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| Sam White / British GQ: |
As Xbox turns 20, a Q&A with Phil Spencer and other executives on future plans, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, the history of Xbox, and more — Phil Spencer saved Xbox. Now he wants to reinvent gaming. Ahead of Xbox's 20th anniversary, we sat down with him and Microsoft's gaming …
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Tweets: @xboxp3, @stevenspohn, @xbox, @samwrite, @klobrille, @samwrite, and @aarongreenberg
| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A look at ConstitutionDAO, which has taken $4M+ in crypto donations to bid at an auction on one of the original copies of the US Constitution, printed in 1787 — ConstitutionDAO, web3, and America … Today's Not Boring is brought to you by... Secureframe … Schedule a Secureframe Demo
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang announce Paradigm One, a $2.5B fund focused on crypto and Web3 — Fred Ehrsam is behind $2.5bn fund Paradigm One, to which investors jockeyed to commit money — Cryptocurrencies are booming, and a three-year-old investment firm …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple defends its ads for third-party apps, saying they are marked as from the App Store, have been live for five years, and it regularly communicates with devs — Following allegations that Apple secretively buys ads for subscription-based apps to collect more commission …
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| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Substack says it has reached 1M paying subscribers, up from 250,000 last December — Many top journalists have left legacy media to go it alone on publishing platform — Newsletter start-up Substack has reached 1m paying subscribers, underlining the growing power of à la carte journalism …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter makes its v2 API, announced in August 2020, the default for developers, giving third-party apps more freedom as it aims to become more decentralized — Twitter's new API is finally official, which could mean good things for third-party clients — Twitter has announced …
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Ohio AG sues Meta on behalf of an Ohio pension fund and Meta investors, alleging Facebook execs misled the public about its products' negative impact on minors — Lawsuit filed on behalf of Meta investors and Ohio Public Employees Retirement System seeks to recover more than $100 billion
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will block tools like EdgeDeflector that stop Windows 11 from using Edge to open Start menu search results, via an upcoming software update — Microsoft shouldn't need to force anyone to use Edge — Microsoft has already made it more difficult to switch default browsers in Windows 11 …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers say they used a new Rowhammer exploit to successfully flip bits on all 40 PC-DDR4 DRAM devices they tested, defeating recent hardware mitigations — Researchers build “fuzzer” that supercharges potentially serious bitflipping exploits. — Rowhammer exploits that allow unprivileged attackers …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Biden signs $1T+ infrastructure bill into law, with $65B to boost broadband access, $475M in grants to help low-income Americans acquire computing devices, more — It includes billions in EV and broadband infrastructure — On Monday, President Biden signed a historic $1 trillion infrastructure bill aimed …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As the FAA forces AT&T and Verizon to delay 5G rollouts, a look at the FAA and the FCC's dispute over 5G and cockpit safety, which started under the Trump admin — Dispute among federal agencies over next-generation wireless has remained unresolved for two presidential administrations| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung releases Android 12-based One UI 4 for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with new theming options, keyboard tweaks, and privacy settings — With older phones and tablets following ‘soon’ — Samsung is making its One UI 4 software update available for the Galaxy S21 …
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XDA Developers, Android Police, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup, Android Authority, TechSpot, Pocketnow, HotHardware.com News, TalkAndroid.com, Gizmodo, AndroidGuys, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, Android Central, Android Police, and SamMobile. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to bypass US sanctions and gain access to critical components — - It could license designs to third parties to access components — Trump-era sanctions have cut off Huawei from U.S. technology
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Android Authority, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Huawei Central, Gizchina, Telecoms.com, and TechRadar
Tweets: @atbwebb, @byron_wan, and @nano_arun
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
A look at Epic Games' failed, multiyear effort to launch Fortnite in China, as it shuts down Fortnite's Chinese servers — Epic Games Inc. spent 2018 preparing Fortnite, the world's hottest video game, for a blockbuster debut in China, the world's biggest gaming market.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mixpanel raises a $200M Series C at a $1.05B valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, seven years after its Series B, as it focuses on product analytics — Mixpanel was a hot startup in 2014 when it nabbed a $65 million Series B on an $865 million valuation, a sizable B round and valuation for those days.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Big data analytics service Splunk announces CEO Doug Merritt will be stepping down and replaced by its board chair effective immediately; stock drops 18%+ — - Spunk's board chair, Graham Smith, is taking over from CEO Doug Merritt immediately as interim CEO.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Writer, which offers an automated style guide that integrates into Chrome, Word, and other tools, raises a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners — For any company, organization, or even individual writer, maintaining a consistent voice is a constant challenge.
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Voicebot.ai, VentureBeat, Business Wire, FinSMEs, and Writer
Tweets: @injuryexpert and @martinsfp
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Utah-based Podium, which helps SMBs interact with customers online, raises $201M led by YC Continuity at a $3B+ valuation, up from $1.5B last year — - Utah-based startup raised $201 million, led by Y Combinator — Software used by plumbers, car dealerships, dentists| Julia Angwin / Hello World: |
Q&A with AI Now Institute's Shazeda Ahmed on how the US-China “tech Cold War” narrative allows Big Tech to avoid regulation and how it informs US policy — There is a narrative in Washington, D.C., that we are in the midst of a tech cold war with China.
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @shiraovide, @themarkup, and @nantarsya
| Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg: |
The US and Israel partner to fight ransomware attacks and threats to the global financial system — - Allies to work on cyber threats to global financial system — U.S. recently blacklisted two Israeli companies over spyware — The U.S. and Israel established a joint cybersecurity initiative …
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Tech.co, Reuters, Protocol, Reuters, The Times of Israel, Forbes, infosecurity-magazine.com, TechRadar, FedScoop, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @ustreasury
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Imprint, which helps companies offer and manage branded payments and rewards products, raises a $38M Series A co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe — Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe.
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