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Elon Musk announces $500/month Starlink Premium, claiming 150Mbps-500Mbps download speeds, up from 50Mbps-250Mbps, and doubling upload speeds to 20Mbps-40Mbps — The new antenna carries an upfront cost of $2500 — SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink is getting a pricey new high-performance tier called Starlink Premium.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Alphabet says its board has approved a 20-for-1 stock split, slated for July 15 with shareholder approval on July 1; Google last split its stock in April 2014 — - Before the Alphabet rebrand in 2015, Google effectively split its stock with the introduction of a third class of shares.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
How the acquisitions of Zynga by Take-Two, Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, and Bungie by Sony reveal an industry evolution that extends far beyond gaming — Another week, another gaming acquisition. First Take-Two acquired Zynga, then Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard …
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| Sharon Pruitt-Young / NPR: |
The FBI warns athletes attending the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in China to take burner phones and says the official MY2022 app poses a security risk — Athletes on their way to the 2022 Winter Olympics have a new item to add to their packing list: a burner phone.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Sony reports Q3 gaming revenue fell 8% YoY to ~$7.09B, operating profit rose 12.1% YoY to ~$810M; Sony shipped 3.9M PS5 consoles, bringing the total to 17.3M — The PS4 had sold more at this point — Sony shipped just 3.9 million PlayStation 5 consoles in its all-important holiday quarter …
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
Belgium's data watchdog fines IAB Europe €250K after finding its ad-targeting tool violates GDPR, and orders a “series of remedies” within two months — IAB Europe, an association for online advertising companies, was fined 250,000 euros ($282,690) and handed an ultimatum …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
DeepMind details AlphaCode, a new AI coding engine that it says “writes computer programs at a competitive level” — AlphaCode is good, but not great — not yet — DeepMind has created an AI system named AlphaCode that it says “writes computer programs at a competitive level.”
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Dune Analytics, which makes crypto data charts and dashboards, raises a $69.420M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $80M — Quick Take — Dune Analytics has hit a valuation of $1 billion with its Series B round. — Dune has big plans in place …
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| Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta is quietly explaining its metaverse vision to conservative think tanks and nonprofits, seeking to blunt expected criticism from lawmakers in DC — Mark Zuckerberg has a problem money can't fix: convincing Capitol Hill that the metaverse — whatever that is — isn't evil.| Laurens Cerulus / Politico: |
The European Commission publishes a plan to bolster its influence in creating global tech standards, seeking to challenge China and its tech companies — The EU is taking a “Europe First” approach to technological standardization. — The European Commission on Wednesday presented a plan …
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| Bloomberg: |
Despite a brutal 12 months, less than 10% of investors in Cathie Wood's ARK funds have withdrawn their capital, suggesting many will stick with her long-term — By the time the mania surrounding ARK Investment Management peaked last year, investors had pumped a staggering $42 billion into its exchange-traded funds.
Tweets: @greenbackd, @jessefelder, and @annecronin
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Startups have begun selling and renting out AR spaces tied to real-world addresses, raising questions about who should have the rights to a property's AR layer — It's the stuff of nightmares: The other day, I found my property occupied by a stranger, who was renting it out, Airbnb style.
Tweets: @ldrogen, @pierce, @amywebb, @jank0, @dlberes, @timgrieve, and @mollyxbrady
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Cruise raises $1.35B more from SoftBank Vision Fund and launches a waitlist for a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco that will run from 11pm to 5am — Cruise is opening up its driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco as the GM subsidiary creeps toward commercialization …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Montreal-based Wrk, which automates common enterprise workflows using bots, APIs, and robotic process automation, raises ~$43M across seed, Series A, and debt — An enduring feature of the pandemic will be the increased deployment of automation in the enterprise.
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| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Sources: Indian officials have held tense and heated discussions with Meta, Google, Twitter, ShareChat, and Koo over proactively removing “fake news” — Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described …
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Tweets: @wexler, @apar1984, @apar1984, @nihamasih, @adityakalra, @seemay, @apar1984, and @yashjournals
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Product management software startup Productboard raises a $125M Series D led by Dragoneer and Tiger Global at a $1.7B valuation, up from $772M in April 2021 — Productboard Inc., a product-management software business, has raised $125 million in financing giving it a $1.7 billion valuation.
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A look at the injuries users sustain while gaming with their VR headsets, which commonly come with safety tips like clearing out furniture and staying seated — Tally includes broken vases, dislocated shoulders, injured girlfriends; 'Why don't you go to the gym like a normal person?'
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| Wall Street Journal: |
The US Commerce Department is finalizing rules for apps deemed to be national security risks, like TikTok, including mandatory third-party audits and monitoring — Commerce Department proposes rule to widen restrictions on Chinese apps; Sen. Marco Rubio says administration is taking timid steps on data security
Tweets: @niubi, @saraheneedleman, and @jeffjarvis
| Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC filing: JD.com CEO Richard Liu will give shares worth ~$2.34B to a charity; Liu is the latest Chinese executive to make a donation amid China's crackdown — CEO Richard Liu is the latest Chinese billionaire to make a sizable donation to charity during Beijing's regulatory crackdown on the country's tech sector
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Profile of American hacker P4x, who says he is responsible for ongoing North Korean internet outages, frustrated by the US' lack of response to DPRK attacks — Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.
Tweets: @ericgeller, @weldpond, @msrmichaelson, @snlyngaas, @nktpnd, @a_greenberg, and @williamturton
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
AMD Q4: revenue of $4.83B, up 49% YoY, Computing and Graphics revenue of $2.6B, up 32% YoY, Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom revenue of $2.2B, up 75% YoY — - AMD reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. — AMD said it expected $21.5 billion in sales in 2022, higher than analyst expectations.
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