Wordle clones are starting to disappear from Apple's App Store, after reports surfaced about many capitalizing on the guessing game's popularity
It seems Apple has taken action — Has Apple taken action against apps that cloned the popular web game Wordle?
Federal judge rules FTC's amended suit alleging Meta has a monopoly can move forward, after a ruling last year threw out FTC's complaint over lack of evidence
The decision is a reversal of fortune for the agency after its first complaint was thrown out last year Source: DocumentCloud .
Samsung, which had announced a January 11 event for the Exynos 2200, didn't show up to its own product launch
The Exynos 2200 was supposed to launch on January 11. It didn't. — So here's a crazy story. Samsung was supposed to have a big SoC launch today, but that launch did not happen.
Sony confirms PlayStation 4 production will continue in 2022, which sources claim will help the company offset some PlayStation 5 production pressure
Sony Group Corp. will continue producing PlayStation 4 consoles throughout 2022 as it navigates disruptions to the global supply chain …
Jack Dorsey and others propose a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers, citing “multi-front litigation” and “threats”
The main purpose of the fund will be to defend developers from from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem … Source: bitcoin-dev mailing list .
After failing to show up at its launch event, Samsung says the Exynos 2200 will be unveiled alongside a new smartphone, likely in late January or early February
Samsung Electronics has decided to put off the Exynos 2200 unveiling, which was initially scheduled for Jan. 11, in consideration of the customer's schedule.
App Annie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, downloading 230B apps; the average American spent 4.1 hours in apps per day
Consumer spending on mobile apps reached $170 billion in 2021, according to App Annie's newly released “State of Mobile 2022″ report … Source: App Annie .
Kim Kardashian and other celebrities are facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly leading investors into an EthereumMax cryptocurrency pump-and-dump scam
Lawsuit alleges celebrities made false or misleading statements to investors about EthereumMax; company disputes allegations
Meta elects DoorDash co-founder and CEO Tony Xu to its board of directors; Zuckerberg says Xu has experience “solving complex challenges in commerce”
Meta today announced that Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
T-Mobile says it has “not broadly blocked” iCloud Private Relay, blaming a bug in iOS 15.2, but says customers with content filtering plans won't have access
T-Mobile has officially acknowledged a bug that has blocked some subscribers from using iCloud Private Relay when connected to cellular networking.
London-based Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, raises $1B in a share sale at a $40B valuation
The $1 billion deal vaults the digital-payments processor past all but a handful of other startups — Checkout.com didn't raise money from outside investors until 2019.
The FTC's suit against Meta comes too late to really matter, but its scrutiny of Meta's VR acquisitions shows it's determined not to make the same mistake twice
and that, I think, could matter a lot https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/... @hkanji : “The FTC has done its homework this time around” https://www.platformer.news/ ...
PCI Special Interest Group finalizes its PCIe 6.0 specification, expected in servers in 2023, doubling PCIe 5.0's speeds and reaching 128GBps in x16 slots
This morning the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is releasing the much-awaited final (1.0) specification for PCI Express 6.0.
Alphabet Workers Union complains that contract workers receive COVID-19 testing that is inferior to the $949 Cue Health devices given to full-time WFH employees
- Full-time employees at home get instant results from Cue — Contractors in office are offered cheaper mail-in tests
Coinbase says “nearly the entire company will shut down” across four separate “recharge weeks” for employees in 2022
Quick Take — Coinbase is giving employees four ‘recharge weeks’ off in 2022 in order to counteract what it called an intense working environment. Source: The Coinbase Blog .
Over 80 fact-checking organizations tell YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki that the company's misinformation policies are “proving insufficient” and propose solutions
Ms. Susan Wojcicki, — It's been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
BigPanda, an IT management startup that uses AI to detect and resolve outages, raises $190M led by Advent and Insight at a $1.2B valuation
San Francisco-based BigPanda, which helps IT departments keep their digital services running, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion after a $190 million raise …
Singapore's crypto strategy has welcomed and then disillusioned many companies, including Binance, as the city-state tries to protect its citizens against risks
Binance Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Changpeng Zhao was putting on a brave face. — An affiliate of the world's …
Enterprise travel management startup TravelPerk raises $115M led by General Catalyst and Kinnevik at a $1.3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $409M
- General Catalyst joins Kinnevik in latest funding round — Company plans expansion in key markets including U.S., Europe
Xbox players are frustrated with forced crossplay, arguing PC users are cheating; Phil Spencer rejected crossplay in 2016, saying a mouse and keyboard is faster
Tom Warren / The Verge :
California's DMV tells Tesla it is “revisiting” the company's “Full Self-Driving” beta, which it previously said didn't fall under its autonomous car rules
Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times :
SeekOut, which uses GitHub, academic papers, and other sources to help recruit diverse talent, raises a $115M Series C led by Tiger Global at a $1B+ valuation
The news: Seattle-area startup SeekOut just landed an additional $115 million to propel its valuation past $1 billion, earning it the coveted unicorn label.
Magic Leap pivots toward health care, defense, and manufacturing markets with Magic Leap 2, which will cost “slightly” more than the $2,295-$2,995 Magic Leap 1
The company has enlisted companies such as heart-mapping startup SentiAR and neurotech business SyncThink to try out its new technology Tweets: @stevekovach Tweets: Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Faile...
Google SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer says by not supporting RCS in iMessage, Apple is “holding back” the industry and UX for not just Android but its own customers
Israeli startup Placer.ai, which offers location analytics and consumer foot traffic data, raises a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation
The company provides insights about foot traffic in malls and shopping centers, other retail centers, casinos, theme parks and stadiums and more.
Citadel Securities, an electronic trading firm that works with Robinhood and others, raises $1.15B from Sequoia Capital and Paradigm, valuing it at ~$22B
Swiss digital asset banking service Seba Bank raises a ~$118.6M Series C led by Alameda Research and DeFi Technologies
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk :
GM plans to launch an online used vehicle marketplace this spring called CarBravo, which will leverage its dealer network to compete with CarMax and Carvana
Mike Colias / Wall Street Journal :
LA-based VR concert service AmazeVR raises $15M led by Partners Investment and Murex Partners, bringing its total funding to $30.8M, ahead of a Series B in 2022
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
Jakarta-based investment app Pluang adds $55M to its Series B, bringing the round to $110M, led by Accel to expand in Southeast Asia
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Sources: Didi begins informal talks with the Hong Kong stock exchange about a public listing, as it courts state-backed groups to placate the Chinese government
Financial Times :
Arkansas-based AcreTrader, an online farmland investment portal, raises a $40M Series B led by Anthemis Group, bringing its total funding to $58M
Jessica Mathews / Fortune :
Bengaluru-based Refyne, which works with employers to let workers access their earned salaries in real-time, raises an $82M Series B led by Tiger Global
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Crypto firms flood DC with money ahead of a federal push for new crypto rules, as donations from crypto execs become a key source of cash for some lawmakers
Joe Light / Bloomberg : Tweets: @jstrauss , @somospostpc , @accountingtoday , and @laurashin Tweets: @jstrauss : This, but for climate tech please. https://twitter.com/... Alex Barredo / @somospostpc...
PassiveLogic, which lets customers without programming expertise develop autonomous systems for buildings and projects, raises a $34M Series B
and PassiveLogic, a startup developing a platform to help manage buildings through simulation and digital twins, is aiming to tackle those demands. https://venturebeat.com/... by @Kyle_L_Wiggers @aopr...
London- and Berlin-based Vitt, which helps SaaS companies raise capital based on ARR, emerges from stealth with $15M pre-seed
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu : Tweets: @paulg and @paulg Tweets: Paul Graham / @paulg : Another rather strange thing about this story: the founder saying startups shouldn't sell equity in one paragraph, foll...
A look at BigScience, a global effort of 900+ researchers backed by NLP startup Hugging Face, that's working to make large language models more accessible
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @thom_wolf Tweets: Thomas Wolf / @thom_wolf : Great overview of what's been going on in BigScience! @BigscienceW is taking an under-explored path I find very exci...
Germany-based Alasco, which offers cloud-based financial management tools for real estate projects, raises a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners and Lightrock
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Envoy raises a $111M Series C at a $1.4B valuation, after pivoting from office visitor sign-in systems to hybrid workplace management tools
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Phoenix-based Mangata, which is building a satellite constellation for connectivity and edge computing for 2024, raises a $33M Series A led by Playground Global
Alan Boyle / GeekWire : Tweets: @b0yle Tweets: Alan Boyle / @b0yle : #MangataNetworks, a Phoenix-based startup with connections to Seattle area, raises $33 million for hybrid HEO/MEO satellite data n...
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