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Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang announce Paradigm One, a $2.5B fund focused on crypto and Web3 — Fred Ehrsam is behind $2.5bn fund Paradigm One, to which investors jockeyed to commit money — Cryptocurrencies are booming, and a three-year-old investment firm …
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Tweets: @matthuang, @cmsholdings, @joemccann, @melt_dem, and @jasonyanowitz
| John Koetsier / Forbes: |
Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups — Apple is secretly buying Google ads for high-value apps to collect potentially millions of dollars in subscription revenue, multiple app publishers have told me.
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XDA Developers, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Gizchina, The Mac Observer, Beyond Search, and FOSS Patents
Tweets: @mohamedmansour, @herf, @forbes, @chetfaliszek, @carnage4life, @matthewstoller, and @eric_seufert
| Sam White / British GQ: |
Q&A with Xbox's Phil Spencer and other executives on plans for the platform, including Game Pass and xCloud, exclusive games, the history of Xbox, and more — Phil Spencer saved Xbox. Now he wants to reinvent gaming. Ahead of Xbox's 20th anniversary, we sat down with him and Microsoft's gaming …
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GamesIndustry.biz, CNET, Protocol, OnMSFT.com, GameSpot, IGN, purexbox.com, Video Games Chronicle, GamingBolt, and BBC
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select members of the IBM Quantum Network in December, and previews next-gen IBM Quantum System Two — According to IBM, Eagle leverages new techniques that place control components on multiple physical levels while keeping qubits on a single layer.
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Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, Fortune, MacDailyNews, Engadget, TechCircle, and Digit
Tweets: @nano_arun, @matthausk, and @thomas_harrer
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to bypass US sanctions and gain access to critical components — - It could license designs to third parties to access components — Trump-era sanctions have cut off Huawei from U.S. technology
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Android Police, Huawei Central, Telecoms.com, and Gizchina
Tweets: @atbwebb, @byron_wan, and @nano_arun
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms it will block EdgeDeflector and other tools that offer workarounds to Microsoft forcing Edge in Start menu search results — Microsoft shouldn't need to force anyone to use Edge — Microsoft has already made it more difficult to switch default browsers in Windows 11 …
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ctrl.blog, The Register, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Laptop Mag, TechRadar, OnMSFT.com, thegamer.com, TechSpot, and PC Gamer
Tweets: @arturo182, @tomwarren, and @iancutress
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Writer, which offers an automated style guide for Chrome, Word, and other tools, raises a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners — For any company, organization, or even individual writer, maintaining a consistent voice is a constant challenge. Writer is a startup aiming to provide … | Julia Angwin / Hello World: |
Q&A with AI Now Institute's Shazeda Ahmed on how the US-China “tech Cold War” narrative allows Big Tech to avoid regulation and how it informs US policy — There is a narrative in Washington, D.C., that we are in the midst of a tech cold war with China.
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @shiraovide, @nantarsya, and @themarkup
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Imprint, which helps companies offer and manage branded payments and rewards products, raises a $38M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe — Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung releases Android 12-based One UI 4 for the Galaxy S21, S21 Plus, and S21 Ultra, with new theming options, keyboard tweaks, and privacy settings — With older phones and tablets following ‘soon’ — Samsung is making its One UI 4 software update available for the Galaxy S21 …
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Livemint. More:
XDA Developers, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Thurrott, ZDNet, Android Police, Neowin, Gizchina, MSPoweruser, SamMobile, and Android Central. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Utah-based Podium, which helps SMBs interact with customers online, raises $201M led by YC Continuity at a $3B+ valuation, up from $1.5B last year — - Utah-based startup raised $201 million, led by Y Combinator — Software used by plumbers, car dealerships, dentists| Peter Wayner / VentureBeat: |
Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud computing costs by using AI to avoid repetitive tasks, raises a $35M Series A led by Next47 — Zesty, a company that offers a tool for automatically scaling and shrinking cloud resources to keep cloud costs in check, announced a $35 million series A funding round.
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| Adriano Marchese / Wall Street Journal: |
Dallas-based CyrusOne, which designs, builds, and operates data centers, agrees to be acquired for ~$15B in cash by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners — Real-estate investment trust CyrusOne designs, builds and operates data centers — CyrusOne Inc. said Monday that it is selling itself …
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Bloomberg, Bloomberg, CRN, Austin Business Journal, Reuters, Data Center Frontier, and Wall Street Journal
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Network threat detection and response startup Netography raises a $45M Series A led by Bessemer and SYN — Network threat detection and response startup Netography Inc. revealed today that it has raised $45 million in new funding to boost technology innovations and enhancements, channel expansion and sales.
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FinSMEs, VentureBeat, Baltimore Business Journal, and SecurityWeek
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
FBI email servers were hacked to send spam warning of a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …
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KnowTechie, DataBreaches.net, Security Boulevard, Pocketnow, Reuters, Silicon Republic, Washington Post, Ubergizmo, infosecurity-magazine.com, BBC, The Verge, Mashable, TechSpot, Newser, Axios, SANS Internet Storm Center …, New York Post, NPR, and The Hill
Tweets: @spamhaus, @spamhaus, @fbi, @briankrebs, @vinnytroia, @esmcintyre, @norskladywolf, @cachedchecks, @briankrebs, @model_daughters, @wtfioguy, @stevebellovin, @letsfishsmarter, @mhall119, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @zackwhittaker, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @jhaddix, @kwestin, @bobgourley, @quinnypig, @cisajen, @anthony, @dangoodin001, @briankrebs, @c7five, @rayredacted, @pgl, @gossithedog, @malwarejake, @cybersecmeg, @o2bnobx, @bleepincomputer, @gossithedog, and @dinodaizovi
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
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