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| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase plans to reduce its headcount by ~18%, or ~1,100 people, “to ensure we stay healthy during this economic downturn” after the company “grew too quickly” — Earlier today, I shared the following note with all Coinbase employees. — Team,
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and Major League Soccer announce a 2023-2032 broadcasting deal for MLS games, available via an MLS streaming service in the Apple TV app or with Apple TV+ — Deal underscores iPhone maker's streaming ambitions and battle for sports programming — Apple Inc. AAPL 0.71%▲ …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple plans to refresh its entry-level iPad with a USB-C port instead of Lightning, an A14 chip, 5G, and an improved display, likely coming in 2022 — Earlier this year, 9to5Mac exclusively reported that Apple was working on a new generation iPad Air to have the M1 chip and 5G support …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Craig Federighi says Stage Manager is exclusive to M1 iPads because it leverages the M1's more powerful GPU, I/O in virtual memory, faster storage, and more RAM — SVP Craig Federighi on stretching Apple's iPad to fit new ways of working — Though the iPad was a huge hit from the beginning based … | José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Adobe begins testing a freemium version of Photoshop for the web in Canada to introduce more users to the app; some features will eventually be subscriber-only — For now, it's testing a freemium version in Canada — Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web … | WABetaInfo: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp users can securely transfer their chat history from Android to iOS while keeping e2ee, expanding on iOS to Android support — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — After announcing important changes for the Cloud API at the Conversations 2022 keynote …
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Spotify announces a Safety Advisory Council to provide non-binding third-party input on issues such as hate speech, disinformation, extremism, and online abuse — Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) on Monday announced it has formed a Safety Advisory Council to provide third-party input on issues … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Meta debuts new kid safety and parental supervision tools for Quest VR headsets and Instagram, including a parent education hub and more prompts to take breaks — Meta is introducing new parental supervision features for Quest virtual reality headsets and Instagram.
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| Bloomberg: |
Data shows Chinese orders for overseas-sourced chipmaking equipment rose 58% YoY in 2021, as some US chipmakers say Chinese firms are paying above-market prices — China's semiconductor industry is showing signs of flourishing even in the face of Biden administration efforts to counter its growth, raising alarm bells in Washington.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Germany's Bundeskartellamt regulator launches an antitrust investigation into whether Apple's ATT tracking rules and anti-tracking tech are self-preferencing — Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find a vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs that could let hackers steal encryption keys via a side channel attack on power management feature DVFS — Hertzbleed attack targets power-conservation feature found on virtually all modern CPUs. — Microprocessors from Intel, AMD … | Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Netflix, which has released 23 mobile games since November 2021, plans to double its games by the end of 2022 to have one “for every single one of our members” — Since launching its mobile games offering to members seven months ago, Netflix has released a total of 23 titles.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk will address Twitter employees and take questions at a company-wide virtual meeting on Thursday morning — Elon Musk will address Twitter Inc. employees at a company-wide meeting this week, the first time the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer will meet with employees since agreeing …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils a Voice Mode for Horizon Worlds, letting users garble voices from strangers, rolling out in the coming weeks, and launches Horizon Worlds in the UK — Meta might soon want everyone to hop into its playful virtual realms, but some users are set up for a shock.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Redfin says it's laying off 470 staff, about 8% of its workforce, and Compass is laying off ~10%, or ~450, as housing demand softens amid rising interest rates — Says Redfin CEO: 'I said we wouldn't lay people off unless we had to. We have to.' — The housing market has taken a huge hit …
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| Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal: |
Wonder, a food delivery app led by Marc Lore, raised $350M last month, sources say at a $3.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $900M in equity and debt — The New York-based company cooks hot meals from a network of neighborhood trucks and wants to expand its service area
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| Daniel Roberts / Decrypt: |
Celsius' CEL token fell 70% in one hour after the DeFi lender suspended all customer withdrawals, amid a broader crypto market crash — On Sunday night, with crypto markets already in freefall, controversial crypto lender Celsius announced it was suddenly pausing all customer withdrawals, swaps, and transfers.
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Playful Studios, the maker of Words With Friends, raised $46M to build Wildcard, a Web3 game combining collectible cards with battle arena real-time strategy — Playful Studios, the maker of Words With Friends and Lucky's Tale, unveiled a Web3 game and raised $46 million for its The Wildcard Alliance division.| Brenda Goh / Reuters: |
A Chinese regulator says automaker Geely plans to acquire a 79% stake in smartphone maker Meizu for an undisclosed amount and release a smartphone by 2023 — A venture run by the founder of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding (GEELY.UL) plans to acquire an 79% stake in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu … | Financial Times: |
Alibaba and Tencent are struggling to grow their cloud businesses after Beijing's tech crackdown and competition from politically favored Huawei and others — Chinese tech giants are struggling to grow their cloud businesses as Beijing favours state vendors| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Invoca, which uses AI to analyze contact center calls, has raised $83M led by Silver Lake Waterman at a $1.1B post-money valuation — Invoca, a platform that uses AI to analyze calls for marketing, sales, and customer agent training purposes, today closed an $83 million funding round that values the company at $1.1 billion post-money.| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia-based consumer payment service Flip announces a $55M Series B extension led by Tencent, bringing the round to $103M and its total raised to $120M — Flip, an Indonesia-based consumer payment platform, has closed a $55 million Series B extension round led by Tencent with participation from Block …
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