Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Dagger, a new DevOps service co-founded by Docker's Solomon Hykes, launches in public beta and announces a $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures — It's been almost exactly four years since Docker founder Solomon Hykes left the company that kickstarted the container revolution.
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William Turton / Bloomberg:
Sources say Apple and Meta divulged customer data to hackers in response to forged Emergency Data Requests, after Discord confirmed fulfilling a forged EDR — Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more — Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products …
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Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Google says it has used its BERT algorithm to cut explicit Search results by 30% in the last year for terms related to ethnicity, sexual preference, and gender — When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for “Latina teen” in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was pornography.
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April Roach / Bloomberg:
Meta halts plans to build a large data center in the Netherlands, amid rising opposition from the government over environmental concerns — Meta Platforms Inc. has paused plans to build a large data center in the Netherlands after the tech giant faced increasing opposition from the government.
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Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Pinecone, which offers a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of data scientists, raises a $28M Series A led by Menlo Ventures — When Pinecone launched last year, the company's message was around building a serverless vector database designed specifically for the needs of data scientists.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on integrating hardware and software, the company's full-stack approach, ML opportunities, attempting to buy Arm, and more — It took a few moments to realize what was striking about the opening video for Nvidia's GTC conference: the complete absence of humans.
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Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Kuo: camera bump on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max smartphones will increase about five percent in each dimension due to a larger 48MP sensor — The increased size of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max's rear camera array is due to all-new 48-megapixel Wide camera systems, according to reputable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
An analysis of 19.3M NFTs across ~8,400 collections: one in three have little or no trading activity, and another third trade below their original minting cost — For every Bored Ape and CryptoPunk there is a Baby Baller, one of the thousands of NFT projects that have faltered not long after celebrated debuts.
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FinSMEs:
Data Vault Holdings, which lets businesses monetize their data assets through its cloud-based exchange, raises a $30.5M Series A from undisclosed investors — Data Vault Holdings, a New York-based provider of a cloud-based platform for the delivery of branded data-backed cryptocurrencies, raised $30.5M in Series A funding.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: health startups Cerebral and Done pressured clinicians to use looser pandemic rules and prescribe stimulants, often via 30 minute online consultations — Digital companies such as Cerebral and Done seized on looser pandemic rules for prescribing ADHD drugs like Adderall.
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Naureen S Malik / Bloomberg:
Sources: Exxon is running a pilot to use excess natural gas from North Dakota oil wells to power crypto mining and is considering expanding the test globally — Exxon Mobil Corp. is running a pilot program using excess natural gas that would otherwise be burned off from North Dakota oil wells …
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Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk:
Indian parliament approves a 30% capital gains tax on crypto transactions, in effect starting April 1 — Amendments sought by the crypto industry were not accommodated, and the policies will go into effect on April 1. — Indians will begin paying a capital gains tax of 30% on crypto transactions …
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
After suspending its paid subscription service in Russia earlier this month, Spotify now says it will fully suspend its service in the country — Spotify, which suspended its paid subscription service in Russia earlier this month due to that country's unprovoked and bloody invasion of Ukraine …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Reddit confirms it is considering letting users react to other's videos using editing tools like TikTok's Stitches and Duets — Reddit is exploring the idea of bringing more user-generated video content to its online discussion forums, the company has confirmed.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank is seeking a valuation of at least $60B for Arm when the company goes public, higher than the $40B that a sale to Nvidia would have fetched — SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking a valuation of at least $60 billion for Arm Ltd. when the business goes public …
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Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alibaba doesn't plan to exit Russia, despite sanctions on AliExpress Russia partners and lower orders due to shipping delays and the depreciating ruble — Three partners in fast-growing AliExpress Russia operation are caught up in U.S. sanctions that Beijing opposes
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Automated accounting software startup Digits raises a $65M Series C at a $565M valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, bringing its total funding to $97.5M — Digits, the startup that is building a new take on accounting software through an approach that it describes as building a …
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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google says the Movies & TV section of the Play Store will shut down in May, and directs users to buy, rent, or watch movies and shows from the Google TV app — The Play Store used to sell tons of content, but now it offers only apps and books. — Google Play Movies & TV—and the Google Play brand in general—seems doomed.
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Robinhood Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada on the company's new Cash Card, managing her team, regulation, payment for order flow, and more — Aparna Chennapragada is the chief product officer at Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto trading app.
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube is making nearly 4,000 TV episodes available for free with ads in the US — The platform already offers free movies with ads — YouTube is the latest company to offer free shows TV with ads. The video giant says you'll now be able to stream nearly 4,000 episodes of TV for free …
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Amber Burton / Protocol:
Microsoft expands its cybersecurity jobs initiative beyond the US to 23 new countries, including Australia and India, to help fill 3.5M jobs globally by 2025 — Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will expand its cybersecurity skilling initiative to 23 additional countries.
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Steven Melendez / Fast Company:
Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan is departing at the end of March after three years, to spend more time with his family; COO Sean Leow will serve as interim CEO — Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan will be departing the Brooklyn-based crowdfunding company at the end of March, the company announced Tuesday.
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Nvidia debuts Isaac Nova Orin, an autonomous mobile robot computing and sensor architecture powered by Jetson AGX Orin, and starts selling $2K Jetson dev kits — During its March 2022 GPU Technology Conference (GTC) this week, Nvidia unveiled Isaac Nova Orin, a computing and sensor architecture powered …
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Nvidia debuts Drive Map to provide the AV industry with ground truth mapping coverage of 300K+ miles of roads in North America, Europe, and Asia by 2024 — Nvidia has launched a new mapping platform that will provide the autonomous vehicle industry with ground truth mapping coverage …
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