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- Tue. 09/20 – Actual Inflation Comes To The App Store
Now the hackers have come for the crypto market makers. Spotify gets into the Audiobooks game. Slack gets in on the whole productivity apps renaissance. Actual inflation is coming to the app store and 1 Euro apps will soon be no more. And the chat room that only opens its doors when your phone’s battery is about to die.
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Crypto market maker Wintermute hacked for $160 million (The Block)Uber links breach to Lapsus$ group, blames contractor for hack (BleepingComputer)Rockstar comments on GTA 6 leak and claims project won’t be delayed (VideoGameChronicle)Nasdaq is preparing to launch an institutional crypto custody service (The Block)Spotify Launches Audiobooks Business With A La Carte Pricing, No Discounts for Subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter)Slack’s new Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window (The Verge)Apple to raise App Store prices in multiple countries next month (9to5Mac)Apple says software update coming next week to fix iPhone 14 Pro camera shake issue (9to5Mac)This Chatroom Only Opens When Your Phone’s About to Die (Motherboard)17 min - Mon. 09/19 – Uber Hack ≡ GTA VI Leak?
Did the same kid who allegedly hacked Uber allegedly leak GTA VI gameplay over the weekend? Interpol drops a red ball on Do Kwan. iPhone 14 Pro users report their cameras literally shake when they try to take pictures. Instacart wants to break the tech IPO hex. And the bull and bear case for the Figma acquisition.
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GTA 6 gameplay leaks online in 90 videos (The Verge)South Korean prosecutors ask Interpol to issue red notice for Do Kwon (Financial Times)iPhone 14 Pro camera shaking and rattling in TikTok, Snapchat, and other apps (9to5Mac)'No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge (PCMag)Instacart Plans to Focus IPO on Selling Employee Shares (WSJ)The Adobe-Figma deal is historic for tech startups — if it goes through (Protocol)Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition (Hunter Walk)19 min - (Portfolio Profile) Treasury
Building the fundamental assets for the metaverse, with Treasury. If you want to learn more, contact me, or check out Treasury.space.
1 hr 1 min - Fri. 09/16 – Big Uber Breach
Uber is investigating a breach of its systems that has caused it to take some of its most important systems offline. The White House has finally delivered that big “comprehensive framework” for crypto regulation. How did Amazon do with its NFL broadcast last night? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems (NYTimes)Uber suffers computer system breach, alerts authorities (Washington Post)White House Releases ‘Comprehensive Framework’ for Crypto Regulation and Development (Decrypt)The Amazon Experience Comes to the NFL (The Ringer)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The AI Unbundling (Stratechery)Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers (WSJ)The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion (The New Yorker)The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books (The New Yorker)18 min - 09/15 – Adobe To Acquire Figma
Adobe plans to acquire Figma for the biggest ever private software company acquisition. Is this a sign of things to come in the productivity space? Happy The Merge Day for Ethereum. TikTok just copies and pastes a BeReal clone. And California launches the first lawsuit against Amazon that might have real consequences.
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Adobe Tumbles After Agreeing to Buy Figma for About $20 Billion (Bloomberg)Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite (TechCrunch)Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products to Defend Itself Against Microsoft, Google (The Information)Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake (The Block)TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now (TechCrunch)California Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon (NYTimes)17 min - Wed. 09/14 – The iPhone 14 Reviews Are Out
Arrest warrants for those behind LUNA and UST. Anti-cheating technology comes to video games. Apple is going all in on 3nm chips and soon. Mudge’s testimony before Congress yesterday. A first hands-on with the new Playstation VR thingy. And the reviews for the iPhone 14 are out.
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Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Faces Arrest Warrant in South Korea (Bloomberg)U.S. Treasury Department releases Tornado Cash guidance (Axios)Google Suffers Setback in Court Fight to Topple Record EU Fine (Bloomberg)EA will debut new anti-cheat tech with 'FIFA 23' on PC (Engadget)Apple to use TSMC's next 3-nm chip tech in iPhones, Macs next year (NikkeiAsia)We finally got our hands and eyes on the PlayStation VR2 (The Verge)What we learned when Twitter whistleblower Mudge testified to Congress (TechCrunch)Apple iPhone 14 review: meet the iPhone 13S (The Verge)Apple iPhone 14 Pro review: early adopter island (The Verge)20 min - Tue. 09/13 – Google Does Google Things
Google does what it does best. Kills a product line. As the Twitter whistleblower testifies before congress, did extreme heat in California almost bring Twitter down recently? Amazon has updated the entry-level Kindle. And a review of the recently released iOS 16.
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Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it (The Verge)Twitter starts rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribers (Engadget)Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline (CNN)Splatoon 3 has smashed Switch launch records in Japan (VideoGamesChronicle)The Cheapest Kindle Is Now Less Cheap, but It’s Got a Better Screen (Gizmodo)Intel just leaked its 13th Gen processor specs (The Verge)iOS 16 review: unlocking the lock screen (The Verge)17 min - Mon. 09/12 – The Whole “Oops! We Lost A Prototype” Gambit
One of those new Meta Quest headsets just happens to have been found in the wild. New Roku gear. Starbucks announces an NFT project. A spinoff Google Moonshot that might be the next generation networking gear. And is TikTok in the crosshairs again, and this time, not just for the US government?
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‘Quest Pro’ video shows Meta’s next VR headset a month before its launch event (The Verge)New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities (ArsTechnica)Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey (TechCrunch)Roku to Launch ‘The Buzz’ Short-Form Content Hub on Home Screen, Refreshes $30 Streaming Device (Variety)Google’s Loon Project Gets Resurrected. Without Google. Or Balloons (Bloomberg)TikTok’s Secret To Explosive Growth? ‘Billions And Billions Of Dollars’ Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel (Forbes)19 min - Fri. 09/09 – White House Comes Out Against Proof-Of-Work?
Is the US government about to legally curtail proof of work crypto projects? Intel’s big new GPU specs. Uber Eats signs a deal to get into the ankle bots business. What I believe is the oldest startup ever to be acquired by a tech giant. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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White House report proposes possible restrictions on proof-of-work crypto mining (The Block)Intel Reveals Specifications For Arc Alchemist Desktop GPUs (Tom's Hardware)Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas (The Verge)Amazon is buying Cloostermans, a mechatronics specialist in Belgium, to ramp up its robotics operations (The Verge)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again (ArsTechnica)They built a Minecraft crypto empire. Then it all came crashing down (Rest of World)Inside the World's First No-Coiner Conference (Decrypt)Just a Few People Crowned Some of YouTube’s Earliest Hits (The Atlantic)The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse (The Guardian)Apple's features graveyard: Once heavily marketed, now gone (Apple Insider)The ‘deaditors’ of Wikipedia (HayKranen.nl)18 min - Thu. 09/08 – Why Disney Also Had 2nd Thoughts About Buying Twitter
Disney’s former CEO throws another lifeline to Elon Musk in his Twitter suit. Crypto folks are suing the US Treasury over an important crypto precedent. Why the current YC batch is still crypto heavy. A very interesting crypto raise. And a deeper look at the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island.
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Why Disney didn’t buy Twitter (Vox)Coinbase employees and Ethereum backers sue U.S. Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions (Fortune)Legendary China Bets Unwind as Buffett, SoftBank Sell (Bloomberg)Y Combinator is doubling down on crypto founders despite market volatility (TechCrunch)Mysten Labs, creator of the Sui blockchain, closes $300 million raise led by FTX Ventures (The Block)How the iPhone 14 Pro Transforms Blank Screen Space Into Something Actually Useful (CNET)Apple might have fixed the notch by putting it on an island (The Verge)18 min
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