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Crypto tax and tax to crypto, GME’s NFT plans, and Snap’s afterhour’s jump
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 450

🇺🇸 The #US Senate Judiciary Committee approves the #OpenAppMarketsAct, which would allow app sideloading and let developers use their own in-app payment systems 🔗


🇺🇸 #Coinbase partners with #TurboTax to let users directly deposit state and federal #tax refunds into their accounts and automatically buy #cryptocurrency 🔗


👉 #GameStop plans to launch an #NFT marketplace in 2022, built on the #Ethereum-based #ImmutableX platform, and is creating an “up to $100M” fund for game developers 🔗


📱 #Counterpoint: #Apple shipped 2.3M iPhones in India in Q4, up 34% YoY; #Xiaomi shipped 9.3M #smartphones, up 2% YoY, and #Samsung shipped 7.2M, down 8% YoY 🔗


📈 #Amazon will raise #AmazonPrime's annual price by $20 to $139 and its monthly price by $2 to $14.99, on February 18 for new members and March 25 for current members 🔗


💲 #Amazon reports Q4 revenue up 9% YoY to $137.4B, net income up 98% to $14.3B, #AWS revenue up 40% to $17.8B, and FY 2021 revenue up 22% to $469.8B; stock up 15%+ 🔗


💲 #Snap, #Snapchat’s parent company, reports its first quarterly net profit, with Q4 revenue of $1.3B, up 42% YoY, and net income of $23M; FY 2021 revenue grew 64% to $4.1B; stock is up 55%+ 🔗


💲 #ActivisionBlizzard reports Q4 revenue of $2.16B, down 10% YoY, net bookings of $2.49B, down 18% YoY, 371M MAUs, down from 397M a year ago 🔗


💲 #Nintendo reports 10.67M Switch sales in Q3, down 8% YoY, bringing lifetime #NintendoSwitch sales to 103.54M, overtaking the Wii's 101.63M in under five years 🔗


💲 #Pinterest reports Q4 revenue of $847M, up 20%, and 431M global MAUs, down 6% YoY, and says revenue grew 52% YoY in FY 2021 to surpass $2B; stock up 28%+ 🔗


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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 449

🛰 #ElonMusk announces $500/month #Starlink Premium, claiming 150Mbps-500Mbps download speeds, up from 50Mbps-250Mbps, and doubling upload speeds to 20Mbps-40Mbps 🔗


🇨🇳 The #FBI warns athletes attending the 2022 Winter #Olympics and Paralympics in #China to take burner phones and says the official MY2022 app poses a security risk 🔗


📉 #Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter 🔗


🧠 Two members of #Google’s Ethical #AI group leave to join #TimnitGebru’s nonprofit 🔗


💲 #Meta beats with Q4 revenue of $33.67B vs. $33.4B est., up 20% YoY, 2.91B MAUs, up 4% YoY, but misses with EPS of $3.67 vs. $3.84 est.; stock down 20%+ 🔗


💲 #Spotify reports Q4 revenue of $3.04B, up 24% YoY , MAUs of 406M, up 18% YoY, and Ad-Supported revenue of $445M, a record 15% of total revenue 🔗


💲 #Sony reports Q3 gaming revenue fell 8% YoY to ~$7.09B, operating profit rose 12.1% YoY to ~$810M; Sony shipped 3.9M PS5 consoles, bringing the total to 17.3M 🔗


💲 #Qualcomm beats with Q1 revenue of $10.7B vs $10.42B est., up 30% YoY, net income of $3.7B, up 47% YoY, and chip segment revenue of $8.8B, up 35% YoY 🔗


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Google iMessage, Tesla, and crypto tax in India
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 448

💬 #Google begins rolling out #iMessage reactions for #Android's Messages app in beta, appearing next to message bubbles; some emoji reactions are not quite identical 🔗


🚗 #Tesla will issue an OTA update for 53,822 cars and SUVs to remove an #FSD feature that let vehicles roll through stop signs without coming to a halt 🔗


🍎 #iOS 15.4 and #iPadOS 15.4 beta code shows #Apple is working on adding push notifications for web-based apps to #Safari 🔗


🇮🇳 #India proposes a 30% tax on income from the transfer of #crypto, #NFTs, and other digital assets and will launch a #DigitalRupee in the next financial year 🔗


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​​Bungie’s joins Sony, Wordle joins NYT, and Phantom promises Ethereum support
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 447

👉 #Sony Interactive Entertainment announces it is buying #Bungie, which makes Destiny and other games, for $3.6B; Bungie will become an independent subsidiary 🔗


🧩 The New York Times (#NYT) acquires #Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures” 🔗


👉 #JoeRogan posts a video to #Instagram defending booking contentious guests, apologizes to #Spotify for the backlash, and says he may book more “experts” 🔗


👉 #Meta rolls out updated 3D avatars across #Facebook, #FacebookMessenger, and #Instagram Stories in the #US, #Canada, and #Mexico 🔗


💰 #Phantom, a #Solana wallet similar to #Ethereum's #MetaMask, raises a $109M Series B at a $1.2B valuation, debuts an iOS app, and promises Ethereum support in 2022 🔗


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​​Apple’s beta softwares, Spotify’s lost, and Meta stuff
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 446

🍎 #iOS 15.4 beta adds #FaceID use with a mask for #iPhone 12 and newer, without needing #AppleWatch authentication, by recognising “unique features around the eye” 🔗


👉 #Spotify is removing #NeilYoung's music after he gave the company an ultimatum between his music and #JoeRogan's podcast with #COVID19 vaccine misinformation 🔗


Ⓜ️ #Meta rebrands #Oculus Quest as #MetaQuest, leading to criticism on social media; the rebrand was originally announced in October 🔗


Ⓜ️ #Meta says #FacebookMessenger's e2ee chats and calls are now available to all users, and adds screenshot notifications, media saving, GIFs, and more to encrypted chats 🔗


🇬🇧 #Ipsos: #AppleNews was the most widely used #UK news app in December 2021 with 13.2M users and 1.2B minutes spent; #BBC News had 12.5M users and 2.2B minutes spent 🔗


👉 #GooglePlay is getting an “Offers” tab to display deals on games and apps 🔗


👉 The biting lip #emoji coming in #iOS 15.4 will instantly make conversations awkward 🔗


🎶 #WarnerMusicGroup is building a 'musical theme park' in the #metaverse 🔗


🏎 #Lamborghini releases its first #NFT, which is the most Lamborghini thing ever 🔗


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Nvidia’s abandoning Arm, Twitter’s forming flocks, and Google’s letting go of FloC
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 445

👉 #Nvidia is planning to abandon its #Arm acquisition after making little to no progress with regulators; source says #SoftBank is preparing an Arm #IPO 🔗


🐦 #Twitter code shows it is developing #Flock, which lets users create tweets for a curated list of up to 150 people, after teasing the feature in July 2021 🔗


🌊 #OpenSea launches a new listing manager to mitigate a UI issue that let attackers flip #NFT-s at below-market rates, which it says was “not an exploit or a bug” 🔗


📱 #Samsung’s next #Unpacked event is set for February 9th 🔗


🇸🇻 The International Monetary Fund tells #ElSalvador it shouldn’t use #Bitcoin as legal tender 🔗


👉 #Google abandons #FLoC, introduces #TopicsAPI to replace tracking cookies 🔗


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Crypto & stock market crash, Apple gets fined, and Google’s being sued
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 444

📉 The #cryptocurrency market has lost ~$130B over the past 24 hours; #bitcoin and #ether reached their lowest levels since July and are down 50%+ from all-time highs 🔗


🇺🇸 District of Columbia, Texas, Washington, and Indiana AGs sue #Google for allegedly deceiving users to gain access to their location data from at least 2014 🔗


🇪🇺 #EU Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads 🔗


👉 #Meta unveils #AI Research SuperCluster, a supercomputer for #ML training, claiming it will have 16K GPUs and be the world's fastest upon completion in mid-2022 🔗


🍎🇳🇱 The #Netherlands fines #Apple €5M, saying Apple's IAP payment changes “failed to satisfy the requirements”; the fine rises €5M/week to €50M until Apple complies 🔗


🌊 An #OpenSea #bug is being exploited to purchase #NFT-s at below-market rates before flipping them, netting $1M+ across at least eight NFTs in 12 hours 🔗


📲 #WhatsApp may soon let you transfer your chats from #Android to #iOS 🔗


🐦 #Twitter suspends #Wordle-ruining bot 🔗


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Netflix’s maturity, Twitter’s security, and Robinhood’s crypto wallet
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 443

📺 #Netflix stock fell 41% from a November high as #US subscriber numbers hit maturity, forcing it to rely on developing markets and verticals like gaming for growth 🔗


🐦 #Twitter terminated its head of security #PeiterZatko (aka “Mudge”) this week, and #CISO #RinkiSethi will depart in the coming weeks; both execs joined Twitter in 2020 🔗


📉 #CoinGecko: the #cryptocurrency industry's total market cap fell to ~$1.8T amidst a selloff; #Bitcoin fell to ~$36K, down 10+%, #Ethereum fell to ~$2.6K, down 15+% 🔗


🏹 #Robinhood opens #cryptocurrency wallet to beta testers 🔗


👉 #Meta and #Snap sued by mother over alleged role in her daughter's suicide 🔗


👉 #Amazon facing formal complaint from labor board over worker firing 🔗


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Meta’s plans for NFTs, Twitter Blue’s NFT PFPs, and subscriptions on TikTok and Instagram
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 442

Ⓜ️ Sources: #Meta plans to let users create and sell NFTs on #Facebook and #Instagram, display NFTs on user profiles, and is considering an #NFT marketplace 🔗


👉 Sources: #Google's #AR headset could launch in 2024, powered by a custom processor, resembling ski goggles, and no need for an external power connection 🔗


🐦 #Twitter will let #iOS users of its #TwitterBlue subscription service use #NFTs as their profile pictures 🔗


🎮 #Google launches a limited beta of #GooglePlay Games for PC, which brings Android games to #Windows 10 and Windows 11, in #HongKong, #SouthKorea, and #Taiwan 🔗


👉 #CryptoDotCom says its breach affected 483 users, resulting in unauthorised cryptocurrencies withdrawals worth ~$33.84M, and all users were reimbursed the same day 🔗


👉 #TikTok says it is testing letting creators charge subscriptions for their content 🔗


👉 #Instagram now allows creators to ‘remix’ any public videos, not just #Reels 🔗


👉 #Instagram is testing paid subscriptions with a small group of creators 🔗


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Coinbase partners up, Microsoft’s deal hurts Sony, and a 5G lawsuit
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 441

💳 #Coinbase partners with #Mastercard to let users pay with a credit card in its upcoming #NFT marketplace, solve “pain points”, and classify NFTs as “digital goods” 🔗


🎮 #Microsoft says #Xbox Game Pass has 25M subscribers, up from 18M in January 2021 🔗


📉 #Sony's shares fell 13% on Wednesday, its biggest drop since October 2008, wiping $20B off its valuation, after #Microsoft announced its #ActivisionBlizzard deal 🔗


👉 Democratic lawmakers unveil the #BanningSurveillanceAdvertisingAct, which would ban targeted ads but allow broad location-based and contextual ads 🔗


📺 #YouTube says it's winding down YouTube Originals after six years and will only fund programs that are part of its Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds 🔗


👉 #Ericsson sues #Apple over #5G and other patents, following the expiration of the cross-license agreement between the two companies and no renewal deal 🔗


👻 #Snapchat's friend recommendation feature will no longer suggest users under 18, unless they have a certain number of friends in common, to curb drug dealing 🔗


🌊 #OpenSea acquires #crypto lending APIs startup #DharmaLabs, which will shutter its wallet in 30 days; source says the deal was valued between $110M and $130M 🔗


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Microsoft’s next gaming adventure + Crypto hacks and regulations
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 440

🎮 #Microsoft plans to acquire #ActivisionBlizzard for $68.7B in cash, or $95/share, closing in FY 2023; #BobbyKotick will remain as CEO, reporting to #PhilSpencer 🔗


👉 #CryptoDotCom halted withdrawals and requires users to re-sign-in and reset 2FA; research shows Crypto.com lost 4,600+ #ETH, worth $15M+, during a suspected #hack 🔗


Ⓜ️🕶 Analysis: #Meta has filed dozens of patents to monetise its #metaverse, including a virtual store with sponsored items, eye and face tracking in headsets, more 🔗


🇬🇧 The #UK government will increase scrutiny of #crypto ads, bringing the marketing in line with other financial promotions, citing risk to buyers 🔗


🇪🇸 #Spain will regulate #influencers promoting #cryptocurrency 🔗


🇨🇳 #China’s #DigitalYuan wallet now has 260 million individual users 🔗


📱 #Apple accounted for 22% of global #smartphone shipments in Q4 2021, down from 23% in 2020, followed by #Samsung (20%), #Xiaomi (12%), #Oppo (9%), and #Vivo (8%) 🔗


💳 #Ford signs 5-year agreement with #Stripe to scale e-commerce 🔗


⚡️ #Block’s #CashApp adopts #LightningNetwork for free #bitcoin payments 🔗


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Safari’s security flaw, Apple headset’s delay, and Amazon’s Visa ban reversed
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 439

🇺🇦 #Microsoft identifies a destructive #malware operation targeting multiple orgs in #Ukraine; the malware looks like #ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism 🔗


🍎 A flaw in #Safari 15's IndexedDB API can leak browser activity and user identifiers, like #Google ID, to other sites; #Apple was alerted of the flaw on November 28 🔗


Ⓜ️🇬🇧 The #UK government hires ad agency M&C Saatchi to run a publicity campaign criticizing #Meta's plans to make #FacebookMessenger end-to-end encrypted by default 🔗 #E2EE


🍎🕶 #Gurman: #Apple's headset will likely cost $2,000+ and have two CPUs, one on par with the M1 Pro, two 8K displays, and an interchangeable prescription lens option 🔗


💰 Recent filings from #Walmart, including seven US #trademark applications, indicate a possible plan to develop and offer virtual goods, #NFT-s, and a #cryptocurrency 🔗


💳 #Amazon #UK won't ban #Visa credit cards on January 19th after all 🔗


🏎 #Subaru unveils a 1,073HP electric race car 🔗 #EV


🧩 #Wordle! and #JoshWardle team up to donate proceeds from an unrelated app’s popularity spike 🔗


🍎🇳🇱 #Apple will let dating apps offer third-party payment options in the #Netherlands 🔗


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​​Tesla accepting Doge, Block’s open-source Bitcoin mining plan, and Fortnite on iOS
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 438

🛠 #Block says it is building an open-source #Bitcoin mining system to make #BitcoinMining more “distributed and efficient”, after #JackDorsey teased the idea in October 🔗


🐕 #ElonMusk’s #Tesla now lets you buy some merch in #Dogecoin 🔗


🇺🇦 #Ukraine says a cyberattack brought down websites of several government agencies for hours but no sensitive data was stolen 🔗


👀 #Fortnite returns to #iOS and #Android through a closed beta in #Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming service designed to run in mobile browsers 🔗


Ⓜ️🇬🇧 #Meta faces a $3.1B #UK class action suit alleging it abused #Facebook's market dominance and set an “unfair price” for 44M UK users' data from 2015 to 2019 🔗


🔎🇬🇧 #Google will buy London's Central Saint Giles development in the #UK, which includes 408K sq. ft. of office space, for $1B 🔗


👀 #SecondLife founder #PhilipRosedale returns to #LindenResearch, in which his startup #HighFidelity made an investment, to take on the #metaverse 🔗


🛑 #Tether says it froze three #Ethereum #blockchain addresses containing $160M on a law enforcement request; #Bloxy data shows Tether froze 563 addresses since 2017 🔗


🇰🇵 #NorthKorea #hacked nearly $400M in #cryptocurrency last year 🔗


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Wordle copycats, Microsoft’s chips, and Nigeria’s ban on Twitter
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 437

🧩 #Apple confirms it removed several #Wordle clones from the #AppStore, after some app developers capitalised on the online guessing game's popularity 🔗


👉 #Microsoft hires veteran semiconductor designer #MikeFilippo from #Apple; sources say Filippo will work on developing homegrown chips for #Azure servers 🔗


📊 #Canalys: worldwide #PC shipments grew 15% YoY in 2021 to 341M, the highest annual number since 2012; #Apple shipped 28.3% more units, #Acer 21.8%, and #Dell 18% 🔗


🏥 Over 260 health professionals tell #Spotify to implement a #misinformation policy, after a #JoeRogan Experience episode featured a discredited scientist 🔗


💰 #Coinbase says it is acquiring #FairX, a #CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, and plans to bring #crypto derivatives to its #US customers 🔗


👻 #Snapchat adds bitmoji reactions and threaded replies to chats 🔗


🐦🇳🇬 #Nigeria will lift its ban on #Twitter after suspending it on June 4, 2021; Twitter decided to open an office in Nigeria, among other agreements 🔗


📊 #SensorTower: #Instagram became the world's most downloaded app in Q4 2021, its best quarter since 2014 with installs up 10% QoQ, followed by #TikTok and #Facebook 🔗

⚠️🇮🇳 #Instagram, still benefitting from #TikTok’s ban in #India, again become the top app by downloads in Q4 🔗


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Meta’s monopoly suit going ahead, Samsung missed its own event, and Kim Kardashian in a pump-and-dump scam
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 436

🧑‍⚖️ 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 🔗


🤨 #Samsung, which had announced a January 11 event for the #Exynos 2200, didn't show up to its own product launch 🔗


👉 #JackDorsey and others propose a legal defense fund for #Bitcoin developers, citing “multi-front litigation” and “threats” 🔗


📊 #AppAnnie: consumers spent $170B on mobile apps globally in 2021, up 19% YoY, with 230B app downloads; the average American spent 4.1 hours on apps per day 🔗


🧑‍⚖️ #KimKardashian and other celebrities are facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly leading investors into an #EthereumMax cryptocurrency pump-and-dump #scam 🔗


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Carriers against Apple’s Private Relay, Signal’s CEO, and Meta’s office policy
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 435

🍎 Report: European carriers voice opposition to #Apple's Private Relay, as #TMobile and others begin blocking the #VPN-like service in the #US and parts of #Europe 🔗


👉 #Signal CEO #MoxieMarlinspike steps down; #WhatsApp co-founder #BrianActon will act as the interim CEO as the search for a permanent replacement begins 🔗


👉 The #AssociatedPress will launch a photojournalism #NFT marketplace built by #blockchain tech provider #Xooa on Jan. 31, with proceeds used to fund its journalism 🔗


🍎 #Apple shares 2021 highlights: developers made $260B+ via the #AppStore since its debut, up from $200B+ YoY, #US and consumers in #Canada used 30M tickets in #AppleWallet 🔗


🍎🇰🇷 #Apple to allow third party app payment options in #SouthKorea 🔗


Ⓜ️ #Meta will require employees to have a #COVID19 booster to return to the office 🔗


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Zynga’s new parent, Apple headset, and Microsoft HR’s Meta nightmare
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 434

🎮 #TakeTwo will acquire #Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops #GTA, #RedDead, and other titles 🔗


🍎👓 #Gurman: #Apple's mixed reality headset will not be an all-day device and will be meant for bursts of gaming, communication, and content consumption 🔗


👉 An #OpenSource developer, expressing regret for supporting “Fortune 500s”, breaks ~19K projects by corrupting popular #NPM libraries; #GitHub reverts the changes 🔗


🤫 LinkedIn profiles and former employees say ~100 people from #Microsoft HoloLens team have left in the past year, with over 40 joining #Meta 🔗


💰 #PayPal confirms it's exploring the launch of its own stablecoin, #PayPalCoin 🔗


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Google’s Sonos defeat, Mozilla’s crypto donations, and Clubhouse’s new features
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 433

🔈The #US #ITC issues a final ruling declaring #Google infringed on five #Sonos audio tech patents and is banned from importing products that violate Sonos' IP 🔗


🦊 #Mozilla pauses accepting #crypto donations following a widespread backlash, mostly over carbon emissions, including from co-founder #JamieZawinski 🔗


👉 Sources: #GameStop has hired more than 20 people to run a new division developing an #NFT marketplace and establishing #cryptocurrency partnerships 🔗


🐦 #Twitter says it is testing “Quote Tweet with reaction”, an option to let iOS users retweet and attach a video reaction 🔗


📉 #Internet disruptions in #Kazakhstan, the world's second-biggest #bitcoin mining hub, shut down an estimated 15% of the world's miners before internet was restored 🔗


👋 #Clubhouse starts testing Web Listening, letting #US users listen to Replays and live rooms with Replays enabled, compatible with most major browsers 🔗


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Brave Stats, Open Source Crypto, and Crypto scams in 2021
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 432

⛓ Research: with 4,000+ monthly active developers, #Ethereum has the largest open source ecosystem in #crypto, followed by #Polkadot, #Cosmos, #Solana, and #Bitcoin 🔗


🕵️ A record $14B flowed to criminal #crypto addresses in 2021, up from $7.8B in 2020, driven by DeFi #scams; total transaction volume reached $15.8T, up 567% YoY 🔗


🦁 #Brave reports 15.5M+ DAUs and 50M+ MAUs at the end of 2021, up from 24M MAUs at the end of 2020, 10M+ mobile downloads in 2021, and Brave Ads revenue up 4x YoY 🔗


🍪🇫🇷 #France's data regulator, the #CNIL, fines #Google €150M and #Meta €60M for failing to let French users easily reject cookie trackers 🔗


⏳ #Instagram tests the ability to switch between a Home feed, a Favorites feed, and a Following chronological feed, rolling out to all users in H1 2022 🔗


💴🇨🇳 #Tencent's #WeChat will add support for China's #DigitalYuan, e-CNY, to WeChat Pay 🔗 #eCNY


👉 #Meta says it is still working on a “highly specialized OS” for its #AR #VR devices, and it is not “halting or scaling back” operations in building AR/VR software 🔗


🇰🇿 #Kazakhstan faces internet disruptions and a subsequent nationwide shutdown since Tuesday evening, amid protests against energy price increases 🔗


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Money toward NFTs, Meta’s VR OS, and TikTok out in the open
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — issue no. 431

⛓ #NFT marketplace #OpenSea raises a $300M Series C led by #Paradigm and #Coatue at a $13.3B post-money valuation 🔗


👉 #Sony says its upcoming #VR headset PS VR2 for #PS5 will have a 4K HDR OLED display, 2000×2040 pixels per eye, 110° FoV, eye-tracking, haptic feedback, and more 🔗


Ⓜ️ Sources: #Meta has stopped developing an #OS for its #VR and #AR devices; the project had been ongoing for several years and involved hundreds of employees 🔗


👉 #Intel claims its 12th-gen 14-core Intel i9 outperforms #Apple's M1 Max and is the fastest CPU ever, although the i9 uses significantly more power than #AppleSilicon M1 Max 🔗


🏡 #Samsung unveils Home Hub, a SmartThings controller with a docked tablet, launching in #SouthKorea in H1 2022, and says it joined the #HomeConnectivityAlliance 🔗


🏟 #TikTok taps #Atmosphere to bring TikTok videos to out of home screens in commercial venues for the first time 🔗


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