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GSC Game World decides to “cancel anything NFT-related” in its game Stalker 2 after fans criticize its plans for in-game NFTs in partnership with DMarket — It hasn't been a great week for the GSC Game World team — STALKER 2 developers GSC Game World announced yesterday that they'd be adding NFTs to the game.| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
TikTok says it is removing “alarmist warnings” about a supposed day of school violence that prompted some US districts to cancel classes on Friday — It hasn't found any videos threatening school violence on Friday, the company said — TikTok said Friday that it's working to remove … | Kate Krader / Bloomberg: |
TikTok partners with Virtual Dining Concepts to launch TikTok Kitchen, a food delivery service based on viral trends, starting with 300 US locations in March — The video platform is teaming up with Virtual Dining Concepts to deliver those viral foods across the country. Baked feta pasta, anyone?
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How Amazon grew its business in China, including partnering with a government propaganda arm for a books section on Amazon US, AWS-related concessions, and more — Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago …
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JPMorgan Chase will pay $125M to the SEC and $75M to the CFTC for letting some employees use WhatsApp and other unapproved methods to conduct official business — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay a $125 million penalty for allowing employees on Wall Street to use smartphone apps …
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TSMC unveils N4X, a fab process it says enables up to 15% higher clock speeds over N5 and is useful for high-performance computing, such as server CPUs and SoCs — TSMC this week announced a new fabrication process that is tailored specifically for high-performance computing (HPC) products.
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Sources: Google delayed the US launch of News Showcase, live in 14 countries, to at least Q1 2022 as pubs find the offers underwhelming and doubt its efficacy — Google is struggling to persuade some of America's largest publishers to sign up to its News Showcase aggregation scheme, an investigation by Press Gazette has found.| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Sources: California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following allegations of harassment and discrimination — California's civil rights regulator is investigating Google's treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents … | Manas Mishra / Reuters: |
Ophelia, whose telemedicine platform helps treat people struggling with opioid addiction, raises $50M led by Tiger Global at a $275M valuation — Digital health startup Ophelia has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global to beef up its telemedicine platform that provides treatment …
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Thoma Bravo agrees to acquire, and take private, business payments company Bottomline Technologies, in an all-cash deal valuing it at about $2.6B — Private equity firm Thoma Bravo said on Friday it would buy Bottomline Technologies (EPAY.O) in an all-cash deal that values the financial technology provider at about $2.6 billion.
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Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire groups, including Cytrox, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users who were targeted — Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for hacking …
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Sigma Computing, which offers no-code, cloud-based data analytics tools, raises a $300M Series C co-led by D1 Capital and XN, brings its total raised to $381.3M — No-code cloud analytics and business intelligence firm Sigma Computing Inc. has closed on what may well be one of the last big funding rounds …
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Fable, which provides a social reading platform for online book clubs, raises a $20M Series A led by Tiger Global — Fable, a Palo Alto, CA-based platform for social reading to improve mental wellness, raised $20m in Series A funding. — The round was led by Tiger Global with participation …
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Eight mobile games passed $1B in global revenue on the App Store and Google Play so far in 2021; PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings led with $2.8B each — A record-breaking eight mobile games including PUBG Mobile from Tencent, Honor of Kings from Tencent, and Genshin Impact from miHoYo …
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The Biden administration is concerned with US investments in Chinese companies developing “dual use” tech that could have civilian and military applications — Last year, a fast-rising artificial intelligence company in China won a little-noticed contract from a Chinese military academy …
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Windows 11 preview builds signal the end of the Control Panel by moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app — One more step to simplifying Windows — Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11.
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