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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Display analyst Ross Young expects Apple will release a 27-inch mini-LED display in June; Kuo says Apple “may not launch” mini-LED products in 2022 due to cost — Apple plans to launch a “Pro” version of its new Studio Display in June of this year that measures 27-inches …
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Apple confirms that its Studio Display will work with Windows; some features, like Center Stage and True Tone, are macOS-only — Apple has confirmed to MacRumors that the brand new Studio Display will work when connected to PCs, but critical new features of the display will not carry …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a Mac mini with M2 eight-core CPU and 10-core GPU and a Mac mini with M2 Pro 12-core CPU; M2 chip design will be based on A15 — Apple this week introduced Mac Studio, which is somewhat based on the Mac mini but with much more powerful hardware - but that doesn't mean it's the end of Mac mini.| Adam Tinworth / One Man & His Blog: |
Substack's app lets users pause email delivery to read only in the app, building a moat for Substack that potentially protects it from competitors — Substack has launched a reader app for iOS, turning itself from a newsletter company into a platform one. Publishers — beware.
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Tweets: @substackinc, @hamishmckenzie, @iroughol, @adders, @kantrowitz, and @joshelman
| Amanda Holpuch / New York Times: |
A look at @PayGapApp, a viral Twitter bot created by Francesca Lawson and Ali Fensome, which highlights the gender pay gap data of British companies — Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women's Day, one couple used …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google rolls out iMessage emoji reactions for Google Messages to all after testing the feature in beta, alongside other updates to the app — We've known for months that Google has been working to make its Messaging app properly display emoji reactions sent by iPhone users.
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| Christopher Harland-Dunaway / The Verge: |
An investigation into Tron founder and Poloniex investor Justin Sun, who according to an FBI subpoena is facing potential charges for wire fraud and more — Justin Sun, a budding Chinese cryptocurrency mogul, walked through the shiny lofted atrium of the departure terminal at South Korea's Incheon International Airport.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Sony stops sales of PlayStation consoles and software in Russia and shuts its PlayStation Store following Ukraine vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov's request — - Sony's PlayStation unit and Nintendo say they have stopped all product sales in Russia. — They're following in the footsteps … | Financial Times: |
Interviews with 30 people detail the rise and fall of Meta's Libra project, later renamed Diem, as lofty goals were undermined by Facebook's reputation — On June 24 2021, Jay Powell and Janet Yellen sat down for their weekly breakfast amid the austere surroundings of the US Treasury building on 1,500 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Play Store users in Russia will not be able to buy apps, games, IAPs, and subscriptions, in the coming days, due to a “payment system disruption” — Google today told Android app developers that Play Store users in Russia will soon no longer be able to purchase apps, games, IAPs, or subscriptions.
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Android Police, TechCrunch, Finextra, Android Central, The Economic Times, Mashable, and TechCircle. Thanks:@technacity
| Rachna Khaira / The Caravan: |
Investigation details how caller ID app Truecaller, which has 205M+ MAUs in India, uses India's weak data privacy laws to build its user information database — In October 2021, I called a journalist based in Pakistan, who did not know me. Surprisingly, they greeted me by my name when they received the call.
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| Harriet Agnew / Financial Times: |
London-based Lendable, which connects global institutional investors with borrowers, raises £210M led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan at a £3.5B valuation — Ontario Teachers' investment in fintech group part of broader shift into private assets| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
DataRails, which offers financial planning and analytics tools, raises a $50M Series B led by Qumra Capital, following a $43.5M Series A in June 2021 — It's estimated that there are more than 1 billion people using Microsoft's Excel in the world today, and a significant part …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon's board of directors approve a 20-for-1 stock split and Amazon says it plans to buy back up to $10B in shares; stock rises 6% after hours — - Amazon on Wednesday announced that the Board of Directors has approved a 20-for-1 stock split. — The company also said it plans to buy back up to $10 billion worth of shares.
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Tweets: @toddbishop, @ivanthek, @post_market, @ferrotv, and @joecarlsonshow
| Stephen Totilo / Axios: |
Eight more current and former PlayStation employees add their accounts of sexist treatment to a class action lawsuit filed against the company in November 2021 — Eight more women, former and current employees at Sony PlayStation, have added their accounts of sexist treatment … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder lets US users access background checks via Garbo to screen matches for past violence and abuse; first two searches are free, then $2.50+ each afterward — Following last year's investment in the background-check nonprofit Garbo, Match Group today is rolling out Garbo-powered background checks to its flagship dating app Tinder.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
DeepMind details Ithaca, an AI model to help restore missing text from ancient Greek inscriptions and offer suggestions about where and when they were written — A ‘complementary tool’ to help historians unravel ancient text — Machine learning techniques are providing new tools …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian game streaming service Loco raises a $42M Series A, bringing its total funding to ~$51M, sources say at a ~$145M valuation — Game streaming startup Loco said on Thursday it has raised $42 million as it looks to build, what it has told some investors, “Twitch for India.”
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Moneycontrol, Tech in Asia, Entrackr, and Bloomberg
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Sources describe how the US has bolstered Ukraine's cyber defenses with soldiers and cybersecurity experts, working with Ukraine years before Russia's attack — Months before the Russian invasion, a team of Americans fanned out across Ukraine looking for a very specific kind of threat.
Tweets: @razhael and @dalperovitch
| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
The SEC is considering a requirement that publicly traded companies disclose data breaches and other significant cybersecurity incidents within four days — Regulator offers rule that would mandate reporting of ransomware incidents and data breaches — WASHINGTON—Federal regulators …
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta says Instagram's VP of youth Pavni Diwanji is stepping down as part of a restructuring; Adam Mosseri will oversee youth-focused work — Departure comes amid organizational changes at the company; Instagram for Kids remains paused — The executive overseeing Instagram's development … | Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Orlando-based Stax, which offers flat-fee subscriptions for processing business payments, raises $245M from investors including Blue Star at a $1B+ valuation — Fintech's newest unicorn doesn't hail from San Francisco, London or Singapore. Instead, it's built a 10-figure valuation from central Florida.
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Business Wire, Axios, Orlando Business Journal, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, and Fast Company
Tweets: @staxpayments, @orlandomayor, and @aishagani
| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
A look at the Islamic world's debate over cryptocurrencies, seen as gambling by some, as millions of people in Indonesia and the Middle East invest in crypto — Mu'aawiyah Tucker is a religious man. Because the Koran forbids the practice of earning interest on loans, Tucker has for years tried to avoid traditional banks.
Tweets: @faizsays, @dseetharaman, @gerritd, and @nitashatiku
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