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Sources: NFT marketplace OpenSea is in talks to raise at a $13B valuation in a round led by Coatue, with Kathryn Haun's new crypto fund participating — Coatue expected to lead the round with Kathryn Haun's new fund participating — The NFT-marketplace OpenSea is in talks to raise …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD unveils Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs using TSMC's 6nm process, with a Microsoft Pluton security processor and up to double the graphics performance of Ryzen 5000 — Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its new AMD Ryzen 6000 Series mobile processors that blend its Zen 3+ core with AMD RDNA 2 graphics.
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
AMD debuts Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips, coming this spring, that use a single V-Cache stack for 15% more gaming performance; Zen 4 5nm CPUs are coming in H2 2022 — One of the things I look forward to every year is whether the major companies I write about are prepared to showcase their upcoming products …
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| Daniel Victor / New York Times: |
A look at Wordle, a viral once-a-day word guessing game created by a Brooklyn-based engineer as a side project that has amassed 300,000 players in two months — The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. It was created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner.
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Silicon Republic, The Guardian, Toronto Star, Pocket-lint, and Insider
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Analysis shows Facebook's role in spreading false US election narratives; 650,000+ posts questioned Biden's victory between Election Day and the January 6 siege — Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory between Election …
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Insider, FlowingData, Washington Post, The Hill, The Week, and On my Om
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Google acquires Israeli startup Siemplify, which provides a security orchestration and automation service, source says for ~$500M; Siemplify has raised $58M — The Israeli company will form the basis for Google's cyber operations in the country and will be part of the tech giant's cloud activity
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia debuts 3070 Ti, up to 70% faster than RTX 2070, and 3080 Ti, coming on February 1 to $1.5K+ and $2.5K+ laptops, respectively, and teases 3090 Ti — Nvidia is spreading out its RTX technology wider with the unveiling of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, 3080 Ti, 3070 Ti, and 3090 Ti graphics cards.
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NVIDIA, The Verge, The Verge, Android Authority, Windows Central, UploadVR, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, PCMag, PCWorld, AnandTech, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Tech Advisor, Engadget, VideoCardz.com, MSPoweruser, Digital Trends, and Windows Blog. Tweets: @crecenteb
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel announces a line up of 12th Gen Core Alder Lake processors including 22 new desktop CPUs and 8 new H-Series laptop CPUs — When Intel launched its 12th Generation Core family of processors late last year, it was only a small set of overclockable parts for desktops that came to market.
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Intel, XDA Developers, Tom's Hardware, EEJournal, ZDNet, Thurrott, PCWorld, HotHardware.com News, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, VideoCardz.com, and Windows Blog. Tweets: @anandtech
| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Last week's tweets by 8VC's Joe Lonsdale about “woke” tech diversity prompt swift criticism from tech investors as he attempts to recontextualize his statements — Last week, in response to someone who tweeted that VCs were racist, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale …
Tweets: @thevaluesvc, @triketora, @brianbrackeen, @jtlonsdale, @jtlonsdale, @ceonyc, @yoda, @jtlonsdale, @alexisohanian, @nmasc_, @jtlonsdale, @beastmode, @lolitataub, @wajahatali, @sindhya, @devindra, @nmasc_, @timnitgebru, @tom_courtright, @ryan_browne_, @freedvc, @nmasc_, @nessawilliams, @jtlonsdale, and @daudex
| David Lumb / CNET: |
AT&T and Verizon agree to delay launching upgraded 5G networks for two weeks, bowing to pressure from the FAA, airline industry, and Transportation Secretary — The companies were poised to roll out the so-called C-band airwaves this week, which promise to bring improved speed and coverage to their 5G networks.
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CRN, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, ZDNet, The Verge, Engadget, Bloomberg, ExtremeTech, Washington Post, City A.M., PYMNTS.com, iMore, AppleInsider, New York Times, SiliconANGLE, Politico, Total Telecom, Axios, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Digital Trends, Reuters, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @backlon, @davidweaver, and @caro_milanesi
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
TCL unveils second-gen NxtWear Air wearable secondary display, that's 30% lighter, has 1080p OLED screens but no AR/VR features, coming Q1 2022 for a TBD price — They're 30 percent lighter and come with swappable magnetic front plates — TCL is preparing to launch a second iteration …
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XDA Developers, PCMag, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Gizmodo, and Android Central
Tweets: @mishaalrahman and @backlon
| Park Jae-hyuk / The Korea Times: |
South Korea's ruling party announces an NFT presidential election fundraiser; Lee Jae-myung, the DPK's presidential nominee, supports NFTs in gaming — The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) is set to become the world's first political party to issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia launches Omniverse out of beta, announces a free version, and says nearly 100K creators have downloaded the real-time collaborative design tool — Omniverse, billed by Nvidia as a metaverse for engineers, will now have a free version available for a much larger community of creators and artists.
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The Official NVIDIA Blog, TechCrunch, and SiliconANGLE
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Garmin announces two smartwatches: the $450 Venu 2 Plus, with a 43mm case and support for voice assistants and voice calling, and the $180 Vivomove Sport — The Venu 2 Plus and Vivomove Sport are meant for people who want more than a fitness-first smartwatch
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MacRumors, XDA Developers, AppleInsider, Garmin Newsroom, 9to5Google, Wareable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, Forbes, Pocket-lint, Android Central, ZDNet, Android Headlines, ZDNet, SlashGear, Digital Trends, t3.com, ZDNet, TechRadar, GSMArena.com, and Notebookcheck.net. Tweets: @backlon
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