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NFT marketplace OpenSea raises a $300M Series C led by Paradigm and Coatue at a $13.3B post-money valuation — OpenSea, one of the most talked about blockchain start-ups in Silicon Valley, said on Tuesday that had it raised $300 million in new venture capital, making it the latest company …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Sony says its upcoming VR headset PS VR2 for PS5 will have a 4K HDR OLED display, 2000×2040 pixels per eye resolution, 110-degree FoV, haptic feedback, and more — Sexy specs include dedicated eye tracking, over 4 million pixels per eye. — Sony's trickle of information about its future …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
In the fall, John Deere will start selling its fully autonomous 8R tractor, which can gather data about the soil to improve its algorithms as it operates — The automation, and control of the resulting data, raise questions about the role of human farmers. … SOURCE DATA — TECHNOLOGY
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Microsoft and Qualcomm partner to develop custom chips for AR glasses and integrate their software, such as Microsoft Mesh and Snapdragon Spaces — The news points to Microsoft looking to shrink the HoloLens 2 down to new products that could connect with phones.| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel announces a lineup of 12th Gen Core Alder Lake processors including 22 desktop CPUs ranging from $42 to $489 and eight H-Series laptop CPUs — When Intel launched its 12th Generation Core family of processors late last year, it was only a small set of overclockable parts for desktops that came to market.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia debuts RTX 3070 Ti, up to 70% faster than 2070, and 3080 Ti, coming February 1 to laptops that start at $1.5K and $2.5K respectively, and teases 3090 Ti — Nvidia is spreading out its RTX technology wider with the unveiling of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, 3080 Ti, 3070 Ti, and 3090 Ti graphics cards.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD unveils Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs using TSMC's 6nm process, with a Microsoft Pluton security processor and up to double the graphics performance of Ryzen 5000 — Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its new AMD Ryzen 6000 Series mobile processors that blend its Zen 3+ core with AMD RDNA 2 graphics.
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
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| Ben Winslow / KSTU: |
Property management software company Entrata cuts ties with its co-founder and former CEO after he sent an anti-Semitic email to Utah tech and political leaders — SALT LAKE CITY — The founder and chair of Entrata, a Silcon Slopes tech firm, has resigned his position after sending an email …
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| Jabari Young / CNBC: |
Fanatics acquires trading card company Topps' name and its sports and entertainment divisions, sources say for ~$500M, as Fanatics builds out its NFT offerings — - Sports e-commerce company Fanatics has acquired sports trading card company Topps, sources confirmed to CNBC on Monday night.
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Tweets: @jareddiamond, @genxsaisquoi, @jareddiamond, @michaelrubin, @optionshawk, @greatbrianlast, and @bettingbruiser
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Google acquires Israeli startup Siemplify, which provides a security orchestration and automation service, source says for ~$500M; Siemplify has raised $58M — The Israeli company will form the basis for Google's cyber operations in the country and will be part of the tech giant's cloud activity
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Tweets: @googlecloud, @quinnypig, @kkliphouse, @esdaniel, @mattdevost, @bing_chris, @philvenables, and @siemplify
| Washington Post: |
Analysis shows Facebook's role in spreading false US election narratives; 650,000+ posts questioned Biden's victory between Election Day and the January 6 siege — Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory between Election …
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Insider, Platformer, FlowingData, Washington Post, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @jason_kint, @accountabletech, @dicktofel, @ggreenwald, @craigsilverman, @ggreenwald, @craigsilverman, @jason_kint, @markseibel, @markseibel, @dineshdsouza, @donie, @craigsilverman, @jason_kint, @joshsternberg, @ryp__, @craigsilverman, @stjbs, @janschakowsky, @jason_kint, @attorneynora, @vgescobar, @jason_kint, @ggreenwald, @zamaan_qureshi, @donie, @washingtonpost, @timobrien, @joncoopertweets, @markseibel, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @mmpadellan, @derekwillis, @craigsilverman, and @donie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing a Repost button that lets users repost videos from their For You feed to mutual friends' For You feeds — TikTok is testing its own version of Twitter's retweet with the addition of a new “Repost” button that allows users to amplify videos on the platform by sharing them with their own followers.| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils Home Hub, a SmartThings controller with a docked tablet, launching in South Korea in H1 2022, and says it joined the Home Connectivity Alliance — The new smart home controller from Samsung looks like something Apple or Google should make — Samsung introduced …
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CNET, TechHive, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Samsung Newsroom, Wccftech, Android Central, and Samsung Newsroom. Tweets: @dcseifert
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