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OpenSea says 32 users had NFTs stolen as part of a targeted phishing campaign that scammed them into signing malicious smart contracts — Emails purporting to be from the NFT marketplace about a planned smart contract migration may have been a phishing attack.
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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Trump Media & Technology Group launches Truth Social in the US App Store; some users received error messages or were placed on a waitlist when signing up — Some people who downloaded the social media app received error messages when they tried to create an account. Others were placed on a waitlist.| New York Times: |
A look at the challenges facing Trump's Truth Social app, including competition from Gettr and Parler and finding users willing to leave mainstream apps — Truth Social, the former president's hard-right alternative to Twitter, could open its doors next month. But as businesses go, outrage may not be the best moneymaker.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Expected Mac 2022 lineup: Mac mini with M1 Pro and M2; 13" MacBook Pro, 24" iMac, and MacBook Air with M2; iMac Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max; a half-sized Mac Pro — As Apple gears up for its first product launch event of the year, the spotlight turns to its 2022 Mac plans.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PrimaryBid, which helps companies include ordinary retail investors in IPOs and follow-on fundraises, raises a $190M Series C led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 — Thanks to the growth of fintech, financial services like investing are getting ever more accessible to the wider population of consumers.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the company's strategy after its failed Arm bid, Omniverse's progress, and its bet on self-driving cars — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang didn't get to fulfill his dream of acquiring Arm for $80 billion. Regulators held the deal up and Huang called off the deal after “giving it our best shot.”| Liz Hughes / IoT World Today: |
Palo Alto-based Motorq, a connected-car data analysis service for businesses, raises a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners — Motorq's platform helps fleet managers improve efficiency while reducing costs — Motorq has raised $40 million to advance its connected vehicle platform.
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| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
Tencent shares fell 5.2% on Monday as Chinese tech stocks had their worst two-day drop since July 2021, amid fears of impending regulatory crackdowns — Chinese technology shares had their worst two-day drop since July due to renewed fears Beijing may roll out more restrictions for private enterprise.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Skael, which provides no-code automation tools for enterprises, raises a $38M Series A led by RTP Global, bringing its total funding to $42M — No-code platforms, which let users create apps leveraging tools that don't require programming knowledge, are gaining popularity in the enterprise as their value becomes apparent.
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| Bloomberg: |
Nigerian fintech Tingo, which processes ~$4B in e-commerce transactions annually, seeks $500M to expand in Africa; Tingo, valued at $6.3B, plans an IPO in H1 — Sign up to our Next Africa newsletter and follow Bloomberg Africa on Twitter — Nigerian financial-technology company Tingo Inc … | Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Check, which provides payroll digitization software, raises a $75M Series C led by Stripe, bringing its total funding to $119M and valuing the startup at $725M — As startups increasingly embed payroll into their software products, Check, a three-year-old startup that provides software tools …
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| Tatiana Bautzer / Reuters: |
Brazil-based Sólides, which offers HR management software to over 12,000 Brazilian businesses, raises $100M from Warburg Pincus — Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has invested $100 million in Brazilian human resources startup Solides for an undisclosed minority stake …
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