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Decentralized social network Bluesky launches in the iOS App Store as an invite-only beta; Twitter started Bluesky in 2019 and spun off the project in 2022 — Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access.
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
After a lengthy, unexplained outage over the weekend due to an update, Solana Labs plans to improve its upgrade process to ensure reliability and uptime — Solana co-founder said last week's 1.14 network update has raised concerns about maintaining stability during major updates.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta's internal four-year AR/VR roadmap: three Quest headsets, smart glasses with a display and a “neural interface” smartwatch in 2025, and AR glasses in 2027 — During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter users globally reported multiple outages for over two hours, including the timeline failing to load on web and mobile; most users could still tweet — Twitter seems to be having difficulties, with users reporting that the site's timeline isn't loading on either the web or mobile apps.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok adds new well-being features for teens and others, including screen time controls, default settings for teens, and expanded Family Pairing — TikTok announced today that it's introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community.
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| Politico: |
How the UK's Online Safety Bill became an overwrought law that may not achieve its aims due to repeated policy changes by four prime ministers since 2019 — LONDON — Britain's attempt to rein in the internet has turned into a political omnishambles. — The country's masterplan …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Twitter reverses its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people and adds rules on threats of damaging homes and infrastructure — Twitter is once again tightening its rules around what users are permitted to say on the platform.
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| Elad Gil / Elad Blog: |
Mid-to-late stage tech startups will likely face a reckoning in late 2023 to 2024, as companies run out of cash from “free rounds” fueled by low interest rates — The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely decoupled from interest rates and inflation.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as a “creative adviser” despite thousands of layoffs and multiple activist investors — The $160 billion business-software company has joined the tech industry's retrenchment, laying off thousands
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| Reuters: |
Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six US criminal charges, becoming the third FTX exec close to SBF to plead guilty and cooperate — Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Memo and sources: Instacart told employees that its Q4 revenue increased 50%+ YoY, Q4 gross profit rose 80%+ YoY, and 2022 revenue grew 39% YoY to ~$2.5B — The company increased revenue 39% in 2022 despite slowing sales on its grocery delivery app — Instacart Inc. generated sharply higher sales … | Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
Nansen: investors pulled $6B+ out of the BUSD stablecoin in the past month after US regulatory pressure; BUSD was ~40% of Binance's trading volume in December — New York regulatory move accelerates withdrawal from BUSD stablecoin — Investors have pulled more than $6bn …
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| Financial Times: |
London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020 — Crypto boom helped fintech to first annual profit — Revolut's auditor warned that the design of the fintech's …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm and Thales announce the certification of the first commercially deployable iSIM, putting eSIM-like functionality directly into a phone's main processor — Never mind eSIMs — your next phone might have a more advanced way of connecting to your carrier.
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Qualcomm, Pocket-lint, Sammy Fans, Android Authority, SamMobile, TechRadar, CNET, Trusted Reviews, Thales Group, Neowin, HotHardware, GSMArena.com, Pocketnow, and PCMag
| Asian Law Caucus: |
A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were never told why, and 43% were sexually harassed on the job — SAN FRANCISCO - A new report released today by the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Rideshare Drivers United (RDU) … | Clément Girardot / Rest of World: |
A look at Belarus' once-vibrant tech startup scene, decimated after ruthless repression by Alexander Lukashenko's regime and Russia's invasion of Ukraine — Ruthless political repression has decimated Belarus' once-thriving tech scene. — • VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
Tweets: @mvzelenks, @anupkaphle, and @vickiturk
| Blake Hester / VICE: |
How the proliferation of shock sites like Goatse, which can be traced back to Rotten.com, defined the modern internet era and informed how we use the web today — We owe the cultural evolution of the internet to the likes of ‘Two Girls, One Cup,’ ‘Goatse,’ and ‘Tubgirl.’
Tweets: @metallicaisrad, @michaelbarthel, @adribbleofink, @doncald, @yacobg42, @noahjspringer, and @noescapevg
| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $5.33B and active customers up 1% YoY to 18.1M, both below estimates — Coupang Inc., the South Korean e-commerce giant backed by SoftBank Group Corp., reported lower sales than analysts estimated, marring another profitable quarter for the company.
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The Motley Fool, Coupang, The Korea Herald, and Tech in Asia
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Three SIM-swapping gangs separately claimed multiple times on Telegram to have phished staff at T-Mobile throughout 2022, far more often than other US carriers — Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 …
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WebProNews and The Overspill
| PYMNTS.com: |
Robotics startup Fulfil, which offers automated micro-fulfillment centers for online grocers, emerges from stealth with a $60M Series B led by Eclipse — As grocers look to escape reliance on aggregators, tech providers are offering new automated solutions.
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Fulfil, Winsight Grocery Business, Grocery Dive, MMH Editorial, FinSMEs, and The Robot Report
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Typeface, which offers generative AI for marketing copy and images, emerges from stealth with $65M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV, M12, and Menlo Ventures — Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week …
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Tweets: @typefaceai, @masonpelt, and @mcwm
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