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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta plans to let users create and sell NFTs on Facebook and Instagram, display NFTs on user profiles, and is considering an NFT marketplace — Facebook's parent draws up plans to allow users to create and sell non-fungible tokens, seeking to enter hype-fuelled $40bn market
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Tweets: @mshannahmurphy, @ricmac, @joepompliano, @jessietweeting, @gregisenberg, @beezerism, @apompliano, @film_girl, @martinsfp, @voigaas, @azeem, @jo_rodgers, @max_eyr, @martyswant, and @tante
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Google's AR headset could launch in 2024, powered by a custom processor, resembling ski goggles, and without a tethered connection to external power — Meta may be the loudest company building AR and VR hardware. Microsoft has HoloLens. Apple is working on something, too.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, CNET, Liliputing, iDownloadBlog.com, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MACお宝 …
Tweets: @alexeheath, @samsheffer, @daphnehk, @greengart, @starfire2258, @starfire2258, @anshelsag, @dcseifert, @benbajarin, @willoremus, @mhbergen, and @mishaalrahman
| Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt: |
Crypto.com says its breach affected 483 users, resulting in unauthorized cryptocurrencies withdrawals worth ~$33.84M, and all users were reimbursed the same day — Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has lost roughly $34 million in a recent security incident, according to a post-mortem released on Thursday.
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Crypto.com, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Record, CyberScoop, Slashdot, BleepingComputer, VICE, Cointelegraph, Crypto Daily, Bloomberg, The Verge, CoinDesk, TechRadar, Blockchain News, ZDNet, TechSpot, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin News, cybernews.com, Engadget, and Protocol
Tweets: @bloomberglive, @cryptocom, @kris_hk, @tomaxwell, @arossp, and @chrisblec
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Amazon Style, the company's first physical fashion store, will launch in LA later this year, with an app that lets shoppers send items to the fitting room — Move over books and groceries, Amazon's latest foray into physical retail is focused on fashion. — The e-commerce giant announced Thursday …
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About Amazon, CNBC, Associated Press, The Verge, The Hill, Benzinga, Protocol, New York Post, Input, Bloomberg, and Insider
Tweets: @backlon, @amazon, @hypervisible, @skamille, @ajassy, @stevenpdennis, @laurenthomas, @amazonnews, and @profgalloway
| Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as their profile pictures — Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
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CoinDesk and The Block
Tweets: @twitterblue, @tomwarren, @samfbiddle, @kevinroose, @kayvz, @anthony, and @ricmac. Thanks:@sal19
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Google launches a limited beta of Google Play Games for PC, which brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11, in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan — You'll need a relatively powerful computer for now. And for once, the US isn't getting a Google thing first
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Tweets: @mishaalrahman, @jollyroger, and @rdrv3
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Sources: a16z plans to raise $3.5B for its latest cryptocurrency fund and up to $1B for a fund focused on seed investments in digital asset startups — Planned fundraising illustrates how Silicon Valley firms are fuelling boom in cryptocurrency start-ups — Andreessen Horowitz plans …
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Axios, GeekWire, The Block, Silicon Valley Business …, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, The Block, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @mshannahmurphy and @alphaseeker21
| Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: |
This summer the IRS will require users to log in via ID.me, which uses facial recognition in its authentication process, to file taxes, make payments, and more — You will have to submit sensitive government documents, your Social Security number, credit history, and a face scan to ID.me, a third-party company.
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Krebs on Security, Insider, PCMag, Reclaim The Net, KnowTechie, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @briankrebs, @libbycwatson, @donmoyn, @quinta, @anildash, @anildash, @dogsrul94605547, @hypervisible, @meanhash, @chancerubbage, @trexpushups, @adamrg, @ozzthegr8, and @dawnxianamoon
| Reuters: |
Russia's central bank proposes banning cryptocurrency use and mining, citing threats to financial stability, citizens' wellbeing, and monetary sovereignty — Russia's central bank on Thursday proposed banning the use and mining of cryptocurrencies on Russian territory … | Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research: |
Research finds the base of global music subscribers grew to 523.9M by the end of Q2 2021, up 26.4% YoY; Spotify's market share dropped from 33% to 31% — MIDiA's annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report). Here are some of the key findings.| Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: |
Profile of Hemant Taneja, who became the sole managing partner of General Catalyst in 2021, as the firm raises a seed, venture, and growth fund totaling $4.6B — General Catalyst's idealist investor Hemant Taneja is quietly running the firm — Hemant Taneja somehow finds time to be an idealist and an operator.
Tweets: @somakc, @ericnewcomer, and @ericnewcomer
| Lydia Moynihan / New York Post: |
Sources: TikTok ousted its marketing chief Nick Tran after he went “rogue” with plans like TikTok Kitchen, NFTs by Lil Nas X and others, and TikTok Resumes — TikTok's marketing chief has been ousted after blindsiding top management with a series of increasingly bizarre campaigns, The Post has learned.
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Pandaily. Tweets: @_danielsinclair, @dinafierro_, @rmac18, @tomgara, @kaitlin_hatton, @caseynewton, @bmorrissey, and @kh
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Meta launches gamified activities on Messenger Kids to help kids learn how to safely use the internet, developed with guidance from online safety experts — Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users — Facebook parent company Meta has launched new activities …
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Meta, Messenger News, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, SuperParent, and The Statesman. Tweets: @jeramyutgw
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Red Cross says a cyberattack on a vendor for over 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies compromised the personal data of 515,000+ “highly vulnerable people” — (CNN)A cyberattack on a contractor used by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has compromised … | Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple countersues Ericsson, seeks a US import ban on mobile base stations and proposes that both parties withdraw all patent infringement actions — The flurry of Ericsson-Apple filings with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or just ITC), a U.S. trade agency …
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Light Reading, MobileSyrup, The Mac Observer, iMore, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, and 9to5Mac
| Mahira Dayal / The Information: |
TikTok says it is testing allowing creators to charge subscriptions for their content — TikTok is testing the idea of allowing its creators to charge subscriptions for their content, a spokesperson told The Information. Earlier Wednesday, rival Instagram announced it was offering paid subscriptions to a small group of influencers.
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Current and former members of Google's site reliability group Borg SRE say managers, including the team's leader Pierre Aubert, fostered a toxic environment — When Chewy Shaw left Google's site reliability group in April, he told colleagues in a memo that interactions with his managers had made him depressed and suicidal.
Tweets: @nicoagrant, @nicoagrant, and @nicoagrant
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer — After a lawsuit and a Journal report, the company's stock was falling, board members were getting anxious—and the tech giant was ready to take a gamble
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Protocol, BIG by Matt Stoller, Ars Technica, TechRadar, GamesIndustry.biz, GamesIndustry.biz, Windows Central, The Verge, Destructoid, KnowTechie, Gameranx, Video Games Chronicle, MSPoweruser, Kotaku, 9to5Toys, Neowin, TrueAchievements, GamingBolt, Unofficial Partner, thegamer.com, Wccftech, SegmentNext, Tom's Guide, Bitcoin News, Laptop Mag, IGN, purexbox.com, OnMSFT.com, GameSpot, WinBuzzer, International Business Times, New York Post, Financial Times, Ubergizmo, and Polygon
Tweets: @gregisenberg, @dinabass, @gibiz, @jorgex, @gibiz, @domsplaying, @edzitron, @rajeshsawhney, @benfritz, @kirstengrind, and @saraheneedleman
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Mercedes-Benz will use Luminar's lidar tech in future vehicles as part of a deal that includes data sharing and the automaker taking a small stake in Luminar — Mercedes-Benz said Thursday it plans to use Luminar's lidar technology in future vehicles as part of a broader deal …
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Sources: ByteDance revenue grew 70% YoY to around $58B in 2021, slower than a year earlier when its revenue grew by 100%+ to $34.3B — TikTok owner ByteDance saw its total revenue grow by 70% year on year to around $58 billion in 2021, according to two people familiar with the matter … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Vienna-based PlanRadar, which digitizes construction and real estate documents and communication, raises a $70M Series B — Back in March Vienna-based PlanRadar snapped up a €30 million Series A to digitize construction and real estate. The Austrian startup - a platform for documentation …
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FinSMEs, FinLedger, and EU-Startups
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Internal email: Google is creating a unit under its Labs division for blockchain and other distributed tech, led by engineering VP Shivakumar Venkataraman — Google is forming a group dedicated to the blockchain and related technologies under a newly appointed executive who has spent …
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XDA Developers, Insider, Bitcoin Magazine, Blockchain News, CryptoSlate, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @jowyang, @davidclinchnews, @mhbergen, and @mhbergen
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will transition organizations using G Suite legacy free edition to an upgraded Google Workspace paid subscription starting on July 1 — In 2020, G Suite became Google Workspace as part of a mass reorganization of the company's apps for the “future of work.”
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Ars Technica, Tom's Guide, TNW, JOMO, The Register, cloudpro.co.uk, BetaNews, and Pocketnow
Tweets: @zoho, @ireneista, @lunasorcery, @mcclure111, @dylanreeve, @fatih, @preshit, @wizardofid, @dave_andersen, @quinnypig, and @androidauth. Thanks:@ayn
| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
South Korea's Greenlabs, which wants to digitize the entire value chain of agriculture space from crop production to distribution, raises a $140M Series C — Greenlabs, a South Korean agtech startup, announced this week it has closed a $140 million Series C led by BlueRun Ventures …
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| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Atom Computing, which aims to build a quantum computer based on neutral atom tech that uses lasers to manipulate individual qubits, raises a $60M Series B — Investors keep throwing money at the quantum computing market, and this time around it's Atom Computing Inc.'s turn.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
AT&T begins its 5G C-band rollout in eight US metro areas, including Austin and Chicago, after delaying rollouts around airports due to safety concerns — The company is lighting up towers in just eight locations amidst pushback from airlines — AT&T is lighting up its expanded 5G service …
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The Verge, Fortune, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, CNN, Engadget, ExtremeTech, Quartz, and Reuters
Tweets: @cnn, @ezralevant, @svandinter, and @chriswelch
| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Virtru, which offers encryption for data shared over email, SaaS apps, and more, raises a $60M Series C, bringing its total funding to $136.8M — Data security and privacy firm Virtru, which today announced raising a $60 million series C funding round, said that usage of its encryption platform …
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