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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: @coinbase, @snowden, @surojit, @brian_armstrong, @brian_armstrong, @ducksmakindough, @surojit, @anildash, @joepompliano, @cokedupoptions, @chainyoda, @molly0xfff, @jasonyanowitz, @juliettekayyem, @brian_armstrong, @realjaredgilman, @ldrogen, @newhousesu, @mattbooshell, @couragejd, @rrhoover, @darrenrovell, @prestonjbyrne, @jessefelder, @coinbase, @danprimack, @bigblackjacobin, @teresa_mackin, @kate_rouch, @williamturton, @benlovejoy, @kath_krueger, @caseyjohnston, @roxana_hadadi, @papapishu, @vincenzolandino, @adamsinger, @noahgarfinkel, @carmenrodgers, @seyitaylor, @steveschmidtses, @mremilyheller, and @kibblesmith
| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Texas sues Meta over its use of facial recognition from 2010 to late 2021 in the state; source: Texas seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties — State says social-media giant violated privacy protections in lawsuit, seeks hundreds of billions of dollars in civil penalties
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Tweets: @anthony, @kenpaxtontx, @roberttgarrett, @katemilani, @wsj, @txag, and @b_fung
| 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.
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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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SEC fines crypto lending company BlockFi $100M, which will register its high-yield crypto savings product and offer it as a security as part of the settlement — The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it fined crypto lending firm BlockFi $100 million …
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Tweets: @erikvoorhees and @ryan_browne_
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Interviews and documents reveal traumatic working conditions at a Facebook content moderation facility in Kenya, run by Sama, with pay as low as $1.50/hour — This story is based on interviews with more than a dozen current and former Sama employees, as well as hundreds of pages …
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| BBC: |
UK's HMRC tax authority seizes three NFTs in a £1.4M fraud case involving 250 alleged fake companies, the first UK law enforcement agency to seize an NFT — The UK tax authority has seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected a VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies.
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Tweets: @hendopolis, @paperghost, @richard_littler, @wublockchain, and @cryptinish
| 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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The White House, Light Reading, and Telecompetitor
Tweets: @vp, @whipclyburn, @vp, and @herbieziskend46
| 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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The Verge, Android Police, Android Central, Phandroid, Droid Life, and SamMobile. Tweets: @ideafaktory
| Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Foxconn says it will invest $118.7M for a 40% stake in a joint venture with Indian conglomerate Vedanta to make semiconductors in India — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW) said on Monday it had partnered with Indian conglomerate Vedanta Ltd (VDAN.NS) to make semiconductors in the South Asian country … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Snapchat is testing mid-roll ads in the Stories of some US creators, ahead of a wider rollout, and will share revenue based on engagement and other metrics — The feature is currently in beta testing — Snapchat is introducing a new way for creators on the app to earn money.
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TechCrunch, Snap Newsroom, dot.LA, Social Media Today, iMore, Tubefilter, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, and Neowin
Tweets: @mattnavarra and @carnage4life
| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo is offline, possibly due to a hack, amid a leak of alleged personal info of ~92K donors to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” — GiveSendGo, the Christian crowdfunding site that helped raise $8.7 million for the anti-vax “freedom convoy” in Canada, was hacked on Sunday night.
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The Verge, Gizmodo, Metacurity, d2384, CyberScoop, TechCrunch, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @daithaigilbert, @vicenews, @rtyson82, @verambergen, @profcarroll, @thetweetofjohn, @rhodri_h_davies, and @mikaelthalen
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Tripledot, which makes a Solitaire app, Woodoku, and other casual mobile games, raises a $116M Series B led by 20VC at a $1.4B valuation — Casual mobile games have reached a fever pitch of interest with consumers, and so too with investors, who are rushing to back the biggest … Sponsor Posts
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