Display analyst Ross Young expects Apple will release a 27-inch mini-LED display in June; Kuo says Apple “may not launch” mini-LED products in 2022 due to cost
Some thoughts on Apple's ‘Peek Performance’ event... Bryan M Wolfe / iMore : Should you even consider buying a Mac Pro over a Mac Studio right now? Tweets: Ross Young / @dsccross : @robertrosenfeld Pa...
Meta will temporarily allow some violent speech, like “death to the Russian invaders”, in some countries; internal email: it will allow calls for death of Putin
Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians …
Sources: new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, both with M2, coming this year; Apple has M2 Pro, Max, and Ultra in the works, the latter being a 24-core CPU
It has been almost two years since Apple announced the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, and while there's still …
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge
Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
Russia moves to ban Instagram and designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication
Russian prosecutors have asked a court to ban Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram as “extremist,” Interfax reported …
UK's Financial Conduct Authority gives notice to crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed
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WhatsApp teams up with Cloudflare to unveil Code Verify, an open-source browser extension that verifies the authenticity of code served to the browser
Facebook parent company Meta this week announced the release of Code Verify, an open source browser extension meant to verify the authenticity of code served to the browser.
Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal, and others urge Texas governor to abandon an EO that equates gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children with child abuse
More than 60 companies, including some of the largest firms in tech and finance, are calling on Texas governor Greg Abbott …
A look at Loli Police Department, a police roleplay group in VRChat allowing nearly 11,000 of its members move through the ranks based on their activity level
Early last year, Jura was at the spa, chilling in a communal bath and having a casual chat with friends, when the Loli Police Department burst into the building. Tweets: @leadlagreport , @inputmag , @...
Sources: Didi suspends its Hong Kong IPO plans after Chinese regulators said its proposals to prevent data leaks fell short; its main apps will remain suspended
Didi Global Inc. plunged 42% on Friday after the company suspended preparations for its planned Hong Kong listing.
The Reserve Bank of India orders Paytm Payments Bank to stop taking new customers, pending a comprehensive audit of its IT systems
The Reserve Bank of India barred Paytm Payments Bank, founded by One 97 Communications Ltd's. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, from accepting new customers …
NonFungible: Axie Infinity had $3.5B in NFT transactions in 2021, almost two thirds of the blockchain gaming industry; NBA Top Shot had $827M and Loot $242M
Zhiyuan Sun / Cointelegraph :
Twitter and Meta removed posts by Russia's embassy in London that claimed images from the Mariupol hospital bombing in Ukraine were fake
tell Mark, @paraga @sundarpichai @SusanWojcicki #RemoveRT #StopPutinsLies The world will thank you! https://twitter.com/... @mandoline_blue : Twitter, WE FUCKING LOVE YOU 💞 That Russian embassy tweet ...
Investigation finds a campaign coordinated in a secret Telegram channel to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives
An investigation by VICE News uncovered a coordinated campaign to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives.
Google rolls out iMessage emoji reactions for Google Messages to all after testing the feature in beta, alongside other updates to the app
Jon Porter / The Verge :
Byju's raises $800M, including $400M from CEO Byju Raveendran, sources say at a $22B valuation; sources say Byju's is exploring a SPAC IPO at a $40B valuation
The round, which comes ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), values the Bengaluru-based company at about $22 billion, people aware of the development told ET.
Biden administration is working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to brief top TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Tweets: @aaronparnas , @monster_manager , @ddiamond , @donie , @coxsports1 , @natemcdermott , @daveweigel , @taylorlorenz , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Aaron Parnas / ...
Apple confirms that its Studio Display will work with Windows; some features, like Center Stage and True Tone, are macOS-only
Ingas and Cryoin, two Ukrainian companies that produce an estimated 45% to 54% of the world's semiconductor-grade neon, confirm they have halted operations
Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips …
Sources: TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp to store US users' data and ringfence it from ByteDance, hoping to address US national security concerns
TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) to store its U.S. users' information without its Chinese parent ByteDance having access to it …
Oracle reports Q3 revenue of $10.51B, up 4% YoY, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.6B, up 5% YoY, but misses with EPS of $1.13 vs est. of $1.18
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
DuckDuckGo, which has touted its “unbiased” search results for years, says it will down-rank sites “associated with Russian disinformation”
no functional search engine is, or can be—and the company did itself no favors imo trying to capitalize on the right's anger with Google search “bias” to promote itself. It opened itself to this kind ...
Google rolls out a rapid Air Raid Alerts system for Android phones in Ukraine
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Russia has created its own trusted TLS certificate authority as sanctions prevent Russian sites from renewing existing TLS certificates
Yeah, RIGHT TechRadar : Russia creates its own TLS certificate authority to bypass sanctions Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : Russia issues its own TLS certificates to get past global sanctions Ad...
DocuSign reports Q4 revenue rose 35% YoY to $580.8M, with FY 2022 revenue of $2.1B, up 45% YoY; stock drops 17%+ after weak FY 2023 guidance
Will Feuer / Wall Street Journal :
After a peak of $248M in February, daily trading volumes of NFTs on OpenSea fell 80% to ~$50M in March; average price of a Bored Ape NFT fell 44% since Feb. 24
Internet collectibles ranging from cartoon apes to artsy doodles have plunged in value as real-world conflict … Tweets: @germanotes , @muradahmed , @jeffnolan , @adamsamson , @carnage4life , @_inpract...
Niantic acquires 8th Wall, which helps developers make web-based AR apps, in what the company says is its “largest acquisition to date”
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Stripe now supports crypto businesses, including exchanges, wallet providers, and NFT marketplaces, and offers flexible on-ramps for crypto exchanges
Apple held one of its 3-4 annual launch days this week and showed us the M1-Ultra. TechRadar : Stripe is finally moving into the crypto world Waivly : 🎉 Stripe now supports crypto businesses Vish Gain...
Ukrainian ISP Triolan says it was hacked twice, as parts of Ukraine see internet outages; sources: recovery requires physical access after hackers reset devices
Thomas Brewster / Forbes :
India-based 100ms, which lets developers add video conferencing to their apps, raises a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $24.5M
Annie Njanja / TechCrunch :
Bessemer Venture Partners launches BessemerDAO to discuss crypto trends and share resources, and earmarks $250M of its new $2.5B fund for crypto deals
Crypto's Last Couple Weeks Ryan Lawler / Axios : The DAO of Bessemer Venture Partners Alec / The Daily DAO : Welcome Bessemer Ventures to Web3 Brandy Betz / CoinDesk : Bessemer Commits $250M to Web 3,...
Chainalysis launches smart contracts to identify crypto wallets that fall under sanctions and plans to launch a free sanctions screening API later this month
Roofstock, an online marketplace for buying and selling single-family rental homes, raises a $240M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.9B valuation
Norway's Tibber, which makes smart home devices to provide energy consumption analytics, raises a $100M Series C, bringing its total funding to $181.5M
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu :
Interviews with Twitter's three new consumer product leaders about restructuring to ship faster, building stickier features, and decentralization
Cybersixgill, which gathers threat intelligence data from the dark web and other sources to help companies with cyber decision making, raises a $35M Series B
Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat :
Capchase, which gives startup founders tools to find nondilutive financing, raises an $80M Series B led by 01 Advisors, bringing its total funding to $400M+
Avast and Utah-based website-certification company DigiCert suspend sales in Russia
Thomas Brewster / Forbes : Tweets: @iblametom , @iblametom , and @iblametom Tweets: Thomas Brewster / @iblametom : The second one here is significant - it could push Russia to taking more control ove...
Microsoft aims to be carbon negative by the end of the decade, but its carbon emissions were up 21.5% in the 12 months through June 2021
Peter Eavis / New York Times :
Some tech companies are helping evacuate their staff from Russia, including by chartering planes and procuring visas, after previously doing the same in Ukraine
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