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| Brian Armstrong / The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase plans to reduce its headcount by ~18%, or ~1,100 people, “to ensure we stay healthy during this economic downturn” after the company “grew too quickly” — Earlier today, I shared the following note with all Coinbase employees. — Team,
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| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Sources: American defense firm L3Harris is in talks with NSO Group to buy its core technology, as well as a possible transfer of NSO personnel to L3Harris — Deal - which would require approval from US and Israel - would give L3Harris control over controversial Pegasus tool
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple plans to refresh its entry-level iPad with a USB-C port instead of Lightning, an A14 chip, 5G, and an improved display, likely coming in 2022 — Earlier this year, 9to5Mac exclusively reported that Apple was working on a new generation iPad Air to have the M1 chip and 5G support …
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| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Adobe begins testing a freemium version of Photoshop for the web in Canada to introduce more users to the app; some features will eventually be subscriber-only — For now, it's testing a freemium version in Canada — Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web …
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Tweets: @theicir and @joshbloch
| WABetaInfo: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces WhatsApp users can securely transfer their chat history from Android to iOS while keeping e2ee, expanding on iOS to Android support — Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry — After announcing important changes for the Cloud API at the Conversations 2022 keynote …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and Major League Soccer announce a 2023-2032 broadcasting deal for MLS games, available via an MLS streaming service in the Apple TV app or with Apple TV+ — Deal underscores iPhone maker's streaming ambitions and battle for sports programming — Apple Inc. AAPL 0.71%▲ …
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Spotify announces a Safety Advisory Council to provide non-binding third-party input on issues such as hate speech, disinformation, extremism, and online abuse — Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) on Monday announced it has formed a Safety Advisory Council to provide third-party input on issues … | Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal: |
Wonder, a food delivery app led by Marc Lore, raised $350M in May 2022 sources say at a ~$3.5B valuation, bringing its total funding in equity and debt to $900M — The New York-based company cooks hot meals from a network of neighborhood trucks and wants to expand its service area
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Tweets: @joepompliano, @stevekovach, @sarahnassauer, @herbgreenberg, @marclore, @jacefrederick, and @gvteam
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find a vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs that could let hackers steal encryption keys via a side channel attack on power management feature DVFS — Hertzbleed attack targets power-conservation feature found on virtually all modern CPUs. — Microprocessors from Intel, AMD … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Redfin plans to lay off ~470 staff, or 8% of its workforce, and Compass is laying off ~450 staff, or ~10%, as housing demand softens amid rising interest rates — Says Redfin CEO: 'I said we wouldn't lay people off unless we had to. We have to.' — The housing market has taken a huge hit …
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Tweets: @bayareawriter, @carnage4life, @brianhartpr, and @sarthakgh
| Bloomberg: |
Data shows Chinese orders for overseas-sourced chipmaking equipment rose 58% YoY in 2021, as some US chipmakers say Chinese firms are paying above-market prices — China's semiconductor industry is showing signs of flourishing even in the face of Biden administration efforts to counter its growth, raising alarm bells in Washington.
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Tweets: @austinjdahmer, @briantycangco, @pelstrom, @repmccaul, @kate_okeeffe, and @jendeben
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Meta begins rolling out parental support tools for Quest headsets and Instagram, including a parent education hub and more prompts for kids to take breaks — Meta is introducing new parental supervision features for Quest virtual reality headsets and Instagram.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Germany's Bundeskartellamt regulator launches an antitrust investigation into whether Apple's ATT tracking rules and anti-tracking tech are self-preferencing — Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has initiated proceedings against Apple to investigate whether its tracking rules …
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Tweets: @carnage4life, @pt, @kartellamt, @ohmdee, @lewis_crofts, and @jcremer
| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Netflix, which has released 23 mobile games since November 2021, plans to double its games by the end of 2022 to have one “for every single one of our members” — Since launching its mobile games offering to members seven months ago, Netflix has released a total of 23 titles.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos Voice Control assistant review: fast, private, and good at tasks like grouping rooms, but lacks Spotify support and doesn't understand some artists' names — Sonos' assistant only takes music requests, and that actually works out in its favor — When Sonos Voice Control was announced last month … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Playful Studios, the maker of Words With Friends, raised $46M to build Wildcard, a Web3 game combining collectible cards with battle arena real-time strategy — Playful Studios, the maker of Words With Friends and Lucky's Tale, unveiled a Web3 game and raised $46 million for its The Wildcard Alliance division.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Invoca, which uses AI to analyze contact center calls, has raised $83M led by Silver Lake Waterman at a $1.1B post-money valuation — Invoca, a platform that uses AI to analyze calls for marketing, sales, and customer agent training purposes, today closed an $83 million funding round that values the company at $1.1 billion post-money.| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Craig Federighi says Stage Manager is exclusive to M1 iPads because it leverages the M1's more powerful GPU, I/O in virtual memory, faster storage, and more RAM — SVP Craig Federighi on stretching Apple's iPad to fit new ways of working — Though the iPad was a huge hit from the beginning based … | Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Meta unveils a Voice Mode for Horizon Worlds, letting users garble voices from strangers, rolling out in the coming weeks, and launches Horizon Worlds in the UK — Meta might soon want everyone to hop into its playful virtual realms, but some users are set up for a shock.
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Meta Quest Blog, PCMag, Road to VR, The Verge, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @vishalshahis and @bcarlton727
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Arkestro, which uses machine learning, game theory, and behavioral science to help companies procure supplies and services, raised a $26M Series A — Procurement involves buying supplies and services you need to run your business. For the most part, companies still use email and spreadsheets … | Kate Beioley / Financial Times: |
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal backs the CMA's right to find that Meta's purchase of Giphy may harm innovation, ruling against all but one appeal by Meta — CMA may have to look again at decision as result of Facebook parent's one successful challenge at tribunal
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| Brenda Goh / Reuters: |
Geely founder's venture Hubei Xingji Shidai plans to acquire a 79% stake in smartphone maker Meizu for an undisclosed amount and release a smartphone by 2023 — A venture run by the founder of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding (GEELY.UL) plans to acquire an 79% stake … Sponsor Posts
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