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Sources: Meta is working on plans to let users create and sell NFTs on Facebook and Instagram, show NFTs on user profiles, and is considering an NFT marketplace — Facebook's parent draws up plans to allow users to create and sell non-fungible tokens, seeking to enter hype-fuelled $40bn market
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Decrypt, The Verge, and CryptoPotato
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Google launches a limited beta of Google Play Games, which brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11, in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan — You'll need a relatively powerful computer for now. And for once, the US isn't getting a Google thing first
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YouTube, Android Developers, Ars Technica, Tech Advisor, The Verge, PC Gamer, PhoneArena, TechSpot, Pocketnow, OnMSFT.com, TechCircle, Pocket-lint, Liliputing, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Phandroid, Gizmodo, TechRadar, Digital Trends, Android Central, Windows Central, BGR, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jollyroger, @rdrv3, and @mishaalrahman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Subscriptions launches as an alpha, initially letting 10 US creators offer their followers paid access to exclusive Instagram Live videos and Stories — Instagram is giving creators more ways to make money with today's launch of Instagram Subscriptions.
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Instagram, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, XDA Developers, IGN, PhoneArena, GSMArena.com, Android Headlines, BGR India, After School, Terms of Service w …, WRAL TechWire, TODAY, Transistori, Digital Trends, The Economic Times, Pocket-lint, The Information, The Verge, Search Engine Journal, Investing.com, Adweek, HYPEBEAST, CNET, Input, Tubefilter, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, Android Central, iMore, Insider, Engadget, MacRumors, and PetaPixel
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
AT&T begins its 5G C-band rollout in eight US metro areas, including Austin and Chicago, after delaying rollouts around airports due to safety concerns — The company is lighting up towers in just eight locations amidst pushback from airlines — AT&T is lighting up its expanded 5G service …
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The Verge, Android Police, The Verge, Verizon, Light Reading, ExtremeTech, Quartz, Android Headlines, AT&T, Reuters, iTnews, CNET, Fierce Wireless, CBS News, Gizmodo, Android Central, Android Central, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, Mashable, MacRumors, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, CNBC, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @cnn, @chriswelch, @svandinter, @ezralevant, and @bradmiska
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon will launch Amazon Style, its first physical fashion store, in Los Angeles later this year; customers can use an app to send items to the fitting room — Move over books and groceries, Amazon's latest foray into physical retail is focused on fashion.
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About Amazon, Associated Press, PCMag, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, The Verge, Insider, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @amazonnews and @amazon
| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
This summer the IRS will require users to log in via ID.me, which uses facial recognition in its authentication process, to file taxes, make payments, and more — Users will have to submit sensitive government documents, their social security number, credit history, and a facial scan to third-party company ID.me.
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| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Red Cross says a cyberattack on a vendor for over 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies compromised the personal data of 515,000+ “highly vulnerable people” — (CNN)A cyberattack on a contractor used by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has compromised … | Reuters: |
Russian's central bank proposes banning the trading, use, and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability — Russia's central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory, citing threats to financial stability …
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CoinDesk, The Block, Finbold, Bloomberg, and CoinGape
Tweets: @alexmarrow57, @felix_light, @el33th4xor, @digieconomist, and @alphacharts365
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto.com confirms it suffered a cybersecurity breach, says it reimbursed the ~400 affected customer accounts, and plans to share more in the coming days — Crypto.com has not received any “outreach” from regulators following a cybersecurity breach earlier this week of about 400 customer accounts …
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Crypto.com, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Decrypt, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Block, TechRadar, Blockchain News, Cointelegraph, cybernews.com, Slashdot, ZDNet, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and Protocol
Tweets: @bloomberglive, @cryptocom, @kris_hk, and @chrisblec
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will transition organizations using G Suite legacy free edition to an upgraded Google Workspace paid subscription starting on July 1 — In 2020, G Suite became Google Workspace as part of a mass reorganization of the company's apps for the “future of work.”
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BetaNews, Ars Technica, The Verge, Pocketnow, The Register, Protocol, ZDNet, How-To Geek, Chrome Unboxed, Android Headlines, OSnews, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Liliputing, and Android Police
Tweets: @ireneista, @mcclure111, @dylanreeve, @lunasorcery, @wizardofid, @androidauth, @quinnypig, @dave_andersen, @fatih, and @preshit. Thanks:@ayn
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Internal email: Google is creating a unit under its Labs division for blockchain and other distributed tech, led by engineering VP Shivakumar Venkataraman — Google is forming a group dedicated to the blockchain and related technologies under a newly appointed executive who has spent …
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CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, 9to5Google, and Blockworks
Tweets: @mhbergen, @davidclinchnews, and @mhbergen
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Autograph, an agency co-founded by Tom Brady that helps celebrities get involved with NFTs, raises a $170M Series B co-led by a16z and Kleiner Perkins — Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding …
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PR Newswire, CoinDesk, Blockchain News, The Block, Coinspeaker, the mesha tribe, Bloomberg, The Hill, CoinGape, CoinDesk, dot.LA, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @darrenrovell, @lazerow, @katie_haun, and @lucasmtny
| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Biden signs a memorandum expanding the NSA's role in protecting sensitive government networks, and mandating cybersecurity practices at DoD and spy agencies — White House order mandates cybersecurity practices at Defense Department, spy agencies, contractors| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer — After a lawsuit and a Journal report, the company's stock was falling, board members were getting anxious—and the tech giant was ready to take a gamble
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Tweets: @gregisenberg, @dinabass, @gibiz, @gibiz, @domsplaying, @rajeshsawhney, @jorgex, @edzitron, @benfritz, @kirstengrind, @saraheneedleman, @jasonschreier, @paultassi, @thetomzone, @gamedadjp, @6d6f636869, @tomwarren, @satyanadella, @doctor_cupcakes, @geronimo_73_, @ethangach, @gerritd, @eden_holdings, @apzonerunner, @firstadopter, @ethangach, @dkdynamite1, @joshgamnchannel, @triforcemeg, @tieguytravis, @wario64, and @kellen_browning
| TechCrunch: |
CB Insights: global fintech funding in 2021 jumped to a record $131.5B across 4,969 deals, up from $49B raised across 3,491 deals in 2020 — The global startup fundraising boom has lifted nearly every sector you can name: Edtech took off during the pandemic, software in general got a lift … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
SaaS Labs, which offers business automation tools for sales and support teams at SMBs, raises a $42M Series B, and acquires CallPage and Atolia — SaaS Labs has raised $42 million in a new financing round, less than three months after closing its previous funding, and acquired two startups …
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The Economic Times and Tech in Asia
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple countersues Ericsson, seeks a US import ban on mobile base stations and proposes that both parties withdraw all patent infringement actions — The flurry of Ericsson-Apple filings with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or just ITC), a U.S. trade agency …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, and iMore
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z plans to raise $3.5B for its latest cryptocurrency fund and up to $1B for a fund focused on seed investments in digital asset startups — Planned fundraising illustrates how Silicon Valley firms are fuelling boom in cryptocurrency start-ups — Andreessen Horowitz plans … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Chennai-based M2P Fintech, which provides payment APIs to legacy banks and fintech startups in India, raises a $56M Series C at a $605M valuation — M2P Fintech, a payments infrastructure startup that has established market dominance in India, has raised $56 million in a new financing round …
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The Economic Times and Moneycontrol
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
Chicago-based BlockFills, which helps institutions develop digital asset trading businesses, raises a $37M Series A — The Series A was led by a number of institutional investors like Susquehanna Private Equity, CME Ventures, and others. — BlockFills, a Chicago-based digital asset trading …
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Cointelegraph and Finextra
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Vienna-based PlanRadar, which digitizes construction and real estate documents and communication, raises a $70M Series B — Back in March Vienna-based PlanRadar snapped up a €30 million Series A to digitize construction and real estate. The Austrian startup - a platform for documentation …
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EU-Startups
| Maija Palmer / Sifted: |
Swiss startup Terra Quantum, which offers cloud-based quantum computing as a service, raises a $60M Series A led by Lakestar — - IQM Quantum Computers (Finland) €40m seed round, Nov 2021 — Quandela (France) €15m Series A round, Nov 2021 — Multiverse (Spain) €10m seed round, Oct 2021| Patricia Allen / EU-Startups: |
Berlin-based EMnify, which offers a cloud-based platform for cellular connectivity in the IoT stack, raises €50M from One Peak, bringing total funding to €70M — With its cloud-based platform for cellular connectivity in the IoT stack EMnify has just secured a €50 million investment from One Peak.
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