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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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| 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 …
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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.
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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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| 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% … | Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash launches DoorDash Capital, a financing arm to offer loans to partner restaurants for business operations such as purchasing equipment and paying rent — DoorDash Inc., the U.S.'s biggest meal-delivery service, is launching a financing arm to offer business loans to restaurants on its app.
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DoorDash Newsroom, PYMNTS.com, PYMNTS.com, and Restaurant Business
| 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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The Keyword, YouTube, Samsung Newsroom, MobileSyrup, Ars Technica, Engadget, Thurrott, Insider, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Digital Trends, CNET, CNET, and CNBC
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| Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
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| 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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| 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 …
Tweets: @barbarakrasnoff, @elidourado, @verge, and @raokrishna
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils the $1,100 Tab S8 Ultra, with a 14.6" 120Hz display, 16GB of RAM, two front-facing cameras, and Snapdragon Gen 1, shipping later in February — The Tab S8 Ultra comes with a giant 14.6-inch display — Samsung thinks your tablet is too small.
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| Phillip Tracy / Gizmodo: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Sydney-based Enboarder, which offers people management tools like onboarding, learning and development, change management, and more, raises a $32M Series B — HR departments today are sitting on an ever-growing pool of data, spanning productivity and personal development reviews …
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Australian Financial Review, PR Newswire, and FinSMEs
| 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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| 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 … | 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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| Kollen Post / The Block: |
Before the Senate Agriculture Committee, CFTC chair Rostin Behnam pushed for authority, tools, and increased 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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| 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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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
LinkedIn is testing a no-politics setting for some US users' feed that filters out content about political parties and candidates, election outcomes, and more — CEO Ryan Roslansky lays out new features arriving on the professional networking platform, including a no-politics button and live video and audio events
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