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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Sources say Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers in response to forged Emergency Data Requests; Discord said it had also fulfilled a forged legal request — Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple updates its App Store rules in the Netherlands to let Dutch dating apps take payments through third-party processors, but a 27% commission still applies — But they can't avoid giving up a 27 percent commission — To help bring an end to wrangling with Dutch regulators that stretched …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple now lets “reader” apps link to websites for creating or managing user accounts, after the company gives access to an External Link Account Entitlement — Apple today informed developers of “reader” apps that they are able to sign up for access to an “External Link Account Entitlement” …
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| CNBC: |
A look at 3C, a “grassroots” group of SMBs against Big Tech regulation, financed by Google and Amazon, which claims support from SMBs that haven't heard of it — - The Connected Commerce Council, which pitches itself as a grassroots movement representing small business owners …
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Politico and Beyond Search
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Wyze had been aware of several vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite being warned by Bitdefender — A Wyze Cam internet camera vulnerability allows unauthenticated, remote access to videos and images stored on local memory cards and has remained unfixed for almost three years.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more — Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products … | Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC chairman Mark Liu says consumer demand for smartphones, PCs, and TVs is slowing down, especially in China, as the cost of components and materials rises — Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns — Taiwan tech titan TSMC says demand for consumer electronics … | Bloomberg: |
Blockchain.com raises funding at a $14B valuation led by Lightspeed, more than doubling its last valuation in March 2021 — Startup Blockchain.com said it raised new funding that values the company at about $14 billion, more than doubling its worth in a sign that cryptocurrency firms still enjoy …
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Tweets: @ivanlevingston and @wublockchain
| Molly White: |
An analysis of Axie Infinity hack: Sky Maven taking six days to disclose it is irresponsible and people likely lost money needed to live, not just spare cash — On March 23, cryptocurrency priced at around $625 million was stolen from the Ronin network, which is the blockchain that powers the game Axie Infinity.
Tweets: @dlberes
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is seeking to diversify memory chip suppliers, potentially using China's Yangtze, after Japanese supplier Kioxia lost a batch to contamination — Apple Inc. is exploring new sources of the memory chips that go into iPhones, including its first Chinese producer of the critical component …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iMore, PhoneArena, Reuters, and DigiTimes
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
IT and software developer Globant says its code repo was partially breached, after Lapsus$ shared 70GB of allegedly stolen data; Globant's stock closed down 10% — Just days after police in the U.K. arrested seven people over suspected connections to the now-infamous hacking and extortion group, Lapsus$ is claiming its latest victim.
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| Tyler Wilde / PC Gamer: |
Valve says it is working to resolve issues as Steam game developers in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are unable to receive payments due to new regulations — In Ukraine and Russia, Steam publishers are currently unable to receive earnings unless they open foreign bank accounts. — Audio player loading...
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Polygon, Ars Technica, TheGamer, Game Developer, and Blue's News
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
LayerZero, a startup that offers a protocol for blockchain interoperability, raises $135M co-led by a16z, FTX, and Sequoia at a $1B valuation — The blockchain interoperability protocol first emerged from stealth last September. — CORRECTION (March 30, 19:28 UTC): A previous version …
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| Steve Zurier / SC Media: |
IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti sues cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, claiming he falsely accused the company of covering up a cyberattack — Ubiquiti on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against industry blogger Brian Krebs for $425 million in damages for allegedly falsely accusing the company of “covering up” a cyberattack.| Financial Times: |
Sources: Masayoshi Son tells SoftBank leadership that the company needs to slow investments, amid the Ukraine war, falling tech stocks, and China's crackdown — SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has warned his top executives of the need to slow down further investments, as the world's largest …
Tweets: @jasonlk, @muradahmed, and @financialtimes
| Keerthi Vedantam / dot.LA: |
VivoSense, which develops wearable biometric sensors to collect and organize data from patients for clinical drug trials, raises a $25M Series A — As the CEO of Sarepta Therapeutics from 2011 to 2015, Chris Garabedian led a biotech firm striving to find cures for rare diseases.
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VivoSense, MobiHealthNews, and hitconsultant.net
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Research shows TikTok tic videos contribute to a rise in cases of girls with tics; US ER room visits among teen girls with tics has tripled during the pandemic — Tourette videos posted on the platform continue to draw many viewers, and doctors say teen girls keep showing up at their offices with functional neurological issues| Samreen Ahmad / Tech in Asia: |
Sea laid off 350+ staff and shut down its e-commerce arm Shopee in India on Monday, after India banned Free Fire and other apps it says have ties to China — Shopee India will lay off over 300 staff after it decided to shut down operations in the South Asian country.| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Analysis: majority of the most-viewed Reels on Meta's platforms are anonymous or reposted; Meta says Reels is Instagram's biggest engagement growth contributor — Facebook's pivot back to video shows how badly it needs young people. — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, needs to stay relevant.
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Integrity Institute, Tech-pigułka, and Washington Post
Tweets: @alexstemplewski, @adambvary, @mattnavarra, @shiringhaffary, @integrity_inst, @timothydurigan, @corintxt, and @jeff4llen
| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
Avalanche is now the fourth largest blockchain for DeFi protocols by “total value locked”, at $10B+, ahead of Solana, with its AVAX token rising 2,800% in 2021 — To the crypto-conscious, blockchain industry conferences have become annual pilgrimages of sorts … | Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021, far above Intel's initial $110M estimate; Intel stock is down 15% since his appointment, lagging the industry — Bonus for taking helm at struggling US chipmaker was far more than company initially calculated
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Reuters, Oregonian, Wall Street Journal, CRN, and San Francisco Business Journal
Tweets: @followtheh and @followtheh
| Bloomberg: |
Indonesia's GoTo raises $1.1B in its IPO, selling shares for $0.024, representing a projected $28B market cap after the offering — GoTo Group, Indonesia's largest tech company, raised 15.8 trillion rupiah ($1.1 billion) in one of the world's largest initial public offerings this year.
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The Economic Times, DealStreetAsia, Tech in Asia, and Nikkei Asia
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google plans to use its ML model MUM to improve search results for users in a crisis, directing them to help for suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse — Directing more searches to help and support — In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google.
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