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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
How the feds caught Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein as they allegedly attempted, rather sloppily, to launder bitcoin from the Bitfinex hack — Bitfinex laundry — In her public life, Heather Morgan seems to have been the cringiest imaginable sort of crypto-adjacent hustle-bro.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
References to “realityOS” appear to have briefly shown up again in Apple's code, this time in a GitHub repo; reports of a new AR headset OS date back to 2017 — The long-rumored Apple headset could have a new OS — Apple's long-rumored virtual or augmented reality headset might … | Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy S22 Ultra starting at $1,199 with a 6.8" 120Hz display, S-Pen support, up to 1TB of storage, and updated cameras, on sale from February 25 — It gains an on-board stylus, plus some incremental hardware and software upgrades — The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has shaped …
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
In a bid to appease lawmakers and regulators, Microsoft outlines 11 app store principles, including equal treatment and allowing third-party payment processing — The rules come as Microsoft is attempting to win regulatory approval for the largest deal in the company's history
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Meta announces updates for Messenger: Split Payments in the US on iOS and Android, updated audio features, and Vanish Mode for disappearing messages — “Friends who are new to payments in Messenger can easily add payment details to send and receive money.” — What you need to know
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
As CB Insights says there are 1K unicorns globally, about two added to the herd per day in 2022, a look at soaring valuations, the “first” unicorns, and more — Hubert Palan signed on to Zoom from his home in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 2 and prepared to address the 400 or so employees …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Sony details GT Sophy, an AI built to master Gran Turismo that outraces human drivers; the research could eventually help develop autonomous vehicles — The company built GT Sophy to master the game Gran Turismo, but it may help the development of real self-driving cars. … APPLICATION — SECTOR
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils 6.1" Galaxy S22 and 6.6" S22+ with updated cameras, 10Hz-120Hz displays, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, coming February 25, starting at $800 and $1,000 — Will iterative upgrades cure Samsung's sales problem? — By most accounts, last year's Galaxy S21 lineup didn't measure up to Samsung's sales expectations.
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
A profile of Sequoia's Roelof Botha, who seeded the idea of Sequoia Capital Fund, which holds stakes in companies past the traditional 10-year VC fund cycle — 109. One billion dollars. — Roelof Botha used to write 109 on the corner of his notepad every week when he started at Sequoia 19 years ago.
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| Phillip Tracy / Gizmodo: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra hands-on: a laptop replacement and iPad Pro rival that is unwieldy as a tablet, slim frames and a notch, and the S-Pen is responsive — The high-end Tab S8 Ultra will join the Tab S8 and Tab S8+. — Alerts — Samsung's new flagship Galaxy Tab S8 tablets have arrived …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A look at the Open App Markets Act, aimed at curbing anti-competitive behavior from large app store operators like Apple and Google and headed to a Senate vote — The Open App Markets Act wants to remake mobile computing — Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Open App Markets Act … | Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber Q4: revenue up 83% YoY to $5.78B vs $5.34B est., delivery gross bookings up 34% YoY to $13.4B, mobility gross bookings up 67% YoY to $11.3B; stock up 5%+ — - Uber reported fourth-quarter earnings after the -bell on Wednesday. — The company beat analyst estimates on revenue …
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| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Twilio Q4: revenue up 54% YoY to $842.7M, loss from operations of $283.6M, vs $185.3M YoY, 256K active customer accounts, up from 221K YoY; stock is up 15%+ — Twilio said its dollar-based net expansion rate, a measure of customer retention, declined form 139% to 126% in the quarter.| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
Sonos Q1: revenue of $664.5M, up 3% YoY, vs. $637M est., net income of $123.5M, down from $132.3M YoY, and predicts $1.95B to $2B in 2022 revenue; stock up 5%+ — Sonos said revenue in the quarter rose 3%, year over year, to $664.5 million. — Speaker maker Sonos this afternoon reported Q1 revenue …
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| Justine Calma / The Verge: |
The WWF hyped and then canceled plans to raise money for conservation with NFTs on Polygon's “eco-friendly blockchain”, a fraught claim dismissed by experts — WWF thought it picked a less polluting blockchain — Within a few days last week, the World Wildlife Fund hyped …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Instagram rolls out tools to remove posts, comments, and more in bulk, and review past interactions and searches, after a preview in December — Instagram is making it a whole lot easier to remove posts, comments and other activity from the platform. The photo sharing app is rolling …
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| Bloomberg: |
After crypto's recent plunge, FTX and Crypto.com seek new customers with Super Bowl ads; iSpot.tv data: $112.9M+ has been spent on US crypto TV ads since 2020 — It's a testing time for crypto exchanges to be making their Super Bowl ad debuts. — Recruiting new users can be simple when prices are skyrocketing.
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Mercury Research: AMD hit 25.6% of the x86 market in Q4 2021, beating its 25.3% market share record set in 2006, in part due to gaming console shipments growth — The Mercury Research CPU market share results are in for the fourth quarter of 2021, showing that AMD now comprises 25.6% … | Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Reddit expands its live audio product Reddit Talk, adding recordings and a desktop web version, and will test highlighting chats at the top of home feeds — Reddit said Wednesday that it's adding new features to its live audio product, a sign that the social media site is experimenting … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr launches a tip jar, initially in the US, on iOS, Android, and the web; Tumblr will not take a cut and won't use Apple or Google's billing systems — Tumblr is launching its second attempt at a monetization feature today. Rolling out in the U.S. now and soon globally … | Bloomberg: |
Dutch company ASML, which builds EUV chipmaking machines, warns customers that a Chinese company began marketing products in 2021 that could infringe on its IP — ASML Holding NV has warned that an affiliate of a China company it previously accused of stealing its trade secrets … Sponsor Posts
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