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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs — It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software. Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg promotes Nick Clegg to President of Global Affairs, a new role reporting to Zuckerberg, likely reducing Sheryl Sandberg's involvement in policy — Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has promoted his top policy executive, Nick Clegg …
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| Corin Faife / The Verge: |
CISA, FBI, and NSA say Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted US defense contractors for at least two years, acquiring export-controlled technology and more — The state-sponsored actors acquired information on weapons, aircraft design, and combat communications systems over a period of years
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| DKB: |
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and “smart” AI, prompting people to append “reddit” to queries to get more authentic results — Reddit is currently the most popular search engine. The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details changes to AltspaceVR to improve safety and moderation, including removing social spaces and making users sign in with a Microsoft account — You'll also need a Microsoft Account for AltspaceVR soon — Microsoft is removing all social hubs hosted in AltspaceVR …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Senators Blumenthal (D) and Blackburn (R) unveil the Kids Online Safety Act, requiring platforms offer extra safety and privacy tools for users under 16 — A bipartisan pair of senators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping bill that aims to give parents more control over their children's time online …
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| CoinDesk: |
Canadian authorities have ordered regulated financial firms to cease transactions from 34 crypto wallets, worth over $870K, tied to funding the “Freedom Convoy” — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and Cardano addresses are all on the list. — The Ontario Provincial Police … | Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Twitter says CEO Parag Agrawal will take “a few weeks” of parental leave, less than three months after taking the job, a rare move for a Silicon Valley CEO — Parag Agrawal, 37, is just getting started in one of the technology industry's highest-profile jobs …
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| IEEE Spectrum: |
Blind patients with Second Sight's electronic retinal implants are in danger of losing their artificial vision as the tech becomes obsolete and unsupported — Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark — Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour …
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Q&A with longtime Wikipedia contributor Molly White about her website “Web3 is going just great”, why Web3 won't create new Wikipedia-style projects, and more — Q&A with Molly White of Web 3 Is Going Just Great … Whenever a fresh disaster happens on the blockchain …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Twitter now lets bot account holders add a label to indicate their tweets are automated, rolling out globally today after a test in September — Starting today, everyone who is running a bot account on Twitter can add a label to make it clear the tweets are automated.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber will let riders see a breakdown of their average ratings starting today and publishes data on US cities with the highest and lowest ratings — Also available: five-star ratings — For the first time, Uber is allowing its customers to see how many five-star ratings they've received from drivers …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $7.64B v. $7.42B est., up 53% YoY, Gaming revenue of $3.42B, up 37% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $3.26B, up 71% YoY — - Nvidia reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday. — Data center sales rose 71%. — Nvidia has been boosted …
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| Praveen Paramasivam / Reuters: |
DoorDash reports Q4 revenue of $1.3B v. $1.28B est., up 34% YoY, 369M orders, up 35% YoY, marketplace gross order value of $11.16B, up 36% YoY; stock up 20%+ — DoorDash Inc (DASH.N) reported quarterly revenue on Wednesday that beat analysts' estimates, as people continued to order … | Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
AppLovin Q4: revenue of $793M, up 56% YoY, Software Platform revenue of $247M, up 208% YoY, and gives a FY 2022 revenue outlook below estimates; stock down ~18% — AppLovin Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Wednesday after the app-monetization company's forecast revenue range … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Twitter adds support for ethereum addresses for creator Tips, following its inclusion of bitcoin addresses, as well as support for payment services like Paytm — Twitter isn't limiting crypto fans to tipping with Bitcoin. The social network has expanded its tipping options to let creators add their Ethereum address.
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Uniphore, which uses AI to improve customer support in call centers, raises a $400M Series E at a $2.5B valuation led by NEA — When Umesh Sachdev was pitching at a 2017 MIT event in New Delhi, he stood out to an important visitor: John Chambers. After retiring from his decades-long stint …
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| Ilena Peng / Bloomberg: |
Shopify beats with Q4 revenue up 41% YoY to $1.38B, as GMV rose 32% YoY to $54.1B, but says FY 2022 revenue growth will be below FY 2021; shares drop 15%+ — Shopify Inc. said it expects revenue growth to be lower in 2022 than it was last year as online spending resets after the Covid-19 induced boom …
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BetaKit, Shopify, CNBC, and Protocol
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
A coalition of crypto companies, including Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood, announce TRUST, an anti-money laundering platform for securely sharing customer data — Quick Take — A coalition of US crypto firms has created a centralized solution to the information sharing requirements of the travel rule.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cisco reports Q2 revenue of $12.7B, up 6% YoY, Internet for the Future revenue of $1.32B, up 42% YoY, Hybrid Work revenue of $1.07B, down 9% YoY; stock up 5%+ — - The company's results exceeded expectations. — Cisco bid on data-analytics software company Splunk, news outlets reported last week.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Temporal, an open source service for writing and running cloud apps, raises a $103M Series B at a $1.5B valuation, bringing total funding to $120M — The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, has reached unicorn status.| Neil Munshi / Financial Times: |
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital — Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent's scene — Nigerian payments company Flutterwave has raised $250mn …
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