The US DOJ arrests two people in New York and seizes ~$3.6B worth of bitcoin allegedly stolen in a 2016 Bitfinex hack, its “largest financial seizure ever”
The Justice Department announced Tuesday it had seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin allegedly stolen as part …
Samsung debuts Galaxy S22 Ultra starting at $1,199 with a 6.8" 120Hz display, S-Pen support, up to 1TB of storage, and updated cameras, on sale from February 25
It gains an on-board stylus, plus some incremental hardware and software upgrades — The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has shaped …
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: feels like the Note, distinct hardware, mesmerizing display, impressive specs, and welcome S-Pen support
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra hands-on: a laptop replacement and iPad Pro rival that is unwieldy as a tablet, the screen has a notch, and S-Pen is responsive
The high-end Tab S8 Ultra will join the Tab S8 and Tab S8+. — Alerts — Samsung's new flagship Galaxy Tab S8 tablets have arrived …
Samsung unveils 6.1" Galaxy S22 and 6.6" S22+ with updated cameras, 10Hz-120Hz displays, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, coming February 25, starting at $800 and $1,000
Will iterative upgrades cure Samsung's sales problem? — By most accounts, last year's Galaxy S21 lineup didn't measure up to Samsung's sales expectations.
Samsung unveils the $1,100 Tab S8 Ultra, with a 14.6" 120Hz display, 16GB RAM, two front-facing cameras, and Snapdragon Gen 1 chip, shipping later in February
The Tab S8 Ultra comes with a giant 14.6-inch display — Samsung thinks your tablet is too small.
Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ hands-on: an incremental update, flat displays, Vision Booster adjusts the screen based on ambient light, and same price as the S21s
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As Meta dips under a $600B market cap, it may avoid antitrust liability since it falls below the threshold set by recent US House bills as a “covered platform”
- Facebook owner Meta closed with a market cap below $600 billion on Tuesday for the first time since May 2020.
The WWF hyped and then canceled plans to raise money for conservation with NFTs on Polygon's “eco-friendly blockchain”, a fraught claim dismissed by experts
WWF thought it picked a less polluting blockchain — Within a few days last week, the World Wildlife Fund hyped …
As crypto tokens fall, FTX and Crypto.com will run Super Bowl ads, seeking new customers; research shows $112.9M+ has been spent on crypto TV ads since 2020
It's a testing time for crypto exchanges to be making their Super Bowl ad debuts. — Recruiting new users can be simple when prices are skyrocketing.
A deep dive into the CEO and history of Telegram, which has about 30 core employees, minimal content moderation, and, until recently, no ongoing revenue
Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for. Tweets: @venkatananth , @tinch , @brianfishman , @brianfishma...
Sony details GT Sophy, an AI built to master Gran Turismo; the research could eventually help develop autonomous vehicles
The company built GT Sophy to master the game Gran Turismo, but it may help the development of real self-driving cars. … APPLICATION — SECTOR — SOURCE DATA
A profile of Sequoia's Roelof Botha, who seeded the idea of Sequoia Capital Fund, which holds stakes in companies past the traditional 10-year VC fund cycle
109. One billion dollars. — Roelof Botha used to write 109 on the corner of his notepad every week when he started at Sequoia 19 years ago. Tweets: @bizcarson , @inakib , @mfriedrichark , @sarthakgh...
Instagram rolls out tools to remove posts, comments, and other activity in bulk, after previewing the controls in December
Instagram is making it a whole lot easier to remove posts, comments and other activity from the platform. The photo sharing app is rolling out new account controls …
Samsung says the S22 series, Tab S8 series, S21 series, Z Flip 3, and Z Fold 3 will get four years of Android updates, up from the standard three years
Samsung has been getting better and better when it comes to Android update support, often beating Google's own Pixel phones on speed and longevity.
In a bid to appease lawmakers and regulators, Microsoft outlines 11 app store principles, including equal treatment and allowing third-party payment processing
The rules comes as Microsoft is attempting to win regulatory approval for the largest deal in the company's history
Apple plans to improve benefits for full- and part-time US retail workers, including doubling paid sick days and increasing PTO, amid a tight labor market
Apple Inc. plans to significantly increase its benefits for U.S. retail store workers as it grapples with a tightening labor market …
Apple unveils Tap to Pay, letting US merchants accept payments with an iPhone and a partner-enabled app “later this year”; partners include Stripe and Shopify
Starburst, which offers the Trino distributed SQL query engine, raises a $250M Series D led by Alkeon at a $3.35B valuation, after raising $100M in January 2021
Starburst Data Inc., which sells a commercial distribution of the Trino distributed SQL query engine, today kicks off …
A look at the effect of current and prospective regulations by EU countries on US streamers, including mandatory investments and retention of producer rights
Netflix, Disney and Amazon grapple with national investment targets and a shake-up in who owns rights
TikTok continues to allow ads encouraging ADHD self-diagnosis and medication, geared towards young users and likely violating its medical misinformation policy
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GIDEON TAAFFE, KAYLA GOGARTY & ABBIE RICHARDS — A swarm of advertisements encouraging attention … Tweets: @lmatsakis , @benjamindictor , @olivialittle , @thomdunn , @tayl...
As CB Insights says there are 1K unicorns globally, adding about two per day in 2022, a look at soaring valuations, the first to reach the milestone, and more
Hubert Palan signed on to Zoom from his home in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 2 and prepared to address the 400 or so employees at his startup … Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1 and @markmilian Tweets: Lisa Abramo...
Sony's second PS5 beta adds a “Hey PlayStation” voice command feature, for US and UK accounts at first, alongside party chat changes and new UI settings
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Dutch company ASML, which develops essential chipmaking machines, says an affiliate of a Chinese company has begun marketing products that infringe on its IP
ASML Holding NV has warned that an affiliate of a China company it previously accused of stealing its trade secrets … Tweets: @cagankoc , @trevorcroker , and @tom_fowdy Tweets: Cagan Koc / @cagankoc :...
The UK's CMA designates Amazon as a grocery retailer, subject to the same rules followed by supermarket chains with strict regulations on vendor relations
Bloomberg :
Vicarius, an autonomous vulnerability remediation service for supply-chain attacks, raises a $24M Series A led by AllegisCyber Capital and others
Vicarius, a New York-based startup that has developed an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform, has raised $24 million in Series …
ID.me says it will make automated facial recognition verification optional for its government partners and let users delete their face scans starting on March 1
Google rolls out Journeys for Chrome on desktop, letting users revisit old browsing sessions, based on searches from the omnibar, organized by subject matter
Visa, usually the exclusive Olympics payments partner, is competing with China's e-CNY during the Winter Olympics, as the government tests the digital currency
For decades, the U.S. card giant was the only electronic-payments provider at the Games. Not this time. — in Beijing and AnnaMaria Andriotis Tweets: @jchengwsj Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj :...
Sources: Microsoft is in talks to acquire cybersecurity research and incident response company Mandiant, whose stock closed up 17.86% on Tuesday
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Egypt-based Thndr, an investing app for stocks and mutual funds in the Middle East and North Africa, raises a $20M Series A led by Tiger Global and others
The MENA region has about 400 million people with $500 billion in annual savings. But as a relatively young population …
Purchase records and docs show that 14 of the 15 US Cabinet departments and several other federal agencies bought Cellebrite phone hacking tools in recent years
The Intercept :
Partech Partners report: African startups raised a record $5.2B in 2021 across 681 deals, up from $1.43B across 359 deals in 2020
A look at Apple's IAP changes for Dutch dating app developers: its proposal seemingly isn't compliant, reducing the commission by just 3% is spiteful, and more
Netflix and Amazon had fewer Oscar nominations in 2022; half of the Best Picture nominees had little to no theater time and all major studios used hybrid models
A review of digital advertising in 2022, which has shifted from a Google-Meta duopoly to one where Amazon and potentially Apple are major forces
Reporters who cover the US military are alarmed by a lack of access right now. John Davidson / Australian Financial Review : Why Facebook's disastrous result could just be the start Robert / Transisto...
Xpressbees, an Indian logistics startup that works with many e-commerce companies in the country, raises a $300M Series F, bringing its total funding to $575.8M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
GlobalFoundries reports Q4 revenue of $1.85B, up 74% YoY, net income of $43M, up 108% YoY, and FY 2021 revenue of $6.59B, up 36% YoY
Interviews with over a dozen rapid grocery delivery workers in India show they spent months healing after road accidents and had to pay their own medical bills
globally. Pressures to work in unsafe conditions, lack of access to health insurance, and wage theft are at just the tip of the iceberg. https://twitter.com/... Shubham Agarwal / @phonesoldier : Sever...
Trialjectory, which uses AI to match cancer patients to clinical trials and help drug companies recruit patients, raises a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners
Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews : Tweets: @ct_innovate , @freddytn , and @sid_healthcare Tweets: @ct_innovate : Congrats to Tzvia Bader and the TrialJectory team! The Wall Street Journal featured fundin...
French startup Seyna, which develops insurance and productivity tools for brokers, raises a €33M Series A, bringing its total funding to €47M
Fintech Finance :
Swiss startup Scandit, which develops software for scanning barcodes, IDs, and more, raises a $150M Series D led by Warburg Pincus at a $1B+ valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Analysis: supply chain management companies raised $11.3B in 2021, up from $5.9B in 2020 and beating the previous record of $9.1B in 2019
Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News :
Amazon Care rolls out its telehealth service nationwide, expands in-person care to more US cities, and adds Whole Foods, Silicon Labs, and TrueBlue as customers
Sumco, a key supplier of semiconductor silicon wafers, says it has sold out production capacity for 300mm wafers until 2026; wafer prices rose 10% YoY in 2021
Bloomberg :
Lyft Q4: revenue of $970M, vs. $940M est. and up from $570M YoY, average revenue per rider of $51.79, up 14% YoY, but 18.73M active riders, down from 18.94M QoQ
GiveSendGo, the main donation service used by Freedom Convoy supporters, fixes a flaw that exposed thousands of donor ID documents via an exposed AWS S3 bucket
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch :
Leaf Logistics, which uses AI-based tools to predict shipping disruptions, raises a $37M Series B led by Sozo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $60.7M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Promethium, an AI-powered data management provider for analytics teams, raises a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $34.5M
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE :
Twitter tells US Senator Wyden that it's “transitioning” away from using Mitto for passcodes, as the text message services firm faces surveillance accusations
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg :
Airmeet, which offers online event hosting services, raises a $35M Series B, and says it helped 120K+ event organizers stream 150M minutes of video in 2021
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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