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Biden signed an executive order directing federal agencies to study the risks posed by digital assets, such as evading sanctions, and consider a digital dollar — Cryptocurrency advocates celebrate order while skeptics see it as a step back for regulation — WASHINGTON—The price …
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A deep dive into Apple's M1 Ultra: two M1 Max dies combined into a single chip, 800GB/second memory bandwidth, 64 GPU cores to outperform the RTX 3090, and more — As part of Apple's spring “Peek Performance” product event this morning, Apple unveiled the fourth and final member of the M1 family of Apple Silicon SoCs, the M1 Ultra.
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Studio Display's A13 Bionic chip, the same SoC that powers the iPhone 11, lets Apple add Center Stage, Spatial Audio, and “Hey Siri” to a desktop monitor — The A13 Bionic makes the most of the built-in webcam and speakers — Apple's $1,599 Studio Display will be available on March 18th …
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A look at the symbiotic relationship between TSMC and Apple: TSMC gets a predictable, demanding, high volume customer and Apple gets cutting-edge chips at scale — The TSMC-Apple partnership has been one of the defining relationships of the mobile computing era.
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Substack launches an iOS app for reading; Android users can join a waitlist — What you read matters — Today, we're launching an iOS app for reading. It's like your email inbox, but better. — For readers, the app brings all your Substack subscriptions together in one venue …
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Sony stops sales of PlayStation consoles and software in Russia and shuts its PlayStation Store following Ukraine vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov's request — - Sony's PlayStation unit says it has suspended all software and hardware shipments in Russia.
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Two Austrian entrepreneurs acquire the assets of LimeWire, the music sharing service shuttered in 2010, and plan to relaunch it as an NFT marketplace for music — A pair of serial entrepreneurs in Austria has bought the rights to defunct music platform LimeWire with plans to revamp its image …
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| Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: |
Bipartisan House Judiciary Committee members ask the DOJ to investigate Amazon and its executives, accusing the company of obstructing Congress' antitrust probe — House Judiciary Committee accuses tech giant of withholding information during antitrust probe; Amazon has denied any attempts to mislead
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Twitter begins rolling out Twitter Shops in beta, letting select US merchants and partners add a virtual storefront with up to 50 items to their profiles on iOS — Currently only rolling out for select businesses on iOS — Twitter is rolling out a new shopping beta today: Twitter Shops …
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| Michelle Ma / Protocol: |
In its Q4 earnings on Tuesday, Bumble said it is discontinuing operations in Russia and leaving the Russian and Belarusian app stores; Bumble stock is up 40%+ — Dating app Bumble is the latest to exit Russia as the war in Ukraine continues. — The company, which owns its eponymous app …
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
The DOJ says Samuel Reed is the final BitMEX co-founder to plead guilty to US Bank Secrecy Act violations and has agreed to pay a $10M criminal fine — Samuel Reed will pay a $10 million fine for violating anti-money laundering rules and also faces up to five years in prison.
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Lumen becomes the second US backbone internet provider to exit Russia after Cogent; Russia's top international data sources are now in Sweden, Italy, and the UK — Lumen, a leading American Internet provider to Russia, announced Tuesday that it was severing business relations in the country …
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| Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: |
The EU clarifies that sanctions on Russia and Belarus extend to crypto assets, deeming them “transferrable securities” that can be used for loans and credit — Crypto assets fall into the category of “transferrable securities” and are therefore clearly included in the scope of sanctions, the EU said.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon is expected to win unconditional antitrust approval from the European Commission for its $8.5B MGM acquisition, which was announced in May 2021 — Amazon is expected to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $8.5 billion buy of U.S. movie studio MGM … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches music distribution platform SoundOn in the US, the UK, Brazil, and Indonesia, letting artists upload music to TikTok, Resso, Spotify, and more — TikTok has already achieved massive influence in today's music industry, sending songs that find popularity on the app to the top of the Billboard charts.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out new features for Group admins, including the ability to automatically decline incoming posts with information marked false by fact checkers — Facebook announced today that it's rolling out new features to help Facebook Group administrators keep their communities safe, manage interactions and reduce misinformation.
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| Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch: |
Asana reports Q4 revenue of $111.9M, up 64% YoY, GAAP net loss of $90M, up from $61.5M in Q4 2021, and 119K paying customers; stock down 15%+ after hours — Collaboration-software company loses more than expected while revenue grows faster than analysts modeled, and that dynamic is expected to continue
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Amazon's board of directors approve a 20-for-1 stock split and Amazon says it plans to buy back up to $10B in shares; stock rises 6% after hours — - Amazon on Wednesday announced that the Board of Directors has approved a 20-for-1 stock split. — The company also said it plans to buy back up to $10 billion worth of shares.
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A look at the rise of DAOs, which wrestle with infighting and other issues; DeepDAO: cryptocurrencies held in DAO treasuries increased 3,200% to $13B+ in 2021 — The cryptocurrency boom has spawned enterprises democratically governed by a community of users. Or that's the theory.
Tweets: @blockanalia, @annmlipton, @ericliptonnyt, and @ericliptonnyt
| Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
CrowdStrike Q4: revenue of $431M, up 63% YoY, subscription revenue of $405.4M, up 66% YoY, FY2021 revenue of $1.45B, up 66% YoY; stock up ~12% after hours — Non-GAAP net income for the cybersecurity company in Q4 came to $70.4 million or 30 cents per share.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Savings and investing app Acorns raises a $300M Series F at a nearly $2B valuation led by TPG, six weeks after shelving its SPAC plans with Pioneer Merger Corp. — Savings and investing app Acorns has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round that values the company at nearly $2 billion.
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As Western tech companies react to sanctions on Russia, Twitch streamers, Upwork gig workers, OnlyFans creators, and contract developers lose their livelihoods — When Arina, a 22-year-old illustrator in Russia, first started using the freelance work platform Upwork last year, it changed her life.
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