NYC mayor-elect Eric Adams says he plans to take his first three paychecks in bitcoin and the city is going to be the “center of the cryptocurrency industry”
- New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams plans to take his first three paychecks in bitcoin.
Microsoft warns Windows 11 users that features, including the Snipping Tool, touch keyboard, and emoji panel, aren't loading due to an expired certificate
Snipping Tool, the emoji picker, and other parts of Windows 11 are breaking — Microsoft has started warning Windows 11 users …
Nintendo reports H1 profit of $1.9B, down 25% YoY, sales of $5.5B, down 19% YoY, with gaming platforms down 20% YoY, but raised guidance for profits to $4.6B
Hong Kong (CNN Business)Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains.
Instagram brings back support for Twitter Card previews after removing the feature in 2012
Instagram is bringing back support for Twitter Card previews starting today. Now when users share an Instagram link on Twitter, a preview of the post will be shown in the tweet.
Sources: Meta has discussed opening retail stores globally to showcase devices made by its Reality Labs division, like VR headsets and, eventually, AR glasses
The social networking company has discussed opening physical stores to showcase its virtual reality and augmented reality devices.
Nintendo president says he doesn't “see a sign of the component shortages recovering” as the company cuts Switch sales target for FY 2021 from 25.5M to 24M
Nintendo Switch stock will be a nightmare this holiday season Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Nintendo sells 8.3M Switch units in six months ended September 30 Sam Byford / The Verge : Nintendo cuts Sw...
Square reports Q3 revenue of $3.84B, up 27% YoY but missing $4.51B estimates, bitcoin revenue of $1.81B, up 11% YoY, and gross payment volume of $45.4B, up 43%
- Overall third-quarter sales fall short of analysts' estimates — Gross profit was up 43% from the same period a year earlier
Report: Apple and TSMC plan to produce 3nm chips for Macs as soon as 2023, with as many as four dies and up to 40 CPU cores per chip
Apple is taking the PC world by storm with its first debut of Apple Silicon chips inside of Macs, taking what it learned from developing the iPhone and iPad … Source: The Information .
DJI launches Mavic 3 drone with dual-camera system, redesigned batteries offering up to 46 minutes of flight time, improved tracking and safety, and more
DJI today announced the launch of the Mavic 3, a followup to the company's Mavic 2 drone. DJI says that the Mavic 3 represents the …
Turkish live streamers expose a fraud ring that used Twitch's Bit platform to launder ~$10M; Twitch says it has taken action against 150 users
Hundreds of streamers said to have taken 20 percent cut to help launder money stolen by hackers through credit cards
Uber reports Q3 revenue of $4.8B, up 72% YoY, gross bookings of $23.1B, up 57% YoY, with Mobility up 67% to $9.9B and Delivery up 50% to $12.8B
- Uber reported third-quarter financial results Thursday, which included a first-ever adjusted EBITDA profit. — The company reported a net loss of $2.4 billion for the quarter.
Square's Cash app now allows parents or guardians to authorize accounts for teens between ages of 13 and 17, available across iOS and Android in the US
Will opening it to teenagers help? John Adams / American Banker : Square seeks stronger engagement by adding teens to Cash App PYMNTS.com : Square Cash App Available for Teen Use With Parental OK Mitc...
Papa, which connects elderly Americans with virtual and physical companions, raises a $150M Series D led by Vision Fund 2 at a $1.4B valuation
I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Andrew Parker's grandfather needed help, but he didn't need a doctor.
Review of Intel's ~$650 flagship i9-12900K Alder Lake CPU, which performs close to AMD's 5950X and 5900X depending on workloads, while adding DDR5 support
This will begin to make things right Thom Holwerda / OSnews : The Intel 12th Gen Core i9-12900K review: hybrid performance brings hybrid complexity João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers : These are all t...
Lime raises $523M in convertible debt and term loan financing and says it plans to go public next year
Shared electric micromobility giant Lime has closed a $523 million raise in convertible debt and term loan financing, money that Lime CEO Wayne Ting says is the next step on the company's path to goin...
Meta will retain some of its facial recognition systems, including its DeepFace model, and plans to incorporate biometrics into its metaverse products
Rebecca Heilweil / Vox :
Google says it will let Android app developers use alternative billing systems in the Google Play store in South Korea, complying with a new law
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg :
Airbnb Q3: revenue of $2.24B, up 67% YoY, vs estimates of $2.05B, net income of $834M, up 280% YoY, 79.7M nights and experiences booked, up 29% YoY
Samantha Subin / CNBC :
Babylist, which operates an e-commerce and content hub for new parents, raises a $40M Series C led by Norwest, says revenue will reach $250M this year
Babylist, the decade-old registry platform that also operates as an e-commerce and content hub for new parents, just announced …
Uber reports its first-ever adjusted profit at $8M but net loss grew to $2.42B, from $1.09B YoY, due to a $2B loss from equity investments, particularly in Didi
BILLION — net loss https://www.wsj.com/...
HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, files for a US IPO; source say it could seek to raise $1B+ and is aiming for a $10B+ valuation
Software provider HashiCorp Inc. filed to go public in the U.S. via an initial public offering. — The San Francisco-based company …
FCC approves Boeing's application to deploy and operate satellites providing broadband internet to US consumers and business; application was filed in 2017
Michael Kan / PCMag : Source: Federal Communications Commission .
AT&T and Verizon postpone the December 5 launch of C-band 5G spectrum to address the FAA's concerns of potential interference with cockpit safety systems
Game studio Faraway raises a $21M Series A led by Lightspeed and FTX, plans to use the Solana blockchain in its most popular title Mini Royale
Eli Tan / CoinDesk :
Alphabet launches Isomorphic Laboratories, a company that uses AI for drug discovery; DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will also serve as Isomorphic CEO
Meta announces new tools for Facebook Group admins, including paid subgroups, the ability to create community fundraisers and shops, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Reltio, an enterprise data management tool that unifies data from many sources to offer insights, raises $120M led by Brighton Park Capital at a $1.7B valuation
Reltio, a master data management (MDM) platform that helps enterprises unify data from myriad sources to unearth new insights …
Singapore-based crypto trading platform AscendEX raises a $50M Series B co-led by Polychain Capital and Hack VC, at a $455M valuation
Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt :
Pinterest reports Q3 revenue of $633M, up 43% and beating estimates of $630.9M, and 444M global MAUs, up 1% YoY but below estimates of 460M; stock up 3%+
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :
Kitman Labs, which uses AI to analyze data collected by sports teams, raises a $52M Series C led by Guggenheim Investments, bringing its total funding to $82M
Tim Casey / Forbes :
PitchBook: female-founded startups raised a record $40.4B across 2,661 VC deals in the first three quarters of 2021 with a $59 billion all-time high in exits
but are on track for a stellar 2021 Fortune : Female-founded startups had a dire 2020. In 2021, they're breaking records for money raised and exits Tweets: Lizelle van Vuuren / @heylizelle : Women are...
Q&A with digital rights advocate Luis Fernando García on a biometric ID system in Mexico and why agencies like World Bank fund such systems in the Global South
Leo Schwartz / Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld and @leomschwartz Tweets: @restofworld : “This gives the government and corporations the power to surveil, control, manipulate, and punish people.”...
Mythical Games, which is developing a game platform with “playable NFTs”, raises $150M led by a16z at a $1.25B valuation, four months after raising $75M
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Investment data management company Confluence Technologies to acquire Investment Metrics, an investment data solutions provider, for $500M
Jordyn Hronec / Pittsburgh Business Journal :
Treasure Data, which offers an enterprise customer data platform, raises $234M led by SoftBank
A look at Match Group's plans for Tinder and Explore, including an expansion of virtual goods that incentivize engagement and a metaverse-like dating platform
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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