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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has delayed adding a blood pressure monitor to Watch until 2024, possibly 2025, after difficulties with accuracy during testing — Apple Inc.'s plan to add a highly anticipated blood-pressure monitor to its smartwatch has hit some snags and the technology isn't expected …
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AppleInsider, The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, MacRumors, Appleosophy, Cult of Mac, iMore, and iMore
Tweets: @markgurman, @ivanthek, and @business
| The Verge: |
Meta rolls out a test for some creators to sell virtual items and effects in Horizon Worlds, which will take a 25% cut of any sale after app store fees — Horizon Worlds will take a 25 percent cut of any sale after app store fees — Meta is testing new features to let creators …
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Meta, YouTube, Reuters, Protocol, Insider, VentureBeat, TechCircle, Laptop Mag, CNBC, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, cybernews.com, Neowin, Cryptonews, Tubefilter, The Economic Times, Social Media Today, VRScout, CoinDesk, Android Central, Road to VR, UploadVR, and Engadget
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @ldignan, @tomaxwell, @brianjjackson, @mixedrealitytv, @oculos410, @alexdchandler, @jonvirtual, @alexeheath, @ericpresidentvr, @iainmacl, @alexeheath, @slhamlet, @ballmatthew, @ernestle, and @boztank
| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
Circle, which maintains the USDC stablecoin, raises $400M from BlackRock, Fidelity, and others, after raising $440M in May 2021 — BlackRock and Fidelity headlined the stablecoin issuer's latest funding round, which follows a $440 million raise from last May.
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Circle, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, FinSMEs, Bloomberg, and CoinGape
Tweets: @yueqi_yang, @mayazi, @jerallaire, @jerallaire, and @apompliano
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of a16z's Chris Dixon, whose early bets on crypto startups, including Coinbase, Uniswap, and Dapper Labs, have made him Forbes' top VC in the space — The Andreessen Horowitz partner is the new no. 1 on Forbes' 21st annual Midas List of top venture investors, thanks to savvy bets on tokens …
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Forbes. Tweets: @zck, @valaafshar, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @forbes, @rabois, and @killedbygoogle
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list — DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave. — When Google launched Chrome back in 2008, it changed the web overnight.
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Tweets: @wired, @beahbl, @byunfinished, @jeremiahg, @duckduckgo, and @alexhern
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Ethereum developers launch the so-called mainnet shadow fork, a key stress test ahead of the proof-of-stake Merge upgrade, expected to reduce energy use by ~99% — Ethereum's network is inching closer toward its much-anticipated software upgrade known as the Merge, having just entered a key testing step.
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The Block, CoinDesk, Fortune, Cointelegraph, the mesha tribe, GitHub, Cryptonews, Micky, Waivly, and CryptoPotato
Tweets: @vdwijden, @vdwijden, @cory_eth, @bulldogholmes, and @monetarywonk
| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Research: TikTok's ad revenue is projected to triple in 2022 to $11B+, surpassing Twitter and Snapchat combined, which are expected to make $5.58B and $4.86B — Video-sharing app TikTok's advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales …
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eMarketer, PYMNTS.com, Telecoms.com, Coinspeaker, The Information, The Times, dot.LA, Pandaily, Benzinga, PingWest, and Tech News. Tweets: @tanarrowz
| Jill R Shah / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Meta spent $26.8M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021, up 6% from 2020, far above other execs, such as Sundar Pichai ($4.3M) and Jeff Bezos ($1.6M) — The cost of keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe keeps going up for Meta Platforms Inc., far outstripping what similar technology companies with high-profile executives are spending.
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Tweets: @davidgura, @jackpullara, and @gregbensinger
| Akshat Rathi / Bloomberg: |
A look at Stripe's $925M Frontier initiative, which funds carbon-removal startups and has received funding from Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and others — Some of the world's largest companies will spend $925 million buying offsets from startups that remove carbon dioxide from the air.
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South China Morning Post. Tweets: @stripe, @stripe, @schrep, @stacykauk, @stacykauk, @tobi, @shakeelhashim, @akshatrathi, @akshatrathi, @akshatrathi, @jasonclimateguy, @johnfraher, and @christineburns
| Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: |
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver weighed in on data brokers, showing how easy it was to target members of Congress with ads after obtaining their personal info — John Oliver escalated his typical shenanigans on Sunday night's episode of “Last Week Tonight,” going from poking fun at politicians to outright blackmailing them.
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| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase will produce a movie trilogy based on the Bored Ape Yacht Club, set to premier at NFT.NYC in June; BAYC owners can submit their apes for consideration — The trio of films will tie into the launch of Coinbase's long-awaited NFT marketplace. — The Bored Ape Yacht Club is getting …
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CNET, Waivly, HYPEBEAST, Coinspeaker, CryptoSlate, The Crypto Connection, one37pm.com, The Block, Protocol, Bitcoin News, Crypto Briefing, Benzinga, Decrypt, and Forkast
Tweets: @mdudas, @piques15, @electiondaymad1, @alex, @valkenburgh, @discoverxnft, and @mixtatiq
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Some business customers say Microsoft's licensing rules make it harder and costlier to run Windows and Office on rival cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud — The current tide of antitrust scrutiny and regulations focused on big technology companies has conspicuously omitted one company … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Singapore-based fashion marketplace Zilingo suspends CEO Ankiti Bose, after attempts to raise $150M-$200M led to an investigation over its accounting — Zilingo Pte, one of Singapore's highest-profile startups, has suspended Chief Executive Officer Ankiti Bose after an effort … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Fitbit receives FDA clearance for passive heart rhythm monitoring to detect signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib) and will roll out the feature in the US soon — The Food and Drug Administration has given Fitbit the green light to monitor users' heart rhythms in the background.| New York Times: |
NFT avatar startup Genies raises $150M led by Silver Lake at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $250M — Silver Lake is leading a $150 million funding round for Genies, an avatar technology company that provides digital tools to create and sell online characters, clothes …
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The Block, CoinDesk, and VentureBeat
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Meta has sent ~90 subpoenas related to the FTC's antitrust case to companies including Dispo, which says the requests are “overbroad, vexatious, and harassing” — On a quest to show the FTC that it isn't a monopoly, Meta flooded a wide swath of major tech companies with subpoenas last month.
Tweets: @tayhatmaker, @dlisscious, @nmasc_, and @seyitaylor
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Mental health app Real, which offers subscriptions from $13 per month, raises a $37M Series B led by Owl Ventures, bringing its total funding to $53M — Real, a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation …
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FinSMEs and Business Wire
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Voyager Innovations, owner of popular Filipino financial app PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, raises $210M led by SIG Venture Capital at a $1.4B valuation — Voyager Innovations, the owner of Philippines' payment and financial services app PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, announced today …
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Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
EvolutionIQ, which uses AI to help insurers analyze claimant data to speed up processing, raises $21M Series A led by Brewer Lane Ventures at a $150M+ valuation — Processing claims at scale presents a challenge for insurers, particularly where the claims entail factors like complex underlying health conditions.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Observe.ai, which develops call center software that analyzes conversations, raises a $125M Series C led by Vision Fund 2, bringing its total funding to $213M — Contact centers play a key part in call a company engages with customers, amounting to what is a $400 billion market globally.
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and Business Wire
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify rebrands companion app Spotify Greenroom as Spotify Live and integrates its live audio capabilities in the main app minus the interactive features — As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app …
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Engadget, Spotify, and The Hollywood Reporter
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Critical Start, a managed detection and response service for enterprises, raises $215M from Vista Equity Partners — Cybersecurity firm Critical Start Inc., which sells a managed detection and response solution to enterprises, said today it has closed on a bumper $215 million strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Chicago-based BloXroute, which develops blockchain agnostic tools for DeFi trading, raises a $70M Series B led by Vision Fund 2 — Quick Take — BloXroute has raised $70 million in new funding from SoftBank, Jane Street and others. — The firm plans to expand its team to 100 people, CEO Uri Klarman says.Sponsor Posts
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