Marc Andreessen blocked Jack Dorsey on Twitter following his tweets critical of a16z and Web3; Dorsey then tweeted “I'm officially banned from web3”
The venture capitalist blocked the former Twitter CEO, and Dorsey said he's now ‘banned from Web3’
Tesla agrees to release a software update that blocks its Passenger Play gaming feature while the vehicle is in motion, after the NHTSA opened an investigation
Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens …
Amid COVID-19 concerns, Google, GM, and Waymo cancel in-person plans for CES, following Meta, Amazon, Twitter, and others, while Intel scales back its presence
The world's biggest technology show may not be — CES, the world's largest technology show, appears to be in jeopardy due to rising COVID-19 cases in the United States.
Jack Dorsey's tweet sparks uproar: “You don't own ‘web3.’ The VCs and their LPs do. It will never escape their incentives. It's ultimately a centralized entity”
Happy Friday Everyone 👋 — SIX things you need to know this week in 60 seconds. Ana Grabundzija / CryptoSlate : Reformed maxi Erik Vorhees joins the burning debate spurred by Jack Dorsey's Web3 rant ...
Amazon reaches a nationwide settlement with the NLRB to let its warehouse employees more easily organize, likely affecting over 1M current and former workers
The agreement's national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made.
Russian court fines Google ~$98M for repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in the country
A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure …
Leaked screenshots of Android 13 “Tiramisu” show features like per-app language selection, runtime permissions for notifications, and lock screen clock layouts
Android 12 is the current flavor of the season as OEMs go on to update their skins with this new release as their base.
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Agence France-Presse : Intel Apologizes Over ...
The White House invites major software companies and developers to discuss improving open-source security, starting with a one-day event in January
White House officials are asking major software companies and developers to work with them to improve the security of open-source software, according to an administration official.
The Coalition for App Fairness loses its most effective advocate as Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify's chief legal officer, leaves for The Walt Disney Company
Yesterday I saw on LinkedIn that Horacio Gutierrez is leaving Spotify. He served as Spotify's Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer …
Automation Anywhere plans to acquire FortressIQ, a process discovery startup that uses AI to automate mapping of internal processes; FortressIQ has raised $46M
Automation Anywhere, which is best known for its robotic process automation (RPA) software, plans to expand the platform.
Huawei debuts P50 Pocket, a clamshell-style folding device with a circular 1" outer display and 6.9" inner display, available now in China starting at ~$1,400
James Vincent / The Verge :
Internal docs show Amazon is struggling to retain Alexa device users; in some years between 2018-2021, 15%-25% of new users were no longer active after one week
Ant Money, which operates micro-income app ATM, gamer savings app Blast, and financial literacy app Learn & Earn, raises a $20M Series A
Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households to invest and save responsibly.
Meta brings back Kevin Martin, a Republican, as its head of US public policy, after failing to find a Democrat to lead its lobbying team
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information :
Sources: cybersecurity startup Snyk is preparing for an IPO that could happen as soon as mid-2022, with a target to exceed its $8.6B valuation from September
Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. is making preparations for an initial public offering that could happen as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Privoro, which makes security devices for smartphones, including a case with intelligent audio masking and camera blocking, raises a $30M Series B
Privoro, a Chandler, AZ-based mobile security hardware company, raised £40M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Tracker Capital Management.
As Bakkt's stock drops from $50 to ~$9 two months after its SPAC merger, president and founding executive Adam White says he is leaving the company next week
early Coinbase employee and one of the nicest guys in crypto—who will find his talents better appreciated somewhere else https://decrypt.co/...
Sources: amid budget woes, the US DOJ has delayed deciding whether to sue Apple or file a new suit against Google over antitrust concerns until at least March
Leah Nylen / Politico :
Research: decentralized exchanges reported $1T+ in 2021 trading volumes as of December 23, up 858% from $115B in 2020; monthly volume peaked in May at $162.8B
Yogita Khatri / The Block :
Ahead of the holidays, the biggest game releases from EA, Take-Two, and Activision have received poor reviews, capping a difficult year for the industry
Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal :
Despite huge leaps in 2021, the crypto industry remained plagued by long-term problems: trading glitches, infrastructure snafus, hacks, and other weirdness
Bloomberg : Tweets: @inkbacker and @joemccann Tweets: Nick Baker / @inkbacker : Our crypto snafus year in review. $15 quintillion ≈ 660,000 times U.S. GDP https://www.bloomberg.com/... @joemccann : F...
Profile of Airbnb's technical co-founder Nate Blecharczyk, often tasked with the company's trickiest projects, like giving away $250M to 4M hosts in 2020
At least 14 senior Meta executives, including from its Workplace and Novi divisions, left in 2021 or announced plans to depart in the coming months
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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