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Samsung unveils Samsung Gaming Hub, coming to select 2022 Samsung TVs, offering support for Google Stadia, Nvidia's GeForce Now, and Utomik cloud gaming — Plus a mysterious way to pass through your game console's controller signals — Samsung is revealing a new lineup of smart TVs at CES 2022 today … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung says its 2022 TVs will support browsing, displaying, and purchasing NFTs, as well as viewing their history and blockchain metadata — Learn about an NFT's blockchain history from the comfort of your couch — Staring at your non-fungible tokens on a smartphone or laptop screen is fine and all …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple became the first company to reach a $3T market cap when its stock hit $182.86, tripling its valuation in under four years, before closing at $182.01 — - Apple hit a market cap of $3 trillion, tripling in valuation in under four years. — The milestone is mostly symbolic …
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The US takes Kremlin insider Vladislav Klyushin into custody; sources say he has documents related to Russia's hack of DNC servers during the 2016 US election — IT executive Vladislav Klyushin's journey into U.S. custody is a blow to the Kremlin, say people familiar with a Russian intelligence assessment of what he may have to offer
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S21 FE, with a 6.4-inch display, Snapdragon 888, 120Hz refresh rate, triple-lens rear camera, and a 32MP selfie camera, starting at $699 — There's now even less room between the ceiling of the A-series and the floor of the S-series — After a year of will-they-or …
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| David Lumb / CNET: |
AT&T and Verizon agree to delay the launch of their upgraded 5G networks for two weeks over aviation safety concerns from the FAA and the airline industry — The companies were poised to roll out the so-called C-band airwaves this week, which promise to bring improved speed and coverage to their 5G networks.
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| Brian Newar / Cointelegraph: |
After a reported theft, OpenSea freezes 16 Bored Ape and Mutant Ape NFTs, worth ~$2.3M, leading some to point out the NFT space's lack of decentralization — Art gallery owner Todd Kramer had his valuable NFT collection stolen from his hot wallet yesterday, so OpenSea froze the stolen assets worth about $2.2 million.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In 2022, Apple will likely finish ditching Intel by WWDC, debut the biggest MacBook Air redesign in history, and launch iPhone 14 with a hole-punch-sized notch — After a modest set of device launches in 2021, Apple Inc. is set for a stronger 2022—with new iPhones, AirPods and potentially a VR headset.
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Broward Health, a Florida-based health care system with 30+ locations, says it was breached and info on 1.36M people, including medical histories, was leaked — The Broward Health public health system has disclosed a large-scale data breach incident impacting 1,357,879 individuals.| Bloomberg: |
Real estate investment trust Digital Realty agrees to acquire a majority stake in Africa's largest data center operator Teraco at a ~$3.5B valuation — Digital Realty Trust Inc. said it agreed to acquire a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments Pty, Africa's largest data-center operator …
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Verizon and T-Mobile discontinue their iPad rebate programs, offered in partnership with Apple, following widespread customer complaints — Verizon and T-Mobile have discontinued their iPad rebate program in partnership with Apple following widespread customer complaints that the program was ineffective …
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| Lananh Nguyen / New York Times: |
Big US banks are slowly embracing cloud services like AWS, Azure, and GCP, after hesitating for years due to regulation, cyberattacks, and old infrastructure — Cloud computing is slowly changing how Wall Street banks handle their business, but concerns with security remain.
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