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| Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Many current and former Amazon executives, showrunners, and agents say Amazon Studios is confusing and frustrating; one showrunner says Studios has “no vision” — Despite ambitious bets like ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and the upcoming ‘Citadel,’ insiders complain that there's still …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to eliminate a small number of its corporate retail staff, marking its first known cuts since embarking on a belt-tightening effort in 2022 — Apple Inc. is eliminating a small number of roles within its corporate retail teams, according to people with knowledge of the matter …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple reports an issue with its Weather app on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, ongoing for over eight hours; some users have had issues for over a week — Apple is currently experiencing issues with its weather data provider, leaving many users unable to see live weather information and forecasts for regions in the Weather app.
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| Tom Bristow / Politico: |
The UK ICO fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids' data, saying the app “should have done better”, down from a £27M fine proposed in September 2022 — The ICO estimates that 1.4 million children in the UK were on TikTok in 2020.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed — Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. You can see it for yourself on Twitter.com, where you will be greeted with a pup:
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Vancouver-based Web3 messaging protocol developer LayerZero Labs raised a $120M Series B at a $3B valuation, up from $1B in its $135M Series A+ in March 2022 — The valuation is triple the level of the firm's previous funding round in March 2022. — Join the most important conversation …
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| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
DeFi lending protocol Euler says a hacker returned all “recoverable funds” stolen in its ~$200M exploit; blockchain data shows the hacker apologized on March 28 — Culprit had already apologized. — The hacker responsible for roiling Euler Finance by draining some $200 million …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Stanford's AI Index: in 2022, industry produced 32 notable ML models compared to academia's three, global private investment fell 26.7% YoY to $91.9B, and more — An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deploying and safeguarding AI applications.
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| Financial Times: |
SEC arrests Frank founder Charlie Javice and charges her with fraud, saying she falsified user numbers when JPMorgan paid $175M for the student finance startup — Charlie Javice allegedly falsified user numbers at student finance company — The founder of a student finance website acquired …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Researcher: bugs in Nexx's Wi-Fi-enabled garage door openers let hackers open garages; Nexx hasn't responded to patch appeals for months, including from the DHS — A security researcher found a series of vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage openers.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces the $300 Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock, offering a USB-C port over the proprietary Surface Connect port and supporting non-Surface devices — Priced at $299.99, the new Surface dock will connect over USB-C instead of the proprietary Surface Connect port.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Post, a Twitter alternative that pays publishers via microtransactions, launches in public beta and says outlets get an average $25 CPM for a paywalled article — Post, a Twitter alternative of sorts that's rethinking how publishers should engage with social media — and how they should monetize … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Covariant, which builds AI-powered industrial robots, raised $75M led by Radical Ventures and Index Ventures as an extension to an $80M Series C in July 2021 — I took a deep dive with Covariant co-founder and CEO Peter Chen at ProMat the other week. The timing was either perfect or terrible depending on who you ask.| New York Times: |
China opening its Micron investigation marks the most significant retaliation against US chip sanctions yet and undermines Beijing's open-for-business messaging — Beijing's security review of Micron Technology, which has deep roots in China, could have wide-ranging ramifications for other foreign businesses.| Becky Peterson / The Information: |
The Saudi Public Investment Fund lists ~35 of its partnerships with US VC firms, like a16z, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Human Capital — For several years, venture capital firms have been cagey about whether they have raised money from Saudi Arabia …
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Silicon Valley Business …, Bloomberg, Fortune, Blockworks, Financial Times, Cryptopolitan, and Bloomberg
| Leo Schwartz / Fortune: |
Georgia-based Bakkt, which offers trading and custodial services, acquires infrastructure provider Apex Crypto for ~$155M, split $55M in cash and $100M in stock — New York-based Bakkt announced on Monday that it received regulatory approval to acquire trading infrastructure provider Apex Crypto …
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Bakkt, Cryptopolitan, CryptoSlate, Cointelegraph, and The Information
| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers: eFile.com, an IRS-authorized e-file service, was serving JavaScript malware on its website, weeks after some users suspected the site was hijacked — eFile.com, an IRS-authorized e-file software service provider used by many for filing their tax returns, has been caught serving JavaScript malware.
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PCWorld, PCMag, and SANS Internet Storm Center
| Bloomberg: |
How Indonesia's QR payment system, used by 22M+ merchants and set to double to 45M in 2023, helps the country bring its small businesses into the formal economy — From food carts lining Jakarta's raucous streets to wet markets in Indonesia's most remote villages, one type of barcode is becoming ubiquitous.Sponsor Posts
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