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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: AirPods Pro 2, the first update since 2019, will launch in Q4 2022 with a new design similar to Beats Fit Pro, improved chip, and more — The AirPods Pro 2, the first update to the AirPods Pro since its debut in 2019, will launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo.
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple's first AR headset, weighing 300g-400g, will enter mass production in late Q4 2022; Apple is planning a lighter second-gen headset for launch in 2024 — Apple is already working on its second-generation AR headset, which will feature a lighter design, adopt a new battery system …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Appleosophy, BGR, PhoneArena, iPhone Hacks, TechRadar, iThinkDifferent, and iMore
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Amazon says it resolved the underlying issues that caused an AWS outage starting around 10:45am ET and is “working towards recovery of any impaired services” — Amazon says “many services have already recovered” — Problems with some Amazon Web Services cloud servers …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
The AWS outage took down Amazon's Flex and Dolphin apps for logistics and time tracking, halting some deliveries — There's a mix of frustration and joy from workers as AWS outages cause chaos with Amazon's delivery infrastructure during its busy season. — Websites and online services …
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| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
Google sues two Russians it claims help run a botnet that has infected 1M+ devices and uses command-and-control server addresses stored on Bitcoin's blockchain — - Complaint says the two created a sophisticated ‘botnet’ — Glupteba sells stolen logins, credit cards, Google says
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| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Ubisoft will add NFT items into its games, starting with Ghost Recon Breakpoint on the Tezos blockchain, becoming the first major gaming company to do so — In brief — Major game publisher Ubisoft will implement in-game NFT items into its games, starting with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is testing a process for reporting harmful tweets that lets US users describe what happened and will use the data to improve its responses — Twitter is trying out some changes to the way that users report tweets that they believe might break Twitter's rules.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Parag Agrawal was Jack Dorsey's only serious candidate to replace him as Twitter CEO and Elliott Management did not demand that Dorsey resign — Activist investor Elliott Management cranked up pressure for the social network's board to set a succession plan| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report details the supply chain issues that forced Apple to significantly scale down its iPhone and iPad production plans — As Apple's ever-important holiday shopping season continues, the company is facing what a new report from Nikkei Asia describes as the “nightmare before Christmas.”
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple has allowed app developers …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches AWS Top Secret-West, its second Top Secret Region designed for government workloads requiring Top Secret US security classification level — “Amazon's cloud arm, AWS, announced a new ‘top secret’ region this week, designed specifically for the U.S. government. It is Amazon's second such region.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter acquires messaging app Quill, which will shut down and delete all user data on December 11 after launching in February to challenge Slack — In February 9to5Mac reported on the launch of a focus-focused Slack competitor called Quill. Today Twitter is bringing Quill under its wing …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Equinix acquires West African data center company MainOne, which services businesses in more than 10 countries, for $320M — The African tech scene woke up today to exciting news about the landmark acquisition of MainOne, one of the region's most important and pivotal tech companies in the past decade … | Bloomberg: |
Crypto critic Saule Omarova, who was Biden's pick to lead the OCC, withdraws her name from consideration following Senate fights over her background — President Joe Biden's pick to lead a key U.S. banking regulator has withdrawn her name from consideration, according to a statement from the White House.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches a website that lets fans buy digital tokens called Stars to tip Facebook creators using Facebook Pay, avoiding app store payment commissions — Meta (formerly Facebook) has found a new way to avoid the app stores' commissions on in-app purchases with the launch of a new website …
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Meta, Nike, CVS, GM, IBM, Walmart, and others join the Data & Trust Alliance, which has developed an anti-bias scoring system to analyze AI usage during hiring — The organization has created a format for evaluating the technology, which is often used to screen job candidates.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover 27 vulnerabilities in the Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers including AWS to remotely mount a local USB device — Researchers have discovered 27 vulnerabilities in Eltima SDK, a library used by numerous cloud providers to remotely mount a local USB device.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Claroty, which protects industrial systems, raises $400M led by Vision Fund 2 and others, source says at a ~$2B valuation, and acquires Medigate for $400M — Worried that cyberattacks are “a threat to humanity,” the New York startup claims it's the best-funded company in its field thanks …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French financial super app Lydia raises a $100M Series C at a $1B+ valuation — Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation …
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| Samuel Gebre / Bloomberg: |
Research: African startups will raise $5B in 2021, more than the past three years combined, creating four unicorns, including Andela, Flutterwave, and OPay — - There's been greater interest from U.S., China investors — African startups ecosystem has come of age, says investor
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| Axios: |
Seventeen groups representing ~150 newspapers quietly filed antitrust lawsuits in the past year against Google and Meta for monopolizing the digital ads market — Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year …
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Tweets: @damianradcliffe, @thomaswheatley, @sarafischer, and @rajgopal88
| Elaine Glusac / New York Times: |
US airports are increasingly using biometrics like facial recognition to verify IDs and shorten security procedures for passengers who opt into the programs — Tech-driven changes are coming fast and furiously to airports, including advancements in biometrics that verify identity …
Tweets: @liamspradlin, @nytimes, and @joebotxyz
| Analyst1: |
Researchers discover cybercrime forums acting as an informal court system on the Dark Web, where criminals can file grievances and settle disputes with peers — Introduction — Over the past few weeks the FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), Interpol, and other international law enforcement agencies … | Financial Times: |
Blackstone and others are trying to shake up the $40T global corporate bond market with computer-driven quant trading that already reshaped the stock market — Corporate credit has been largely untouched by computer-driven trading, but some investors are trying to change that
Tweets: @robinwigg, @antoinegara, and @financialtimes
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Easol, which offers event management tools, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global — The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market.
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