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Sources: Meta has discussed opening retail stores globally to showcase devices made by its Reality Labs division, like VR headsets and, eventually, AR glasses — The social networking company has discussed opening physical stores to showcase its virtual reality and augmented reality devices.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple and TSMC plan to produce 3nm chips for Macs as soon as 2023, with as many as four dies and up to 40 CPU cores per chip — Apple is taking the PC world by storm with its first debut of Apple Silicon chips inside of Macs, taking what it learned from developing the iPhone and iPad …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it has identified and fixed a firmware issue with its T2 security chip, which bricked some Macs while upgrading to macOS Monterey — macOS Monterey was released to the public last month with new features such as Focus modes, Shortcuts, and more.
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Internal docs: a Facebook well-being team's survey found 12.5% of participants reported compulsive use of Facebook that negatively impacted their lives — The app hurts sleep, work, relationships or parenting for about 12.5% of users, who reported they felt Facebook was more of a problem than other social media
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Lime raises $523M in convertible debt and term loan financing and says it plans to go public next year — Shared electric micromobility giant Lime has closed a $523 million raise in convertible debt and term loan financing, money that Lime CEO Wayne Ting says is the next step on the company's path to going public next year.
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| Balaji Srinivasan / @balajis: |
Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land — Woke Capital incarnate. https://twitter.com/...
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Square reports Q3 revenue of $3.84B, up 27% YoY but missing $4.51B estimates, bitcoin revenue of $1.81B, up 11% YoY, and gross payment volume of $45.4B, up 43% — - Overall third-quarter sales fall short of analysts' estimates — Gross profit was up 43% from the same period a year earlier
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| Muhdan Saglam / Middle East Eye: |
Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users — Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards
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| Katie Jennings / Forbes: |
Papa, which connects elderly Americans with virtual and physical companions, raises a $150M Series D led by Vision Fund 2 at a $1.4B valuation — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Andrew Parker's grandfather needed help, but he didn't need a doctor.
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| Anna Pruchnicka / Reuters: |
Polish e-commerce company Allegro to buy Czech online retailer Mall Group for about $1.02B — (Reuters) -Polish e-commerce group Allegro has agreed to buy Czech online retailer Mall Group for 881 million euros ($1.02 billion) to create a regional platform, sending its shares up as much as 11%.
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| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel to acquire part of Taiwan-based VIA Technologies' Centaur x86 CPU subsidiary for $125M — As Intel speeds up development, Via scales it down. — Via Technologies announced plans to offload part of its Centaur Technology x86 CPU subsidiary to Intel for $125 million.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 features that stopped loading due to an expired certificate, including the Snipping Tool, touch keyboard, and emoji panel — Windows 11 features are no longer failing to load — Microsoft has fixed several Windows 11 features failing to load after an expired certificate was discovered earlier this week.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Nintendo president says he doesn't “see a sign of the component shortages recovering” as the company cuts Switch sales target for FY 2021 from 25.5M to 24M — - Company upgrades operating profit outlook citing FX rates — Sustaining sales momentum will depend heavily on OLED model
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