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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, the standard iPhone 14 models will remain on A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM — Only the iPhone 14 Pro models will have the “A16” chip, while the standard iPhone 14 models will retain the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 …
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@mingchikuo. More:
9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Wccftech, PhoneArena, iThinkDifferent, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, iClarified, and iPhone Hacks
| Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal: |
People are sending news about Ukraine to Russians using a website that randomly selects from a list of ~20M phone numbers and ~140M email addresses in Russia — Website developed by hackers is new initiative in West's battle to counter Russia's propaganda campaign
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Engadget, Financial Times, PCMag, and Forbes
Tweets: @lalegault, @_julesh_, @bopanc, @dkaleniuk, @bopanc, @kowsmann, @byrontau, @tepizep, @euwatchers, @malwarejake, @ybarrap, @can, @bopanc, @thomaschattwill, @cliffordlevy, @thewebbyawards, @martinsfp, and @bopanc
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default — You won't be able to default to the chronological timeline — Twitter is rolling out a change that, frustratingly …
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TechCrunch, iMore, and Today in Digital Marketing
Tweets: @twittersupport, @waxpancake, @caseynewton, @cabel, @delatorre, @matthew_d_green, @benricem, @redemptionarcs, @gabrielnocode, @ravmike, @xershadowtail, @folletto, @seyitaylor, @rjcc, @tomwarren, @politibunny, @dsilverman, @ravishanker_, @mariosundar, @patrickclaybon, @kevinmkruse, @baekdal, @kirstinestewart, @fieldyates, @claytravis, @ryansatin, @politibunny, @keithsmithnba, @rocco_botte, @hunterw, @barry, @barstoolhubbs, @yoda, @bzamayo, @dereklowe, @tolmasky, @stevekovach, @rjcc, @ponchorebound, @transscribe, @aerocles, @notasausage, @martinwaxman, @miklcraw4d, @grady_booch, @selfstyledsiren, @ericajoy, and @donohoe
| Washington Post: |
Sources: Apple and Google removed Kremlin critic Navalny's app in September after FSB agents came to top executives' homes and threatened to take them to prison — Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September …
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Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Global Nerdy, Android Police, PCMag, iMore, and AppleInsider
| Lara Putnam / Wired: |
Research: 23 of the top 30 search results for the numbers 11, 12, 13 on Facebook were groups targeting children of those ages, including with sexual references — The platform can be quicker at recommending groups built around child predation than it is to remove them.
Tweets: @josh_nelson, @wired, @lara_putnam, and @quinns108
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on newly announced iPhone SE, iPad Air, and Mac Studio, and an in-depth look at the M2 chip, Mac Pro, iMac Pro, and Apple's future display plans — Here are my thoughts on Apple's new iPhone SE, iPad Air and Mac Studio, as well as an in-depth look at the M2 chip, Mac Pro, iMac Pro and future display plans.| Reuters: |
Sources: NSA and other agencies are investigating an attack that disabled Viasat's satellite internet service in Europe on February 24 as Russia invaded Ukraine — Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access …
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Insider, PCMag, and Wired
Tweets: @runasand, @viss, @malwarejake, @dinodaizovi, @nicoleperlroth, @iblametom, and @jackiegschneid
| Rest of World: |
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs — Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition.
Tweets: @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @decka227
| James Corbett / Off The Pitch: |
Investigation: Socios, which partners with soccer clubs to offer fan tokens, has withheld crypto payments to staff to maintain the value of its chiliZ currency — - A five-month Off The Pitch investigation into Socios, which partners 55 football clubs and governing bodies …
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The Verge and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @_zeets, @sportingintel, @james_corbett, and @offthepitch_com
| Mehnaz Yasmin / Reuters: |
Forto, which provides digitized freight forwarding and supply chain tools, raises a $250M Series D, nearly doubling its valuation to $2.1B in eight months — Forto said on Monday it raised $250 million in a funding led by technology investment firm Disruptive and including SoftBank's …
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stattimes, PR Newswire, Silicon Canals, Forto, and Tech.eu
| Benjamin Goggin / NBC News: |
A look at growing online meth communities on Zoom, Reddit, and others as they attract little attention from content moderators, worsening the addiction problem — In December, Paul went home for the holidays. Like many people, he hadn't seen his family for almost a year.| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Mojo, an upcoming app for fans to buy and sell “stocks” of professional athletes at values based on performance, raises a $75M Series A led by Thrive Capital — Baseball great Alex Rodriguez and his business partner, Marc Lore, are investing in a new company aiming to be a …
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Mojo | LinkedIn, Bleacher Report, VegasSlotsOnline News, Front Office Sports, CBS Sports, SportsPro, TechCrunch, and Contemporary Idiot
Tweets: @marclore, @ravmike, @marclore, @readdanwrite, and @kimbhasin
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