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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Wyze had been aware of several remote access vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite Bitdefender warnings — A Wyze Cam internet camera vulnerability allows unauthenticated, remote access to videos and images stored on local memory cards …
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The Verge, Bitdefender Labs, HotHardware.com News, Techhive.com, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Record, Android Authority, KnowTechie, The Hacker News, Stacey on IoT, TechSpot, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @tomwarren, @chrispcritters, @0xmatt, @bitdefender, and @nexusben
| Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC chairman Mark Liu warns consumer demand for smartphones, PCs, and TVs is slowing down, especially in China, and components and materials costs are rising — Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns — Taiwan tech titan TSMC says demand …
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CNBC, Macrodesiac, The Mac Observer, Softpedia News, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iClarified
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
A profile of Ben McKenzie, a star of The O.C. who has become an outspoken crypto critic and is writing the book “Easy Money” with journalist Jacob Silverman — The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation.
Tweets: @yaffebellany, @katierosman, @debs, @ben_mckenzie, @issielapowsky, @silvermanjacob, @kashhill, @davidgerard, and @smdiehl
| CNBC: |
A look at 3C, a “grassroots” SMB group against Big Tech regulation, funded by Google and Amazon, which claims support from 20+ SMBs that haven't heard of it — - The Connected Commerce Council, which pitches itself as a grassroots movement representing small business owners …
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Politico, Newslit Daily, and Beyond Search
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Open source containerization company Docker raises a $105M Series C led by Bain Capital Ventures at a $2.1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $163M — It wasn't that long ago that Docker looked like it was on the ropes. In 2019, it sold its enterprise business and decided …
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Crunchbase News, InfoWorld, and Protocol
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out updates to DMs, including 30-second song previews, the ability to reply while browsing, quick post resharing, status, and “silent messages” — Instagram today is rolling out over a half dozen new messaging features, following promises late last year that its DM …
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Meta, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Protocol, Engadget, and Messenger News
Tweets: @instagram and @instagram
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple seeks to diversify its memory chip suppliers, weighing Micron, Samsung, and Yangtze, after Japanese supplier Kioxia lost a batch to contamination — Apple Inc. is exploring new sources of the memory chips that go into iPhones, including its first Chinese producer of the critical component …
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Gizmodo, TechRadar, iClarified, 9to5Mac, Blocks and Files, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iMore, PhoneArena, Reuters, and DigiTimes
| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Business Essentials launches for all SMBs in the US, starting at $2.99/month; the management service is getting Google Workspace integration in the spring — After a beta period with tens of thousands of businesses, Apple is ready to extend simplified device management, iCloud Drive storage …
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Apple, MacRumors, TechCrunch, ZDNet, CNET, CNBC, and Six Colors
Tweets: @reneritchie, @mrcippy, @reneritchie, and @benbajarin
| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Samsung partners with iFixit for a self-repair program, offering parts, tools, and repair guides, coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus — Coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus — Today, Samsung announced a new self-repair program …
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Samsung Newsroom, VICE, XDA Developers, Android Authority, MacRumors, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, HotHardware.com News, Android Central, TechRadar, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @samsungnewsus and @kwiens
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google plans to add “highly cited” Search labels for original reporting and press releases, coming “soon” in the US on mobile and “in the coming weeks” globally — And new notices will help searchers check the validity of information
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The Keyword, CNET, The Register, TNW, TechCrunch, Axios, Search Engine Land, Protocol, 9to5Google, Engadget, and Search Engine Roundtable
Tweets: @chromeunboxed, @google, and @benhkaiser
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Review of the $899 OnePlus 10 Pro, available in the US on April 14: sleek build but subpar cameras, no IP rating for the unlocked version, and no 5G on AT&T — It's a likable device, but OnePlus still has some work to do — The 10 Pro is OnePlus all grown up.| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Analysis: majority of the most-viewed Reels on Meta's platforms are anonymous or reposted; Meta says Reels is Instagram's biggest engagement growth contributor — Facebook's pivot back to video shows how badly it needs young people. — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, needs to stay relevant.
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New York Times, Protocol, Integrity Institute, Tech-pigułka, and Washington Post
| Molly White: |
An analysis of the Axie Infinity hack: Sky Mavis taking six days to disclose is irresponsible and users likely lost money they need to live, not just spare cash — On March 23, cryptocurrency priced at around $625 million was stolen from the Ronin network, which is the blockchain that powers the game Axie Infinity.
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CryptoPotato, Fast Company, The Daily Dot, GamesTX, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @molly0xfff, @molly0xfff, @dlberes, @buzz, @abebrown716, @kansasalps, and @stshank
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Intel acquires AI-based workload optimization startup Granulate, sources say for $650M, in a deal set to close in Q2 2022; PitchBook: Granulate raised $45.6M — Last year, when we wrote about new investment for Israeli startup Granulate — which applies AI to high-priority computing workloads …
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Intel, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Globes Online, Silicon Republic, Haaretz, San Francisco Business Journal, and CTech
Tweets: @chernandburn and @patrickmoorhead
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Interview with pseudonymous Ukrainian IT specialist Danylo, who released chat logs from the Russia-linked Conti ransomware gang, on his motivations and more — As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best …
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The Overspill. Tweets: @snlyngaas, @donie, @akiperitz, @marquardta, @snlyngaas, @ericgeller, @trellix, @daviduberti, @kimzetter, and @allthingsnatsec
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple updates its App Store rules in the Netherlands to let Dutch dating apps take payments through third-party processors, but a 27% commission still applies — But they can't avoid giving up a 27 percent commission — To help bring an end to wrangling with Dutch regulators that stretched …
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Apple Developer, Computerworld, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iThinkDifferent, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, iMore, TechCircle, ZDNet, Neowin, Bloomberg, iClarified, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @eric_seufert, @stroughtonsmith, and @stroughtonsmith
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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Apple Developer, The Verge, PCMag, XDA Developers, Variety, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, MobileSyrup, Engadget, BGR India, CNET, and TechCrunch
| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
The EU Parliament votes to outlaw anonymous crypto payments, extending KYC rules to even the smallest transactions with unhosted or self-hosted wallets — Lawmakers are set to end even the smallest anonymous crypto transactions, and plan measures that could see unregulated exchanges cut off.
Tweets: @carnage4life
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google begins trialing its updated Privacy Sandbox tools globally, including Topics and FLEDGE APIs, starting with developers now and Chrome Beta users next — Google has just announced the next stage of trials of its Privacy Sandbox proposal — focused on ads relevance and measurement.
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Android Police, Search Engine Land, Engadget, 9to5Google, and Chromium Blog
Tweets: @lukolejnik and @lukolejnik
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Masayoshi Son told SoftBank leadership that the company needs to slow investments, amid the war in Ukraine, falling tech stocks, and China's crackdown — SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has warned his top executives of the need to slow down further investments …
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The Economic Times and ExchangeWire.com
Tweets: @alderlaneeggs, @grantspub, @muradahmed, @financialtimes, @jasonlk, and @doombergt
| Bloomberg: |
Some prominent crypto executives, including FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, are pushing to be regulated by the CFTC, not the SEC, a smaller agency focused on futures — It was a classic Washington networking party. Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and chief executive officer of FTX …
Tweets: @allyversprille, @smdiehl, @blakereid, and @smdiehl
| Michael Sheetz / CNBC: |
Hadrian Automation, which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts, raises $90M led by Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz — - Los Angeles-based machining parts start-up Hadrian Automation raised $90 million in a new round of funding led by venture firms Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.
Tweets: @ktmboyle and @thesheetztweetz
| Marlize van Romburgh / Crunchbase News: |
Chief, a social network with 12,000+ users that helps businesswomen rise into positions of power, raises a $100M Series B led by CapitalG at a $1.1B valuation — Chief, a private network designed to help more businesswomen rise into positions of power, raised a $100 million Series B investment led … | Bloomberg: |
Blockchain.com raises funding at a ~$14B valuation led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, more than doubling its $5.2B valuation from March 2021 — Startup Blockchain.com said it raised new funding that values the company at about $14 billion, more than doubling its worth in a sign …
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CoinQuora, CryptoSlate, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @ivanlevingston and @wublockchain
| Naureen S Malik / Bloomberg: |
Texas will require new large-scale cryptocurrency miners to seek permission to access its power grid, in anticipation of increasing demand from miners — Texas has started requiring new large-scale cryptocurrency miners to seek permission to connect to the state's power grid in anticipation …
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Bloomberg, Investing.com, and Micky
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021, far above Intel's initial $110M estimate; Intel's stock is down 15% since his appointment, lagging the industry — Bonus for taking helm at struggling US chipmaker was far more than company initially calculated
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Reuters, Oregonian, Wall Street Journal, CRN, and San Francisco Business Journal
Tweets: @followtheh and @followtheh
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Avalanche is now the fourth largest blockchain for DeFi protocols by “total value locked”, at $10B+, ahead of Solana, with its AVAX token rising 2,800% in 2021 — To the crypto-conscious, blockchain industry conferences have become annual pilgrimages of sorts … | Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Research shows TikTok tic videos contribute to a rise in cases of girls with tics; US ER room visits among teen girls with tics has tripled during the pandemic — Tourette videos posted on the platform continue to draw many viewers, and doctors say teen girls keep showing up at their offices with functional neurological issues
Tweets: @zerostatereflex, @juliejargon, @dellcam, @anthony, and @jessefelder
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