpichai, and @thomasortk
| Rebecca Jennings / Vox: |
A look at the burgeoning cottage industry devoted to teaching children and teens about Web3, including Crypto Kids Camp, which operates a $500 weeklong camp — Today's parents must ask the age-old question: When's the right time to teach my 5-year-old about NFTs?
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Digital Threat Digest. Tweets: @rebexxxxa, @josh_wills, @jilliancyork, @smdiehl, @ahcastor, @evan_greer, @adamsinger, @kellymakena, and @rebexxxxa
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Research details the impact of TikTok's decision to block outside content from appearing to Russian users while allowing state propaganda — Last month, as many tech companies sided with Ukraine over Russia's invasion, TikTok appeared to follow suit by suspending new video uploads and live streams from Russia.
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Exposed. More:
TechCrunch and Al Jazeera
Tweets: @willoremus, @willoremus, @accessnow, @trackingexposed, @klonick, @willoremus, and @drewharwell
| 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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The Verge, WeLiveSecurity, New York Times, Tech Monitor, Reuters, BBC, CSO, HackRead, Dark Reading, The Hacker News, Security Boulevard, Highload.today, cybernews.com, Daily Cyber Digest, CNBC, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @dsszzi, @wired, @davemaasland, @gadgetlab, @nicoleperlroth, @cisajen, and @hatr
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A look at Jack Dorsey's life after Twitter, as 30+ people who have worked with him say his “favorite child” is promoting bitcoin, not working at Block — As he walked onstage at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Jack Dorsey was still technically the chief executive officer …
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Angeline's Thoughts. Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @crypto, @bponsot, @bw, @documentingbtc, @bw, @chafkin, and @apompliano
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
TikTok is testing a way for users to dislike comments to help users “feel more in control” of what they see; dislike counts will be hidden — TikTok is testing a way for users to “dislike” comments in an effort to help people “feel more in control” over what they are seeing.
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| JD Shadel / Them: |
Analysis of Google search results for 50+ trans celebrities shows transphobic suggestions, such as “before surgery” or “as a guy”; Google says it fixed an issue — When the world has a question, we Google it. Processing more than three billion searches a day … | Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases over 100 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities, for Windows, Office, Edge, Dynamics, Hyper-V, and other software — Microsoft has dealt with zero-day bugs in the firm's customary monthly batch of security fixes.
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Microsoft Security Response Center. More:
Krebs on Security, HotHardware.com News, Zero Day Initiative, iPhone in Canada Blog, Malwarebytes Labs, ComputerWeekly.com, and The Register. Tweets: @thezdi
| 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.
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Wall Street Journal, U.S. Department of Justice, The Daily Beast, Best DeFi Coins To Buy …, CryptoSlate, BleepingComputer, Newser, Silicon Republic, Cryptopolitan, PC Gamer, Neowin, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, Micky, Infosecurity, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, Bitcoinist.com, PYMNTS.com, CryptoPotato, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @matthew_d_green, @bvangrack, @richardhanania, @rgcooke, @el33th4xor, and @shanvav
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
OpenAI's DALL-E 2 and other AI models' ability to generate new content at zero marginal cost has major implications for the metaverse, social networks, and more — Last week OpenAI released DALL-E 2, which produces (or edits) images based on textual prompts; this Twitter thread from @BecomingCritter …
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LessWrong, VICE, and Marketing BS …
Tweets: @stratechery, @martinsfp, @matthausk, @mwpen, and @johnlmacfarlane
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
MoonPay, which lets users buy crypto and NFTs with credit cards, announces Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, and other celebs invested $86.7M at a $3.4B valuation — First, they bought NFTs with MoonPay — then they bought MoonPay — MoonPay, the company that lets consumers pay for digital assets …
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Reuters, Gizmodo, CNBC, Finextra, GlobeNewswire News Room, Bloomberg, Coinspeaker, CryptoPotato, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @lhm1, @jordanuhl, and @wublockchain
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify's podcasting boss Courtney Holt, who brought on Joe Rogan, Harry and Meghan, the Obamas, and others, is leaving after almost five years — The architect of Spotify Technology SA's podcasting strategy, including the signing of controversial commentator Joe Rogan … | 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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Reuters, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Associated Press, The Guardian, Protocol, US District Court Southern District of New York, WinBuzzer, MobileSyrup, Finbold, Fossbytes, TechSpot, GlobeNewswire News Room, Digital Trends, New York Post, Variety, Mashable, Politico, NBC News, International Business Times, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @timobrien, @sarahfrier, and @counternotions
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's payments body approves WhatsApp's plan to extend its payments service to 60M additional users in India, allowing WhatsApp Pay to reach up to 100M total — The National Payments Corporation of India, the payments body that oversees the widely popular UPI instrument …
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The Economic Times, Reuters, and TechCircle
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
In two weeks, Amazon will add a ~5% fuel and inflation surcharge to US sellers using its fulfillment services, says it is lower than surcharges at UPS and FedEx — - Amazon said Wednesday it's adding a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge to U.S. sellers who use its fulfillment services.Sponsor Posts
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