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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, @xbox, @samwrite, @stevenspohn, @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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| 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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Twitter, Livemint, Protocol, 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet
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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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| 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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9to5Mac, AdExchanger, ExtremeTech, PhoneArena, iDownloadBlog.com, XDA Developers, Michael Tsai, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, The Mac Observer, and Forbes
Tweets: @jcieplinski, @reckless, @epro, and @liscio
| 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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Computer Security Group, BleepingComputer, and The Register
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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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Tweets: @thomasforth, @starfire2258, @yifanlu, @tomwarren, @counternotions, @dsilverman, @onejarednewman, @backlon, @cramforce, @arturo182, and @iancutress
| 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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| Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times: |
Amazon agrees to pay $500K to California for concealing COVID-19 case numbers from its workers, the first such action under the state's new “right to know” law — Amazon has agreed to pay $500,000 to better enforce state consumer protection laws after California's attorney general …
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State of California, GeekWire, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Reuters, and Mercury News. Tweets: @yoda
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Peloton sues rival fitness companies Echelon and iFit, claiming that both violated patents related to its on-demand classes — This doesn't bode well for all those Peloton copycats — Peloton isn't too happy with its rivals. The company has filed lawsuits against Echelon and iFit …
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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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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| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
Google says it will invest AU$1B over five years into a new Australian Digital Future Initiative to create jobs and build its first research hub in the country — Google's investment of AU$1 billion over five years will be put into building Australia's technology talent, digital infrastructure, and developing local tech partnerships.| 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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| 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.
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
ThoughtSpot, a business data analytics startup, raises a $100M Series F at a $4.2B valuation, after pivoting to a cloud-based subscription model last fall — In May 2020, data analytics startup ThoughtSpot laid off 85 employees. The pandemic had forced companies in less stable financial positions … | Tushar Deep Singh / The Economic Times: |
PB Fintech, the parent company of Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, gained ~23% over the IPO price in its Mumbai market debut, giving it a ~$7.26B valuation — The IPO of PB Fintech, which operates Policybazaar and Paisabazaar, was subscribed 16.59 times last week.| 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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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select members of the IBM Quantum Network in December, and previews next-gen IBM Quantum System Two — According to IBM, Eagle leverages new techniques that place control components on multiple physical levels while keeping qubits on a single layer.
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Tweets: @counternotions, @matthausk, @thomas_harrer, @thihakyaw_phy, @ieeequantum, and @nano_arun
| 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, dentistsSponsor Posts
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