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February 22, 2022, 9:00 PM
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The Verge:
Sony reveals the PlayStation VR2's design: lighter, with a lens adjustment dial, new vent layout, and similar white-and-black color scheme  —  This is the PlayStation VR2  —  Sony has finally revealed the design of its next-generation PlayStation VR2 headset, after it announced it in February 2021 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta rolls out Facebook Reels to over 150 countries, following the feature's US launch in September 2021, alongside new creative tools and ad formats  —  After publicly launching in the U.S. this past September, Facebook Reels today is becoming globally available in over 150 countries.
Laura Shin / Forbes:
An investigation suggests that Austrian programmer Toby Hoenisch was likely behind The DAO's 2016 hack that diverted 3.64M ETH, now worth $11B  —  Who hacked The DAO in 2016, diverting 3.6 million ether?  We identify the apparent hacker — he denies it — by following a complicated trail …
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Spotify says Car Thing is now on sale in the US for $90, after its April 2021 announcement; in a few weeks, a software update will add Audible support and more  —  Two million raced onto a waitlist for Spotify's first hardware.  Now that it's on sale, Spotify's real road test must prove Car Thing's more than a goofy name.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A look at nine Android spyware apps, installed on ~400K phones, which connect to servers controlled by Vietnam-based 1Byte and share a critical security flaw  —  A fleet of spyware apps share the same security flaw  —  Much of the spyware you hear of today are the powerful nation-state backed exploits …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
With Meta handicapped by Apple's ATT privacy changes, Shopify should build an advertising business to complement Shop Pay and the Shopify Fulfillment Network  —  Tobi Lütke, who famously started Shopify when he realized that the software he built to run his snowboard shop …
The Verge:
Slack fixes an issue that caused an hours-long outage, in which users were unable to reliably send messages or even load the service  —  If you've been having trouble contacting co-workers, this may be why  —  Slack was experiencing some issues Tuesday morning that made it difficult for users …
Ryan Weeks / The Block:
Luna Foundation Guard raises $1B in a sale of LUNA, the native token of Terra's blockchain, to form a BTC-denominated forex reserve for Terra's UST stablecoin  —  Quick Take  — The capital will be used to create a new reserve that can act as a “release valve” for UST redemptions during selloffs in crypto markets.
Ilena Peng / Bloomberg:
A profile of RightForge, a web hosting service underpinning Trump's Truth Social and nearly 1,000 other sites, that serves those who feel “censored”  —  In the days following Jan. 6, 2021, when many Americans were trying to comprehend how a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol …
Queenie Wong / CNET:
Trump Media & Technology Group debuts Truth Social on the US App Store, where the free app hit No. 1; some users got errors or were waitlisted when signing up

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From Mediagazer

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $2.58B, net income up 148% YoY to $144M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $552M, and WSJ subscriptions up 7% YoY to 4.3M

Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at Votebeat's use of a Slack channel to answer questions for journalists on the election, connecting reporters with experts through at least December 8

More News

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Hasura, which helps developers access databases using its open-source GraphQL API, raises a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Greenoaks

Earlier Picks

Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal:
SoFi plans to acquire Technisys, which makes tools for banks, in a ~$1.1B all-stock deal; after going public via a SPAC, SoFi's stock is down 28% in 2022
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
Intel details its new bitcoin mining Bonanza Mine ASICs, claiming 300 of the chips consume 3,600 watts and deliver up to 40 terahashes per second of performance
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The US Copyright Office rejects a request to grant a copyright to a work of art created by an AI, as the image didn't include an element of “human authorship”
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