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Android 13 Developer Preview shows two “Cross Device” service apps that will let users interact with Pixel's Android apps on a Windows 11 PC or Chromebook — Google has been preparing a way to stream apps and notifications from your Pixel phone to your Chromebook or PC …
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| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
A look at the self-righteous anger in the Web3 community over the identification of the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection — The self-righteous anger over the identification of the founders of a popular NFT club says a lot about the web3 battles to come in the years ahead.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft tells employees it will fully reopen its facilities in Washington state starting February 28, citing high rates of COVID-19 vaccination in King County — Updated below with information on Expedia reopening. — One of the longest “three weeks” in history will soon come to an end.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel plans to acquire Israeli chip company Tower Semiconductor for around $5.4B, or $53 per share; the deal is expected to close in 12 months — Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor Ltd. for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger's push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Texas sues Meta over its use of facial recognition from 2010 to late 2021 in the state; source says Texas seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties — State says social-media giant violated privacy protections in lawsuit, seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung has adopted Google Messages as its default messaging app in the US, starting with the Galaxy S22 series — Messaging on Android has been a mess for years, but the tide is finally changing. With Google Messages bringing enhanced RCS messaging to virtually any Android user that wants it, there's finally a “default.”
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Instagram will let users send a private like in response to a Story, expanding on DMs or emoji reactions — Meta's Instagram is introducing a new way for people to interact with Stories. Starting today, you can send a private like when someone shares an image or video that catches your eye.
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A profile of Peter Thiel, who plans to leave Meta's board to focus on politics, funding far-right MAGA candidates who peddle conspiracies and deny Biden won — Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump's biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement.
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| Lucy Harley-Mckeown / The Block: |
Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and other apps surge in popularity after multiple crypto Super Bowl ads; Coinbase rose from 186th to 2nd on US App Store after QR code ad — Crypto apps shot up App Store download charts in the US on Monday morning, after a Super Bowl studded with digital assets advertising.
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Tweets: @snowden, @coinbase, @surojit, @brian_armstrong, @brian_armstrong, @surojit, @cokedupoptions, @ducksmakindough, @joepompliano, @anildash, @chainyoda, @molly0xfff, @juliettekayyem, @ldrogen, @chrismessina, @seyitaylor, @danprimack, @benlovejoy, @prestonjbyrne, @kate_rouch, @vincenzolandino, @newhousesu, @jessefelder, @teresa_mackin, @realjaredgilman, @rrhoover, @mremilyheller, @darrenrovell, @roxana_hadadi, @steveschmidtses, @kibblesmith, @coinbase, @couragejd, @carmenrodgers, @williamturton, @kath_krueger, @bigblackjacobin, @caseyjohnston, @papapishu, @adamsinger, @noahgarfinkel, @mattbooshell, @jasonyanowitz, and @brian_armstrong
| Financial Times: |
How SoftBank's costly bet on IoT at Arm backfired and distracted the company from the much bigger data center market — UK chip designer changes strategy ahead of planned float with renewed focus on lucrative server market — As Masayoshi Son tried to persuade investors of the wisdom …
Tweets: @mikethebbop, @muradahmed, @carnage4life, @annasophiegross, @carnage4life, and @carnage4life
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
New Zealand-based Soul Machines, which uses AI to create customer-facing avatars for businesses, raises a $70M Series B1 led by Vision Fund 2 — Soul Machines, a New Zealand-based company that uses CGI, AI and natural language processing to create lifelike digital people who can interact … | Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
The White House says 10M+ households have enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program, funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, for broadband discounts — The White House is taking a victory lap over its efforts to close the digital divide, announcing Monday that 10 million households …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Finland-based Swappie, which refurbishes and resells used iPhones through its marketplace, raises a €108M Series C, bringing its total funding to €149M — Finland-based Swappie refurbishes and resells used iPhones, taking care of the entire process, and selling the refurbished devices via …
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