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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has delayed adding a blood pressure monitor to Watch until 2024, possibly 2025, after difficulties with accuracy during testing — Apple Inc.'s plan to add a highly anticipated blood-pressure monitor to its smartwatch has hit some snags and the technology isn't expected …
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9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Macworld, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, The Verge, Slashdot, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, AppleTrack, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, iMore, iMore, MacRumors, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @stevekovach, @business, @markgurman, and @ivanthek
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of a16z VC Chris Dixon, who made early bets on crypto startups like Coinbase; sources: a16z plans to fold its crypto funds back into its central funds — The Andreessen Horowitz partner is the new no. 1 on Forbes' 21st annual Midas List of top venture investors, thanks to savvy bets on tokens …
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Forbes. Tweets: @smdiehl, @brianjcho, @forbes, @killedbygoogle, @joshelman, @valaafshar, @rabois, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @zck, @forbes, and @alexrkonrad
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Tweets: @thedextriarchy, @dannypage, @reckless, @theolivenbaum, @bigmeaninternet, @thedextriarchy, @nkulw, and @verge
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list — DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave. — When Google launched Chrome back in 2008, it changed the web overnight.
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Spread Privacy, Protocol, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, PCMag, Cult of Mac, Thurrott, Digital Trends, BetaNews, MacRumors, Fossbytes, iMore, and Broadband TV News
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @jeremiahg, @alexhern, @byunfinished, @beahbl, @wired, and @mattburgess1
| Zack Seward / CoinDesk: |
Circle, which maintains the USDC stablecoin, raises $400M from BlackRock, Fidelity, and others, after raising $440M in May 2021 — BlackRock and Fidelity headlined the stablecoin issuer's latest funding round, which follows a $440 million raise from last May.
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PR Newswire, Circle, SiliconANGLE, Blockworks, Bloomberg, Axios, TechCrunch, Bitcoinist.com, FinSMEs, Crypto Briefing, Ethereum World News, Finextra, CryptoPotato, CoinGape, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @jerallaire, @yueqi_yang, @jerallaire, @apompliano, and @mayazi
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates iMovie for iOS and iPadOS with Magic Movie, for automatic movie creation from clips and photos, and storyboards for a template-guided approach — Apple is releasing an iMovie update today for iOS and iPadOS. iMovie 3.0 introduces two new major features — storyboards and Magic Movie.
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Apple, MacRumors, appadvice.com, 9to5Mac, Macworld, AppleInsider, Engadget, The Verge, iMore, Mashable, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, and MobileSyrup. Tweets: @chinanderm
| Akshat Rathi / Bloomberg: |
A look at Stripe's $925M Frontier initiative, which funds carbon-removal startups and has received funding from Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and others — Some of the world's largest companies will spend $925 million buying offsets from startups that remove carbon dioxide from the air.
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Protocol, Silicon Republic, CNBC, and South China Morning Post
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
RaidForums, used by Lapsus$, Babuk, and other extortion gangs, is seized in a US-led international operation; Europol says the hacking forum had 500K+ users — The RaidForums hacker forum, used mainly for trading and selling stolen databases, has been shut down and its domain seized …
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Krebs on Security, U.S. Department of Justice, The Hill, PCMag, CyberScoop, and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @joetidy, @campuscodi, and @fbi
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Ethereum developers launch the so-called mainnet shadow fork, a key stress test ahead of the proof-of-stake Merge upgrade, expected to reduce energy use by ~99% — Ethereum's network is inching closer toward its much-anticipated software upgrade known as the Merge, having just entered a key testing step.
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CoinDesk, CryptoSlate, Fortune, Cointelegraph, the mesha tribe, GitHub, The Block, Cryptonews, Micky, Forkast, and Waivly
Tweets: @vdwijden, @vdwijden, @cory_eth, @bulldogholmes, and @monetarywonk
| Jill R Shah / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Meta spent $26.8M on Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2021, up 6% from 2020, far above other execs, such as Sundar Pichai ($4.3M) and Jeff Bezos ($1.6M) — The cost of keeping Mark Zuckerberg safe keeps going up for Meta Platforms Inc., far outstripping what similar technology companies with high-profile executives are spending.
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Protocol, TechSpot, Meta, LatestLY, B&T, Silicon Valley Business …, New York Post, and Australian Financial Review
Tweets: @sarahfrier, @gregbensinger, @jackpullara, and @davidgura
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is rolling out Effect House, which lets creators make AR effects that others can use in videos, to all users after a closed beta test last fall — Last August, TechCrunch noted TikTok was working to build its own augmented reality (AR) development platform called Effect House …
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TikTok, Digital Trends, Adweek, Engadget, The Verge, Neowin, afrotech.com, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @tomemrich
| Andi Ortiz / The Wrap: |
Last Week Tonight's John Oliver weighed in on data brokers, showing how easy it was to target members of Congress with ads after obtaining their personal info — John Oliver escalated his typical shenanigans on Sunday night's episode of “Last Week Tonight,” going from poking fun at politicians to outright blackmailing them.
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LastWeekTonight - YouTube, Rolling Stone, BGR, HuffPost, KnowTechie, 9to5Google, Near Media, Protocol, and howardlindzon.com
| Eric Migicovsky: |
On the 10th anniversary of smart watch maker Pebble's Kickstarter launch, its founder says Pebble failed as it tried to expand beyond a hacker user base — I've been giving a talk on the importance of learning from failure to every YC batch for last few years. I wrote this post in 2017 but never published it.| New York Times: |
NFT avatar startup Genies raises $150M led by Silver Lake at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $250M — Silver Lake is leading a $150 million funding round for Genies, an avatar technology company that provides digital tools to create and sell online characters, clothes …
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CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, The Block, Blockworks, and VentureBeat
| Nikkei Asia: |
Major iPhone manufacturer Pegatron, Mac manufacturer Quanta, and iPad maker Compal suspend factory operations near Shanghai amid strict COVID-19 measures — TAIPEI — Three key Apple suppliers have suspended production in and near Shanghai as strict COVID-19 lockdown measures show signs …
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AppleInsider, South China Morning Post, CNBC, MacDailyNews, Bloomberg, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, PCMag, 9to5Mac, iMore, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @chengtingfang and @mingchikuo
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify rebrands companion app Spotify Greenroom as Spotify Live and integrates its live audio capabilities in the main app minus the interactive features — As an earlier report had suggested, Spotify today announced it will integrate the live audio capabilities from its companion app …
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Spotify, The Verge, Engadget, Variety, Android Headlines, Neowin, iMore, and The Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @spotifynews and @chrismessina
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Singapore-based fashion marketplace Zilingo suspends CEO Ankiti Bose, after attempts to raise $150M-$200M led to an investigation over its accounting — Zilingo Pte, one of Singapore's highest-profile startups, has suspended Chief Executive Officer Ankiti Bose after an effort …
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The Economic Times, DealStreetAsia, Inc42 Media, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @sindhuhtoi, @pelstrom, @newley, and @chandrarsrikant
| The Verge: |
Meta rolls out a test for some creators to sell virtual items and effects in Horizon Worlds, which will take a 25% cut of any sale after app store fees — Horizon Worlds will take a 25 percent cut of any sale after app store fees — Meta is testing new features to let creators …
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Oculus Blog, YouTube, Reuters, The Information, Decrypt, Input, New York Post, Fast Company, Protocol, WinBuzzer, VentureBeat, UploadVR, Insider, CNBC, TechCircle, PhoneArena, Laptop Mag, KnowTechie, cybernews.com, Cryptonews, Neowin, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Tubefilter, Social Media Today, VRScout, CoinDesk, Android Central, Road to VR, and Engadget
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @ldignan, @ericpresidentvr, @slhamlet, @ernestle, @boztank, @alexeheath, @ballmatthew, @alexeheath, @jonvirtual, @mixedrealitytv, @tomaxwell, @iainmacl, @oculos410, @brianjjackson, and @alexdchandler
| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Research: TikTok's ad revenue is projected to triple in 2022 to $11B+, surpassing Twitter and Snapchat combined, which are expected to make $5.58B and $4.86B — Video-sharing app TikTok's advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales …
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Bloomberg, eMarketer, TechSpot, Neowin, PYMNTS.com, KnowTechie, Telecoms.com, The Information, Pandaily, The Times, dot.LA, Benzinga, PingWest, and Tech News. Tweets: @tanarrowz
| Eli Tan / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase will produce a movie trilogy based on the Bored Ape Yacht Club, set to premier at NFT.NYC in June; BAYC owners can submit their apes for consideration — The trio of films will tie into the launch of Coinbase's long-awaited NFT marketplace. — The Bored Ape Yacht Club is getting …
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CNET, Protocol, Cointelegraph, Input, Coinspeaker, CryptoSlate, The Crypto Connection, Cryptopolitan, Waivly, The Block, HYPEBEAST, Bitcoin News, one37pm.com, Benzinga, Protocol, Crypto Briefing, Decrypt, and Forkast
Tweets: @mdudas, @piques15, @electiondaymad1, @discoverxnft, @mixtatiq, @valkenburgh, and @alex
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Some business customers say Microsoft's licensing rules make it harder and costlier to run Windows and Office on rival cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud — The current tide of antitrust scrutiny and regulations focused on big technology companies has conspicuously omitted one company …
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ZDNet, Windows Central, Thurrott, OnMSFT.com, and Benzinga
Tweets: @dinabass, @bradstone, @markets, and @pelstrom
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Observe.ai, which develops call center software that analyzes conversations, raises a $125M Series C led by Vision Fund 2, bringing its total funding to $213M — Contact centers play a key part in call a company engages with customers, amounting to what is a $400 billion market globally.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Kubit, which helps track and analyze user engagement data, raises an $18M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $24M — Showing that the product analytics industry is alive and well, Kubit today announced that it raised $18 million in a series A funding round led …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Meta has sent ~90 subpoenas related to the FTC's antitrust case to companies including Dispo, which says the requests are “overbroad, vexatious, and harassing” — On a quest to show the FTC that it isn't a monopoly, Meta flooded a wide swath of major tech companies with subpoenas last month.
Tweets: @nmasc_, @dlisscious, @seyitaylor, and @tayhatmaker
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Mental health app Real, which offers subscriptions from $13 per month, raises a $37M Series B led by Owl Ventures, bringing its total funding to $53M — Real, a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation …
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