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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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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
France's CNIL data regulator says Google Analytics fails to sufficiently protect EU citizens' data from illegal US government surveillance — Alphabet Inc.'s Google Analytics doesn't sufficiently protect European Union citizens' data from potentially illegal U.S. surveillance and could be banned altogether.
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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 …
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Binance is investing $200M in Forbes to help the publisher with its plan to merge with a SPAC in Q1 — - Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Twitter misses as Q4 revenue rose 22% YoY to $1.57B, net income dropped to $182M; mDAUs hit 217M, up from 192M YoY; FY 2021 revenue rose 37% YoY to $5.08B — - Twitter reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021 Thursday that missed analyst estimates on earnings, revenue and user growth.
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Kioxia and WD report contamination at two NAND production factories, impacting up to 6.5EB of storage; TrendForce says NAND prices could rise 5%-10% in Q2 — Update 2/10/2022, 3am PT: Analyst firm TrendForce has now reported that the incident could cause NAND flash prices to spike 5 to 10% in Q2 …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn says there will be a major improvement in component shortages in Q1; TSMC and others have indicated shortages will continue through 2022 — The biggest assembler of iPhones said component shortages that have plagued electronics production for more than a year are showing signs of easing …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's ShareChat and MX Player agree to merge their short-video apps, Moj and MX TakaTak; source says the deal is worth $900M — Tiger Global-backed ShareChat and Times Internet-owned on-demand video streaming service MX Player have agreed to “strategically merge” their short video apps Moj and MX TakaTak …
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| Kollen Post / The Block: |
CFTC chair Rostin Behnam testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee seeking authority, tools, and more funding to bring crypto “into the regulatory fold” — Quick Take — CFTC Chair Behnam is seeking new regulatory authority, technological tools and a major increase …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French buy now, pay later startup Alma raises a €115M Series C and €95M debt from Tencent and others, bringing its total equity funding to €185M — French startup Alma is trying to build a new “buy now, pay later” giant in Europe. The company has closed a $130 million Series C round (€115 million).
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| Catie Keck / The Verge: |
YouTube details updates for creators: new editing and monetization tools for Shorts, expanded Shopping across the app, improvements to Studio, and more — A lot of new features are in the works for 2022 — YouTube is expanding the ways creators can monetize their content, interact with viewers …
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| Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: |
Philippine Digital Asset Exchange raises a $50M+ Series B led by Tiger Global and says it has 500,000 users — Editor's note: An earlier version of this story pegged Tiger Global's latest investment in PDAX at $28.93 million and the Series B funds it has raised so far at $41 million based on regulatory filings.
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| Nikita Richardson / New York Times: |
How The Sims, which lets Sims eat or cook 300+ different dishes, has evolved into a world where players can learn about the many ways people experience food — The 22-year-old life-simulation video game has evolved into a world where players can farm, forage, cook and learn about the many ways people experience food.
Tweets: @lilsimsie, @bykatherineross, @juliey4, @thesims, @tanyasic, @nikitarbk, and @hamburger
| 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% … | Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Israeli VC firm Cyberstarts, which bets on early-stage cybersecurity startups, has posted a 300% internal rate of return since its fund's inception in 2018 — Israeli venture capital investor Cyberstarts has generated top returns by betting on cybersecurity entrepreneurs at the early stages …
Tweets: @ivanlevingston and @middleeast
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Code from Apple Music on Android beta suggests Apple's forthcoming classical music streaming service could be called Apple Classical — The latest beta version of Apple Music is rolling out on Android this evening with a very sizable upgrade to homescreen widgets, while possibly also revealing …
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| Marc Wojno / ZDNet: |
Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode raises a $20M Series A led by Kingsway at a $200M valuation; Twitter, Tim Draper, and Avon Ventures also invested — Proceeds from the Series A financing will go toward OpenNode's global expansion plans. — Bitcoin payment processor …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Vodafone Portugal is working to recover from a “deliberate and malicious cyberattack” that also affected businesses, ambulances, fire departments, and hospitals — Ambulance and emergency services are among those suffering from “deliberate” hack.
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| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
Alfa Romeo plans to mint an NFT for each of its new Tonale SUVs to record vehicle data and verify proper maintenance on a blockchain during the car's life cycle — - Alfa Romeo's new subcompact Tonale SUV will include a NFT and blockchain technology, the company said Tuesday.| 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 reports Q4 revenue rose 83% YoY to $5.78B, vs $5.34B est., delivery gross bookings rose 34% YoY to $13.4B, mobility gross bookings rose 67% YoY to $11.3B — - Uber reported fourth-quarter earnings after the -bell on Wednesday. — The company beat analyst estimates on revenue …
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| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
ThriveDX, which partners with 20+ universities to provide cybersecurity training programs, raises $100M+ co-led by NightDragon and Prytek — In the world of cybersecurity, a shortage of talent needed to fill open positions is one of the biggest challenges that many companies face.
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