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An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input — plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Intel says its discreet Arc GPUs for laptops will ship in Q1 2022, Arc GPUs for desktop will ship in Q2, and Arc GPUs for workstations will ship in Q3 — Intel has given an update on the timeline for its long-awaited entry into the discrete graphics game: Arc GPUs for laptops are set to ship soon in Q1 2022 …
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| Helen Coster / Reuters: |
Sources: Trump's Truth Social app has opened to around 500 beta testers, one year after Trump was banned from major social networks — Details about former U.S. President Donald Trump's new social media app are trickling out as about 500 beta testers have begun using an early version of “Truth Social,” two sources told Reuters.
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| Susan Dominus / New York Times: |
A look at tech recruitment issues as the US unemployment rate for tech workers is 1.7% and 0.2% for cybersecurity experts, well below 4% for the general economy — Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Mozilla warns that Firefox and Chrome 100 versions may break some sites, including HBO Go and Yahoo, due to user-agent strings with three-digit version numbers — Mozilla is warning website developers that the upcoming Firefox 100 and Chrome 100 versions may break websites …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sequoia Capital to raise $500M to $600M for a fund focused on liquid crypto investments, along with a $900M-$950M Ecosystem Fund and $3.2B-$3.5B Expansion Fund — Sequoia Capital last fall disclosed plans to blow up the traditional VC model, saying it would form a single fund to hold …
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| Chris Strohm / Bloomberg: |
DOJ establishes the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to investigate illegal schemes run by criminals and countries like North Korea and Iran — The Justice Department named a veteran cybersecurity prosecutor to lead a new team dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit …
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U.S. Department of Justice, The Record, PYMNTS.com, CyberScoop, and Decrypt
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
USDC stablecoin developer Circle says its forthcoming SPAC deal now values the company at $9B, up from $4.5B when the deal was announced — Circle — the firm behind stablecoin USDC — announced on Thursday that it has scrapped its previous deal with special purpose acquisition company …
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| Financial Times: |
Memo: ISS tells clients that Apple investors should vote against Tim Cook's $99M pay and bonus package, citing “concern” over stock award Cook received in 2021 — Institutional Shareholder Services expresses ‘concern’ at chief executive's stock award last year
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Tweets: @danielwilson, @coinmamba, @ozgurinenglish, @muradahmed, @jimpethokoukis, and @crispinhunt
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon reaches an agreement to accept Visa cards globally and will no longer charge Visa users an extra fee in Singapore and Australia — Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to accept Visa Inc.'s cards across its global network, settling a feud that threatened to damage the financial giant's business and disrupt e-commerce payments.
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| Nicole Wetsman / The Verge: |
Tandem Diabetes Care says one of its apps got FDA clearance to program insulin delivery for the company's pump, the first such app to receive approval — t:slim X2 insulin pump users can use the app to program doses rather than the pump itself — The Food and Drug Administration cleared …
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| Reuters: |
A profile of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who helped trigger scrutiny of NSO Group after Citizen Lab found Pegasus malware on her iPhone — A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world's most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action …
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Tweets: @joel_schectman, @jsrailton, @kenroth, @rondeibert, @reuters, @rondeibert, and @ccaryl
| Andrew Blok / CNET: |
YouTube details new efforts to stop misinformation, including stopping such content before it goes viral and limiting cross-platform sharing of misinformation — Stopping misinformation before it goes viral is a top goal for the video site. … YouTube outlined on Thursday new efforts it plans to undertake to tackle misinformation.
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| Bloomberg: |
The US adds AliExpress and WeChat to its annual list of markets for counterfeiting and piracy; Pinduoduo and Taobao remain on the list — The U.S. added Chinese messaging platform WeChat and online marketplace AliExpress to its list of notorious markets for counterfeiting and piracy …
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| Ryan Lawler / Axios: |
Found, which offers full-stack financial services for freelancers and contract workers, raises a $60M Series B led by Founders Fund — Banking and corporate cards have become big business for startups and small businesses — with companies like Ramp, Brex, and Airbase all raising gobs of cash … | Joe Williams / Bloomberg: |
Okta's CMO leaves the company, replaced by its CDO, following numerous executive departures, including its CFO, president of tech, and SVP of product management — Okta Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Kendall Collins has left the company after less than a year in the role … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two podcast analytics companies that let podcasters and networks include tags in shows to track listeners — Chartable and Podsights are being bought — Spotify is making more podcast acquisitions. The company announced today it's acquiring …
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Spotify, New York Times, Podsights, XDA Developers, Insider, Chartable, Android Headlines, Daring Fireball, Engadget, Axios, Silicon Republic, Tubefilter, TechRadar, Podnews podcasting news, iPhone in Canada Blog, MT Capital Research, TechCircle, and BGR India
Tweets: @reckless, @waltmossberg, @reckless, @ashleyrcarman, @dharmesh, @waltmossberg, @pt, @nathang, @podsights, @chrismessina, @reckless, @adamsinger, @howardlindzon, @neilcybart, and @reckless
| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Finland-based Relex Solutions, which helps retailers predict demand using AI, raises €500M at a €5B valuation, bringing its total funding to €700M — Finland's Relex Solutions help retailers and brands avoid food waste and tackle disruptions in global supply chains, raises €500, and now valued at €5 billion| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
Bank of Russia starts a pilot of the digital ruble with three banks and reiterates its call for a total ban on other cryptocurrencies — Three Russian banks are piloting the CBDC, while the Bank of Russia is suggesting a new, harsher bill to ban cryptocurrencies in Russia.
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| Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg: |
Global financial watchdog FSB warns digital assets could soon threaten financial stability as they become more interconnected with the wider financial system — Global financial regulators said digital assets could soon threaten global financial stability due to their scale …
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Tweets: @forfinancewatch, @tradeflooraudio, @saksappeal, and @invresdynamics
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Voltron Data, which builds tools based on the Apache Arrow open source project, raises a $22M seed and an $88M Series A — Voltron Data was launched last year by former employees from NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL and the co-founder of Apache Arrow. The group came together to build … | Chainalysis: |
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