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| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Jack Dorsey and others propose a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers, citing “multi-front litigation” and “threats” — The main purpose of the fund will be to defend developers from from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem …
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bitcoin-dev mailing list. More:
The Block, ZDNet, Engadget, CryptoPotato, Bitcoin Magazine, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, TechCircle, Crypto Daily, Crypto Briefing, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, FX Empire, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @zackvoell, @caitlinlong_, @kanzure, @hosekiapp, and @leowandersleb
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Samsung, which had announced a January 11 event for the Exynos 2200, didn't show up to its own product launch — The Exynos 2200 was supposed to launch on January 11. It didn't. — So here's a crazy story. Samsung was supposed to have a big SoC launch today, but that launch did not happen.
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SamMobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Android Headlines, Pocketnow, Android Authority, Neowin, Phandroid, Android Police, VideoCardz.com, and GSMArena.com
Tweets: @universeice, @ronamadeo, @quinnypig, @ravi_711, @praaatiiik, and @ravi_711
| Kim Eun-jin / BusinessKorea: |
After failing to show up at its launch event, Samsung says the Exynos 2200 will be unveiled alongside a new smartphone, likely in late January or early February — Samsung Electronics has decided to put off the Exynos 2200 unveiling, which was initially scheduled for Jan. 11, in consideration of the customer's schedule.| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
London-based Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, raises $1B in a share sale at a $40B valuation — The $1 billion deal vaults the digital-payments processor past all but a handful of other startups — Checkout.com didn't raise money from outside investors until 2019.
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TechCrunch, Tech.eu, The Block, altfi.com, Crowdfund Insider, MarketWatch, and Tech News
Tweets: @jkwade and @danprimack
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, downloading 230B apps; the average American spent 4.1 hours in apps per day — Consumer spending on mobile apps reached $170 billion in 2021, according to App Annie's newly released “State of Mobile 2022″ report …
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Adweek, BBC, Sensor Tower Blog, VentureBeat, Livemint, Developer Tech News, AppleInsider, GameSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, GamesIndustry.biz, and Telecoms.com
| Bloomberg: |
Sony confirms PlayStation 4 production will continue in 2022, which sources claim will help the company offset some PlayStation 5 production pressure — Sony Group Corp. will continue producing PlayStation 4 consoles throughout 2022 as it navigates disruptions to the global supply chain …
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Forbes, PCMag, Thurrott, Laptop Mag, KnowTechie, GamesIndustry.biz, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Gameranx, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Destructoid, Video Games Chronicle, BGR India, thegamer.com, TechRadar, Game Rant, t3.com, Livy's Newsletter, IGN, and GameSpot
Tweets: @zhugeex, @benjisales, @xboxwins1, @keemamr, and @wario64
| Poynter: |
Over 80 fact-checking organizations tell YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki that the company's misinformation policies are “proving insufficient” and propose solutions — Ms. Susan Wojcicki, — It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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The Guardian, CNET, BBC, Al Jazeera, Beyond Search, and CNN
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @politifact, @factcheckdotorg, and @justinhendrix
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Federal judge rules FTC's amended suit alleging Meta has a monopoly can move forward, after a ruling last year threw out FTC's complaint over lack of evidence — The decision is a reversal of fortune for the agency after its first complaint was thrown out last year
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DocumentCloud. More:
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| Lucy Harley-Mckeown / The Block: |
Coinbase says “nearly the entire company will shut down” across four separate “recharge weeks” for employees in 2022 — Quick Take — Coinbase is giving employees four ‘recharge weeks’ off in 2022 in order to counteract what it called an intense working environment.
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Cointelegraph, Blockchain News, and Protocol
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @overdrev, @emiliemc, @carnage4life, @viktorbunin, @iampaulgrewal, and @alex
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Wordle clones are starting to disappear from Apple's App Store, after reports surfaced about many capitalizing on the guessing game's popularity — It seems Apple has taken action — Has Apple taken action against apps that cloned the popular web game Wordle?
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| Bloomberg: |
Alphabet Workers Union complains that contract workers receive COVID-19 testing that is inferior to the $949 Cue Health devices given to full-time WFH employees — - Full-time employees at home get instant results from Cue — Contractors in office are offered cheaper mail-in tests
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| Talal Ansari / Wall Street Journal: |
Kim Kardashian and other celebrities are facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly leading investors into an EthereumMax cryptocurrency pump-and-dump scam — Lawsuit alleges celebrities made false or misleading statements to investors about EthereumMax; company disputes allegations
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CNBC, Finbold, Gizmodo, CNET, Reuters, BGR India, Fortune, Benzinga, TechSpot, Engadget, Blockchain News, MarketWatch, The Block, Rolling Stone, and UPROXX
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
BigPanda, an IT management startup that uses AI to detect and resolve outages, raises $190M led by Advent and Insight at a $1.2B valuation — San Francisco-based BigPanda, which helps IT departments keep their digital services running, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion after a $190 million raise …
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BigPanda, Forbes, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, CTech, TechCrunch, and GlobeNewswire News Room
| Chanyaporn Chanjaroen / Bloomberg: |
Singapore's crypto strategy has welcomed and then disillusioned many companies, including Binance, as the city-state tries to protect its citizens against risks — Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao was putting on a brave face. — An affiliate of the world's … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Magic Leap pivots toward health care, defense, and manufacturing markets with Magic Leap 2, which will cost “slightly” more than the $2,295-$2,995 Magic Leap 1 — The company has enlisted companies such as heart-mapping startup SentiAR and neurotech business SyncThink to try out its new technology
Tweets: @stevekovach
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
SeekOut, which uses GitHub, academic papers, and other sources to help recruit diverse talent, raises a $115M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ valuation — The news: Seattle-area startup SeekOut just landed an additional $115 million to propel its valuation past $1 billion, earning it the coveted unicorn label.| Meta: |
Meta elects DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu to its board of directors; Zuckerberg says Xu has experience “solving complex challenges in commerce” — Meta today announced that Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
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San Francisco Business Journal, Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, Dow Jones Newswires, Adweek, Insider, Wall Street Journal, Protocol, and TechCrunch
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @t_xu, @cityofthetown, @kennystoltz, @danpriceseattle, @rabois, @ericnewcomer, @peterpham, @eliotwb, @kurtwagner8, @warmoth, @mikeisaac, @sarthakgh, and @post_market
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
PCI Special Interest Group finalizes its PCIe 6.0 specification, expected in servers in 2023, doubling PCIe 5.0's speeds and reaching 128GBps in x16 slots — This morning the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is releasing the much-awaited final (1.0) specification for PCI Express 6.0.
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Business Wire, The Register, The Verge, Wccftech, TechSpot, PCMag, and YouTube
Tweets: @appleinsider, @thomrabe, and @anandtech
| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Enterprise travel management startup TravelPerk raises $115M led by General Catalyst and Kinnevik at a $1.3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $409M — - General Catalyst joins Kinnevik in latest funding round — Company plans expansion in key markets including U.S., Europe| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
T-Mobile says it has “not broadly blocked” iCloud Private Relay, blaming a bug in iOS 15.2, but says customers with content filtering plans won't have access — T-Mobile has officially acknowledged a bug that has blocked some subscribers from using iCloud Private Relay when connected to cellular networking.
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The Verge, PhoneArena, O'Grady's PowerPage, Ars Technica, Redmond Pie, IT Management, Ubergizmo, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, MSPoweruser, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @markgurman, @dsilverman, and @chancehmiller
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Swiss digital asset banking service Seba Bank raises a ~$118.6M Series C led by Altive, Ordway Selections, Summer Capital, and DeFi Technologies — Digital asset banking platform SEBA Bank has raised 110 million Swiss francs ($118.6 million) in a Series C funding round co-led …
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The Block, Blockworks, Finextra, Coinspeaker, and Cointelegraph
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