Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times :
An in-depth look at Privacy Sandbox for Android: a two-year transition with ad industry input, a marked change from Apple's ATT, which had little external input
plans to bring a Privacy Sandbox effort to Android. Google's — original Privacy Sandbox
Mozilla warns that Firefox and Chrome 100 versions may break some sites, including HBO Go and Yahoo, due to user-agent strings with three-digit version numbers
Mozilla is warning website developers that the upcoming Firefox 100 and Chrome 100 versions may break websites …
Amazon reaches an agreement to accept Visa cards globally and will no longer charge Visa users an extra fee in Singapore and Australia
Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to accept Visa Inc.'s cards across its global network, settling a feud that threatened to damage the financial giant's business and disrupt e-commerce payments.
Mark Zuckerberg names Nick Clegg as President of Global Affairs, reporting to Zuckerberg, meaning less involvement in policy for Zuckerberg and Sandberg
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has promoted his top policy executive, Nick Clegg, to an even greater role inside …
Memo: ISS tells clients that Apple investors should vote against Tim Cook's $99M pay and bonus package, citing “concern” over stock award Cook received in 2021
Institutional Shareholder Services expresses ‘concern’ at chief executive's stock award last year
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two podcast analytics companies that let podcasters and networks include tags in shows to track listeners
Chartable and Podsights are being bought — Spotify is making more podcast acquisitions. The company announced today it's acquiring …
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Sources: Trump's Truth Social app has opened to around 500 beta testers, one year after Trump was banned from major social networks
Details about former U.S. President Donald Trump's new social media app are trickling out as about 500 beta testers have begun using an early version of “Truth Social,” two sources told Reuters.
Canadian authorities have ordered regulated financial firms to cease transactions from 34 crypto wallets, worth over $870K, tied to funding the “Freedom Convoy”
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and Cardano addresses are all on the list. — The Ontario Provincial Police …
A profile of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul, who helped trigger scrutiny of NSO Group after Citizen Lab found Pegasus malware on her iPhone
A single activist helped turn the tide against NSO Group, one of the world's most sophisticated spyware companies now facing a cascade of legal action …
USDC stablecoin developer Circle says its forthcoming SPAC deal now values the company at $9B, up from $4.5B when the deal was announced
Circle — the firm behind stablecoin USDC — announced on Thursday that it has scrapped its previous deal with special purpose acquisition company …
Sequoia Capital to raise $500M to $600M for a fund focused on liquid crypto investments, along with a $900M-$950M Ecosystem Fund and $3.2B-$3.5B Expansion Fund
Sequoia Capital last fall disclosed plans to blow up the traditional VC model, saying it would form a single fund to hold …
Firefox's market share decline is pushing Mozilla to diversify its revenue, such as through browser personalization, as it seeks independence from Google deals
Matt Burgess / Wired : Tweets: @laurengoode , @8bit , and @lalalalinder Tweets: Chaotic Goode / @laurengoode : Firefox's fate has much larger implications for the web as a whole...Aside from Apple's ...
Tandem Diabetes Care says one of its apps got FDA clearance to program insulin delivery for the company's pump, the first such app to receive approval
t:slim X2 insulin pump users can use the app to program doses rather than the pump itself — The Food and Drug Administration cleared …
Experts say automated transcription app Otter.ai and its competitors offer only lax security that could endanger sources
Otter.ai has saved reporters countless hours transcribing interviews. Caveat emptor. — Mustafa Aksu is a wanted man. — Though he lives in Washington, D.C. …
Microsoft releases a new Windows 11 Preview build with a customizable Start menu, five new touch gestures, Live Captions, Task Manager redesign, and more
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Finland-based Relex Solutions, which helps retailers predict demand using AI, raises €500M at a €5B valuation, bringing its total funding to €700M
Finland's Relex Solutions help retailers and brands avoid food waste and tackle disruptions in global supply chains, raises €500, and now valued at €5 billion
Global financial watchdog FSB warns digital assets could soon threaten financial stability as they become more interconnected with the wider financial system
Global financial regulators said digital assets could soon threaten global financial stability due to their scale … Source: Financial Stability Board . Tweets: @forfinancewatch , @tradeflooraudio , @s...
Analysis identifies 4,068 “criminal whales” holding over $25B worth of stolen cryptocurrency, following a major jump in illicit balances in 2021
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Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $7.64B, vs. $7.42B est., up 53% YoY, Gaming revenue of $3.42B, up 37% YoY, and Data Center revenue of $3.26B, up 71% YoY
Kif Leswing / CNBC :
DOJ establishes the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to investigate illegal schemes run by criminals and countries like North Korea and Iran
The Justice Department named a veteran cybersecurity prosecutor to lead a new team dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit …
Okta's CMO leaves the company, replaced by its CDO, following numerous executive departures, including its CFO, president of tech, and SVP of product management
Okta Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Kendall Collins has left the company after less than a year in the role …
Leaked pitch deck: Clearview AI told investors that it will have 100B facial photos in its database within a year, after growing to 10B+ since early 2020
because Congress is doing NOTHING to stop this — that it can get away with everything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Will Oremus / @willoremus : In the absence of regulation, giants like Amazon,...
CISA, FBI, and NSA say Russian state-sponsored hackers targeted US defense contractors for at least two years, acquiring export-controlled technology and more
Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Target Cleared Defense Contractor Networks … National Security Agency/Central Security Service : NSA, FBI, CISA Release Advisory on Protecting Cleared Defense Cont...
Q&A with longtime Wikipedia contributor Molly White about her website “Web3 is going just great”, why Web3 won't create new Wikipedia-style projects, and more
they are familiar with the challenges that community governance and decentralization can bring.” @molly0xFFF, brilliantly https://www.platformer.news/ ...
Q&A with Glen Neumann, creator of @ResNeXtGuesser, a Twitter bot that uses a neural network, ResNeXt, to attempt to correctly identify bizarre viral images
Hayden Field / Morning Brew : Tweets: @etechbrew , @dan__mccarthy , @etechbrew , and @etechbrew Tweets: @etechbrew : While taking courses related to machine learning in college, Neumann saw the humor...
Twitter expands tipping options to let creators add ethereum addresses, along with bitcoin addresses, and adds support for Paytm and other payment services
What is Tips? — Tips is a feature that lets you add links … Protocol : Shopify is investing in the future. But is it spending on the right things? Michael Gariffo / ZDNet : Twitter expands payment o...
India's 30% tax on crypto trading profits, effectively legitimizing the industry, has caused usage of Binance-owned WazirX, CoinSwitch, and others to surge
India's decision to impose a 30% tax on profits from cryptocurrency trading is turning out to be a boon for the country's digital-asset exchanges.
Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me”
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post :
Equip, which connects young patients with therapists and other specialists to treat eating disorders at home, raises a $58M Series B led by The Chernin Group
Ruth Reader / Fast Company :
India-based 5ire, a sustainability-focused Layer 1 blockchain with an exchange, wallet, NFT marketplace, and VC fund, raises $100M, after a $21M seed
The Economic Times :
Microsoft details changes to AltspaceVR to improve safety and moderation, including removing social spaces and making users sign in with a Microsoft account
Cisco reports Q2 revenue of $12.7B, up 6% YoY, Internet for the Future revenue of $1.32B, up 42% YoY, Hybrid Work revenue of $1.07B, down 9% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Found, which offers full-stack financial services for freelancers and contract workers, raises a $60M Series B led by Founders Fund
Banking and corporate cards have become big business for startups and small businesses — with companies like Ramp, Brex, and Airbase all raising gobs of cash … Tweets: @msquinn Tweets: Megan Quinn / @...
Twitter now lets bot account holders add a label to indicate their tweets are automated, rolling out globally today after a test in September
Kris Holt / Engadget :
Valve partners with iFixit to sell replacement parts for Steam Deck and Valve Index VR on iFixit.com
Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer :
App Annie rebrands as Data.ai and partners with Similarweb, which will use Data.ai's mobile app and market data in an upcoming product
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
DoorDash reports Q4 revenue of $1.3B v. $1.28B est., up 34% YoY, 369M orders, up 35% YoY, marketplace gross order value of $11.16B, up 36% YoY; stock up 20%+
Praveen Paramasivam / Reuters :
Seattle-based Temporal, an open source service for writing and running cloud apps, raises a $103M Series B at a $1.5B valuation, bringing total funding to $120M
Denver-based Nomad, a startup that offers financial services for small-time landlords, renters, and potential home buyers, raises a $20M Series A
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : Thanks: @bayareawriter
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