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January 24, 2022, 6:05 AM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is readying the widest array of new hardware products in its history this fall; LinkedIn shows Apple car exec Joe Bass has left for Meta — Apple Inc. is nearing its first launch event of the year, with a new iPhone SE and iPad on tap. Also: The company takes another hit …

Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv:

EU Parliament passed Digital Services Act, including provisions banning targeted ads based on highly sensitive personal data, limiting dark patterns, and more — A large majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Digital Services Act on Thursday (20 January), after plenary amendments introduced important changes to the text.

M.G. Siegler / 500ish:

There will be no bursting bubble, just a deflating balloon of high growth tech stock valuations returning to normal as factors that inflated them go away — Spoiler: the “Bubble” was a Balloon. And it's deflating. — Note: The below all seems fairly obvious, but given the amount …

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Wall Street Journal:

How longstanding disagreements between the FCC and FAA over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the lead up to the 5G C-band rollout in the US — Longstanding disagreements between federal agencies over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the days leading to the 5G debut

More: Breaking the News, Six Colors, NPR, and Brookings

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Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:

Amid a shift in malware targeting UEFI firmware, Kaspersky details new MoonBounce UEFI bootkit that can survive even after swapping the infected PC's hard drive — Security researchers from Kaspersky said on Thursday that they had discovered a novel bootkit that can infect a computer's UEFI firmware.

More: Fossbytes, Tom's Hardware, Hackaday, and HotHardware.com News

Tweets: @therecord_media and @bitburner

Kirsty Needham / Reuters:

Australian PM Scott Morrison lost control of his official WeChat account months ago, while the still-active account now promotes Chinese life in Australia — Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party lost access to his official WeChat social media account months ago …

More: ZDNet, Agence France-Presse, Social Media IO Roundup, The Register, Bloomberg, and Associated Press. Tweets: @kirstylneedham

Kara Fox / CNN:

Data centers used an estimated ~17% of the power generated in Ireland in 2021, leaving the country's ambitious climate goals in question — In the west of Ireland lies a medieval market town, its roots steeped in legend. Beyond the labyrinth of narrow streets of the center are the chimney stacks …

Tweets: @mikebutcher, @sanzay, and @cnn

Bianca Healey / Business Insider Australia:

Sydney-based Milkrun, which aims to deliver groceries in 10 minutes or less, raises a A$75M Series A led by Tiger Global, following an A$11M seed in June 2021 — - Milkrun has raised $75 million to expand across the country. — It joins competitors Voly and Send in the race …

More: Convenience & …, Inside Retail, Retail & Leisure …, and SmartCompany

Frank Chaparro / The Block:

DeFi traders complain about network instability that hit Solana this weekend, four months after its last outage; Solana pushes update to fix “the worst effects” — Jim Greco, like many traders who have had to deal with the Solana network's outage over the last few days, is annoyed.

More: CoinGape and Bloomberg

Tweets: @fintechfrank, @aeyakovenko, @metaverse_llc, @petermccormack, @algoseanlee, @kgreifeld, @jgreco, @mattsenter, and @mattsenter

Mark Williams / The Columbus Dispatch:

How Ohio attracted Intel to build semiconductor plants, including pursuing execs for eight months, financial incentives, and sustainability commitments — It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.

PYMNTS.com:

OfficeSpace Software, which lets companies manage hybrid workspaces, desk and room booking, raises $150M from Vista Equity Partners — Workspace management platform OfficeSpace Software has received a $150 million strategic investment from the investment firm Vista Equity Partners, according to a Friday (Jan. 21) press release.

More: Law360, OfficeSpace Software, and PitchBook. Tweets: @mikeindustries

CNBC:

Dealogic: Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet announced more acquisitions in 2021 than in any other year in the past decade — - Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon all announced more acquisitions in 2021 than any other year in the past decade, according to Dealogic.

More: Sublink. Tweets: @drewcormier, @sherman4949, and @sherman4949

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Patch CEO Warren St. John says its AI-curated newsletters, with 400K subscribers, have grown Patch's reach from 1,100 to 30K US communities in just a few months

Benjamin Svetkey / The Hollywood Reporter:

Streaming has been a major setback for classic movies, largely due to platforms that ignore or bury old films; the oldest film on Netflix is from 1973

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Memo: Kari Lake, special adviser to the US Agency for Global Media, says Victor Morales, who started working at USAGM in 2016, has been named acting USAGM CEO

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Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News:

Analysis: AR/VR startups raised nearly $1.9B in Q4 2021, more than any quarter ever, making 2021 the second-best year for AR/VR funding at nearly $3.9B raised

Tweets: @splashmango and @crunchbasenews

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups:

Berlin-based Lendis, which helps companies set up and manage employees' equipment and software for hybrid work, raises an €80M Series A in equity and debt

Andrew Dickson / New York Times:

How UK stage theater companies are using AR and VR to broadcast productions to viewers at home as the pandemic pushes companies to experiment with new art forms

Tweets: @andydickson, @lucidpointeo365, @cryptochiglobal, @mattandersonnyt, and @hesherman

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Christine Hall / TechCrunch:

Nowsta, which runs an on-demand labor marketplace and develops tools to help companies manage their hourly, gig, and flex workers, raises a $41M Series B

More: Forbes, VentureBeat, and GlobeNewswire News Room

Stefanie Marotta / Bloomberg:

Shopify confirms it canceled contracts with warehouse and fulfillment partners, but says its capacity to handle orders won't be affected; stock closed down 14%

Source: Insider. More: Transistori and Livy's Newsletter

Tweets: @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @stefaniemarotta, and @bnnbloomberg

Malia Spencer / Portland Business Journal:

Anitian, which offers enterprise cloud security and compliance software, raises a $55M Series B led by Sageview Capital, bringing its total funding to $71M

More: MSSP Alert, Anitian, and Help Net Security

Bloomberg:

A look at ID.me, which will soon be used to verify IRS.gov logins and claims to have uncovered a $400B theft of US pandemic unemployment payments

More: scmagazine.com, Newser, and S.T.O.P.

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Tracy Wang / CoinDesk:

CoinGecko: since Thursday, the cryptocurrency industry's market cap is down ~20% to ~$1.6T; Bitcoin fell ~20% to ~$34K and Ethereum fell ~30% to ~$2.3K