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Filings with the UK's CMA: as part of its Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft plans to build an Xbox Mobile Platform and a “next generation game store” — Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal is key to the company's mobile gaming efforts.
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| Canalys: |
The global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3 2022, the third consecutive decline and the worst Q3 since 2014; Apple's market share grew from 15% to 18% YoY — In Q3 2022, the global smartphone market recorded its third consecutive decline this year, dropping 9% year-on-year, marking the worst Q3 since 2014.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple's iPad lineup is a mess: the M2 iPad Pro is missing some of the advances offered in the low-end 10th-gen iPad and the 9th-gen iPad is still available — On Tuesday morning, Apple announced new iPad and iPad Pro models via press release. On their own, they are reasonable …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Reddit's chief product officer says 3M+ users created Reddit Vault wallets, including 2.5M to buy NFT avatars that can be used as profile pictures on the site — In July, Reddit jumped on the NFT train, launching an NFT-based marketplace that allows users to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Uber launches a global advertising unit, targeting $1B in annual gross ad bookings by 2024, including by displaying ads within its apps and on top of cars — Rideshare company looks to accelerate revenue growth with new business division — Uber has launched its global advertising unit …
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
The $1,500 Quest Pro is primarily a gaming device with impressive hardware and does not realize Meta's vision of enabling tasks that couldn't be done before — It's not what Mark Zuckerberg promises. — BURLINGAME, Calif. — Good news, readers: After using nearly every virtual reality headset …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Intel previews the next-gen Thunderbolt, based on USB4 v2, with up to 80Gbps both ways, or 120Gbps one way and 40Gbps the other for “video-intensive usages” — Intel is showing off a preview of the next generation of Thunderbolt, which it says can “deliver up to three times the capability of Thunderbolt 4.”
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Celestia, which is building a modular blockchain architecture, raised $55M, a source says in 2022 across a Series A and a Series B, which was at a $1B valuation — - Celestia Labs netted $55 million across two quietly closed fundraises this year. — The latest capital injection values …
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| Rachel Cheung / VICE: |
Some protesters in China are sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using Apple's AirDrop, one of the few relatively untraceable methods for sharing files in China — “This is the first time I saw or received a medium of any kind that is critical of the current regime.” — RC
Tweets: @rachel_cheung1, @xunlingau, @jwassers, and @maryhui
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu says the company is “seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering” and plans to open a new gaming studio in Southern California — At TechCrunch Disrupt, Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu dropped two bits of news about the streaming giant's foray into games.
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| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Documents: as early as December 2022, Japan could let crypto exchanges list tokens without a lengthy screening process, unless the tokens are new to the country — Japan plans to further loosen cryptocurrency rules by making it easier to list virtual coins, potentially burnishing …
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Tweets: @business, @wublockchain, and @bwilliliou
| Jacob Silverman / New Republic: |
A profile of venture capitalist and former PayPal COO David Sacks, who is using his wealth and online clout to lead a reactionary movement against liberalism — Last month, Chesa Boudin, the former district attorney of San Francisco, spoke with the leftist podcaster and political commentator Katie Halper … | Jennifer Conrad / Wired: |
WeChat, used by millions of Chinese Americans, is one of the main venues for Chinese-language misinformation in the US and may influence the 2022 US midterms — Ahead of US midterms, activists are fighting falsehoods circulating in Chinese-language communities that they fear will distort the vote or suppress turnout.
Tweets: @charlesmok and @wired
| Sander Lutz / Decrypt: |
Bluesky previews its Authenticated Transport Protocol, formerly ADX, for large distributed social applications and says a Bluesky social app is “coming soon” — The group, formed within Twitter, is building a decentralized protocol that limits corporate and governmental influence on social media platforms.
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