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Sources: Apple plans an always-on lock screen for the iPhone 14 Pro, major iPadOS windowing and multitasking changes, and iOS-like System Preferences for macOS — Apple's upcoming iOS 16 is likely to upgrade the lock screen, messaging and health features. Also: Another Apple car manager leaves …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo says that TSMC's roadmap from 2021 suggests this year's iPhone “A16” chip will stick to a 5nm process and new Macs later this year will also have a 5nm CPU — Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pointed out on Twitter today that the public roadmap for TSMC's silicon processes indicates …
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| Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt: |
As Terraform Labs rebooted the Terra blockchain, freshly minted LUNA tokens started trading on exchanges and swiftly plummeted about 70% from the opening price — After peaking at $19.54 earlier on Saturday, it's been mostly downhill. — Terraform Labs early Saturday launched a new version …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Nansen: TerraUSD's collapse likely wasn't due to a single attacker but resulted from the investment decisions of a few, large UST holders like Celsius Network — The collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin that sent shockwaves throughout the crypto ecosystem can't be attributed to a single attacker, according to researcher Nansen.
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| Washington Post: |
Some teenagers say French social networking app Yubo, which has 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app — Young people who met the alleged gunman online said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or kill.
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| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese government data: smartphone shipments in the country fell 30% YoY to ~86M units in the first four months of 2022 amid the resurgence of COVID-19 — From Apple to chip makers, companies warn of fewer shipments and weaker consumer spending in the world's biggest smartphone market
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| Maureen Dowd / New York Times: |
Interview with co-CEO Ted Sarandos about Netflix's recent 75% stock drop, backing Dave Chappelle's transgender comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more — The Netflix executive says he — and the company he helped build — will survive a bout of bad earnings numbers.
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| Amy O'Brien / Sifted: |
Berlin-based B2B buy now, pay later startup Mondu raises a $43M Series A led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, bringing its total funding to $57M — - US-based Valar Ventures, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel's VC firm, led the round — Existing VCs Cherry Ventures and FinTech Collective also participated...
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia-based Astro, which offers 15-minute grocery delivery, raises a $60M Series B led by Accel, Citius, and Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $90M — Indonesia's sprawling archipelago has long been a headache for logistics companies, but there's no lack of brave challengers.| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Sources: India-based short video app ShareChat's parent company Mohalla Tech raises ~$300M from Google, Times Group, and Temasek Holdings at a ~$5B valuation — The parent company of India's ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google …
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| Nature: |
Experts say that governments should create bespoke IP law and an international treaty to protect AI-generated inventions, rather than rework old patent laws — The patent system assumes that inventors are human. Inventions devised by machines require their own intellectual property law and an international treaty.
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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
How self-driving startups Wayve, Waabi, and Autobrains are using end-to-end AI learning, hoping to leapfrog market leaders like Cruise and Waymo — The mainstream approach to driverless cars is slow and difficult. These startups think going all-in on AI will get there faster.Sponsor Posts
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