Apple says it has identified and fixed a firmware issue with its T2 security chip, which bricked some Macs while upgrading to macOS Monterey
macOS Monterey was released to the public last month with new features such as Focus modes, Shortcuts, and more.
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 .
Infrastructure bill has an amendment to tax code section 6050I that requires some recipients of digital assets worth $10K+ to report sender's details to IRS
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting requirement.
House passes $1T+ bipartisan infrastructure bill, with a controversial crypto tax provision and $65B in broadband funding; Biden could sign the bill within days
- The House passed a more than $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Bitcoin Cash briefly spiked 4.6% on Friday after a fake PR Newswire press release, which also appeared on Kroger.com, claimed Kroger will begin accepting it
The cryptocurrency rose over 4.6% from $602.63 at around 11:30 UTC to $630.70 in less than 15 minutes after the publication of a fraudulent announcement.
Apple hires CJ Moore, Tesla's Autopilot Software director who in January told the DMV that Musk's “Full-Self Driving” claims didn't “match engineering reality”
- CJ Moore drew controversy for remarks to DMV investigators — Apple continues to develop car technology under new managers
Sources: McAfee is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth over $14B, including $4B in debt, led by private equity firm Advent International
Buyout would be one of largest this year and mark end of company's brief stint on public markets — Antivirus software company McAfee …
DeFi platform bZx says a hacker stole an estimated $55M worth of cryptocurrency assets after spear-phishing one of its employees and swiping two private keys
A hacker has stolen an estimated $55 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from bZx, a decentralized finance (DeFi) …
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”
Report Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol : Where is the capital of crypto? — Fintech! This Friday: New York versus Miami in a crypto showdown … The Daily Hodl : NYC Mayor-Elect Pledges To Take First Thr...
Senators Klobuchar and Cotton introduce a bill to regulate Big Tech acquisitions, which would force companies to prove proposed mergers aren't anticompetitive
@Google, @Amazon, @Facebook, @Apple — that are crushing competition, shuttering small businesses, and canceling conservatives. Break. 'Em. Up. https://twitter.com/... Ron Knox / @ronmknox : Today @amy...
Internal docs: a Facebook well-being team's survey found 12.5% of participants reported compulsive use of Facebook that negatively impacted their lives
360 million people—report engaging in compulsive use of social media that hurts their sleep, work, parenting or relationships. Then Facebook shut down the research team. https://www.wsj.com/... Jesse ...
Gather, which builds metaverse-like environments for offices, events, and conferences, raises a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures
Gather, a US provider of a metaverse platform, raised $50M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures … Source: Gather .
Neuro-ID, whose real-time behavioral analytics tool helps companies reduce fraud and customer friction, raises a $35M Series B led by Canapi Ventures
Much of our days are built around digital experiences, and companies are increasingly looking for ways to unlock conversion and optimize fraud screening.
Abound, an online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers and brands, raises a $36.7M Series B led by D. E. Shaw, bringing total raised to $59.6M
Wholesale marketplace Abound raised $36.7 million in a Series B funding round led by D. E. Shaw group, with additional support … Source: PR Newswire .
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 features that stopped loading due to an expired certificate, including the Snipping Tool, touch keyboard, and emoji panel
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FOI request reveals US Treasury acquired data feeds enabling government use of sensitive data from smartphone apps not subject to due process restrictions
The Treasury Department has in recent months expanded its digital surveillance powers, contracts provided to The Intercept reveal … Tweets: @samfbiddle , @carnage4life , and @_jack_poulson Tweets: Sam...
Intel to acquire part of Taiwan-based VIA Technologies' Centaur x86 CPU subsidiary for $125M, including some engineers from VIA's Austin, Texas campus
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Internal docs: in 2019, Facebook researchers found US users are four times more likely to see misinformation when they encounter a post via a share of a share
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology :
Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land
where literally thousands of cultures have been eliminated by the most violent forms of conquest https://twitter.com/... @nostrachavez : As @peterboghossian said, maybe @Microsoft should give all of t...
Kareo, a medical records and billing software provider, merges with health care IT company PatientPop, to form Tebra, source says at a $1B valuation
Bloomberg : Source: Business Wire .
Google quietly removes Assistant's Your News Update feature, which launched in 2019 to give personalized audio digests based on user data
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Lime raises $523M in convertible debt and term loan financing and says it plans to go public next year
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Bird closes its first day on the NYSE flat at $8.40 per share, after going public via a SPAC merger which valued it at ~$2.3B
Harrison Weber / dot.LA :
Plate IQ, which develops invoice and payments software for the restaurant and hospitality industry, raises a $160M Series B from FTV Capital
PYMNTS.com : Source: Business Wire .
Polish e-commerce company Allegro to buy Czech online retailer Mall Group for about $1.02B
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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
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%
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
Berlin-based Moonfare, which offers a digital private equity investment service, raises a $125M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing total raised to $185M
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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