After actor and producer Seth Green lost his BAYC NFTs to a phishing scam, his show based on those NFTs is in doubt; OpenSea says it has frozen the NFTs
Actor and producer Seth Green was robbed of several NFTs this month after succumbing to a phishing scam that inadvertently threw …
Andreessen Horowitz announces a $4.5B crypto fund, including $1.5B for seed investments, its fourth and largest such fund
Venture capital group launches its largest fund to date focused on digital assets despite market downturn — Andreessen Horowitz has launched a $4.5bn cryptocurrency fund …
DuckDuckGo confirms a researcher's findings that its browser allows Microsoft trackers on third-party websites, citing a search content agreement with Microsoft
The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement … Source: @thezedwards and @yegg .
Researchers discover that a popular Python library “ctx” and PHP package “phpass” have been compromised to steal developers' AWS keys and credentials
PyPI module ‘ctx’ that gets downloaded over 20,000 times a week has been compromised in a software supply chain attack …
Apple says that starting on June 30, 2022, all App Store apps that offer account creation must also offer an in-app option to let users delete their account
Apple last year announced a change in the App Store guidelines that would require all apps that support account creation to offer …
Do Kwon's proposal to relaunch the Terra blockchain passes with 65.5% of the governance vote; the network will go live on Friday without the UST stablecoin
Quick Take — Do Kwon's proposal to relaunch the Terra blockchain has passed. — In total, 65.5% of votes supported the proposal.
Stripe partners with OpenNode to let businesses convert fiat payments into bitcoin via OpenNode's Stripe app; Stripe suspended bitcoin support in 2018
Stripe, a global payment processor, is working with OpenNode to enable businesses to convert fiat payments into bitcoin.
A researcher says Australia's New South Wales digital driver's license is easy to forge due to deficient encryption, data validation flaws, and other issues
A litany of security flaws allows forgeries that are easy, quick, and cheap. — In late 2019, the government of New South Wales … Source: Dvuln Blog .
Encrypted email service ProtonMail rebrands as Proton and updates its offerings, including simplifying its pricing tiers and expanding its VPN
For the privacy-minded, ProtonMail has been one of the better options for secure email — you can get an (admittedly basic) …
Microsoft unveils Project Volterra, an ARM-powered developer kit to explore “AI scenarios” coming in 2022, as Windows gains support for neural processing units
Amazon opens its first physical clothing store, Amazon Style, in Glendale, just outside Los Angeles; shoppers use an app to scan items before employees get them
Amazon.com Inc. is opening its first physical clothing store on Wednesday, the latest brick-and-mortar initiative from the world's largest online retailer.
Speaking at Davos, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann says the global digital tax will not arrive in 2023 as planned due to slow negotiations
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time that a global digital tax deal may take a year longer to implement.
StarkWare, which makes the StarkEx scaling engine for Ethereum, raises a $100M Series D led by Greenoaks and Coatue at an $8B valuation, up from $2B in November
The blockchain scaling solution last raised funds in November at a $2 billion valuation. — StarkWare Industries …
Microsoft debuts Dev Box, a cloud service offering Windows 365-integrated developer workstations, in private preview; a public preview arrives in a few months
In a letter, 42 Democratic lawmakers urge Google to stop collecting and keeping unnecessary user data that could be used to identify people seeking abortions
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Luminar hires CJ Moore, a manager on Apple's car project who joined from Tesla in August 2021, to lead software development
Luminar Technologies Inc. said it hired CJ Moore, a manager on Apple Inc.'s car project and a former director for Autopilot projects at Tesla Inc., to lead global software development.
An in-depth look at Meta's ongoing battle to keep Facebook and Instagram relevant as TikTok's growth explodes, including encouraging creators to use Reels
Last year an Instagram representative contacted Justina Sharp, a 24-year-old with 93,000 followers, and asked for a meeting to discuss ways she could expand her audience. Tweets: @bradstone and @mattn...
Study: Amazon's third-party delivery drivers had an injury rate of one per five full-time-equivalent workers in 2021, up 38% YoY, above other delivery drivers
Introduction Amazon's e-commerce business boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic …
Hong Kong-based Babel Finance, which offers crypto asset management tools, raises an $80M Series B at a $2B valuation, bringing its total funding to $120M
Despite recent swings in cryptocurrency values, many institutional investors appear undeterred. The growth of Babel Finance …
Microsoft debuts Power Pages, a low-code website builder, and Power Apps Express Design, which can turn images into an app with controls and data storage
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Stripe launches an apps marketplace to bring third-party tools directly into Stripe, starting with 50+ apps from companies like Dropbox, Mailchimp, and DocuSign
UK payments startup Paddle acquires ProfitWell, which makes financial analytics tools, for $200M in cash and equity; Paddle raised $200M earlier in May
UK startup Paddle is making its first acquisition, spending more than $200 million in a mix of cash and equity to buy ProfitWell to grow its payments service.
Walmart plans to expand drone deliveries with DroneUp to cover 4M households in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia from 37 stores in 2022
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As Snap's growth warning sends its stock down 43.04%, other tech stocks drop too: Meta by 7.62%, Pinterest by 23.64%, Alphabet by 4.95%, and Twitter by 5.55%
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Microsoft plans to support third-party Windows 11 widgets later in 2022, letting developers offer them as “companion experiences” to their Win32 or PWA apps
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Flowcarbon, a blockchain-based carbon credit trading service backed by WeWork's Neumann, raises $32M led by a16z and $38M from selling its Goddess Nature Token
When I was 22, I spent several months working in the field in South Africa. Jamie Redman / Bitcoin News : Wework Co-Founder Adam Neumann's Crypto Project Secures $70M, Funding Round Led by A16z Luiz R...
Niantic debuts Visual Positioning System, a developer platform for building location-aware AR apps, and Campfire, a location-based social network for its games
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Internal memo: Lyft plans to slow US hiring, cut some department budgets, and grant new stock options to some employees to make up for its eroding share price
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Car subscription service Finn raises a $110M Series B led by Korelya Capital at a $500M+ valuation to expand in the US and Germany
Car subscription platform Finn has raised $110 million in equity to expand in the U.S. and Europe and reach 30,000 subscriptions by the end of the year, according to the company.
Microsoft says 10M+ players stream games with Xbox Cloud Gaming; in September 2021, Nvidia said GeForce Now had 12M+ users; Google has not shared Stadia numbers
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Turkish grocery delivery startup Getir will lay off 14% of its staff globally, an estimated 4,480 people, and plans to scale back some operations and promotions
It continues to be a very rough week for e-commerce companies in Europe. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned …
Indian startups are resorting to layoffs, hiring freezes, shutting down non-core verticals, and rationalizing ad spends as a two-year funding spree slows down
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New Jersey-based Semperis, a cybersecurity startup offering tools to protect enterprises using Microsoft Active Directory, raises a $200M+ Series C led by KKR
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DeFi Llama: the total value locked across all DeFi protocols has dropped to ~$112B, down from ~$195B at the start of May before UST and LUNA collapse
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg : Tweets: @emilyjnicolle Tweets: Emily Nicolle / @emilyjnicolle : DeFi projects have lost a collective $83bn since the start of May, almost halving the sector's total value ...
Kuaishou reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$3.2B, vs. ~$3.1B est., a ~$939M net loss, down 89% YoY from ~$8.7B, and 346M DAUs, up 17% YoY from 295M
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Google Chrome now lets all desktop users right-click an image and perform a Lens search to translate text, identify an object, get the original source, and more
Clozd, which offers tools for sales teams to analyze wins and losses, raises a $52M Series A led by Greycroft
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Clearview AI expands sales by offering private companies and organizations a facial recognition tool allegedly using data collected with subjects' permission
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