Sunday, May 15, 2022

Turquoise Health, a free search engine that lets patients compare hospital prices for various medical procedures in the US, raises a $20M Series A led by a16z (Michael Schroeder/MedCity News)

Michael Schroeder / MedCity News:
Turquoise Health, a free search engine that lets patients compare hospital prices for various medical procedures in the US, raises a $20M Series A led by a16z  —  Pulling back the curtain on healthcare pricing is easier said than done, acknowledged Chris Severn, the company's co-founder and CEO.



A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement, which is providing tools and support for the company's retail, AppleCare, and other employees to organize (Caitlin Harrington/Wired)

Caitlin Harrington / Wired:
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement, which is providing tools and support for the company's retail, AppleCare, and other employees to organize  —  A solidarity movement called Apple Together has provided tools and support as the company's retail employees organize.



Opinion: to boost its car project, Apple should acquire EV startup Canoo, which warned it is running out of money, and whose former CEO now works for Apple (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Opinion: to boost its car project, Apple should acquire EV startup Canoo, which warned it is running out of money, and whose former CEO now works for Apple  —  Apple could take a look at struggling electric-vehicle startup Canoo to help it build up its car project.



Germany's Ministry of Finance confirms that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free as long as they're held for over a year, even if used for staking and lending (Kevin Helms/Bitcoin News)

Kevin Helms / Bitcoin News:
Germany's Ministry of Finance confirms that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free as long as they're held for over a year, even if used for staking and lending  —  The German Ministry of Finance has published a letter officially confirming that the sale of crypto assets is tax-free after one year …



Saturday, May 14, 2022

A Q&A with SEC commissioner and "Crypto Mom" Hester Peirce, on her criticisms of the SEC's approach to crypto, chairman Gary Gensler's leadership, and more (Benjamin Pimentel/Protocol)

Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol:
A Q&A with SEC commissioner and “Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce, on her criticisms of the SEC's approach to crypto, chairman Gary Gensler's leadership, and more  —  SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is celebrated in memes as “Crypto Mom.”  She's considered crypto's staunchest ally …



Microsoft wants you to vote for your favourite Windows apps

With an aim to look for the best Windows apps available through the Microsoft Store, the tech giant has recently opened voting for its Microsoft Store App Awards 2022. https://ift.tt/EKcwRyu

Apple may launch an affordable version of this device

Apple is likely planning to launch a new Apple TV that will be affordable in comparison to its rivals. https://ift.tt/1WgDRcB

Texas' content moderation law is clearly unconstitutional and forces social media services to allow a torrent of spam or face a deluge of frivolous litigation (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Texas' content moderation law is clearly unconstitutional and forces social media services to allow a torrent of spam or face a deluge of frivolous litigation  —  So, I already had a quick post on the bizarre decision by the 5th Circuit to reinstate Texas' social media content moderation law …



China's online car-hailing orders fall in April

Orders from China's online car-hailing companies dropped in April, as the resurgence of COVID-19 cases influenced the companies' operations and people's willingness to travel, data from the Ministry of Transport showed. https://ift.tt/LBPGckx

Experts say hacked data shared by Anonymous from various Sri Lankan governmental and other websites has put regular citizens at severe risk of cybercrimes (Dimuthu Attanayake/Rest of World)

Dimuthu Attanayake / Rest of World:
Experts say hacked data shared by Anonymous from various Sri Lankan governmental and other websites has put regular citizens at severe risk of cybercrimes  —  Leaked data by the hacker collective has put regular Sri Lankans at severe risk of cybercrime.  —  • COLOMBO, SRI LANKA



Tokyo- and Bangkok-based Opn, formerly Synqa, a digital payments and blockchain tech provider, raises a $120M Series C+ at a $1B+ valuation (Sam Nussey/Reuters)

Sam Nussey / Reuters:
Tokyo- and Bangkok-based Opn, formerly Synqa, a digital payments and blockchain tech provider, raises a $120M Series C+ at a $1B+ valuation  —  Digital payments processor Opn, formerly known as Synqa, said it had raised $120 million in a Series C+ funding round, becoming a rare unicorn, or startup worth more than $1 billion, in Japan.



Friday, May 13, 2022

Terraform Labs halts Terra block production for the second time in 24 hours "to come up with a plan to reconstitute it", after UST and LUNA collapsed (Sunil Jagtiani/Bloomberg)

Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg:
Terraform Labs halts Terra block production for the second time in 24 hours “to come up with a plan to reconstitute it”, after UST and LUNA collapsed  —  The blockchain behind the collapsed TerraUSD stablecoin and the affiliated Luna token stopped processing new transactions for the second time in less than a day.



Huawei launches Wi-Fi 6 Plus-enabled routers, Huawei AX3

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Samsung holds its first-ever 6G forum

Samsung Electronics on Friday held its first 6G forum with experts from academia and industry to discuss the future of communications technologies, in a bid to lead 6G research and development and standardisation. https://ift.tt/mRejrEu

Micron launches new pricing experiment for stability

Chipmaker Micron Technology Inc on Thursday announced it was experimenting with a new pricing model for its chips called forward pricing agreements that would aim to stabilize the steep price fluctuations that plague the industry. https://ift.tt/NKRYmcf

Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that creates boom towns (New York Times)

New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...