Intel claims its 12th-gen 14-core Intel i9 outperforms Apple's M1 Max and is the fastest CPU ever, although the i9 uses significantly more power than M1 Max
Intel today unveiled new 12th-generation Core processors suitable for laptops, and as part of the announcement …
Sony says its upcoming VR headset PS VR2 for PS5 will have a 4K HDR OLED display, 2000×2040 pixels per eye, 110° FoV, eye-tracking, haptic feedback, and more
Sexy specs include dedicated eye tracking, over 4 million pixels per eye. — Sony's trickle of information about its future …
NFT marketplace OpenSea raises a $300M Series C led by Paradigm and Coatue at a $13.3B post-money valuation
OpenSea, one of the most talked about blockchain start-ups in Silicon Valley, said on Tuesday that had it raised $300 million in new venture capital, making it the latest company …
Intel announces a lineup of 12th-gen Core Alder Lake processors, including 22 desktop CPUs ranging from $42 to $489 and eight H-Series laptop CPUs
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Property management software company Entrata cuts ties with its co-founder and former CEO after he sent an anti-Semitic email to Utah tech and political leaders
SALT LAKE CITY — The founder and chair of Entrata, a Silcon Slopes tech firm, has resigned his position after sending an email …
Samsung unveils Home Hub, a SmartThings controller with a docked tablet, launching in South Korea in H1 2022, and says it joined the Home Connectivity Alliance
The new smart home controller from Samsung looks like something Apple or Google should make — Samsung introduced …
In the fall, John Deere will start selling its fully autonomous 8R tractor, which can gather data about the soil to improve its algorithms as it operates
The automation, and control of the resulting data, raise questions about the role of human farmers. … SOURCE DATA — TECHNOLOGY
Sources: OpenSea is in talks to acquire Dharma Labs, whose Ethereum wallet can transfer money between banks and exchanges, for $110M-$130M in an all-stock deal
which right now is going by her initials KRH https://www.newcomer.co/... https://twitter.com/...
Sources: Meta has stopped developing an OS for its VR and AR devices; the project had been ongoing for several years and involved hundreds of employees
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has stopped development of a new software operating system to power its virtual reality devices …
Fanatics acquires trading card company Topps' name and its sports and entertainment divisions, sources say for ~$500M, as Fanatics builds out its NFT offerings
- Sports e-commerce company Fanatics has acquired sports trading card company Topps, sources confirmed to CNBC on Monday night.
Popcorn Time, an open source streaming service for pirated content launched in 2014, has shut down; in 2015, Netflix warned investors about Popcorn Time
The tool made stealing movies and TV shows a little too easy and drew fury from Hollywood. — Popcorn Time, the once-popular app …
Walmart says it plans to expand InHome, its grocery service that delivers directly to customer's refrigerators, from 6M households across the US to 30M in 2022
Walmart is expanding its service that will deliver your groceries directly to your refrigerator, the company announced today.
Microsoft and Qualcomm partner to develop custom chips for AR glasses and integrate their software, such as Microsoft Mesh and Snapdragon Spaces
The news points to Microsoft looking to shrink the HoloLens 2 down to new products that could connect with phones.
Online whiteboard tool Miro raises a $400M Series C led by Iconiq Growth at a $17.5B valuation, up from $725M in April 2020, and says it has 30M users
Whiteboard tool Miro announced today that it has joined the unicorn ranks with a $17.5 billion post-money valuation.
AMD debuts Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips, coming this spring, that use a single V-Cache stack for 15% more gaming performance; Zen 4 5nm CPUs are coming in H2 2022
Livepeer, an Ethereum-based decentralized video streaming service, raises a $40M Series B from Tiger Global and others, bringing its total funding to $51M
Livepeer, a decentralized video streaming platform built on the Ethereum blockchain, has raised $20 million in a Series B extension round.
Analysis shows Facebook's role in spreading false US election narratives; 650,000+ posts questioned Biden's victory between Election Day and the January 6 siege
three weeks before the election — Facebook announced, through life-long Dem operative @AndyMStone — that it was suppressing discussion of reporting about the Biden family pending a 3rd-party fact-chec...
Amazon says it has sold over 150M Fire TV devices worldwide
Amazon is touting a major milestone for Fire TV, claiming it has sold more than 150 million of the streaming devices worldwide. And it announced deals with Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis to bring Fire...
AMD unveils Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs using TSMC's 6nm process, with a Microsoft Pluton security processor and up to double the graphics performance of Ryzen 5000
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If the metaverse takes off, it will take cues from today's privatized, centralized, financialized tech ecosystem and echo the development of play-to-earn games
In a virtual world full of virtual goods, finance could get weird. — Years ago, while on vacation in the Northwest … Tweets: @michaelluo , @newyorker , @parismarx , @caseynewton , @bijanstephen , @l...
Fractal Analytics, which offers enterprise AI analysis tools, raises $360M from TPG at a $1B+ valuation ahead of an IPO
Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and San Francisco-headquartered AI startup …
Xage, which helps secure critical physical infrastructure using a zero trust system, raises a $30M Series B led by Piva, bringing its total funding to $54M
Xage (pronounced Zage) is a startup working to keep critical infrastructure like oil and gas pipelines, water supplies and electrical grids up and running securely.
China Mobile shares closed at ~$9.06, slightly above their Shanghai offering price, after raising $9B in its IPO
Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal :
AT&T and Verizon agree to delay launching upgraded 5G networks for two weeks, bowing to pressure from the FAA, airline industry, and Transportation Secretary
David Lumb / CNET :
Nvidia debuts RTX 3070 Ti, up to 70% faster than 2070, and 3080 Ti, coming February 1 to laptops that start at $1.5K and $2.5K respectively, and teases 3090 Ti
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TikTok is testing a Repost button that lets users repost videos from their For You feed to mutual friends' For You feeds
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Profile of LumaFusion, a $30 video editing app for iOS and iPadOS that claims 930,000 users, amid speculation that Apple could bring Final Cut Pro to iPad
Bigger video-editing companies haven't committed themselves to bringing advanced tools to Apple's tablet. LumaFusion's creators did—and it's paid off. Tweets: @harrymccracken , @onejarednewman , and ...
NOAA research shows meteorologists continue to outperform algorithms when forecasting the weather, particularly in adverse conditions
their ability to observe and draw connections where algorithms cannot—gives these forecasters an edge that continues to outperform the glitzy weather machines in the highest-stake situations.” https:/...
Google acquires Israeli startup Siemplify, which provides a security orchestration and automation service, source says for ~$500M; Siemplify has raised $58M
“Google will use Siemplify to form the basis for its cybersecurity operations in Israel which will be part of the corporation's cloud activity.” Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : I'm now actively concerned a...
As companies race to find practical applications for quantum computers, the short term focus is on boosting machine learning
Companies are jostling to be the first to find a practical application for quantum computers — The race is on to find the first practical use for quantum computing. Tweets: @dandoll , @lilaphasia , ...
TikTok partners with Atmosphere to bring curated TikTok videos to Atmosphere's TV streaming service for commercial venues
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Global VC funding reached $643B in 2021, up from $335B in 2020 and ~$300B in 2019, with $29.4B in seed funding, $201B in early stage, and $413B in late stage
Venture funding in 2021 broke records across the board, Crunchbase data shows, with investment last year up more than 10x what it was a decade earlier.
Germany's Federal Cartel Office says Google is now under its surveillance for five years, opening the company up to quicker and tougher regulation
Karin Matussek / Bloomberg :
TCL says it sells 10M+ TVs with Android TV and Google TV each year; in May 2021, Google said 80M+ accounts were using Android TV OS
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Tweets: @lukebk and @scottporch Tweets: Luke Bouma / @lukebk : WOW 10M+ Google/Android TVs sold! Likely mostly outside of the US. I wonder how many Roku TVs they sell I bet ...
Canadian DeFi company WonderFi will acquire Bitbuy, Canada's first approved crypto marketplace, for $161.8M in cash and stock
Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk :
Internal email: India's Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, raises a $200M convertible note and $50M debt, bringing its total raised to $1.4B
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Human Security, a bot mitigation and fraud detection company that was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2020, raises $100M in growth funding led by WestCap
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
A look at London-based electronic money institutions, with 200+ approved by regulators since 2018, as some face allegations of money laundering and fraud
Donal Griffin / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bloomberguk Tweets: Bloomberg UK / @bloomberguk : 1/ THREAD: Fintechs are booming in the U.K., with more than 200 electronic money institutions licensed here. But...
Nvidia launches Omniverse out of beta, announces a free version, and says nearly 100K creators have downloaded the real-time collaborative design tool
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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