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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor — The increased size of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max's rear camera array is due to all-new 48-megapixel Wide camera systems, according to reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
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9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Appleosophy, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, iMore, iThinkDifferent, AppleTrack, and iClarified
Tweets: @maxwinebach and @mingchikuo
| Reuters: |
The US FCC adds Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom Americas, and China Mobile International USA to its national security threat list, barring them from its USF funds — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp (0728.HK) …
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Ars Technica, Federal Communications …, kaspersky.com, BleepingComputer, iTnews, Engadget, The Verge, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Mashable, HackRead, AppleInsider, The Hacker News, Next TV, and The Information
Tweets: @thehackersnews, @rvawonk, @sanjanah, and @brendancarrfcc
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple paid $100K to $200K in stock-based bonuses to select software and hardware engineers, after giving similar bonuses in December to retain talent — Apple Inc. is paying a small number of engineers another round of special stock bonuses as part of an unusual push to retain key talent …
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TheStreet, iLounge, Appleosophy, Notebookcheck.net, Protocol, San Francisco Business Journal, Slashdot, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, and iClarified. Tweets: @markgurman
| Bloomberg: |
Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon employee who helped start Amazon Games and its current head, is stepping down to focus on his family — Mike Frazzini, a longtime Amazon.com Inc. employee who helped start Amazon Game Studios, is stepping down. The executive told staff Friday he was leaving …
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VentureBeat, Eurogamer.net, Game Rant, The Verge, TheGamer, PC Gamer, Video Games Chronicle, IGN, GeekWire, Dot Esports, and Blue's News
Tweets: @jasonschreier and @thatguynamedtre
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google updates Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix a high-severity zero-day being exploited in the wild, the second such patch for Chrome in 2022 — Google has released Chrome 99.0.4844.84 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a high-severity zero-day bug exploited in the wild.
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Google Chrome Releases. More:
Forbes, Forbes, Gizchina, AppleInsider, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ethereum World News, BetaNews, HotHardware.com News, Android Police, The Hacker News, and gHacks Technology News
Tweets: @earnwithrk, @metamask, @ianbins, @richerd, @nobsbitcoin, @everrisejason, @jschauma, and @toastpunk
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost — For every Bored Ape and CryptoPunk there is a Baby Baller, one of the thousands of NFT projects that have faltered not long after celebrated debuts.| Sam Goldheart / iFixit News: |
iFixit completes its week-long Mac Studio teardown: swappable but likely not upgradable SSDs, a massive heatsink, a dual-fan assembly, and more — Well, one teardown at least. More than a Mac Mini but not quite a Mac Pro, the Mac Studio impresses and disappoints in almost equal measure.
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Ars Technica and Liliputing
Tweets: @ifixit, @ifixit, @restartproject, @aschilling, and @olrak29_
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Ukraine next week plans to start selling 54 NFTs chronicling the first three days of Russia's invasion; the funds will go to the country's “army and civilians” — Proceeds will go toward Ukraine's army and civilians — Ukraine's government is raising funds by selling non-fungible tokens …
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Meta History. More:
CryptoPotato, Business News for Kids, CrunchX, ZyCrypto, Coinspeaker, CryptoPotato, Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, TradingBTC.com, and CoinPost
Tweets: @fedorovmykhailo, @samkya, and @mintsyfra
| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
As some crypto startups seek to avoid investor oversight, VCs pass on board seats to win deals; investors in FTX, which has raised $1.8B+, have no board seats — Founders of digital asset groups seek to avoid investor oversight in new Silicon Valley trend — Jack Lu received eight proposals … | Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Social media platforms are hastily rewriting their rules on hate, violence, and propaganda amid the war on Ukraine, setting precedents that may haunt them later — A month ago, praising a neo-Nazi militia or calling for violence against Russians could get you suspended from Facebook in Ukraine.
Tweets: @epro, @willoremus, @pstasiatech, and @willoremus
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done used looser pandemic rules and pressure on clinicians to prescribe stimulants, often via 30-minute online evaluations — Digital companies such as Cerebral and Done seized on looser pandemic rules for prescribing ADHD drugs like Adderall.
Tweets: @champgains, @michaelalbertmd, @aikeho, @rolfewinkler, and @cararlombardo
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Transport for London grants Uber a 30-month license to continue operating in London, ending a years-long spat with the agency, which twice revoked its license — - Uber has been granted a 30-month license to operate in London, according to Transport for London.Sponsor Posts
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