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Kuo: iPhone 13 to have smaller notch, larger batteries; Pro models to use 120Hz displays; iPhone mini to return; he has “no visibility” of power button Touch ID — Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note today focused on what to expect … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: high-end 2022 iPhones and maybe the entire lineup, if production permits, will lose the notch in favor of a hole-punch design; iPhone SE 5G coming in 2022 — Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities has published a new report for Apple supply chain investors in which the reliable analyst predicts … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches Live Rooms for live broadcasts with up to four creators, up from two, and says it will roll out new audio features in coming months — Instagram today announced it's adding a much-requested feature to its app with the launch of “Live Rooms,” which allow up to four people to broadcast live together at the same time.
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| Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac: |
Every Apple Store in the US is open for the first time since March 2020, with many starting to offer in-store shopping after operating as Express storefronts — Every Apple Store in the United States is open for the first time in nearly a year. It was 353 days ago — March 13, 2020 …
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| Reuters: |
From NBA highlights on Top Shot to Christie's first-ever sale of digital art, a collage fetching $3M bids, the use of NFTs to certify asset ownership is booming — LONDON (Reuters) - In October 2020, Miami-based art collector Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile spent almost $67,000 on a 10-second video artwork …
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| Grace Kay / Insider: |
The singer Grimes made $5.8M selling ~10 pieces of NFT-based artwork within 20 minutes of debuting her collection on trading platform Nifty Gateway on Sunday — - Grimes launched a digital art collection titled “WarNymph” on Sunday. — The singer has already earned over $5.8 million from the collection.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The WikiLeaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more — The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google launches new Workspace features, including a Focus Time event type that limits notifications, support for using secondary displays in Google Meet, more — Including new ways to set your status in Google's office tools — Google is adding a smattering of new features to Google Workspace today …
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| Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: |
Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL — - ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lime says it will it will spend $50M to expand its network, doubling the number of cities in which it operates, and roll out a new e-bike — The scooter company is also rolling out a new model of e-bike — Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike …
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Source: Goldman Sachs is restarting its cryptocurrency trading desk amid the crypto boom and will begin dealing bitcoin futures and more starting next week — LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has restarted its cryptocurrency trading desk and will begin dealing bitcoin futures …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Clue, known for its period tracking app used by ~13M, gets FDA clearance to debut a digital contraceptive that gives users a statistical prediction of ovulation — Clue, an early pioneer in the femtech category with a well-regarded period-tracking app that's used by around 13 million people … | Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Swedish payments startup Klarna raises $1B at a valuation of $31B, triple its valuation in its last funding round in September — - Swedish firm raised $1 billion in new funding from investors — Klarna to donate 1% of new funds to climate change initiatives
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
The Medium Workers Union is pausing organizing efforts after falling one vote short in an online vote to gain recognition from management as a bargaining unit — 'We're not going anywhere,' organizers say — The Medium Workers Union is pausing organizing efforts after it failed to win … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sports and esports betting service Rivalry raises $20M ahead of a potential IPO this year, to help it expand to the US — Rivalry has raised $20 million for its business of sports and esports betting. The company has a mobile and PC platform that makes it easy to place bets on sports and esports matches.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom Q4: revenue of $882M, up 369% YoY, vs. $812M est., 467K+ customers with 10+ employees, projected Q1 revenue of $900M-$905M, vs. $829M est.; stock jumps 11% — - Zoom beat on the top and bottom lines, showing sequential revenue growth. — The company sees 42% revenue growth … Sponsor Posts
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