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| Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal: |
Biden will sign an EO instructing federal agencies to study the risks posted by digital assets, such as undermining sanctions, and investigate a digital dollar — Federal agencies to explore financial and environmental concerns and inform regulatory action
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Tweets: @garygensler, @ericliptonnyt, @kwerb, @jerallaire, @jwverret, @twobitidiot, @lightcrypto, @sbf_ftx, @val5linx, @andrewyang, @cobie, @sbf_ftx, @mdudas, @mdudas, @carnage4life, @cmsintern, @jeneps, @timccopeland, @teanataylor, @jeneps, @thestalwart, @carnage4life, @jeneps, @crypto_ed_nl, @fintechfrank, and @mdudas
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
An in-depth look at Apple's M1 Ultra: combines two M1 Max chips using UltraFusion, 800GB/second memory bandwidth, 64 GPU cores to exceed the RTX 3090, and more — As part of Apple's spring “Peek Performance” product event this morning, Apple unveiled the fourth and final member of the M1 family of Apple Silicon SoCs, the M1 Ultra.
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Stratechery, The Verge, MacStories, and YouTube
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple debuts Mac Studio, designed like a taller Mac mini, with M1 Max or Ultra, front and back ports, up to 128GB of memory, and support for four 6K displays — It's a Mac Mini but way more powerful — Apple has announced the Mac Studio, a desktop system that looks like the Mac Mini …
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Tom's Hardware, Livemint, ZDNet, TNW, Macworld, MacRumors, TechRadar, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Apple Must, YouTube, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @benedictevans, @shiraovide, @mkbhd, @viticci, @ihnatko, @neilcybart, @tomwarren, @snazzyq, @reneritchie, @patrickmoorhead, @chancehmiller, @iupdate, @marcan42, @lukemiani, @christianselig, @ismh, @stroughtonsmith, @snazzyq, @dansinker, @joeyabanks, @stroughtonsmith, and @snazzyq
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
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Apple, Ars Technica, Club386, PC Gamer, and TechRadar
Tweets: @benedictevans, @underfox3, @brianroemmele, @benwood, @zacbowden, @stroughtonsmith, @benbajarin, @anildash, @lukemiani, @marcan42, @snazzyq, @tapbot_paul, @stroughtonsmith, @ryansmithat, @stroughtonsmith, @marcan42, @chockenberry, @vadimyuryev, @ishanagarwal24, @ishanagarwal24, @aschilling, @benbajarin, and @marcan42
| Apple: |
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Twitter launches a Tor onion service using a modified version of the Enterprise Onion Toolkit, letting users access Twitter via any Tor-compatible browser — The site may become the most significant onion service created if it allows people to access Twitter from censored countries. — Joseph Cox
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@alecmuffett. More:
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| Washington Post: |
As Western tech companies react to sanctions, Russian streamers on Twitch, gig workers on Upwork, and creators on OnlyFans have all lost their livelihoods — When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life.| Washington Post: |
Lumen becomes the second US backbone internet provider to exit Russia, after Cogent; Russia's remaining international data sources are in Sweden, Italy, and UK — Lumen, a leading American Internet provider to Russia, announced Tuesday that it was severing business relations in the country …
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The Verge, Light Reading, Krebs on Security, Reuters, DCD, The Register, and Engadget. Tweets: @natynettle
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
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Thurrott, DCD, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg, and TechRadar
Tweets: @josephmenn, @zdroberts, @awscloud, @amanda_m_macias, @anadoluagency, @biannagolodryga, @kyweise, @rmac18, @jojobickley, @kyweise, and @jeffbarr
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Two Austrian entrepreneurs acquire the assets of LimeWire, the music sharing service shuttered in 2010, and plan to relaunch it as a music-focused NFT service — A pair of serial entrepreneurs in Austria has bought the rights to defunct music platform LimeWire with plans to revamp its image …
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CNBC, Silicon Republic, The Block, Tech.eu, KnowTechie, Reuters, Mashable, Engadget, and Decrypt
Tweets: @oscarwgrut, @psawers, @timccopeland, @ryan_browne_, and @emilyjnicolle
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Better.com lays off 3,000+ employees in the US and India, citing “current market conditions”; some staff learned of layoffs after early rollout of severance pay — The mass layoffs at digital mortgage lender Better.com have reportedly started, according to employees and other sources …
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Slashdot, Bloomberg, New York Times, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @carnage4life and @film_girl
| Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Though marketed as a 5G iPhone, the new iPhone SE won't support mmWave 5G, and AT&T says it won't be able to use its upcoming 3.45GHz 5G network — AT&T is holding back some of its 5G prowess for later this year, but the new iPhone SE will not work on AT&T's upcoming 3.45GHz 5G network, the carrier confirmed to PCMag.
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Android Authority, Silicon Republic, MacRumors, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @thetechxtremist and @mikeddano
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Tweets: @saschasegan, @maxwinebach, @ihnatko, @munster_gene, @wholemarsblog, @snazzyq, @snazzyq, and @munster_gene
| Claire Fahy / New York Times: |
Weight Watchers agree to pay a $1.5M penalty for illegally collecting personal information from kids without parental consent through its Kurbo app — Kurbo by WW, a weight loss app geared toward children, illegally collected data from users as young as 8 without their parents' consent …
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Federal Trade Commission, Protocol, The Guardian, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @privacymatters, @iethics, @linakhanftc, @lyssaslounge, @linakhanftc, @emilyrpeck, @paulmschwartz, and @mccanner
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: the 2022 MacBook Air will have a new form factor, an M1 chip, no mini-LED display, more color options, and is slated for production in late Q2 or Q3 2022 — Following today's event that saw the introduction of the Mac Studio, respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has provided some detail …
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9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iThinkDifferent, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, Fossbytes, The Verge, and Wccftech
Tweets: @mingchikuo, @chancehmiller, @tme_michael, @kevin_noon, and @nilsahrde
| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
EU clarifies that sanctions placed on Russia and Belarus extend to crypto assets, as these are “transferrable securities” that can be used for loans and credit — Crypto assets fall into the category of “transferrable securities” and are therefore clearly included in the scope of sanctions, the EU said.
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European Commission, The Block, Reuters, DW.COM, and PYMNTS.com
| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee ask the DOJ to investigate Amazon and its executives over obstructing Congress' antitrust probe — House Judiciary Committee accuses tech giant of withholding information during antitrust probe; Amazon has denied any attempts to mislead
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House Judiciary Committee. More:
CNN, PYMNTS.com, Barron's Online, CNBC, and Washington Post
Tweets: @danamattioli, @b_fung, @b_fung, @jason_kint, @wavesblog, and @eventdrivenmgr
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Carl Pei's Nothing raises a $70M Series B to create smartphones with Qualcomm and expand in London; the company will host a product event on March 23 — For Nothing, Mobile World Congress was prelude. The young hardware startup spent the show in meeting rooms, behind the scenes, discussing what came next.
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Forbes, 9to5Google, Tech.eu, Engadget, Sifted, Android Police, The Verge, TechRadar, Pocketnow, Digital Trends, and Android Central
| On Substack: |
Substack launches an iOS app for reading; Android users can sign up for a waiting list — What you read matters — Today, we're launching an iOS app for reading. It's like your email inbox, but better. — For readers, the app brings all your Substack subscriptions together in one venue …
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Back Matter. Tweets: @substackinc, @hamishmckenzie, @jonrussell, @niubi, @hamishmckenzie, @substackinc, and @substackinc
| The Economic Times: |
Indian startup Money View, which offers financial services including BNPL, raises a $75M Series D from Tiger Global and others at a $625M valuation — Bengaluru: Online financial services provider, Money View said it has raised $75 million in a fresh round of funding from Tiger Global, Winter Capital, Evolvence India, and Accel.
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FinSMEs, PR Newswire, Livemint, Entrackr, and Inc42 Media
| Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: |
The UK government expands the Online Safety Bill to compel social media services and search engines to restrict fraudulent ads, including “catfishing” scams — Social media and search engines would have to prevent and remove fraudulent ads — The UK is to clamp down on online scams and …
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TechCrunch, Finextra, infosecurity-magazine.com, and GOV.UK
Tweets: @janelytv, @mattnavarra, @moneysavingexp, @marktaber_fii, @whichuk, @damianhinds, and @nadinedorries
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
After experiencing outages on Tuesday, Spotify and Discord say their services have been restored — Unrelated issues disconnected both services this afternoon — If you can't connect to Spotify or Discord, then no, it's not just you or your internet connection. Both services acknowledged problems on Tuesday afternoon.
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Discord Status, Silicon Republic, and Waivly
Tweets: @spotifystatus, @discord, @spotifystatus, @discord, @molly0xfff, @caseynewton, @c4stamere, @eastdakota, @markdecarlo, @taradublinrocks, @mashable, and @alchaeda
| Entrackr: |
Data collaboration software maker Atlan raises a $50M Series B led by Salesforce Ventures at a ~$450M valuation, following a $16M Series A in May 2021 — Data collaboration software provider Atlan has raised around $50 million in its Series B round from new and existing investors including …
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The Economic Times, Business Wire, Inc42 Media, Tech in Asia, and VentureBeat
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