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Hands-on with the Pixel 7 Pro's Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared to the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max — Google is trying to make its phone cameras more inclusive. We put it to the test against its rivals.| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the longest tech boom so far, including crypto's rise and fall, VR falling short of its hype, the marketplace economy's growth, pizza robots, and more — From pizza robots to the crypto meltdown, the long bubble has shown us the hilarious, the regrettable, and the unexpectedly triumphant
Tweets: @wsj
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
A look at what 2023 may bring for crypto regulation in the US and globally, as bankruptcies stretch into the new year, attracting lawmakers and criminal probes — CoinDesk's policy team predicts the issues and topics that may take center stage over the next 12 months.
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| Matthew Smith / Wired: |
A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win — The next generation of video game characters could be powered by AI, making them more engaging and challenging.| New York Times: |
Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs — Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of workers with digital skills.
Tweets: @hadip, @carnage4life, @dealbook, @andrenaleen, @dialogcrm, @stevelohr, @scottlincicome, @nytimestech, @nytimestech, @nytimestech, @chiefmartec, and @stevelohr
| Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: |
A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn — Funding crunch has triggered mass job cuts of up to 25,000 at country's once-thriving tech companies
Tweets: @parijatjha47, @copperlife, @catcheronthesly, @johnreedwrites, @sushantsin, @financialtimes, and @financialtimes
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A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as the firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty — Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’
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Inside Bitcoins. Tweets: @thecompoundnews, @realjonbovi, @wsj, @ryder_ripps, @pauly0x, @misruleoflaw, @ceostroff, and @eliotwb
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Bitcoinist.com, Bloomberg, Cryptonews, CoinGape, Insider, Cointelegraph, Reuters, Insider, The Block, Decrypt, Forbes, Investing.com, Yahoo News, CryptoSlate, The Information, Decrypt, and Bloomberg
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
A profile of Matrix, an open-source, decentralized protocol for messaging interoperability that saw its network's users double in 2022 to at least 80.3M — After years of walled gardens, cross-pollination could be in sight — Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year …
Tweets: @hannan_rai, @rschuler10, @psawers, @alexanderchopan, @michaelguimarin, and @hyoondae
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Experts weigh in on Meta's decision on whether to lift Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram bans; a source says the announcement will be made after January 7 — Tech giant's policy chief Nick Clegg due to rule this month whether to revoke ban on former US president| Washington Post: |
Sources: Meta is struggling to move hardware manufacturing out of China; after abandoning its smartwatch plans, the company is still working on a wrist wearable — The company needs China's factories as it pushes to become a hardware producer — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year …
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iPhone in Canada Blog, Financial Times, and Slashdot
Tweets: @tguemes, @pstasiatech, @gary__dubya, @pitts_man, @fungaichiposi, @rnaudbertrand, @geoffreyfowler, and @lizzadwoskin
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year's end, but didn't in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows — Screeners are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters for review.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at 2022's worst breaches, leaks, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital takeovers, including at least two Twilio breaches — The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.
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U.S. Cyber Command, Wall Street Journal, Department of Homeland …, Healthcare IT News, Security Intelligence, and WeLiveSecurity
Tweets: @tguemes, @mcdreamyai, @nash, @iravoodoo, and @gadgetlab
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