Techmeme: Abound, an online wholesale marketplace connecting retailers and brands, raises a $36.7M Series B led by D. E. Shaw, bringing its total funding to $59.6M (PYMNTS.com)

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DeFi platform bZx says a hacker stole an estimated $55M worth of cryptocurrency assets after spear-phishing one of its employees and swiping two private keys — A hacker has stolen an estimated $55 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from bZx, a decentralized finance (DeFi) …

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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:

FOI request reveals US Treasury acquired data feeds enabling government use of sensitive data from smartphone apps not subject to due process restrictions — The Treasury Department has in recent months expanded its digital surveillance powers, contracts provided to The Intercept reveal …

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Christine Hall / TechCrunch:

Neuro-ID, whose real-time behavioral analytics tool helps companies reduce fraud and customer friction, raises a $35M Series B led by Canapi Ventures — Much of our days are built around digital experiences, and companies are increasingly looking for ways to unlock conversion and optimize fraud screening.

More: Business Wire and PYMNTS.com

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PYMNTS.com:

Abound, an online wholesale marketplace connecting retailers and brands, raises a $36.7M Series B led by D. E. Shaw, bringing its total funding to $59.6M — Wholesale marketplace Abound raised $36.7 million in a Series B funding round led by D. E. Shaw group, with additional support from PointState Capital …

Source: PR Newswire. More: AlleyWatch

Bloomberg:

Apple hires CJ Moore, Tesla's Autopilot Software director who in January told the DMV that Musk's “Full-Self Driving” claims didn't “match engineering reality” — - CJ Moore drew controversy for remarks to DMV investigators — Apple continues to develop car technology under new managers

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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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Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk:

Bitcoin Cash briefly spiked 4.6% on Friday after a fake PR Newswire press release, which also appeared on Kroger.com, claimed Kroger will begin accepting it — The cryptocurrency rose over 4.6% from $602.63 at around 11:30 UTC to $630.70 in less than 15 minutes after the publication of a fraudulent announcement.

More: Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, Crypto Briefing, The Verge, CoinDesk, The Daily Hodl, Bitcoinist.com, Techaeris, The Block, Cointelegraph, and Mashable

Tweets: @reuters, @crypto, and @thestalwart

FinSMEs:

Gather, which builds metaverse-like environments for offices, events, and conferences, raises a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures — Gather, a US provider of a metaverse platform, raised $50M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures …

Source: Gather. More: Fast Company

Tweets: @flippnflops, @jowyang, and @joshelman

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.

More: Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, Gizchina, Techaeris, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, and iClarified

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