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| Andrew Thurman / CoinDesk: |
The Ronin Network, which supports Sky Mavis' Axie Infinity game, says it was hacked, and 173,600 ETH and 25.5M USDC was stolen, worth $600M+; RON is down ~20% — It may be the largest exploit in DeFi history. — The latest crypto hack may be the largest yet.
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| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to form three tiers, launching in June: PS Plus Essential for $9.99/month, Extra for $14.99/month, and Premium for $17.99/month — PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, PS4 and PS5 games included, but not brand new releases — At a glance:| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta updates Messenger with Slack-like shortcuts, /silent to reply without a notification and @everyone to notify all, and plans to add more, like /pay and /gif — There's also one that pings everyone, so please use it responsibly — Meta, the parent company of Facebook …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Google adds expanded Markdown support to Docs on the web, off by default, as part of its autocorrect feature — ## An alternative to keyboard shortcuts — Google is adding Markdown support to Google Docs on the web, letting you format your document using text shortcuts rather than keyboard ones.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Intel unveils i9-12900KS, an unlocked i9-12900K meant to be overclocked, with a 30MB L3 cache, 150W base power, a 5.5 GHz max frequency, coming April 5 for $739 — Intel takes the covers off its new 5.5GHz 12th generation i9-12900KS processor. — Intel has announced it will be releasing … | Shannon Liao / Washington Post: |
A judge approves an $18M settlement between Activision Blizzard and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ending the federal sexual harassment lawsuit — A judge approved an $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tuesday …
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Tweets: @charlieintel, @jonnypeltz, @freethewolfvo, @shannon_liao, @eurogamer, and @gibiz
| TechCrunch: |
A brief overview of Y Combinator's Demo Day for the Winter 2022 batch, with 414 companies in total and the first batch to receive YC's new standard deal — The TechCrunch team spent today covering the first day of Y Combinator's Winter 2022 Demo Day, which featured half of the 394 companies that plan to virtually present.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Hackers are compromising police and government email accounts to send Emergency Data Requests to ISPs, telecoms, social networks, and others, who quickly comply — There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data …
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Gizmodo and SiliconANGLE
| The Economic Times: |
Qure.ai, which uses AI to read and interpret X-rays, CT scans, and ultrasounds for medical image diagnosis, raises $40M led by Novo Holdings and HealthQuad — Mumbai: Healthtech startup Qure.ai (Qure) has raised $40 million in a funding round led by Novo Holdings and HealthQuad.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Verizon blames “bad actors” and engages US law enforcement after its customers and users of its MVNO Visible receive spam texts from their own phone numbers — The carrier says it's working with US law enforcement to find those responsible — Yesterday, I wrote about receiving …
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Newser, Android Police, SlashGear, Android Central, govtech.com, CNET, Mashable, and Engadget
Tweets: @alex_lanstein, @pattymo, @senatorshoshana, @reckless, @samitsarkar, @rjcc, @davepell, @chriswelch, and @codejake
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China is planning expanded restrictions on its huge live-streaming industry, including capping daily tipping and tighter content censorship — Regulators are planning rules limiting virtual tipping of live-streaming hosts and time spent by young people on the apps
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Benzinga. Tweets: @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, @lizalinwsj, and @jchengwsj
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Chinese AR glasses maker Nreal raises a $60M Series C extension led by Alibaba, bringing its total funding to $200M in the past 12 months — China's augmented reality startup Nreal is on a roll. The company, which hopes to bring AR to the masses by making bright-color, lightweight smart glasses …
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PingWest, South China Morning Post, Benzinga, CNBC, DealStreetAsia, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, and Nikkei Asia
| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Kuaishou reports Q4 revenue of $3.8B, up 35% YoY, with a ~$1B net loss, and MAUs up 21.5% YoY to 578M, as daily time spent per user rose 32% to 118.9 minutes — Kuaishou Technology shares slid after a Wall Street Journal report stoked investors' concerns about more curbs on China's online video industry …
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Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes, Seeking Alpha, and Kuaishou Technology
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
London-based Builder.ai, which offers low-code tools to build apps, raises a $100M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $195M — When we started covering Builder.ai a few years ago, the startup was tapping into a new wave of businesses wanting their own native apps.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
DeepMind says it made changes to its policies after a female former staff member accused the Google-owned company of mishandling sexual misconduct allegations — Former employee at artificial intelligence group raises concerns about grievance procedure following assault and harassment by senior researcher| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Nielsen agrees to be acquired by a group of private equity firms, led by Brookfield and Elliott, in a deal valuing it at $16B, or $28 per share, including debt — Elliott, Brookfield to pay $28 a share for TV ratings company — Nielsen Holdings PLC agreed to sell itself to a group … | Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Boston-based Cloaked, which allows users to generate unique email addresses and phone numbers while creating online accounts, raises a $25M Series A — Cloaked, a Boston-based startup that allows users to generate unique email addresses and phone numbers when creating online accounts, has secured $25 million in Series A funding.Sponsor Posts
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UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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