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Kuo: Sony will begin mass producing its PSVR 2 headset in H2 2022 ahead of a possible launch in Q1 2023, depending on the state of flagship game titles — A prominent supply chain analyst claims PSVR 2 mass production will begin in the second half of this year.
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| Gary Silverman / Financial Times: |
At a CFTC meeting, agricultural groups criticized FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's plan for automated risk management and 24/7 trading in leveraged futures markets — Agricultural groups criticise FTX plan for round-the-clock risk management in leveraged futures market
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| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
A profile of Paramount three years into its streaming shift, an underdog choosing to continue alone as Netflix and Disney dominate and other streamers cut deals — The dominance of Netflix and Disney in streaming has forced many companies to join forces. So far, Paramount has gone its own way.| Cat Zhang / Pitchfork: |
How musicians like Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo use Discord: artists share ideas, host parties, and engage with fans, who help with moderation and other tasks — Originally launched as a messaging app for gamers, the platform has become an intimate place for artists and fans to connect and build community.| Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg: |
A federal judge rules IBM must pay $1.6B to BMC for swapping to its own software while servicing a mutual client, AT&T, violating a deal between IBM and BMC — International Business Machines Corp. must pay $1.6 billion to BMC Software Inc. for swapping in its own software while servicing … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Affirm partners with Stripe to bring BNPL services to businesses that use Stripe, following Affirm's recent partnerships with Shopify, WooCommerce, and others — Two fintech giants are partnering up. — Affirm is making its buy now, pay later technology available to businesses who use Stripe's payments tech.| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Research: the value of VC deals in China fell 44% YoY to $24.7B in the first four months of 2022, which is nearly four times the pace of the global slide — China, once the primary rival to Silicon Valley's technology success, is now leading the global decline in venture capital investments.| Jason Mikula / Fintech Business Weekly: |
Filings for Q1 2022: Varo, the first US neobank to be granted a bank charter, had a high $84M burn rate and 98% of its income came from interchange and fees — What the Regulators Should (and Shouldn't) Do to Encourage Competition — Hey all, Jason here. Happy Memorial Day, for my American readers!
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| Kim Jaewon / Nikkei Asia: |
Samsung Electronics says Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger to discuss collaborating on semiconductors — SEOUL — Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has met with Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger to discuss how to work together … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Vendia, a blockchain-based multi-cloud enterprise data sharing service, raises a $30M Series B led by NewView Capital, bringing its total funding to $50M — Vendia, a blockchain-based platform that makes it easier for businesses to share their code and data with partners across applications …
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
BlockSec: a buggy smart contract on Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks using synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months — Quick Take — The exploit was accidentally discovered by a Terra community member last week. — It has been confirmed by security analysts BlockSec.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Israel-based Seemplicity, which simplifies enterprise security threat monitoring, raises a $26M Series A and $6M seed — Cybersecurity continues to grow in complexity due to the ever-increasing threat landscape — more services in the cloud, more digital operations and more devices mean …
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